Liza of Cheapside Sketch Undercurrents of City Life
A fragment from St James' Budget depicts Liza selling flowers in Cheapside and her complex bond with Joe, who drains himself and pressures her to abandon her father, while the pair navigate street life toward a grim fate as a family tragedy unfolds in Lambeth with a dying father and a looming church vow.
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Joe
Tommy Rat
London
Babylon
Strephon
Chlorig
Queen Victoria Street
Joey
Blackfriars Bridge
Stamford Street
Tommles Wien
Liza
Paseion
Lambeth
St James
British Navy Tests Selmer Signaling System At Portsmouth
The British navy debates colored lights for signaling with officers praising continuous display. A Portsmouth trial of the Austrian Selmer system uses two lanterns with five light classes and thirty code patterns. Electric power, a future single dynamo, and an automatic message printout show signals read at six miles, though the mechanism is seen as fragile and complex.
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Portsmouth
Philadelphia
Black Diamonds Inclusions And Earthquake Clues
A column surveys black diamonds with carbon inclusions and notes by Molsgan Paris on artificially produced gems. It discusses rainfall distribution between the Missouri and Ohio basins and their impact on the Mississippi. It cites Dubois Lyons on sleep as carbonic acid intoxication and details Marmora Sea earthquakes and vanished mountain plates.
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Monsieur Molsgan
Paris
Dubois
Lyons
Hedgehog venom antidote serum hopeful from France report
A report notes experiments by Physalix and Bertrand in France on hedgehogs showing venom antidote properties in blood. They describe immunizing substances that could counter snake venom and potentially other poisons across species.
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Messieurs Physalix
Bertrand
France
Names for Money Through History
The piece traces origins of monetary terms such as dollar and sterling, linking them to thalers from Germany, the pound as a weight of silver, and the franc’s early adoption abroad, noting slang roots and the spread of terms from Europe to England and beyond. The discussion cites Shakespeare and the Saint Louis Globe-Democrat as sources.
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Paul
Timothy
Joachim
Thal
Germany
England
Shakapeare
Europe
France
St. Louie
Globe-Democrat
Singular Duel by Poison Ends in Sudden Death
An extraordinary duel, sparked by a quarrel over a lady, was settled not by swords but by poisoned pills prepared by a doctor. Four pellets were made, two harmless and two deadly. after a coin toss, the men alternately took pills until one died within moments, leaving the survivor astonished by the fatal outcome.
Heroines with Fair Hair
The article notes that many beloved heroines of history are depicted with fair hair. It highlights how color symbolism connects virtues to hair color and reflects cultural ideals in portraiture and literature.
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Waterloo Station
Sea of Marmora
Husphorus
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Moud
Monsieur Collet
University of Grenoble
Russia
Hesancon
Hermite
Monsieur Heruvite
Monsieur Ctaoin
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