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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
4
The narrator contemplates a mutinous crew led by Tuttle and De Nova as the Sea Queen sails west into the Pacific. He weighs who among the sailors remains loyal, faces muffled threats, and questions the pirates crew’s true aim while navigating a tense encounter on the bridge.
A captured vessel is revealed not to be the Esmeralda but the Sea Queen owned by Lord Darlington. The crew plots piracy and the captain questions his authority as Tuttle and De Nova reveal plans to sail toward Valparaiso while pursuing a hidden passenger awaiting rescue.
The Betsy under Captain Tuttle, returning from a South Pacific voyage, encounters a colossal icebound ship perched above an ice cliff. The ghostly tale describes a vessel resembling Columbus era ships, named Donata Isabel, Cadiz, towering amid jagged ice as fog, adrenalin, and awe fill the crew.
John Stephens a Massachusetts adventurer marooned at Valparaiso accepts a Peru Chile war commission to capture the Esmeralda. He boards a ship with a mixed crew and captures what proves to be Lord Darlington's private yacht with the lord's wife and maid aboard. He explains the mix up to her ladyship.
A wary navigator disputes belief in land seen beyond fog and ice. He insists a Sea Queen heads toward land two islands away, despite skepticism from Mr Stephens. The discussion centers on a promised truth he vows to prove.
A vintage medical advertisement asserts backache signals kidney trouble and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co. It cites G. S. Warren of Boise Idaho praising a past injury and relief after five years of treatment. Box price is 50 cents with nationwide dealer sales.
Simon Hardcastle argues against wives demanding any money for personal amusement. Miranda debates whether the Lord’s Prayer could fit in a dime’s space, noting the engraver’s perspective.
An advertisement urges readers to participate in a field of prize drawing by the John A. Salzer Seed Co offering $500 in gold. The copy praises the company as large and responsible and invites customers to test a man’s character by his enthusiasm.
An ad claims a fast cold cure using laxative tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails. It notes that B W M’s signature appears on each box and makes a remark about landlords and tenants sharing the same perspective.
Dexter Texas resident Mrs Calvin Jones endorses Cardus as a remedy for dizzy spells and the change of life. The letter claims Cardus prepared her system and eased the change and urges women to take the tonic for health and vitality. The notice invites readers to request instructions and a 64 page Home Treatment for Women booklet from the Chattanooga Medicine Co.
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