King's Mountain Victory Fuels Carolina Resolve and Hope
Ellen Campbell tends Major Graham, wounded aide of Lord Cornwallis, as Ned Sevier recounts the King's Mountain victory. Flames of heroism lift patriot spirits, boost Sumter and Marion, and shift local loyalties toward independence. Ellen’s compassion contrasts with war’s brutality while Davie, Adams, and Graham are central to a tense, intimate hospital scene.
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Ferguson
Cornwallis
Carolina
Cruger
Sumter
Marion
Green
Boston
New York
Washington
South Carolina
Great Britain
Ellen Campbell
Bessie Craig
Mansion House
Mr. Willoughby
Bowen
Bessie
Willoughby
Hardy
Davie
Andrew
King’s Mountain
Henry
Ellen
Catawba
Eilen
Sevier
Edward Graham
Lord Cornwallis
Major Davie
Graham
Mr Willoughby
Miss Campbell
His Majesty’s Corps
Campbell
Davie’s
Ned Sevier
Jerry
Massa
Jack Robinson
King's Mountain
Ned
Mr. Adams
Mr. Willough
The Doubleedged Rise of the Success Drive
Henry Oyen argues that the growing pursuit of success has reduced drinking and improved self care, noting a shift from rampant酒 drinking among 19th century professionals to today. He credits the temperance trend to a mercenary culture and cites the Anti-Tipping League as evidence of changing norms. The piece weighs both costs and benefits of the success craze for future generations.
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Henry Oyen
Chicago Tribune
Wonderful California Wonderful California from Los Angeles to San Francisco
Correspondent describes the trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco on holiday Admission Day. He notes San Francisco’s bustle, Barnum and Bailey, a major sugar beet industry, and Oxnard’s beet fields. He details beet production, labor limits, and multiple factories, including Spreckles’ Salinas operation, and plans to continue to Portland for a fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Barnum and Bailey
Colima
Examiner
Chronicle and Call
Nelson
Pacific Mail
Oriental
Occidental
Manchuria
Mongolia
Honolulu
Salt Lake City
California
Tropics
Oxnard
Ognard Brothers
American Beet Sugar Company
J. D. Spreckles
Watsonville
Pajaro Valley
Congress
Beeteravia
Trust
Albarado
Senator Clark
Visalia
San Joaquin Valley
Santa Barbara
Virginia
Portland
Ore
ODD IDEA OF HUMOR A FRENCH JOKER MONNIER
The French caricaturist Henri Monnier perfected practical jokes. He played a long running spoof on a concierge by pretending to be himself and then staging a housewarming joke with six friends, all unmasking the concierge with comic revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Henri Bonaventure Monnier
Theodore Hook
M. Henri Monnier
Monnier
Henri Monnier
Alice Roosevelt's Bold Plunge Sparks Taft Party Aboard Ship
Honolulu dispatch reports Miss Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth diving into a deckside swimming tank on the Manchuria after Nagasaki. She issued the dare and swam with her silk waist and cream skirt while Longworth declined, then joined in after her challenge.
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Sheridan
Manila
Nagasaki
Alice Roosevelt
Taft
Manchuria
Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Longworth
Railroads Through Virginias and Carolinas Talk of a Modern Network
The article reviews planned railway routes across the Appalachian mountains from Virginia to North and South Carolina. It notes the Johnson City Southern line from Johnson City Tennessee to Marion North Carolina and multiple southern routes via Spartanburg and Maryville, with potential alliances among lines. It emphasizes offshore timber regions, cheaper construction methods, geared locomotives for heavy grades, and the shift from old trunk lines to interconnected regional spur lines to unlock industrial potential in sparsely populated valleys.
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Upper
South
Tollera
Virginias
Carolinas
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Charleston
D. C
Southern Railway
Johnson City
South & Western Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Spruce Pine
N. C
Marion
Spartanburg
Toms Creek
Virginia’ & Southwestern
Carolina & North-Western Railway
Caldwell & Northern Railroad
Greenville & Knoxville Railway Co
Carolina, Knoxville & Western
Ranges
Tennessee
Southern
Ork
Bushnell
Maryville
Tenn
Georgia
Tallulah Falls
Franklin
North Carolina
Appalachian
Virginia
Carolina
South Atlantic
West
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Ferris
Adams
Cleveland
Yorkville Enquires
Longworth
Roosevelt
Honolulu Dispatch
San Francisco Examiner
Blue Ridge
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