Secret Jersey desk trick foiled by expert letters
A London expert uncovers that Elinor Beaumont’s Jersey letters were a forged signal system to smuggle French war plans. The plot used half sheets with holes to spell messages. Beaumont and a sister figure orchestrated the ruse, but the decipherer exposes the ruse and Beaumont vanishes.
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Parker
Nodle
Beaumont
Hcs
Rose
London
Elinor Beaumont
Intergale
Nelson
Indies
Auippore
Reahing
Jersey
Napoleon
Fleet Atroot
Admiralty
Adunltanes
Durance
Indy
Bernfore
The Silent Melody Echoes Through Time
A fragmented poem fragment speaks of an ancient silent melody, recalling wrecks and long-ago harps. Voices lament lost tunes and the fate of musicians, with references to Nor feet, Janet, and a wreath, amid a dreamlike reminiscence of music’s vanished era.
The Private Secretary Reveals an Office Mail Plot
A former official recounts how clerks in a royal office used a coded postal system to exchange secret dispatches. Parker notices odd letter handling and bell signals, prompting Sir George Trevor to inventory week’s mail for a covert leak, while Beaumont and others face suspicion amid tightening security.
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Fiect Street
Beaumonts
Amu
Tin Hat
Parker
George
Betumont
Besanmont
Clerka 2
Elivor Beaumont
Treet Street
Onlor
Elinor Beaumont
Jursey
Beaumont
Flu Ant
Pauret Smeer
Dean Orraneen
Harry
Windsor
Rahmed
Cis
Communication Inc Beipher Wan Natn
Napoleon
Brest
Ible
Naip Govemty
England
James Grahar
George Trevor
Admiralty
Clarks Lane
Speices
Miers
Whitehall
Jersey
Parlicia
Ewoethearta
Peaches and Depravity in the Chicago Basket of Frauds
A tirade by a Chicago Tribune editor rails against peach baskets as symbols of deceit and moral decay. He attacks fraud in quality and quantity, detailing rotten, wormy, windfall and blighted peaches as emblems of broader corruption and distrust in human nature across society.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Newspaper access for Ebukyee’s child sparks local debate
A visitor at the doorstep seeks a newspaper for a child’s education, arguing the paper’s role in cultivating abilities. The exchange touches on price, language, and the printer’s influence, with the purchaser offering sixteenth of a dollar and requests for a month’s subscription.
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Dia Kuvel
Algo
Bucca
Chile
Republieno
Dollah
Texar Jailtigener
Edison Faxed Transmitter Experiments Then Colors Now
An account of Thomas Edison experimenting with tin foil receivers and diaphragms to capture speech and test groove recordings. It notes early color photography efforts, including Vienna court photography using primary colors to create yellow blue and red impressions, though the method is complex and not promising.
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N. Y
Canada
E. Lewin
E. Lewin Srunrevant
New England
Mn. M
Battenam
Ohio
Dexter Smith
Smith
Atlantic
Lalf
Boston
Duster Sonith
Will S. Haoyn
Danks
Hon
Evangeline
Nora O'Neill
Sweet
Genevieve
Songa
Shashi
Chicago Journal
Hendricks
Hig
Ory
Democratic Party
The
New York Tribune
United States
Przby
Congress
Acts of Congress
Morton
Sherman
Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Treasury
Quartermaster General
Southern Claims Commission
Christiancy
New Yorks
Ribune
Christianity
Wallingford
Mr. Edison
Brock
Lcience Monthly
Vienna
Celera
Realm of a Millionaire and Towered Garden Plot Clash
A San Francisco undertaker owned a small plot near a millionaire’s grand canalfront project. The millionaire bought adjacent land and built a towering, ornate palace to block the undertaker’s property on three sides, until the undertaker moved away. The plan includes a six story base with a Gothic Babylonian pagoda-topped tower, a Babel-like spire no doubt to vex the affluent neighbor. Meanwhile New Hampshire trims tramp laws, imposing prison terms up to two years for certain vagrancy and property offenses, and stricter penalties for crimes against persons or property.
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Ball Causa
San Francisco
Canal Honce
Mie
America
Iast
Babel
Tang
Naes Ho
Butt Ja
New Hampshire
Significant Utterances on State's Rights in Confederate Context
A verbose Southern pamphlet-like piece defends State's rights as central to the Democratic platform, praising Confederate leaders and opposing Lincoln era changes. It claims broad support in Mississippi and the North, denouncing radicals and praising Bourbons while attacking conservatism.
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Qofn
Republican Party
Ingman
Democratic Party
Bepanies
North
House
Treasury
Congress
Kapitalinta
Misa
Ayer
Fedal Union
Mississippi
Tenat
Lincoln
South
Democratic Prosa
Sutra Tunnel boosts mine cooling and safety at Savage level
Reports say the Sutro tunnel lowers temperatures in the Savage mine 2000 foot level from 120 to 04 degrees, with air draught reducing by 26 degrees. If sustained, this could improve labor conditions, reduce risks of collapse, and boost profitability across Comstock mines, saving lives and health in arduous work.
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Mans
Philo
Jeane Christ
Tullus
Sophronisens
Mary
Socrates
Tf le
Amiatiteus
Secrates
Tavanidas
Sparta
Nobriety
Greece
Jesus
Sodraths
Jeah Jacquus Rosseaic
Savage
Guiches
Comstock
San Francisco
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Kansas
Sablatie
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Eliot
Cmead Transportation
Seridine
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Lord Bacon
Mississippi Valley
Atlanti
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Mountains of Wales
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Port Modoc
Newport
Mountauine
Festiniog
Roglen
Great’ Britain
Delehanty
Canal Street
Police
Lim
Albany Journ
John Susser
Cau
Misa Jubaeau
Heepat
Southern
Workingman
Hewitt
Labor-Reform Committee
Tha
Democrata
Marlon
Phonograph
Southern Journal
Bulooekiatin
Princesa
Denmark
Tris Incky
Horace
New Haven
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