Nameless Barge Tow to Bristol Amid Storms and Revelations
Sailors, rival shipboard passengers, and three Bristo l scoundrels harass a houseboat voyage down the Severn estuary. A leak, a tense exchange, and a Sunday calm at a College Green hotel precede a tale of wedlock plans and a ward in chancery as Jack Duncombe reveals past scrapes and a budding engagement while the party plots onward toward Wiltshire.
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Severn Estuary
Northswich
Fortskewet
Corrieverehan
Corra Islands
Dorus Mor
Bristol
Jack Duncombe
Miss Doggy
Ewen Cameron
Columbus
Col. Cameron
Portishead Point
King’s
Avon
Murdoch
Peggy
Miss Peggy
Tita
College Green Col
Cameron
Inverfalk
Severn
Elere Murdoch
Warwick
Wilts
Kaward
Maud
Court of Chancery
Holloway
Wiltshire
Queen Tita
Inhaled Medicaments Enter Tracheal Conduit Treatment
Dr Mendel of Pacis proposes daily injections of inhaled medicines into the tracheal conduit for respiratory diseases. Ten cubic centimeters used over a month. Fifty patients, mostly tuberculous, show relief from coughing and improved appetite, sleep, and strength without stomach upset.
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Mendel
Pacis
French Academy of Medimost
de Bays
N York Herald
Ds. Mendels
M. Mendel
He Thaa
Hair Trade Attracts High Prices In Paris
Report notes Paris dealers pay up to 250 dollars per pound for fine fashionable human hair. Much of the supply originates in Brittany where peasant women and girls harvest hair. The piece highlights the link between hair sales and aristocratic fashion.
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Paris
France
Brittany
Vicious Hair Cutting Trade Exploits Peasant Girls
The text describes peasants having their hair cut off and sold to traveling merchants. The mother is shown covering her daughter's shaved scalp with a coarse net while the child appears distressed. Merchants pay in kind with gaudy shawls, flashy skirts, or bright ornaments for the tresses.
German Philologists Plan Comprehensive Latin Dictionary
A coalition of German philologists announces a project to publish a complete Latin dictionary titled Thesaurus Lingual Latinae. They intend to surpass the 17th century Forcellini Lexicon and the Facciolati Latinitatis work last revised about 150 years ago by Italian scholars, with printing expected to begin soon.
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Germany
Atill Forcellini
Facciolati
Obdurate Client Battles Advice, Quip Echoes Puck
A courtroom quip notes the client as the most obstinate man the old lawyer has seen. His friend replies with a wry line about hating advice even when paid for, a facetious echo of Puck’s humor.
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Orst
Puck
Increase of Insanity and High Living
In the rush for money people neglect health and suffer breakdowns. The article endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach ills including constipation dyspepsia and biliousness.
Lake Vessels Surpass Expected Steamer Capacity
A lake steamer launched recently exceeds earlier expectations with a carrying capacity well over 9,000 tons, surpassing the prior belief that 4,000 tons marked the maximum size for such vessels. Cleveland lender.
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Cleveland
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