Night Evacuation Fire Fails to Halt Post’s Departure
In July a regiment plans to abandon a post after long service. While clearing camp, soldiers ignite a staged blaze to escape via a rear guard, but a misfire involving unexploded shells triggers a false alarm. Brainard confesses a possible source of the mishap, angering the colonel.
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Brainard
Longstreet
War Department
Halleck
Union
Cloyne
Mick McTwyny
Big Pat Callahan
The Arch Destroyer in The Woman's Home Companion
John Kendrick Bangs mocks moths as villains in The Woman's Home Companion, comparing their mischief to a predator that chews trousers, furs, shirts, rugs, and cushions while fire is oddly more proper. He rails against moths as unmitigated scoundrels and even surpasses book agents and unpaid grocers in malice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick
Floating post office aids Great Lakes shipping
A small white steamer serves as a floating post office on the Detroit River, delivering and receiving mail with ships at full speed. The system, praised for connecting lake crews with homes, stems from U S government support and showcases evolving Great Lakes postal facilities and mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit River
Great Lakes
Washington
United States
United States Treasury Department
Great Lakes Marine
Lakes
Niagara
St. Nicholas
Traction Engines Gain Ground for Big Farms
The article describes traction engines as efficient, compact machines powered by gasoline. They replace horse labor on large Nebraska farms, handling plowing, harrowing, cultivating, planting, digging potatoes, threshing, grinding, and hauling. Costs start around $1,000, with lower running costs and longer life than horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Graceful Creole Women of St Vincent Work and Charm
A historic portrait of Caribbean creoles in St Vincent detailing their labor on farms and in mills, road maintenance, and markets. It highlights their strength, cheerful spirit, and daily routines from dawn to dusk, including market day traffic and bold trading by elder women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean Islands
Government
Georgetown
Kingston
St. Vincent
Islands
Charlottetown
Tender Night of Songs and Hymns Delights New York Trib
The piece notes a boyish but tender vocal tone in a singer who performs hymns and sad songs. A shilling buys full repertory with unlimited encores, the performer continuing until hoarseness forces a halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Pay for Victories and Military Rewards Across History
The piece surveys parliamentary and royal rewards given to generals such as Kitchener, Wolseley, Wellington, and Napoleon. It compares sums, pensions, earldoms, dukedoms, and land grants, arguing the value of rewards varied with campaigns and era, noting Kitchener's £50,000 recommendation and Wellington's rise to marquis after Talavera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
Lord Wolseley
Tee City
Duke of Wellington
Talavera
Peninsula
Napoleon
Elba
Wellington
Waterloo
London
Daily News
Sleeping Heroes and Fabled Returners Across Nations
A Baltimore American excerpt surveys prophecies of sleeping saviors believed to restore independence in various nations including Arthur in Britain, Drake in Devon, Parnell in Ireland, Mohammed Mohadi for Moslems, Boabdil near Granada, and Swiss legends of the Tell family revival. It also reports Edison testing a battery giving 62 to 85 miles per charge, seen as a potential revolution for electric cars and urban transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krishna
India
Arthur
Avalon
Britain
Germany
Charles VI
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
Napoleon
Mr. Newboldt
Drake
Mr. Parnell
Ireland
DeWet
Charles Stewart Parnell
Mohammed Mohadi
Boabdil el Chico
Alhambra
Granada
Lager
Switzerland
Edison
Childhood jingles spark memories of old count out rhymes
The New York Sun gathers several childhood count out rhymes, tracing their regional variations from Indiana Georgia and the Deep South. The article notes possible ties to ancient Latin phrases and recalls the nostalgia of long-ago play yards in Macon Telegraph style.
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Hfé
New York Sun
Porto Rico
West Indies
J. W. Fewkes
Bureau of Ethnology
New York
San Juan
Pennsylvania
Washington Post
The
Indiana
Pholoson
Nicholas
John
Stinkum
Stankum
Buck
Georgia
Sun
Macon
Trolley Car System Needs Improvements
The Charlotte News notes the trolley car system is capable yet of many improvements.
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Charlotte News
Worry and its impact on mind and body
A health article argues worry corrupts both mind and body, causing disease, insomnia, heart trouble, and debility. It contrasts worry with states like resolve and ambition, urging self discipline, mental order, and sustained action to cure worry, with faith that results follow.
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John Babberton
George Washington
John Habberton
Traction Enginex
King
Alphonso
Alphonso XIII
Madrid
Shines
Grace
Sleeping Heroes
Sai
Bobtall
Domenicker
Dil
Dot
Dat
Haylum
Scoylum
William
Quema
Quimo
Dilmo
Day
Rick
Dido
Caesar
Pompey
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