Wrecked Ocean Romance In A Summer Dilemma
Olive Neeleon, cousin of Angus Marriot, faces a storm of romance and social pressure when Mrs Oakley arrives with news of Angus interests. Olive learns Angus may be guided by money and status, testing devotion as Mrs Oakley warns that marriage without wealth could ruin his career.
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Mr. Oakley
Mrs. Marriot
Mr. Marriot
Heaith
Marion
Trare
Mre
Oakley
Angus
Olive
Oakey
Olive Neeleon
Lynde
Holroyd
Ana Olive
Price
Mrs. Oakley
Argus
Mra. Oakley
Dor
Ares
Macame
Margery'e
Sharce
Ove
Myslf
Wanderings From The World In Brief
Notes from London on Arthur, a clerk in a pawn shop planning a European tour in July. Daniel Webster praised by contemporaries yet mocked by a Boston scoffer for goodness. Barbed fences imperil ducks in Arizona. boys market them. Walt Whitman’s vigor despite poverty and slander. Famine grips East Africa and Zulus due to crop failure and slavery risk. Persian court life and royal favorites detailed. Charleston builds a pine wood distillery producing turpentine and oils, illustrating modern chemistry replacing older methods.
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Bos
Arther
London
Europe
England
Daniel Webster
Boston
Maricopa County
Arizona
Walt Whitman
Lake Nyasa
Todian Ocean
South Africa
Persia
Busch
Charleston
D. C
Language reach shifts across Europe and colonies
The piece compares historical and current reach of English French and German. It notes English once limited to 15 16 million, French about 30 million, German 35 40 million, with German expanding in Austria Hungary Germany Belgium Switzerland United States Canada and the world to roughly 60 million. It estimates English worldwide near 500 thousand in the British Isles and tens of millions in the US Canada Australia West Indies and India.
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Aus'sia
German Empire
Belgium
Switzerland
United States
Canada
France
Begian
Alsace- Lorraine
Haiti
Algiers
India
West Indies
Africa
British Islands
Australia
Selected Smiles and Quips in Aged Jotting
A whimsical collection of witticisms and aphorisms on love sleep drunkenness and daily life. The lines lampoon social habits and human foibles with terse clever phrasing and playful metaphors.
Ha Ha scoundrels placard spotted by secret police officer
A fragment describes Herr Kreutzhuber, a secret police member, noticing a garbled street placard after midnight. The text mixes garbled phrases about scoundrels and denunciations of his Majesty, with the officer allegedly climbing a lamp post to inspect the paint.
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Kreutzhuber
Secret Police
Justice in Russia and the clash of juries with autocracy
The piece discusses Crown Judges and the jury system as a foil to autocratic rule in Russia, citing trials in rural villages, village courts meting out punishments, and diverse customary justice among peasants and mountain tribes, including blood fines and street executions. It notes imperial resistance and examples where verdicts contradicted official law.
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European
Russia
Caucasus
Siberia
Central Asia
Shemiaka
Katkis
Moscow
Vedomosti
Siberian
Canossus
The Russian Oil Region Exploits Vast Resources Abroad
The article describes the Russian oil region spanning over 14 000 square miles with 42 wells in one district and hundreds in others. A single spouting well yields 2 000 000 gallons daily, with depths to 875 feet. Three Swedish brothers and several Americans and Russians introduce modern transport and finance methods, expanding markets as costs rise to 5 000 to 15 000 dollars per project.
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America
Proseus of
Ollied Petschiine Wi Ite Reine Towa
Ghecka
Russia
Intelligent Pets Like Oysters and Children
The piece compares cats to oysters and to children in instinct and affection, noting their delicate, demonstrative love. It recounts a Christchurch Oxford cat show moment where a cat recognized a child’s call, purred, and strained to rejoin friends, illustrating cat sensitivity and affection.
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Cove
Crystal Palace
Cate
Vashti
Ahasuerus
Christchurch
Oxford
Old Town New Orleans Cathedral Visit
An observer describes a dreary cathedral in New Orleans crowded with diverse visitors including black and white parishioners, Italian fishermen, and traders. A striking barefoot couple, an Italian Moor or Negro woman with curly hair, captivates with beauty while the narrator notes locals’ laziness and fatigue under the blazing sun.
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New Orleans
Italy
Sicily
Neeple
Yankee Notions and Notable Local Anecdotes
A Hyannis woman finished a bed quilt of 3600 pieces. An Ottmouth resident bought two adjoining houses, demolished them for a garden. Moses Midler celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary in East Boston. A Grafton woman, 90, recalled her ancestor’s 1740 house while serving cake on a centuries-old pewter dish. A Brocton shopper rejected Shakespeare in verse, craving the original. A. F. Cox, Portland temperance candidate, argued liquor causes poverty and that tobacco and dogs matter too. his flour-for-all offer drew no claims.
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Hyannis
Mass
Ottemouth
Moses Midler
Boston
Miller
Sally McNamara
Grafton
Mars
Joseph Merriam
Brocton
Maas
A. F. Cox
Portland
Cox
Remarkable rescue of a lark by Kinetr a farmer
While in the fields Alexander Shaw of Kinetr a saw a hawk harrying a lark. The bird plunged toward a man below and actually dropped into his hand. The lark escaped when freed and flew away, a quiet tribute to its deliverer.
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Alexander Shaw
Kinetra
Eigin
Scotland
Fractured Exchange Reflects Tension Over Purchases
A clipped exchange in a local connaisseur column shows bidding tension as a resident clashes over prices and purchases. The fragment hints at financial strain and social friction amid everyday commerce.
Wild flight speeds of waterfowl spark hunter’s curiosity
A rambled, period voice extols duck and goose speeds, noting canvasback and gadwale capabilities. It argues canvasbacks outrun many ducks, broadbills reach over a hundred miles per hour, wild geese glide businesslike between feeding grounds, and rapid travel supports shooting skill and bets.
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Fritz’s
Cruelty on a U S Ship Spark Calls for Reform
Ship Chap man from San Francisco to Liverpool is accused of brutal abuse of sailor Jansen. Second mate and boatswain allegedly beat him, chained him in a dark room with unconscious crew, and even threatened him with a brick. Authors urge a society to prevent cruelty to sailors.
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Chapman
San Francisco
Liverpool
Grosvenor
William Clark Russell
Jansen
Jansona
Tossilors
Hints on Horse Shoeing Techniques and Adjustments
Guidance for selecting shoes to reduce knee and ankle injuries in slow and long striders. Includes advice on three quarter shoes, bar-shoes for cracks, calkins adjustments, heel and toe shaping, and frequency of shoe removal. Emphasizes level balance and shoeing variation by case.
Child Dies After Smoking Poisoned Cigar At Store
A 14 year old son of Mr B Bunch of a oe Seneco smoked a ram to poison in about half an hour. He vomited and collapsed while in a store. His father fetched a physician 100 yards away but the boy died before help arrived.
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Angus
Marion
Marriot
Argus
Jenny
Marion T
Mrs. Marriot
B. Bunch
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