With Her Own Hands A Fatal Village Passion
Janet Langdon uses wit and defiance to rebuff Stephen Musgrave’s pursuit but a bitter marriage to farmer George Hurst ends in tragedy. Hurst disappears after a river accident, is found murdered by his own wife, and Musgrave descends into madness while Janet flees the scandal bound to a hidden truth.
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Janett
Stephen Musgrave
Hodsbourne Woods
Janet Langdon
Stephen
George Hurst
Janet
Hurst
Hodsbourne
Musgrave
Patcham
Mirfation
Anné
Mrs. Lee
Mr. Hurst
Mrs. Langdon
Windsor
Farmer Hurst
London
Molly
Ralph Herne
Steve Musgrave
Rectory
Rectory Farm
Ralston Market
Ralston
Janet Hurst
Giles Hoskins
Steve
Hernes
Herne
Ralph
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum
A Tale with a Moral from McCalls Magazine
A humorous tale shows a husband learning a wife’s help with mending clothes. Mr Bridle complains his wife won’t sew a button while Mr Norris explains not to ask a wife to mend. He dramatizes a plan to coerce repair, only for his wife to reveal the garment is still usable and mends it herself.
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McCall's Magazine
Mr. Bridle
Mr. Norris
Mrs. Norris
Fleurette a Delicate Rose in Theodosia Garrison Poem
The verses honor a delicate figure Fleurette praised for grace and laughter. The poem evokes a brief springlike beauty and a quiet, mournful reflection on love and loss attributed to Theodosia Garrison in the Smart Set.
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Theodosia Garrison
Fragmented Oceanic Verse Echoes Amid Tender Yearnings
A damaged poem fragment speaks of the sea as a world of love and longing. The speaker pleads with the fickle ocean to reveal its full heart, noting alternating pain and hope as tides return across the year.
Enigmatic Verse by Mabel P Seaside Jibes and Bowing
A playful verse by Mabel P mocks critics of her polite form and "good bow" as she recalls seaside hotel guests and flirtatious rewards. The speaker brags of charm, leaving the audience amused yet critical of the poet's pretensions.
A Pleasing Yet Cautious View on a New Book Purchase
Dorothea reflects on whether to buy a new book now or wait, weighing advice to avoid haste and avoid hostile debate. She favors independent, good natured discussion and upholding independence and courtesy, resisting personalities.
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Dorothea
Elision and Idols in a Fractured Isle Tale
A fragment recounts an obsessed narrator noting cannibal habits, degraded idols, and a shifting social scene. It depicts day and night behavior on a marshy coast where elders eat yams and youth dance to drums and squeaking claps.
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Thres
France
Substitutions puzzle quotes Locke style text
A cryptic quote puzzle uses every word with one letter removed and another substituted, creating garbled lines about leading thought understanding and nourishment. The note tags SN and HH appear as initials, hinting at作者 or compiler credits within a fragmentary quotation.
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Locke
Out of the Ordinary World News Summary
A digest of varied curiosities and statistics from 19th century trivia. It notes Dundee fines for striking matches on public walls, New York city running costs, and a 20 percent growth record for a Clydesdale. It mentions a Kansas City mill project, Nero bust authenticity, Brittany weddings, typewriter factory output, and Tibetan Askal Chin heights. It also covers rising rice growth in Texas and Louisiana, fox predation on lambs, Jean Conan’s extraordinary beard, extreme heat endurance, Manitoba land use, and Alaskan mustache practices.
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Dundee
Scotland
New York City
Kansas City
Nero
Plougnastel
Brittany
Census Bureau
Askal Chin
Tibet
Dead Sea
Texas
Louisiana
South Atlantic
Jean Conon
Montlucon
France
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Alberta
Rockies
Saskatchewan
Royal Record: A King in Various Phrases
Fragment from a column listing numerous phrases and clues centered on the term King. Entries include references to a King exercising choice, keeping score, disposing, and taking notice, with scattered letters and enigmatic annotations. The piece reads as a wordplay or puzzle item with miscellaneous King related phrases.
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Amy
Oh Youthful Boots and Golden Hours Recalled in Verse
A reflective poem recalling youth and outdoor adventures now fading with age. The speaker laments the loss of vigor and carefree days spent braving weather and toil. The piece contrasts past boldness with present hesitation and longing.
Prize King Hunt Brings Reward For Best List
An attractive prize will be presented to the sender of the best list of kings. Answer to No 2 percent. Solutions must be forwarded within one week. In case of doubt preference goes to the earliest received among tying lists.
Pensions and Miscellany From An Old Listing
A fragmented OCR list shows items like pensions in the 222 range, with scattered words such as outcast and a long run of rhyming or similar sounding terms. The text also mentions medical consultations and a cyclone reference linked to Ceylon and other tiny tokens.
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Ceylon
Immune infants and curious global notes on trade and custom
An 19th century compilation notes child pin swallowing immunity explained by stomach tightening. A street excavation uncovers cassia gold and dollars, causing police action. Brittany marriage customs feature red coats and border values. West Virginia coal output rises to hundreds of millions of tons forecast. Swedish inns charge women more. couples travel as one and a half. Hemp production global potential noted with season timing. Glove-making cuts cited as highly skilled, with famed cutters and heirloom tools passed down generations.
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Alfred Exner
Vienna
Brittany
West Virginia
Tidewater
Sweden
Aviary
London
New York
London hawker charged for disorderly love letters at Southwark
William George, a hawker, appeared at Southwark Police Court charged with disorderly conduct on Minster Bridge Road. A schoolmaster testified he sold letters printed on green paper titled love letters using insinuating language. The magistrate fined him five shillings for bad language.
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London Mail
William George
Southwark
Minster Bridge
Jugal
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MC. S
Royal Record
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Monument Piacy
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