Diamonds of THE LID OFF synopsis
Winton Garrett travels to Malopo with a 3100,000 inheritance and a fake fortune from Archie Garrett. De Witt, a diamond promoter, schemes around the 95 carat De Witt diamond as Winton fights him and uncovers a plot involving Judge Davis and the Big Malopo company. Sheila, trusted by De Witt’s men, aids Winton but Sheila refuses marriage as the syndicate offers support or threats.
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Winton Garrett
Archie Garrett
New York
Archie
Winton
East
West Indies
Malopo
South Africa
de Witt
Taungs
Daddy Seaton
Sheila
Judge Davis
Big Marlopo
van Vorst
St. Paul
Garrett
Davis
Syndicate
Mr. de Witt
Legth
Supyse
Mr. Garrett
Ned Burns
Garrett Stone
Malopo Diamond Claim Faces Syndicate Pressure
Winton confronts Kash the trader and a trap door in a Malopo compound as crime, drink, and racketeering collide. Judge Davis offers a stark choice: accept syndicate financing with strict terms or face external foes and potential loss of control.
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Kash
Ned Burns
Johannesburg
Malopo
Winton
Seaton
Syndicate
Sair
Salir
Salk
de Witt
Sheila
The
Continental
Harvard
Judge Davis
Winton Strikes Sam in Fight Leaving Him Down
Winton's punch connected with Sam's face causing him to topple to the floor in a sudden confrontation. Eyewitnesses described the moment as a decisive blow that ended the altercation quickly.
Shagbark Hickory Valued Yet Not Very Tall
The American Tree Association praises the shagbark hickory as highly valuable for many uses while noting it typically grows 60 to 80 feet tall, with trunks 1.5 to 3 feet in diameter. Under ideal conditions it can reach about 120 feet. The excerpt ends with a reflective line on hollow laughter and fear.
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American Tree Association of Washington
The Great Filibuster A D 1853
A colorful portrait of William Walker a young American filibuster who led expeditions into Mexico and Nicaragua. It recounts his rise to power in Sonora and Granada his brutal discipline battles with Mexican and Central American forces his eventual defeat and death after multiple campaigns and Allied pressure.
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William Walker
Tennessee
Mexico
California
la Paz
Sonora
San Francisco
United States
Walker
Nicaragua
Central America
Vanderbilt
Ines
Costa Rica
San Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Peru
Steamship Company
Great Britain
Granada
Zavala
Henningsen
Isle of
Omotepe
Rivas
San Jorge
United States Navy
Empire
Cold Storage Savings and Expansion in Britain
Cold storage systems have revolutionized provision trade and reduced waste. Britain hosts about twenty five million cubic feet of space with twenty million eggs and one hundred fifty thousand tons of meat stored in London alone. Fabrics, furs, silks, vegetables, and flowers are kept in cold storage, with imports from Canada Australia and New Zealand arriving in refrigerating chambers.
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Britain
London
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Lapland Not a Country Region Spans Four Nations
The text asserts Lapland is not a country but a region with undefined borders crossing Norway Sweden Finland and Russia. It mentions a treaty allowing nomadic joint citizens to cross between nations, with garbled notes about summer crossing and route details.
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Lapland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Russia
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Diamonds
Victor Rousseau
W. G. Chapman
Daddy Sedion
Sam
Captains OF Adventure
Bobba
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