Jealous Husband Discovers Silk Dress Treachery and Averted Tragedy
A young husband recalls gifting a blue silk dress to his wife Fannie then learns she may be untrue after he, with friend Tibbs, trails her to a mysterious house. They confront a minister and discover a case of mistaken jealousy, ending with reconciliation and a vow to keep quiet.
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Jisinale
Hi Tahoe
Covent
Fannie
Charles
Paunie
Witbs
Libbs
Tibbs
Mr. Tibbs
Mrs. Brown
Ife
Fellah
Cherub
Charlie
New York
Paulié
Tallis Street
Plora Dudley
Green
Palsel
Fibbs
Dudley
Amié
Tyro
Crosby Street
Hollis
Raton
Mr.Tibbs
Andi
Weill
Pibbe
Oly
Vannie
Wibbs
Hollis Street
Tiths
Lim
Senlewian
Loke
Eaton Street
Pibbs
Mr. Bristone
Rejvice
Tean
Pye
Germany
Hooper
Homburg
London
China
Belching Vesuvius Crater Described Like Fiery Amphitheatre
The crater sits in an enclosing ring three quarters closed with walls over 230 feet high, lava fills the basin with a surface skin of chilled lava. A central cone has risen about a hundred feet in ten months, the mouth showing steady pulsations similar to a steam engine.
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Java
Tim
Naples
St. Alban’s Abbey
Hermitage
de Mer de Glace
Champany
Names of Washington and Franklin Pervade American Locality Map
A historical note recalls how Washington appears in 150 places and Franklin in about 160 communities nationwide. It counts counties towns and parishes bearing the names with many variants like Washington Heights and Franklinville reflecting deep national gratitude for the founders.
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Americas
Washington
Republic
Ioo
Washingtons
Washington Hollows
Washington Heights
Washington Lakes
Washingtonvilles
Franklin
Franklinton
Franklinville
Singular of Measles Question Echoes Old Witty Reflections
A correspondent asks about the singular form of measles. The text notes the disease is named plural and the spots are usually plural as well, joking that a single measle could not raise more than one spot.
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Clyde
Bothwell Bridge
Low Blantyre
Mom
Divine Aegesus
Clifford
United States Supreme Court
Mortland
Washington
Hiouse
Portland
Canada vessel output shows decline in 1875 totals
The Dominion of Canada registered 430 vessels in the fiscal year, totaling 118 985 tons register. This marks a drop from 1874 in overall vessel count but an increase of fourteen vessels in number.
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Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Paris Exhibition clock with pistol and Brien estate in California
A survey of varied curiosities and notable items includes a Paris Exhibition clock pistol mechanism, the Brien estate in California valued over 9.65 million dollars, and other 19th century notes on gas lighting, stamps of early cities, and prominent figures such as Justice Clifford and Dean Stanley.
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Scotland
Springfield
Massachusetts
Connecticut River
California
William S. Brien
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Fasuie
Tibllis Street
Belching Vesuvius
Magdala
Victoria
Australia
United States
Gullimore
Boston
Pall Mail
Westridge
Humphrey Davy
Trumphrey
House of Commons
William B. Astor
Hichinebeck-on-the-Hudson
Frederick the Great
Astor
Stanley
Oxford University
Prince of Wales
Canterbury
Regius
Oxford
Thomas Arnold
Westminster
University of St. Andrews
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