Duff and the Nemesis of a Crime Dream in New York
In a feverish confession like trance, Peter Duff narrates a trap of guilt and fear as a visiting inquisitor nears unveiling his crimes. A dramatic street scene disrupts the confrontation, and a drenched Nemesis flees, restoring the narrator’s true identity and a fragile peace at home.
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Yucatan
Meyer Anselm Rothschild
Georgia
United States
Balzac
Peter Duff
Nijin-Novgorod
Chicago
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Amsterdam
Nemesis
Bella Maginnis
Bella
Pater
Daffy Pater
Bodderin
Meyer
Nivir
Notice on bill to amend compensation for Solicitor General
Notice is given that the General Assembly will consider a bill to amend an act from August 3, 1881 providing compensation for the Solicitor General of the Western circuit for criminal cases in Clarke County. The proposal seeks to strike the clause granting annual county treasury orders of two hundred dollars, with the exact wording to be removed. This notice is dated August 2, and is recorded as w-3.
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General Assembly
Western Circuit
Clarke
Notice of Application to Incorporate Athens Railway Company
An application will be made to the General Assembly for passage of an act to incorporate the Athens Railway Company and for other purposes. The notice is dated August 5 1882 and references the submission to lawmakers.
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General Assembly
Athens Railway Company
Malaria Cure Promotion and Notable Judges at Supreme Court
An advertisement proclaims a universal malaria cure claim with a free full treatment from ASAHEL MEDICAL BUREAU in New York. It notes J Brewster McCollum and Henry W Williams as now Pennsylvania Supreme Court judges, highlighting their boyhood friendship and political differences. It also mentions a Dr J H McLean liver and kidney pill and reports ex Senator Rollins estate exceeding $500,000 in Concord New Hampshire.
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Asahel Medical Bureau
Broadway
N. Y
J. Brewster McCollum
Henry W. Williams
Bridgewater Township
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Rollins
Concord, N. H
Gossip and remedies mingle in a busy 19th century page
The column blends social chatter with advertisements for tonics and patent medicines. It notes elopement plans, family jests, and political comments while promoting Dr J H McLean’s Sarsaparilla and Liver and Kidney Pills. Mentions of Emperor William, Clarke’s Flax remedies, and various tonic claims pepper the text.
King Milan in credit crisis prompts dramatic remark
A Bleiler quotation dramatizes a financier mood as Brakely, after hearing that Milan is penniless and without credit, proclaims he now knows what it feels like to be a king. The remark captures theatrical irony in a finance themed scene from Fliegende Blaettar.
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Milan
Testimonial Advocates Dr Westmoreland Tonic
A letter from a physician in Mississippi endorses Dr Westmoreland's Cassava Tonic, praising its efficacy against malarial toxemia after using the formula abroad and recommending it to practitioners and families. The tonic is sold by Westmoreland Culisaya Tonic Company in Greenville DC. Daisy Hampton, daughter of Gen Wade Hampton, trains as a nurse in a New York hospital.
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West Point
Seaves
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Peter Dutt
Itv
Sid
Lge
Iman
Thad
Seltan
Peter
Pel
Tan
Duff
Inquisition
East River
Higgins
Hydra
Canada
Wall Street
Pater Duff
Andrew Lang
Perseus
Andromeda
Barnet Phillips
Harper’s Weekly
J. H. McLean
Amy
Harry
Harper’s Bazar
J.H. McLean
Grandpa
Georgie
Harper's Bazar
India
Dr. J
McLean
Grand Army
William Walter Phelps
Germany
Dundatt
Galusha A. Grow
Glenwood
Chicago Mail
J. H
Hollander
Guatemala
Bar Harbor
Blaine
Beaver
Biggs
Buckner
Bulkeley
Ayer
Calderwood & Co
Honroe
J.W. Thornton
Claiborne
Miss
Emperor William of
Edward Silvey
Streeter
Europe
Christine Nilson
Carter
SA. D. Hayward
New England
Dr. King
Gueklen
John Crawford & Co
L. D. Sledge & Cols
Fort Worth
Texas
Joan Crawford &Co
Orl D. Sledge & Co
M. J. Brasre
Philadelphia
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