Tiny Island Republics Share Peculiar Laws and Histories
St Louis Globe-Democrat recounts several miniature republics. Tavolara, off Sardinia, spans five miles by five-eighths of a mile with about 55 residents and a self governed system. Goust, on a Pyrenean mountaintop, numbers 130 inhabitants with a 12 member council and no clergy. Franceville in the New Hebrides, 85 square miles, hosts 40 whites and 500 natives under a president and eight advisors, where white men may hold office.
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Sardinia
Tavolara
Charles Albert
Bartoleoni
Paul I
Paul
Vespasian
Italy
Goust
Pyrennes
Republic
France
Spain
Larans
Ossan
Franceville
New Hebrides
Australia
New Caledonia
Voices of nations judged by strength and clarity
A London article argues that Tartars have the strongest voices globally while Germans, Japanese, and Chinese voices are described as weak. The piece claims Europeans speak with stronger, clearer voices overall compared with other continents.
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London
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Boxborough Mass
Notice of a mortgagee sale of real estate in Boxborough Massachusetts. Legal action by a mortgagee proceeding to foreclosure with terms and sale date to be set by the court or creditor. Property and owner names not fully readable in the fragment.
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Church M
Burjee C. Steele
Isaac Reed
Middlesex South
Roxborough
Mass
Joseph Blanchard
Boxborough
Stow
Littleton
E.C. Parker
Parker
Amasa
M. Knowlton
C. Herbert Blanchard
Blanchard
R. L. Reed
Sail Littleton and
Stow Road
Reed
John Tuckey
Luke Blanchard
Charles B. Stone
Burpee C. Steele
Frances A. Stone
A. D
Middlesex South District
Acton
Nathaniel Haysgood
John Fletcher
Fletcher
M. Coffey
Frances A. Stonegee
Season of 1894 High Grade Machines
The passage touts high grade machines with the latest improvements, claiming they are more handsome lighter and cheaper than before. It invites readers to examine before purchasing or request a descriptive catalog.
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Parker & Morse
Pease
Ejkes
Ee A
Tie
The Cat and the River Spirit Story
A narrator recounts a stormy night tale of a cat that guards a tavern and never sleeps. An old musician, who paid with money and silence, vanishes into a river endangering the house with his mysterious fate. The cat reacts to music and may guard a restless spirit.
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Tom
Mr. Frazee
Steam power foresight and Latrobe report derailed Evans career
A 1786 petition by Oliver Evans sought exclusive rights to steam propelled road wagons. Maryland granted 14 years. a Latrobe report called steam schemes visionary, derailing Evans and delaying American steam transport. Irony sits as Latrobe’s son later aided the first Baltimore and Ohio steam railroad. A second note discusses variations of Shylock tale and English Jewish expulsion context. A Saugus man recovered a Civil War bullet from his lung, linked to Mosby's guerrillas.
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Oliver Evans
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Evans
B. H. Latrobe
Latrobe
America
Baltimore and Ohio
It Would Not Be Fair Fashion Critique Punchline
A Somerville Journal quip argues men cannot critique women's clothing when men wear long tailed coats in fashion today. The remark points to double standards in dress.
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Somerville Journal
Emblem of Suffragists Described by Philadelphia Times
The Philadelphia Times notes a suffragists emblem showing an American flag with only two stars. It humorously claims the two stars symbolize her baby and her bonnet, while implying hard hearted men dismiss the symbol.
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Philadelphia Times
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the Voices of Nations
Pergins Snvesice& Saucea Price
Fersata
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
C. H. Mead & Co
West Acton
Geo
Creighton, Maynard
Mortgagex
Boxborough, Mass
Cal
Optician
Thomas Fr. Parker
Maynard, Mass
Concord
Maynard, Stow, Boxbexo
Hartford Cycle Co
Eagle Bicycle
League Chainless Safeties
Smith Finney
South Acton, Mass
W. E. Whitcomb
Chicago
West Acton, Mass
The
Framingham Nursery Company
South Framingham
Middle Road
Boston
440 Exchange Building
Tucker
Chas.p. Lowell
Prop
Maynard
Shylock
Pleven
Sixtus V
Simon Cenada
Lechi
Sechi
Giovanni Florentino
England
A. H. Sutherland
Saugus
Mosby
Battle of Culpeper
Boston Transcript
Haynes & Tourtell ‘Jr
Nason
Bowker’s
A'Se
Plaret, Jr
King of the Cornfield
Spading Harrow
Canada
Rosendale
Mount Vernon
Goddard
W. A. Littlefield
New York
Shoe—Store
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