How He Came Home A tale of Deck Melton on a voyage home
Deck Melton travels from London to New York aboard the St John after a staged plan by Simon Goldstein to smuggle him home. Goldstein rigs a disguise and a backage inside Decks coat while Dan Murphy guards the scheme. On deck Deck helps a young Irish girl, protecting her as suspicions rise, and contemplates the danger awaiting upon arrival.
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Liverpool
Southampton
Goldstein
Deck
Simon Goldstein
Aaron Kronenheimer
Decker Melton
Kronenheimer
Melton
D. M
London
George
Dan Murphy
New York
St. John
Southampton Water
Solent
Needles
England
Mid-Ocean
New York Harbor
Mr. Goldstein
Apoudt
Sor
Larry
Gover'mint
Maloney
Larry Maloney
Lim
Metropolle
Heber
Eden
Adam
Eve
C. C. Brown
Baptist Courier
Courts Face Sherman Law Clash Over Brazilian Coffee Trust
International magnitude debate as the United States seeks to seize and sell 10 million dollars of coffee held for a foreign state amid an alleged conspiracy to fix prices. Circuit Judges LaCombe Coxe Noyes and Ward heard arguments on whether to permanently lift an injunction on 950000 bags and how to proceed with the alleged unlawful exchange.
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Brazilian Coffee Trust
New York Dock Company
Herman Siebken
United States Circuit
LaCombe
Coxe
Noyes
Ward
Lehman
Mr. Lehman
Judge LaCombe
Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
Judicial Department
Rifemen at Camp Butt hold ten days of rifle practice
National Guard units from across the state gathered at Camp Archibald Butt for ten days of target practice on the 200 yard range. Prizes totaling 225 dollars will be awarded for top regimental, battalion, company and individual scores, with cups and medals on display and trophies to be kept by winning units.
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Archibald Butt
National Guard
James Allan & Co
George H. McMaster
C. V. Boykin
James Allan
3D Regiment
South Carolina
Allan
Washington Light Infantry
H. O. Withington
W. W. Moore
Moore
News and Courier
Destruction of Paper Money by German Printers
Reading of a Kansas City Times article shows German imperial printers adopting a dry grinding mill to destroy bank notes. The system grinds to a fine powder, packs it, and saves labor costs though managing dust in production.
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Imperial
Kansas City Times
The Beauty of Woman Opinion Piece
The essay argues that conceit does not deter love for women and that beauty is secondary to a woman’s character and daily life. It cites the Philadelphia Ledger noting that true beauty stems from sustained nurture and lived experience rather than mere facial appearance.
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Meredith
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Iceberg brutality and a pension plan mix in the news
Captain William Ferrie Wood described a vast polar ice field seen days before the Titanic strike comparing bergs to glass and rock in density. French old age pensions foresee escalating costs from 1912 to 1914. Elliot Conroy of Indianapolis refused a $100 reward for returning a lost ring, citing his mother's lesson on honesty.
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William Ferrie Wood
Etonia
North Atlantic
New York Mall
France
Elliot Conroy
Indianapolis
Conroy
Eve's Second Husband and Her Bold Rebound
A colorful, speculative tale imagines Eve remarrying after Adam's death in a borderland setting. It traces her motives to seek a new life, her courtship with a nameless man, and her plans to improve life with a fresh alliance and a wedding ring.
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Adam
Eve
Seth
God
Aday
Land of
Havilah
Abel
Cain
Woman Who Won Bull Run Spy for Confederacy
Harper's March issue recounts Mrs. Greenhow a Washington society woman who acted as a Confederate spy. Her dispatches to Gen Beau regard and Col Jordan steered Federal plans for Manassas and aided Confederate success at Bull Run.
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Mrs. Greenhow
Washington Society
Harper’s
William Gilmore Beymer
Washington
Duval
Fairfax Court House
Beauregard
Davis
G. Donellan
Department of the Interior
Col. Jordan
Potomac
Greenhow
McDowell
Ma‘nassas
Donellan
Dumfries
Gen. Beauregard
Manassas Gapras
Johnson
Winchester
Confederacy
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Deck Melton
By Wood
Levette Wilson
Bobb-Merril Company
United States
Elbe
Hamburg
Steinwarender
Malthus
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