Love in the Barrystown ballroom amid family schemes
In a Barrystown party, George Bouverie pleads with Barbara Saville amid Aunt Julia Saville’s obstruction. Barbara frets over Sebastian Saville’s cold cruelty, while George hopes for an engagement blocked by Barbara’s father. They secretly plan a future as suspense mounts.
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Barryston
George
Barrystown
Ates
Grange
Abe
Barbara
Sebastian
Civerge
Mr. Bouverte
Father
Sebastian Saville
Anary
Julia
Qick—Hinsh
Sabastian
Sam
George Touverle
George Rouverie
George Rouverie?” Mrs. Saville
Mrs. Saville
Saville
Altting
Barbare
Taswenia
Horses in Warfare and Mobility Lessons from the Civil War
The piece argues horses remain essential for mounted infantry and mobility in war. Citing Edwin M. Stanton’s 1865 report, it notes a daily consumption of 500 horses and mules and the need for one horse or mule per two soldiers, projecting wartime supply demands for large imperial forces. Philadelphia Times references 100,000 British troops needing around 50,000 horses and mules.
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South
Edwin M. Stanton
Lincoln
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Mr. Stanton
Philadelphia Times
Remembrance and fashion in old verses and coats
An excerpt opens with Emily Bronte's poem fragment about memory and lost love then shifts to a note on fashion titled Young Girl's Hat Coat. It discusses box coats gaining popularity, praising their grace for slender figures, especially girls and children, and gives a simple pattern estimate for a 14 year old.
Nose shaping and beauty standards in early surgery
The article notes how soft nasal tissues can be molded in infancy and that regular compression with springs or adjusted devices can thin a thick nose. It critiques harmful methods like wristed handkerchief twisting, then highlights modern surgeons who reshape misshapen noses or those altered by blows. It compares dental straightening as a health and beauty parallel.
Eton jacket described as spring wear staple with sailor collar
The Eton jacket is praised as a universal spring garment for all ages. The sample shown features a sailor collar with a pointy front revers in contrasting Voverti material, finished by machine stitching or trimmed with braid or applique. It notes seamless tack waist, dip fronts, two seated coat sleeves, and fastenings front or open.
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Eton
Advancing Oyster and Brain Dishes From Old Recipes
A fragment lists recipes for anchovy canapes and Calve's brains a la poulette with white sauce, eggs and cream, plus a refined asparagus soup with stock and cream. It ends with a garbled line about a wild tree and forty one kinds of vor tables unknown to most cooks.
Sarsaparilla cures fatigue and restores vigor
A testimonial touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the best medicine money can buy, claiming it renews blood qualities to nourish nerves and organs, aids sleep, and lifts tiredness. W. K. Bate of Milford Ohio endorses improved health after taking small doses. Prepared by C. J. Homt & Co. Lowell Massachusetts. A party anecdote notes an extra maid mispronounces guests as she serves tea and cake.
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Thadd
Hood
W. K. Bate
Box 86
Milford
Ohi
C. J. Homt & Co
Lowell, Muss.ee
Crethan
Very Modest Hers War Hero Ragsiey Tever Rumor
The text questions Lieutenant Ragsiey Tever mentioning war service and whether he avoided public praise. It asserts he was a hero who possibly hid details as he disliked attention. It claims he held a war correspondent’s note while another reporter rushed toward a fort with Spaniards, forcing surrender.
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Ragsiey Tever
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertisement notice
Foot ease powder claims to ease tight new shoes and cure corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. Sold by Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York, at all druggists.
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Toat
Acnexa Ara
Allen
Allen S.olmsted
LeRuy
Bank of England note paper and counterfeit safeguards
Bank of England relies on superior linen rag paper and a unique watermark to deter counterfeiters. The note itself is plain with modest engraving unlike elaborate American bank notes. Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel movement support and gentle liver kidney action with 25 cents. Russian Christmas dinner features a roasted pig under seven to eight pounds served with buckwheat or kaache and various edible parts.
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Bank of England
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Treasury
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Nan
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