The Gadfly Parlor Tale of Miss Bagge and a Letter
A river scene on the Gadfly boat exposes Miss Constance Bagge’s longing note to Mr. Henry Stewart. Mrs. Stewart uncovers the private letter found on the boat and, with wit, navigates a delicate household fallout. The scenario spirals into a mock breach of promise plot as the couple negotiates truth, pride, and social propriety with their uneasy guests.
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Gadfly
Green Bank
Mr. Stewart
Throgmorton Street
Mrs. Stewart
Alabarmer Coon
Henry
Bugge
Manmy
Stewart
Miss Bagge
Aas Stewart
Isle of Man customs and government described in travel note
A travelogue explains the Isle of Man as a distinct nation under the British crown with home rule, a 24 member house of keys, Tynwald law readings, and voting rights for property holders and women. It notes the three legs crest, tailless Manx cats, fading Manx language, and local sights from Douglas to Ramsey.
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Isle of Man
Douglas
Port Erin
Peel
Ramsey
Philadelphia
House of Keys
Court of
Tynwald Hill
Tynwald Court
Tynewald
Isle
Thad
Ireland
Sash Weights Dominate Window Balance In Buildings
The New York Sun notes sash weights, iron or lead, used to balance windows. Regular sizes range from two to thirty pounds, with larger or oddly shaped weights made to order. In big structures like the Produce Exchange and Hotel Majestic, counterbalances total many tens of tons.
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New York Sun
South America
Produce Exchange
Majestic
Nesting Ants and a Keophylla House in New South Wales
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes the nest building of the tree ant Ecophylla smaruina observed under Captain Cook in New South Wales. Leaves as wide as a hand are glued at their tips by myriad ants, creating domed structures, while other workers apply a gluten to secure the form. A second note describes Keophylla virescens dwellings carved from leaves, six inches across, suspended among foliage and reinforced by leaf-mastic. A third item recounts a Kansas matter in St Louis where a Bostonian’s departure prompts a local jest about a cyclone named the wynd.
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New South Wales
Cook
Boston
Kaneas
St. Louis
Detroit Free Press
Will on plank names Mrs Arnold as heir in dying note
An old story from the Figeiey Times Unica describes John O'Brien dying beside a wall bed. Before his death he inscribed on a plank a pencil will leaving 6500 to Mrs Arnold. The document is described as an improvisational will found in Val County.
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John O'Brien
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Mayhaptis
Middle- Bex
Marlow
Tam
Constance Bagge
Constance Hagge
Mia
Mrs. Btowart
Waterloo
Uncle George
Mrs. Stewart Fercely
Dee
James
T. James
Manx Land
Michael Herlihy
Mr. Herlihy
China
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