Severn River voyage and royal shipboard intrigues
In a Worcester stage of a Severn voyage, Miss Peggy endures gossip about Cameron Duncombe and a potential return, as Queen Tita weighs suitors and plans. The crew prepares for navigation, with Peggy's banjo and a quiet tension about a possible new passenger.
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Miss Peggy
Col. Cameron
Queen Titu
Severn
Col
Cameron
Pecuwell
Fleetwood
England
The
Towkslary Abbey
Avon
Thames
Kennet
Queen Tita
Jack Duncombe
Co. Cameron
Pala
Peggy
Goucester
Lita
A’becket
Gloucester
Col. Camerin
Murdoch
Migs Peggy
Crypt
Columbus
Dunvombe
Miyselti
Pegpy
Mrs
Immunity From The Plague And Other Diseases Noted
A Pall Mall Gazette excerpt discusses observed immunity patterns to plague and other diseases across history. It cites Lyons Protestants and Nimeguen Jews escaping outbreaks, and notes dormant seeds of disease reawakening with new epidemics, including Justinian era observations by Procopius and a Nimeguen case of two immune children later dying when the plague returned.
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Mays
Lyons
Nimeguen
Langoens
Poland
Procopius
Constantinople
Justinian
Gorcusen
Pall Mall Gazette
French dream of a Mediterranean canal to link Atlantic ports
A New York press correspondent describes a grand plan to deepen and connect France’s interior waterways into a sea canal. The scheme centers on Arcachon over Bordeaux, featuring ship elevators and moving locks to bypass ordinary locks, with Narbonne as a coastal terminus and a protected port at Arcachon.
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Mediterranean
France
Atlantic
New York Press
Bordeaux
Arcachon
Brest
Gaul
Republic
Col de Naurenze
Aude
Narbonne
Arcadhon
Webster Davis ascent from shoemaker to Interior official
Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, rose from a Gallatin Missouri shoemaker’s son to a law graduate and political figure. His career spanned Kansas campaigns, a Missouri governorship effort, and eventual appointment under Secretary Bliss, noted for his oratory and large-audience appeal.
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Webster Davis
South Africa
Dom Paul
Consideralla
Tie
Hite
Gallatin
Davis
Parkville
Chicago
McDouglass
Kansas City
Ann Arbor
Maj. Warner
Maj.Warner
Warner
Congress
Mr. Davis
Collorado
Jimmy” Jones
Polit
Bliss
Interior
Thunderstorm Arrival Over Maritzburg Chronicle
A narrator arriving in Maritzburg in 1875 watches a calm early summer day turn dramatic as a vivid lightning flash erupts from a blue sky. Two boys accompany him as ox-wagon boxes are unloaded, reflecting the sudden shift from tranquil settling to awe inspiring weather.
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South Africa
Maritzburg
Color in Medical Practice and Historical Remedies
A scrambled review notes color therapy in medicine, citing red light for measles and smallpox. It recalls Jean Gaddesden allegedly curing a royal child by surrounding him in scarlet and red decor, claiming flawless skin afterward, and critiques bravado in public, dog ownership boasting, and gossip about people.
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Hedlight
Jean Gaddesden
Henry I
England
Charred Chrysanthemums Stay Fresh for Weeks in Japan
A woman who lived in Japan notes cats flowers prolonged life by burning stem ends with wood rather than matches to avoid harming the plant. She reports the charring allows water to travel into the stem, preserving vigor. This method keeps chrysanthemums in good condition for about a month or six weeks.
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Japan
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised claims and price
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla promising a good appetite blood purification vigor mental and digestive strength and steady nerves. It urges customers to ask for Hood's with a note to avoid Nood's. The ad states one bottle costs $1 and lists all druggists as sellers.
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Flood
Hood
Feasible Bosphorus Tunnel Proposed Beneath Water
A plan to suspend a tunnel thirty five feet below the Bosphorus surface faces great engineering challenges. Deep water and a thick mud layer hinder tunneling and bridge of boats remains the current link. Rail lines on both sides are under construction but not yet connected, delaying transit for large ships.
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Bosphorus
Similar Proverb About Dread From Scolded Child
The dialogue cites a parallel proverb about fear learned from experience. A New York source records a child avoiding water after being washed, echoing the warning tone of cautionary wisdom.
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New York World
Voice in management of national affairs urged
A brief theatrical exchange shows a speaker asserting a claim for a voice in the country's management, with a companion replying that they have no objection and recalling a desire to vote. The dialogue references civic participation and suffrage in a playful Chicago setting.
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Ile
Chicago
Beauty 18 Blood Deep and Liver Cleanse Cure
Ad copy touts Beauty 18 Blood Deep as restoring beauty by cleansing bile and disease germs from the liver and bowels. It promotes Cascar tablets from The Remedy Co claiming quick, natural relief and warns to verify genuine tablets to avoid frauds.
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Berney
Cindy Ca Harde
Remedy Co
Chi- Guta
Montreal
Can
Feling
Ian
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Yau
Serine
Uwe
Maven Cameron
Nelly Gray
Queen Lith
Kentucky
Queen Vita
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Inyertask
Tye
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Angulf
Iving—Aciel
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Saunders
Tranch
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Missouri
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Cornhill Magazine
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House of Lords
Tower of London
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