Fury on Beaver Island Rings Out in Pirate Tale
Capt Nathaniel Plum lands on Beaver Island to pursue Strang the Mormon king over looted sloop. He clashes with Obadiah Price and watches Nell and Marion face danger as Strang orders a deadly pursuit. Plum escapes with Winnsome and Marion, fights to free Nell, and learns Marion is Winnsome’s sister amid a doomed battle.
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Nathaniel Plum
Beaver Island
Obadiah Price
Franklin Pierce
United States
Price
Nat
Strang
Nell
Beng
Arbur Croche
Plum
Marlon
Neil
Winnsome
Phim
Marion
Artur Croche
St. James
The Straight Death in the Dungeon and the Escape Plan
Jeekum and Nathaniel face a grim prison ordeal as MacDougall brutalizes Neil while Strang and Marion loom in the background. A covert signal from Jeekum hints at Marion Winnsome alive, and a river voyage begins toward an unseen fate as tension builds toward a final, unresolved showdown.
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Jeekum
Nathaniel
Neil
Marion
Marton
Earth
Strang
Winnsome
Plum
Weil
Jeelum
Jeckum
Iodine for Wounds as Tactic in Ambulances
Professor Reclus urged the use of fresh tinc ture iodine at every ambulance and transport hub. Apply French strength tincture freely to clean wounds, dry, then cover with aseptic cotton and bandage. Repeat next evening and at longer intervals up to every four days. antiseptic iodine lightens the burden of badly mangled digits.
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Reclus
Academy of Medicine
Parla
N. G
Glory of Ocala Grapefruit Introduced Worldwide
Ocala claims the honor of bringing grapefruit to the world with servings at the Ocala house forty years ago. The fruit was first shipped to markets by James A. Hart, long known as the orange king.
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Ocala
Ocala House
James A. Hart
Tutors New Kind of Letter Scales for Children
An illustrated piece describes a home made weighing balance for letters using a weighted broomstick and water line. By placing ounce weights on a floating balance, children learn postage and measurement with a simple, workable setup suitable for ordinary use.
Salt as a Vital Global Industry Through History
The piece traces salt’s long global role from ancient Italy as the cradle of salt production to its use as currency and greeting. It notes wars over salt, scarce access, and mentions Louisiana as a source of unusually pure salt at low mining costs.
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Italy
Louisana
Ready For A Romp Ferret Jumbo Plays With Kitten
An illustration shows Jumbo the ferret and a kitten as close friends and playmates. Jumbo, a charming and very playful pet, invites games with humans and even dogs though he is kept away from them. He darts in sideways and springs on all fours while calling for play with a cheerful vocal refrain.
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Ferret
Kitten
Jumbo
Spitfire
Do you play ball asks Tommy in small tale
A visitor asks a child if he plays ball and he explains that his mother plays the base and he provides the ball, remarking that they have played a game occasionally. The exchange captures a neighborhood scene with a charming, simple humor.
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Tommy
ApoG Soliloquy on Shrews and Two-Legged Folk
A fragment presents playful musings about shrews as companions and the speaker’s high spirits. The piece notes that humans may misjudge the creature, while the narrator remains lighthearted and upbeat.
Homemade non electric telephone from tomato cans
Instructions describe making a short distance telephone using two tomato cans, parchment drum heads, and a waxed twine line. By tapping a drum-head and speaking into the other end, sound travels along the taut line so listeners hear clearly.
New York Man Designs Bicycle Siren Device
A New York inventor creates a bicycle horn that sounds by a light aluminum fan spun via a friction pulley against the front tire. A lever on the handlebar engages the pulley, rotating the fan to generate air currents for a siren whose volume rises with speed.
Amusing Salt Thread Fire Experiment
A reader describes a trick where thread soaked in strong salt water is dried and used to suspend a ring from a chandelier. When ignited, the ring remains aloft as the salt forms a solid column supporting the load. Suggests making multiple threads or variants for similar demonstrations.
Frock Pattern 5569 For Children Size 12 Years
A junior dress pattern featuring kimono shoulder and front closing design. Includes plaited skirt with side opening and suitable for wash fabrics or woolen goods. Pattern 5569 offered by Pattern Department. specify size and pattern number when ordering.
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Pattern Department
Novel effect bodice pattern 6571 for elbow sleeve dress
Pattern 6571 features a smart bodice with a fancy yoke and gathered lower part in baby fashion. The waterc approved fabrics include messaline foulard crepe voile and batiste. Sizes 33 to 42 inches bust require 2 1/2 yards of 27 inch material. Send cents to Pattern Cement along with name address and size and number of pattern.
Children’s Fur Coats For Tots This Winter
The tiniest tots may wear coats of fur this winter using furs mothers wear. Black furs like seal and ponyskin suit two and three year olds. Coats are square and plain with gay trimming. Furs such as ermine beaver broad tail and others may be used. Cloth coats feature large fur collars and cuffs in colors like pale blue white pale pink and gray.
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Beaver
All He Saw Musical Comedy Remark
In a brief exchange, Tommy recalls sitting in the front row at a musical comedy show last night. A spectator praises the performance and notes the drum player in the orchestra produced twenty seven distinct sounds, according to his count.
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Tommy
A Coming Lad. Broker No Need for New Firms
The exchange mocks a broker who declines the need for forming new companies, insisting directors are unnecessary and reacting to organizational demands with skepticism and humor. The dialogue satirizes startup zeal and governance.
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Sal Story
Captain Plum
James Oliver Curwood
By Megnus G. Kettner
Bobba-Mmr
MacDougall
Nathaeniel
Louisiana
ApoG's
New York
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