Bishop Seeks Modesty Among New Zealand Islanders
Fragmentary tale recounts Bishop Selwyn directing missionary efforts in the South Seas to clothe islanders. A native woman tests cloth, smiles, but declines wearing it, citing shyness as she returns the fabric. Separate note from Minnesota highlights Dodd's Kidney Pills curing long standing kidney trouble.
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Coatume
Selwyn Frattas
Imat
Wilssionarr
Mtorten
Minnesota
Takefeld
Minn
Wil Ham
EB. Gentry
Mont
Jaclown County
Gentry
Mr. Gentry
Sam
Dodd
Duel Ends in Death in Minsk Saloon Shooting
Report from Minsk recounts a feud between two old friends resulting in a pistol duel that killed one man. Neither had prior pistol experience. The tale also mentions a curious botched seeds catalog pitch and a junk mail style seed offer with promised guaranteed plants and a Berliner Cauliflower package for postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minsk
Russia
Sswyers
Joan Ag Baltes
Cai
Lerosso
Man Rescued After Fright From Hot Drill Bit Improves
A workman in a large building company’s yard narrowly escaped death after a drill bit drilled through his jumper and stuck in his shirt. Heat from the bit caused the scare, but the man was unhurt aside from fright. Foreman cut away the jumper to free him. the incident followed workers drilling two inch holes in an unfinished caisson. The tale is interlaced with faulty OCR snippets and advertisements from a historic page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prac: Healy
New York
Pont
How to Keep a Cellar Dry and Farm News Notes
Fragmented page notes methods to keep cellars dry with drainage and cement walls. It cites asphalt sealing and wall covering, and mentions crop yields including oats and corn. Also references seed catalogs from John A. Balser Seed Co and tours of Switzerland boosting per capita wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Balzer
M.D
Salsers Boelte
Beardions Harley
Hele Bulker Cyr
John A. Baler Seed Co
la Crosse
Wik
A Defense of Slang Language of Sincerity and Satire
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century compilation argues slang is sincere, a reaction against pretentiousness, and a tool for exposing evil with humor. The piece cites writers, social aims, and a recipe for corn relish, then notes Britain’s habitual criminal law proposals and industrial settlement ideas for reform and probation.
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Bathos
Martial
Juvénal
Herman Spencer
Hocklovers
Great Britain
Cromwell and Parliament clash in heated London meeting
In a continued chapter a council meeting at the Speaker's house follows Israel Swaham's protest against Parliament. Cromwell sits among self-seeking men and denounces tyranny in a thunderous speech before mounting his horse for a ride homeward.
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Cromwell
Vane
Martha
Parliament
Israel Swaham
Jane and Matilda’s Secret Pressures Test Ties
In a spring 1653 scene Jane visits Matilda de Wick at Sandys and learns of Cymlin Swartham’s comic courtship and a pending voyage to France. Stephen de Wick pleads for marriage, but Jane remains pledged to Lord Neville, while Matilda’s tale deepens their entwined loyalties and rival affections.
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Jane
Cymiin
Matilda
Fipert
Stephen
Stephen de Wick
England
Tam
France
Prince Rupert
Mary Cromwell
Matilda de Wick
Jana
Jevery House
Sandys
Cromwells
Jewery House
Cymlin
Ireland
Coxcomb
Cymlin Swartham
Sir Thomas
Tom
Lord Neville
Death
Neville
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Joo
Pino
Mra
Puom
Mapie Street
Norwtcn
N. Y
Webster
Danel Webster
Daniel
Mr. Webster
Williama
Musa
Putnam
Switzerland
United States
St.Jacobs Oil
Ogden
Phoenix High Patent
Goren Willing
A Elevator CO
Oapen, Utan
Amelia E. Barr
Maiden Lane
Cluny
Iltte Gray House
Pifeshire
Cumiin
Ma' Hida
Cymilla
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