03 Nov 1894
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1894
Page
1
The Globe Toronto lauds the new Webster's International as invaluable for households and educators. It notes ten years of revision with 109 editors and over $300,000 spent. The Times Hamilton calls it the best working dictionary and a standard for schools and families.
G and C Merriam, publishers of Springdale Massachusetts, urge readers not to buy cheap photographic reprints of ancient editions and offer a free prospectus with specimen pages and illustrations.
A faded 1815 letter from a British naval officer describes Napoleon Bonaparte aboard a retreating frigate, detailing his appearance meals and bearing. The note, preserved as a relic, notes blockade, capture near Rochelle, and impressions of Napoléon as a corpulent, well dressed leader with gray eyes and a cocked hat.
A satirical note in The Lady's Pictorial imagines women colonists in Calabia living under an Italian Deputy with gender equality and identical dress but bans on reading and writing. The piece questions long term equality and harmony in a restrictive, isolated settlement. Also promotes Ayers Pills and Ayers Sarsaparilla with generic health claims and political advice about voting for the best man.
An old advertisement asserts Luck as the encouragement of pluck and self confidence as rock bottom, promoting Minard's Liniment as the best remedy.
An exhausted Peary party returns from Greenland with Lieut. Peary, Lee, and Henson. The voyage suffers crippling losses from severe cold, storms, and mutinous equipment, with eight men, 90 dogs, and multiple boats decimated. The team plans another year to salvage meteorites and data, but risks remain high.
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