Revenge in Convict Exchange Ends in Vaudois Frustration
In a naval tale set at a dockyard, convicts under heavy guard clash with a ship’s captain and a marines detachment. Private Smith feigns mercy to a convict and outwits Louis Vaudois, baiting him into a trap that leads to Vaudois’s punishment and Smith’s vindicated vigilance.
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Ravager
M.S. Ravager
Christian
Wanek
Manderanighie
Missebier
Tie
Toregver
Tommy Atkins
Tomuy
Robert Smiith
Smith
Louis Vaudois
Vaudois
Her Majesty's
Red Marines
Roger Vanbrugh
Qht Bailey
Don
Tia
Atkins
Matsic
Duuy
Pirate Smith
Tohareo
Aid
Siith
Iilid Decados
Winsell
Mile Cuaily
Bkanelf
Louis Vaudoix
Ein. Viet
Vinaudois
Viradois
Kis
Marcel
Vanetus
Matt
No Thanke Exchange Offers Barber of Segile Reference
A fragmented exchange shows a host declining a request to sing and an absent minded guest declines politely, noting they share many selves in the moment. The awkward dialogue hints at a stage or social event with playful wordplay.
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Barber of
Segile
Possible Cure for Cancer via Wartwort Extract in Russia
A Russian physician Doctor Denisenko reports seven cases using wartwort sap from the spurge family as a potential cancer treatment in a St Petersburg medical journal. The wartwort sap is poisonous and must be used under strict medical supervision. The article also notes Tesla's view that X-ray induced skin burns arise from ozone and suggests protecting hands by sealing them from air during exposure.
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Denisenko
St. Petersburg
Tesla
Fertilizing with Electricity and Celestial Companions
The article notes Nikola Tesla suggesting electrical oscillators could chemically fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to create fertilizer on an industrial scale. It then discusses plant introductions in New Zealand driven by human activity and a digression on stars Sirius and Procyon, including observations by Professor Schaecherle at Lick Observatory.
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Nikola Tesla
Procyon
Bessel
Sirius
Wein
Schaecherle
Lick Observatory
Fossil Pine Tree Found in Lindenwold New Jersey
A pine family fossil tree was discovered near Lindenwold New Jersey. The trunk measures about 26 feet long and seven and a half feet in diameter at the base, tapering to a point with a diameter of five feet, but the wood is fragile and sections cannot be taken. A note mentions a Chinaman named Shoo Fly in Walla Walla Washington.
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Smith
Vanders
Vaudois
Chambers’ Journal
New Jersey
Yelowstone Valley
Arizona
Mississippi
Lindenwold
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Tradt
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Vandais
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Eugene
Ore
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Mir
Werkmen
Mr. Workman
Mr. Arnold
Cache Creek Mountain
Mr. Workin
Arnold
Trim
Jess
Very Meade
Mr Workman
Workman
Edgehp
Europe
New Zealand
Ino
Walla Walla
Waa
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