Three Suitors Vie for Lal Rydquist in Port Charade
Lal Rydquist, a shipkeeper in 1876 London, faces three suitors among captains. Captain Holstius quietly aids her while Rex Armiger is believed dead. Captain Berlinder schemes for control of Rydquist's and Lal’s hand, while Captain Wattles enters as a wary American rival with unseen aims.
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Norway
Holstius
Dante
Beatrice
Rex
Igyand
Fevonet
Zachariasen
Wal
Robert Browning
Seine
Christian Dialkecy
Nico 193
Borlinder
London
Nick Berlinder
Service
Lal
Rydquist
Berlinder
Rex Armiger
Berlinder Mat
Lal Rydquist
York
Rydquist’s
Spain
Moxtey
Armigers
Thearty
Nick Borlinder
Jake
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Nick Borlindey
Tar
Consolation Seeker Weighs on Lal in London
Barnabas Wattles, a slight, sharp man with pale features, befriends Lal Lal gaska in London. He courts with gentle speeches of consolation claiming the name meaning Son of Consolation and hints at a future partnership to ease her grief for Rex.
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Rydquist’sa
London
Lal
Rex
Borlinder
Barnabas
Berlinder
Barnabas Wattles
Wattles
Lal Anid
Miss Lal
Son of
American women lead in dress tastes and spending says London News
The piece argues American women are best dressed due to originality and money to spend on fashion, contrasting with English manners. It notes English reliance on modistes is costly and limits style. Also mentions Mr Pickens of Colorado fathering triplets named Grant Hayes and Garfield and Minneapolis using sawdust for hotel pillows.
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Pater Hong
Mr. Pickens
Colorado
Grant, Hayes
Garfield
N. Y
Advances in Telephony and Printing Devices
A Melbourne to Albury study shows ordinary telegraph wires can convey telephonic messages for 200 miles. A typewriter linked by wire to a second device writes messages without a telegraph operator. Chrome leather surpasses bark in tensile strength and elasticity, with a sample at 297 pounds per square inch versus 2672 for bark. The glossograph invents a tongue lip breath instrument to transcribe speech onto paper.
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Steat v
Melbourne
Albury
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Times
N. F. UN
PITH AND POINTS OF SPRING HUMOR AND GARDEN GOOF
A collection of quips and snippets from various papers. Jests about rent, spring produce, odd school discipline, foggy London concerts, grafting maple sugar, loyal dogs, and Nantucket shingle tales. Includes Burdette and Burlington Hawkeye excerpts.
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New Hampshire
London
W. Y. Post
Commissioner of Agriculture
New Haven Register
New York Sun
Detroit Stree Press
Burdette
Nantucket
Bt. John
Shanglé
Shangle
Burlington Hawkeye
Umbrella Swap At Town Depot Teaches Caution
A storm day incident at a depot ends with a man taking a stranger’s umbrella by mistaken claim. The misidentification leads to a quick retreat and a lesson on rain preparedness.
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Boston Journal
Brown's Iron Barriers and Butter s Non Alcoholic Tonic Claim Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Brown's Iron Barriers as a trustworthy tonic for nervous disorders and weaknesses after excess, promising to curb cravings for stimulants. It also promotes Brown's Butter s as a non alcoholic tonic aiding digestion, nerves, and blood, claiming medical confidence and a $1.00 bottle price.
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Brown
Ron Butters
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Syes
Mys Bereot
Truas
Harry Lee
Ory
Margéry Deane
Lal” Rydquist
Walter, Besant and
James Rice
Heaven
Captain Holstins
Stree
Thes
Pythagoras
Minneapolis
Science and Industry
Herr A. Gentilli
Vienna
Tom Winkins
Sykes
Tod
Tom
J Jacobs
Jock Dwarvey
James A. Co
Union Catholic Library
Con- Union
A. Coyman
Koti Sreawes
Frank
Jesse James
Gene
Tinnee Os & Newman Pum. Co
Cone! Bisok
Chicago
Ulss
L. B. Maskell
Dentlat
Boson
Mast
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