Cripps and Gypsy kin in near Oxford quest chapter
Overshute visits the gypsy camp where Cinnaminta and her sick child appear. Mary Hookham relays stocking intrigue and Mrs Fermitage’s volatile mood as Cripps and Wither await word on a coroner’s inquest. A new magistrate is sought amid family tensions and a growing rift between Russel Overshute and Mrs Fermitage.
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Mary
Overshute
Garrier
Kate
Oxford
Kershoe
Cantelupe
Oriel
Irenly
Cinnaminta
Russel
Cripps
Mary Hookham
Maeter Cripps
Kit Sharp
Master Cripps
Mra
Ermitogo A
Mr. Overshute
Mira
Vaccination Made Compulsory in France for Infants
A historical note outlines France enforcing compulsory vaccination in the first year of life with revaccination at ages eleven and twenty one, marking a major public health policy shift.
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France
Gentle English Surgeon Charms Child Patient With Trick
A renowned English surgeon, usually brusque with adults, shows gentleness with children. He performs a life saving tracheotomy on a diphtheria patient after rising early to help. The boy fears losing his voice and finally asks for a toy gun when the doctor departs for London.
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Abernethy
St. Dernard
St. James
Ife
London
Worth Remembering About Baking Powder Ingredients
This outline explains three kinds of baking powder bases Mineral Acid or Alum Bone Acid or Phosphate and Cream of Tartar from grapes. It notes health issues and prices per pound and warns that 10 to 25 cent powders are mineral acid 20 to 50 cent powders are bone acid and 40 to 70 cent powders are cream of tartar derived from grapes.
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U.S
Huge Appetite of the Spider
A scientist records a spider's 24 hour food intake to estimate growth. If scaled to human size the spider would consume a small alligator at dawn, a lamb by nine, a young camelopard by afternoon, a sheep by evening, and finish with a lark pie containing 120 birds.
Bad Breath Cure Promoted by Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
An advertisement claims a bad breath result from various dyspepsia forms and touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable cure. It promises to clear impurities, sweeten breath, and offers a money back guarantee with prices 60 cents and $2.00.
Alpine officer creates telemeter for long distance measure
Lieut. Victor Saporetti of the Sixth Regiment des Alpines in Verona gains worldwide fame for inventing a telemeter that measures long distances with precision at any hour.
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Victor Saporetti
Sixth Regiment Des Alpines
Verona
Italy
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Bright White Laundry
Advertisement notes a 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue costing 6 cents, claiming it will whiten clothes to a snowlike brightness.
Vienna Court Orders Monthly Alimony After Fatal Joke
A Vienna court condemned two men to pay a monthly allowance to the widow of a man who killed himself after they joked that his wife was unfaithful. The ruling assigns financial support to the widow in the wake of the tragedy and cites the men’s remarks as the catalyst for the suicide.
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Vienna
Hoosier Happenings: Local Fires Crimes and Accidents
A farm home near Arlington burned with losses around 1000. Cross Plain flour mill losses near 20000. The Cambridge City treasurer street shortage fixed. A thief robbed John B Carr's Charlestown home of 47 silver dimes. Roy Keller, 22, broke both legs in a Frankfort Brick Co. accident. Mrs. Harriet Packard died from injuries after a fall. A Keansville Abbatoiry worker injured by a fall. A Vincennes mill worker lost both hands in a accident. Court dates set for John Knapp in Tiigerstown. A Kendallville resident committed suicide by carbolic acid. Kendallville home earlier. Wall Day county railroad stunt caused injuries. Elwood residents discuss surrender of city charter. Vigo county jury convicts Edward Dennis for murder. Train collision injures two officers near Shelbyville. A boy nearly died from swallowed sprouted peanut. An Anderson worker lost his nose in a glass plant accident. Elks Club funds to lure factories to Brazil with land plots and a house prize. Knox county watermelons troubled by yellow bug affecting seedlings.
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William Sunman
Ariington
Tire
Douselman
Cross Phung
Benalam
Daniel Petro
Cambridge City
Rss
Fess
Roy Keller
Frankfort Brick Company
Warriett Packard
Disper Packard
Congress
New Athans
Frank Patterson
Keansville
Cris Foster
Vincennes
Ife Aay
John Knapp
Marshal Geister
Tiigerstown
Wayne
Laura Mbhel Carter Miller
Kendallville
Pan Jolson
New Durham Township
Wall Dey County
Jositus Bis
William Eliott
Butterville
Vernon
Eliett
Elwood
Metropolitan
Srstein
Vigo County
Kack- Ville
Shiveliter
Tico
Fictiows
William Trodamien
Baltimore & Ohio
Cei Laas
Booters Cotn
South Bend
Youngstown
Ohio
John Affort
Anderson
Ortis Marielle
Agerman Window Glass Company
Startford City
Jasper Richey
William McDougal
Shelbyville
Thomas Beggs
Terre Haute
Elks’ Commercial Club
Brazil
Knox County
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R.D. Blackmore
Irna Doone
Alice Lorraine
Tom
Cowley
Overshure
Hoosier
Tndtanmlarss
Crief
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