Penny Wise and Pound Foolish on a Grand Tour
Aunt Hitty and Amy journey from Boston to Niagara in a packed voyage economy. Trunks mishaps, wheelchair carts, and a costly wake of misapplied thrift. a doctor arrives, romance with Dorset Travis emerges, and a grand lesson on budgets ends with a blown ledger and a wiser view of spending.
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Boston
Hitty
Amy
Mr. Tx
Cock-Crow
Grand Dew Depot
Miss Hitty
New York
Sean
Delmonico’s
Travis
Gabe
Amy Falt
Niagars
Martin Travis
Niagara
Mr. Cramp
N. Y
Harper's Weekly
Tattooing of Burmese Men Defines Manliness Across Society
The Burman populace bears extensive blue tattooing from waist to knee as a cultural standard. Young boys endure painful marking, with red work on the upper body, often resulting in illness or death, while even English officers see the tattoo as a mark of manliness and social pride.
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Whe Ae
Burmah
Pease
Mack
Vetter
Chevy
Alice
Fragmentary Verse Fragments From May and Summer Imagery
Readable lines evoke dreamy summer scenes and a personified garden. Vague references to a hill, grass, a plough, and a sleeping soul appear alongside scattered phrases and stray names including Ths and Brackson Barger's Magasins.
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Brackson Barger
Misery Not Always Loving Company in Odd Note
A brief, fragmented line notes that misery does not always love company, hinting at an odd or humorous saying about companionship and gloom. The readable text lacks clear names or places but suggests a proverb-like thought.
Paris Nose Case Shows Value Of A Noses Worth
An American girl learns a French girl's nose was valued at 1000 dollars after a Paris omnibus collision. A young Parisienne suffered a cut from broken glass, initially deemed minor, but her parents sued the omnibus company. The court awarded 200 dollars on the first trial and 1000 dollars on the second, citing impact on prospects of marriage.
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Paris
New York Herald
Gilmore
Trocadero
Theatre Bonuff
Figaro
The
Paris Journal
Paris Omnibus
Demoiselle
Omnibus Company
Agaist
Ome Aerought
Viemma Bread Recipe Slice From Historic Page
A fragmented recipe instructs sifting four pounds of flour into a pan and banking it against the sides. It directs adding a quart of milk and water to form thin batter, then stirring in a pint of milk with dissolved salt and an ounce and three...
Legend of the Manito and the white wolverine tale
An ancient Indian famine legend recounts two hunters finding a white wolverine whose skin hides a Manito. She grants abundance if treated well and first pick of game. After the promise is broken calamity follows, the tribe ultimately kills the Manito to avert disaster.
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Red River
Aoedea
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Rolin
Aitas
Jerusalem Centre
Boghampton
Aurt Hitty
Pompeii
Bos‘ton
Vane
Borrowdale
Travie Arme
Travises
Marklé
Hilty
Aunt Hitty
Amy Wang
Little Benjamin
Nile
Palisades
Phils
Highlands
Oberland
Danube
Dorset Travis
Martin
Travia Fur Company
Grub
Enaibee
Haier
Raest
New England
Crown Point
Raral, Jr
Sait
Rigen
Moore
Ali
Viemma
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