John Mort and Matthew Broughton In Pacific Mystery
Two men aboard the North Star, John Mort a cavalry officer and Matthew Broughton an American drifted into Pacific romance and danger. They converse beside Bully Hayes era batteries on Lotoalofa as mystery and love intertwine amid island legends.
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John Mort
Pacific
Lotoalofa
North Star
Goodby
Quiros
Melampus Reef
Winslow Shoals
P. d
E. d
Hayes
Matthew Broughton
Annapolis
Ganger
South New Islands
The Ruby Ring Propels Sailor Toward Return Home
Matt Broughton, weary of exile after six years on a tropical island, plans to sail back to Manaswan aided by Captain Mort. He battles money worries over a ruby ring tied to his former employer’s shipwreck, while memories with Mirayna and the North Star crew fade into the past as he seeks a new start in Manaswan.
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Matt
John Mort
Mort
John Mott
Chile
Broughton
England
North Star
Italy
Mirayna
Mirovna
Mirayba
Oceanic Steamship Company
Mariposa
Kanaka
W. H. Hall
Suva
Fiji
Hall
Hayward
Smith
Bath
San Francisco
John Thompson
Captain Broughton
James Brothers
Snood
Mr. ‘Snood
Este
Menars
Matthew
Thompson
Taniela
Manaswan
Connecticut
Manaswati
Washington
Hunter Hoyt
World of
New Yorke
Sant
Sattane
Wena
Fallow
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association records
The Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association insures at actual cost again at fire and lightning. It operates in Cherokee county east of the Little Sioux river and in four townships on the west side of Buena Vista County. Executive committee members include J C Locsin and F H Crepps with Fred J Kohthagen.
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Cherokee County
Little Sioux River
Buena Vista
F. H. Crepps
J.C. Locsin
J. C. Lockin
Fred J. Kohthagen
Fragmentary Soho boarding house note surfaces in drifted text
In this fragmentary OCR snippet a mysterious boarding house skeleton is referenced. The text mentions a man named Daggancourt and hints at furtive behavior within a boarding establishment as part of a historical note. The garbled source provides little clear context or dates.
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Battave
Daggancourt
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Pacific Islands
New England
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rebbe-errit
The
San Francisco Chronicle
A. G. Connell
R. W. Morrill
Aurelia
Iowa
A. H. Waddell
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
Je Reesents
New Fork City
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