A Troublesome Lady On A Lonely Plains Train
Dr John helps a destitute married woman Minny de Restaud found adrift near a switchman's home. He treats her sick, learns her story, and plans legal steps for her child. Oliver arrives with Hannah Patten to witness, while Minny confronts family ties and a hopeful future for her baby Francois de Restaud.
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Doctor John
Denver
Plains
John
Jimmy Watson
Jimmy
Jonas Macon
Dr. John
A ’Sylum
Mrs. Macon
Craig Oliver
Minny
Francois
Francis
de Restaud
France
Henri de Restaurd
Minerva Patten de Restaud
Hannah Patten
Newcastle
Maine
Paris
Henri
Macons
Hannah
Oliver
Mizney
Dr. Join
Men Outperform Women in Smell Tests Says Study
An 19th century report notes American physiologists Nichols and Brown tested 44 men and 38 women with odorants including clove garlic lemon and prussic acid. Men detected scents at far higher dilutions than women, with men identifying prussic acid up to 1 in 2,000,000 and women failing beyond 1 in 10,100, suggesting average male superiority in olfactory sensitivity.
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Nichols
Brown
The Michigan Man and the Cold Winter Banter
A humorous tale contrasts a Michigan native's boastful climate talk with Uncle Ben Wilson’s witty retorts about winter. The crowd laughs as the man from Michigan is humorously outmatched, revealing that bravado about cold weather often meets irony and satire.
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Michigan
Ben Wilson
Uncle Ben
Ben
Arkansaw Traveler
Dominion Trade and Shipping Returns of 1893
Canada shows a $247,638,620 total trade in 1893 up from 1892 by $6,269,177. Exports rise $6,459,344 while imports grow $4,725,087, with U S and Great Britain driving increases. Customs duties total $21,161,711, and per head values reach imports $25.01 exports $23.89. Shipping activity notes 27,547 vessels inside Canadian ports, with Ontario leading inland tonnage and a rise in vessel construction but lower tonnage per ship.
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Smrts
Germany
Japan
Newfoundland
British East Indies
Great Britain
United States
France
British West Indies
Dutch East Indies
Holland
Venezuela
British
Arica
Belgium
Argentina
Argentine Republic
St. John’s
Spanish West Indies
Britain
Sachs
Canadian Porte
Ag Agaist
Dominion
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British Columbia
P. E. Island
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Yarmouth
Sydney
St. Andrews
N.B
N. Sydney
Igt
Chatham
Windsor
NiSi
Escwsseesena
Aeesemee
Charlottetown
Ship La Bourgogne Arrives After Icebound North Atlantic Run
From Havre the steam ship La Bourgogne entered New York harbor after a wintry voyage marked by a northwesterly gale and a heavy head sea. A freak wave struck near midnight, knocking the first officer M. Eicot and a seaman named Norman from the bridge. They were hurled across the bridge, unconscious but not fatally injured, and recovered with bruises and no broken bones.
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New York
la Bourgogne
Havre
M. Eicot
Norman
Wild hogs terrorize tule lands near Suisun California
In Suisan California wild hogs roam marshy tule lands and a monstrous boar measuring over six feet with fourteen inch tusks weighs 420 pounds. A hunting party tracked the beast to reed grass where a hunter was tossed into the air by the creature before a second hunter killed it. A rescuer was bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Tule
Suisan
Cal
Tuies
Agatn
Submarine earthquakes churn mid Atlantic barrier
In the central Atlantic near the twenty fifth meridian from London crossing the equator a spot remains undersea and almost continuously shaken by violent submarine quakes. These shocks hurl water high and create waves that pose a danger to vessels passing through the area.
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Atlantic Ocean
London
Equator
Wessels
Winter skating ordeal through Pictou to New Glasgow
A first person reminiscence describes a night ordeal skating along icy routes from Pictou to New Glasgow. Strong winds, frigid air, and fatigue test endurance as the skater struggles against cold, darkness, and treacherous turns while seeking shelter and safety.
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Pictou
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Pacific Ocean
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Peer Rr Reer
British Guiana
Brazi
Italy
Eee
West Indies
Ieee
California
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