A Race for Gold A New Englander's Alaska Adventure
The voyage leads Tarbox and Tom through danger toward a remote cliff hideout where Tarbox uses smoke signals to signal Dick in a covert escape plan. Dick returns with a trusted ally to confirm the right party is aboard, as the party eyes a hidden entrance and a long night of reckoning looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarbox
Tom
San Francisco
Avery
Dick Taylor
Klondike
Box
Aherd
Tarbex
Ian
Taylor
John
Boston
Scott
Beott
Ladue’s
Joe
Ladue
Hidden gold cache revealed in old mine passage
The group secures a secret entrance behind rock and moss, uncovering a deep chasm and a hidden camp with abundant gold. Taylor explains how they reached this spot while the others help move belongings and prepare to establish a stealthy base while fending off potential pursuers.
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Walls
Rome
Taylor
Veara
Solkiri
Varbex
Dick Taylor
Raylie
Clara Avery
Tarbox
Tom
Green
Eyan
Avery Stone
Wanted to See a Studio Du Maurier’s Fashionable Sitters
In Harper's Magazine a tale recalls Du Maurier growing tired of models yet agreeing to draw a fashionably minded sitter who appears with a cab fare request and a later Hyde Park visit. The piece notes the 620 cultivation of the mulberry tree in Greece aiding silk production.
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du Maurier
Harry Farnis
Harper's Magazine
Hyde Park
Greece
Levent
Manners and exams in class force Willie Brown to improvise
In a Brooklyn tidbit a teacher quizzes Willie Brown on behavior in an electric car with a full passenger load and an elderly visitor. A medical authority touts Garfield Tea as a cure‑all remedy replacing the family physician, claiming it aids stomach, kidney, and bowel disorders and boosts wellbeing for all ages.
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Willie Brown
Tommy
Brooklyn
Ely's Dream Balm Aimed At Nasal Catarrh Relief
A Chicago Post item touts Ely's Dream Balm as a nasal catarrh remedy with a non drying Cream Balm formula and a 75 cent price including a tube, available via mail order from druggists. The piece also notes a South African ostrich population estimate and a testimonial from Wakita Oklahoma dated April 17, 1901, praising Piso's Cure for Consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Drugg Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Sayings and remedies mix in a late 19th century column
A jumbled page notes jokes about stepmothers and ladders, plus warnings against mercury in medicines. It advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Hall's Family Pills, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, and various testimonials. It also includes snippets from newspapers and humorous asides about Greek galleys and muttonhead quotes.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
Pa. Chenny &Co
Drigelsts
Mother Gray
New York
Re. Semple
Fred Egg Allen
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Alaska
McCities Co
Louigville, Kyser Ramciaeoe Oolew Yorki Ny
Oll
Chicago Post
South Africa
Bi, al, Swayze
Wakita, Okla
Prussia
Manitoba
Aswinibola
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Linda
Canada
F.pedley
Ottawa
Can
N. Bartholomew
Dex Maines
H. Rovers
Watertown
South Dakota
W. ¥. Bennett
New York Life Hidg
Omaha
Neb
B. Davies
Jackson &J
St.Paul, Man
Cuneda
ASTH
Boo Tvolver
Ie Oat
Bamplety Tees
Palmer & GO
Siovs Gity
Iowa
Elling
F. Ere
Tigfias
Vito
Ee Ee Union
ERTS
Gabe Nhiges
W. L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Willie
Wille
Biss Trost
Usi Archat
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia
Capsicum
le Dot Penuine
Cheesrbroughs Manufacturing Co
State Street
New York City
Eney-Woous
T. Hopkins
Janes
W. E
W. B. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Boik
Sioux City
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