Fury of the Tide on the Trent at Gainsborough
An eyewitness account describes the Trent bore at Gainsborough with wild water, roaring waves, and dripping foam as barges battle the current. Details include the term negir or bore, the keel and whelps, a shipyard scene, and nearby observers amid a summer evening river surge.
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Trent
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
Stoney
Abe
Gotunborough
Great Britain
Severn
Deafness Cure Myth Shrouds Wartime Hearing Claims
A fragmented wartime clipping discusses deafness remedies and hearsay about cures. It mentions people and places indirectly, highlighting misinformation about auditory restoration during a period of conflict.
The Fisherman’s Deceptive Fire Save Town
A centuries old tale from Les Sables d'Olonne recounts Admiral Russell’s bombardment tricked by a fisherman named Dante Friewnd. Believing he pointed to the town’s heart, the admiral shelled the area only to discover bonfires created an illusion, sparing the town and the fisherman from execution.
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Admiral Russell
Les Sables d'Olonne
Bay of Biscay
Dante Friewnd
Pricaud
Asherman
Jent
Nod
Munsell
Peicaud
Hin Gebing
Bie Ky
Ren
Launching a Big Vessel and Other Observations
A collage of notes on risky ship launches, their costly prep, and the delicate timing to slip a giant vessel upright into water. Also snippets on Australia’s stony desert discovery, a theater press anecdote, and a quip about silence at a gathering.
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Chegue
Ae Robinson Crusoe
Aftir
Crete
Crator
Crosby McCarthy
Popular Mechanics
Maguelite
Australia
North
Blurt
Inia
Darling
Worry as a Major Agent in Disease Production
A long discussion on worry’s role in illness explains it as more than mood. It links chronic anxiety to diabetes, goiter, heart disease, with physical signs from nervous overactivity, and notes the brain’s energy reserves and chromatin changes as underlying mechanisms. Also mentions Japan’s national symbol history in a separate note.
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Saya de Rirle
Forrest
The
Japan Society
Two Minutes After the Exam Yale Record
A brief humorous note from Yale Record on post exam reflections. It recalls missteps and near misses, with exclamations about a clach and a dunked effort, capturing student banter after exams.
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Yale Record
Conscience in the Highest of All Courte
A brief quotation reflects Victor Hugo’s view on conscience as supreme within moral courts. Hugo frames inner judgment as the ultimate arbiter governing conduct, surpassing external authority and worldly power.
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Victor Hugo
Review's Legal Blanks For Sale At This Office
A list of legal blanks kept for sale includes warranty deeds claim deeds realty and chattel mortgages satisfaction of mortgage contracts for sale of realty bills of sale and leases with additional blanks to be added as demand grows.
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River
Robert Mather
Leslie's
Waldhorn
Charlotte Stetson
Sali
Yonkers Statesman
Boston ‘Transcript
Ieta
Reny
Palm Beach
L. E. Rose
Bonham & Currier
Athena
David Craig
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