New decrees from the National Assembly! Many a hateful law has been abolished, from Seigneurial Courts, Game Rights, and the buying of Magisterial positions, to immunities from taxation and undeserved pensions... they vow more is to come!
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Our brilliant Citizen scientists, Laplace, Condorcet, Borda and Lavoisier, will publish a serialized introduction to, and defense of, the proposed metric system, coming soon in the Journal de Paris.
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La Bande Noire: Dubious Auctions. Going, going! A private auction will be held at 12 de la rue de Buci on the 14th of Messidor. In dire need of sturdy wood and stones to repair your abode or a baptismal font to remember the old ways? Knock 4 times ask for Flavien. No question as to the provenance will be answered.
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Mme Tussaud's Peculiar Skill. The extraordinary Marie Tussaud is able to fashion life-like figures out of mere wax! You would swear her artworks were about to breathe - although many of her models have breathed their last.