Treasure Island Opening as a Pirate Tale at Admiral Benbow
The narrator recalls the Admiral Benbow inn where a rough seafaring pirate known as Captain Bill, later identified as Black Dog, lodges. The pirate's eerie presence unsettles locals and frightens seafarers, while Dr Livesey and the innkeeper respond to his menace. The tale introduces a debt pact with a boy and hints at looming danger from the one-legged harbinger of doom.
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Chaptor
Admiral Benbow
Hqulie Trelawney
Dr. Livesey
Treasure Island
Admiral
Matey
Royal George
Castor
Benbow
Fristol
Mynan
Anedeg
Black Dog Appears and the Captain’s Departure
In a bitter January winter the captain’s health worsens as his inn, run by a widow and her son, bears the burden. A pale unfamiliar man enters the inn, the first of a string of mysterious events tied to the captain’s fate as Dr Livesey looms in the captain’s thoughts.
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Black Dog
Dr. Livesey
Father
Actress Wins Release From Paris Managers After Contract Standoff
American soprano Emmia Eames faced obstruction from Parisian directors while preparing to sing Traviata at the Comique. After refusing to bow to pressure and demanding release, she confronted directors and had her contract torn up. The next day Paravey announced her engagement with the opera.
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Gustav Kobbe
Emmia Eames
Saya Mr. Kobbe
Paris
Comique
Bizet
Opera
Puravey
Intrigue
Paravey
Winter remedies tout Peruna in Ontario letter
Miss Maud Falmer of Cataruugi Ontario praises Peruna as a splendid cold remedy. The piece urges winter users to take Peruna regularly to prevent and cure colds la grippe bronchitis or pneumonia and offers a free 64 page booklet from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio with Dr Hartman’s free advice. Peruna is sold at first class drug stores at one dollar per bottle.
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Per Suna
Miss Maud Palmer
United States
Peruna Medicine Co
Colambus
Ohio
Hartman
Trartman
The
Harman Sanitarium
Columbus
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
A curious slice of old Philadelphia Press humor
Aaside about a college education making a son seem clever, a skinder about remitting a check, and a family exchange. The page carries old ad copy for RoaTumG Braver for Children gums with soothing claims, Bly's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh, a Puck joke about a golfer and a quip about Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes.
Our office boy’s fresh air vacation keeps him away
A Chicago Record-Herald note reveals the office boy has not returned from a short leave. He sent a cheeky message saying he did not flee the country but would stay two weeks longer if pay continued. Also mentions cures for consumption and a note on Swiss mortality decline over thirty years.
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England
Dr. Livesey
Old Taylor
Bir
Anilor
Chicago Record-Herald
AI I asked of the executors of my grandfather's will
Young Ardup recounts a quip about a marble heart and a stone deer from his grandfather's will. Bystanders react as he answers with a ferocious grin, noting the artifact in nostalgia and humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Young Ardup
Saskatchewan Letter From Prince Albert Describes New Life
A letter from Henry Laughlin in Prince Albert Saskatchewan to Dr. G J Field in Chase Michigan, printed in Reed City Clarion, lauds the land as excellent for crops and stock, notes mild winter, log shanties, and plans to build a residence and seek a wife, urging readers to apply to Canadian Government events.
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Saskatchewan
Lake County
Chase
Sonnet Philadelphia Press Snippet Dialogue
A brief comedy exchange shows Mrs Browne revealing her son has been in college two years and is now in the sycamore class, with Mrs Malaprop reacting. The fragment suggests light social humor and domestic banter typical of the era.
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Sonnet
Philadelphia Press
Browne
Malaprop
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad and Boerum Conversation
Brooklyn Eagle notes Willie Boerum Pa and Mr Boerum discussing witty heaven harp questions as a dye ad promotes Putnam Fadelsue dyes. The piece shifts to a Chicago News quip about marriage and a Philadelphia reference, reflecting lighthearted city chatter.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Willie Boerumn
Mr. Boerum
Willie Boerum
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Pagan
Speitz
Ford
Victoria
Salzer
Earth
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ED Shell
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Bown & CO
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Chicago
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Fife
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Nayther
BLY
Ely “Bros
Warren Street
Bierman
Leipsic
Switzerland
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LHR
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Gorgna
Den
Inchesiter
Putnam
Lethargieville
Ufe
Timothy
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
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Lynd
Kluss
Canada
Manitoba
Ashloiboia
Alberta
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Pedley
Ottawa
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Paulium
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