Syndicate Bombs Fort Pilcher and Threatens US Port War
The narrative describes a covert syndicate using instant motor bombs and submarine craft to destroy Fort Pilcher, thin a harbor fortress. Evacuation, naval maneuvering, and a global scramble follow as Britain Canada and the United States weigh responses and public fear grows. Kilsey the Irish sergeant is punished after staying behind at the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pilcher
Syndicate
War Office
The
Dominion
Atlantic
United States
World
Admiralty
England
Canada
London
Ottawa
New York
Gence
Europe
Great Britain
America
Repeller No. 2
Kilsey
Lenox and Stockbridge Defy British Cruiser at Breakwater
American navy cruisers Lenox and Stockbridge confront a British Repeller No. 6 off Cape Henlopen as tensions rise over wartime shipping. The Lenox presses to engage, signaling a potential stand at sea while the Stockbridge awaits orders from the shore. The scene ends with both ships stalled in a firefight unlikely this week.
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Syndicate
New York
Canada
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf
United States
Atlantic
Theiropeller
Straits
War
United States Navy
England
Dominion of Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware Bay
Lenox
Stockbridge
Red Cross
Naval Department
Cape
Cape Henlopen
Repeller
The First Inauguration of George Washington
Washington’s inauguration on April 30 1789 in New York drew vast crowds to Federal Hall. The ceremony on the balcony, Adams guiding the oath, and Washington’s solemn plea “So help me God” marked a new era. Townsfolk filled churches, salutes sounded, bells rang, and a public address followed before prayers at St Paul’s chapel and an illuminated, celebratory night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Manhattan Island
General Washington
Cherry Street
Congress
Bowling Green
Long Island
New Jersey
Senate Chamber
City Hall
Federal Hall
Wall Street
Morgan Lewis
United States Senate
Committee of the Home of Representatives
John Jay
Knox
Livingston
Senate
France
Spain
Adams
House of Representatives
United States
Otis
George Clinton
Baron Steuben
St. Clair
Lossing
George Washington
St. Paul’s
Broadway
James Parton
Youthful longing in a faded Boston Globe notice
A fragmented verse note chronicles a youthful speaker’s longing and passion, recalling a past romance. Names and precise origins are unclear, but the tone mirrors a sentimental reflection on love and aging.
Sharp at a Trade and Odd Alaska Tales
A raspy look at gambling with mortal stakes and a tale of Tlingit bargaining. Lieutenant Schwatka recounts a white man saved at sea only to be held for payment by nearby Tlinkits, while a sharp Tlingit woman coerces pay in a wash contract. Also notes a Utah mine yielding natural shoe polish and Wind River finds of soap.
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India
Linbits
Alaska
Schwatka
The
Independent
Habor
Alaskan
T’linkits
Rush Valley
Utah
Horatio
Wind River
Marth
Oklahoma Craze Sparks Mass Settlement In Guthrie
A rush of 15 000 home seekers floods Guthrie Oklahoma on Tuesday after President Harrison’s land sale opening. Trails from Arkansas City bring 20 000 to 30 000 claimants. town streets and lots are laid out overnight as settlers surge toward the land office amid rumors of impropriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory
Indian Reservation
Indian Territory
Kansas
Harrison
el Dorado
Foster
Arkansas City Trail
Waite
Justice Waite
Caldwell Trail
Colonel Ware
Hunnewell Trail
Captain Hays
Black Bear Trail
Arkansas City
Guthrie
Cimarron Ford
Cimarron
Little Arkansas River
Camp Russell
Cottonwood Creek
Trac
Land Office
Iwo
Alfred
United States
Santa Fe
Edmunds
Kansas City
Pioneer City
America
Great West
Bank of Guthria
Oklahoma North Line
Register
Need
Guthrie City
KR. C. Rummells
Marvin
Oklahoma Avenue
Oklahoma Herald
Adjutant Reice
Illinois
William Constantine
Springfield
T. L. Sumner
Volney Haggatt
Huron
Dakota
Flinn
Kiowa
Kanes
Diving for Pennies by Arabian Coast
A voyage off the Arabian coast recounts a perilous penny-diving game by Arab child divers. At a ship’s side the crew toss coins to youngsters who swim out to snatch them, then scramble to recover fallen coins amid laughter and feigned danger as nearby sharks circle.
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Arabia
Red Sea
End-Time Faith Fails in Pacific Islands After Royal Captain Intervenes
Maafu, viceroy of the Windward Islands, intervenes in a Fijian coastal village where a native minister claims he brings a heavenly message predicting the world’s end. He orders the “angel” and his wife and child seized, then imprisons them for seven years. The faction dissolves and villagers resume planting yams and paying taxes.
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Pacific Islands
Maaru
Windward Islands
Maafu
tVes
Manfu
Witi
Diving suit tale and the bootless harvest of gold
A California digger Potts using a diving suit tries a deep San Joaquin bed, his partner disappears underwater. Chief Kensah and wives watch as Potts hauls up a line and a large fishlike splash spooks the group, they flee in fear.
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California
Los Angeles Herald
Potts
San Joaquin
Mr. Potts
Bethought
San Francisco
Keneah
Penny
Amusing Marriage Ceremony Strange Kiss Incident
A clergyman recounts a plain Irish groom who forgot to kiss the bride and instead kissed the minister after a prayer. The groom, with a short black mustache, gave the heartiest kiss the minister recalls, adding a memorable moment to the wedding.
Veneered diamonds touted as Paris jewelry innovation
In Paris a new industry creates veneer gems by coating quartz cores with a liquid derived from tiny diamonds and clipped diamond fragments. The process, using a galvanic battery, turns previously worthless diamond fragments into usable elements for jewelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Great War Syndicate
By Franker Stockton
Amos Eilbright
Orn
Mrs. Null
Dusaentes,” Etc
P. F. Collier
Collier's
American Press Association
Royal Navy
North America
Pacific
National Army
Navy
No. 16
Arma
P. Boss
Boston Globe
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