A Tale of Molly McDonald at Fort Dodge
Major McDonald hunts a suitor for Molly as Indian threats loom near Fort Dodge. Sergeant Hamlin aids Molly escaping a stage attack while tensions rise with Mrs. Dupont and Captain Barrett. A shadowed past and a missing Lieutenant Gaskins complicate the fort’s fragile peace.
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McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick’ Hamlin
Fort Ripley
Bill’ Moylan
Gongales
Hamlin
Amlin
LeFevre
Gaskins
Sergeant Hamlin
Miss McDonald
Texas
Brazos
McDonalds
Goodby
Another Message and a Web of Deceit Unfolds
Hamlin watches Vera gaslight the gaskins plot while eavesdroppers discuss Barrett and a soldier named Red. Hamlin shadows men in urban shadows and notes a hint of Moll y McDonald’s interference as a palace crowd swirls into a tense night.
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Gaskins
McDonald
Vera
Dan
Hamlin
French Official’s Two Minute Daily Work Day
Investigations into French navigation department hours reveal an employee whose duty lasts exactly two minutes daily. Based near the Belgian frontier, he fetches a list of barges entering French territory in the prior 24 hours and delivers it to another office. Remuneration is about $1.40 a month.
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Department of Navigation
Aeroplane catapult praised as pivotal ship launch tech
Captain W. S. Chambers develops a 30 foot catapult device to launch hydro aerial planes from warships. Glenn H. Curtiss hails it as the most important achievement since wheels were added to land machines, enabling planes to fly off a ship’s deck immediately.
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W. S. Chambers
Glenn H. Curtiss
Boxing veteran Jack Grace recalls Honolulu to Yokohama voyage misadventure
The globe trotting fighter tells of stowing away in a ship’s cabin to save fare, befriending the chief engineer, and nearly boarding the wrong steamer. A ship transfer forced him to scramble for his press book and gloves as Mongolia pulled ahead.
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Jack Grace
Globe
Honolulu
Jeffries-Johnson
Yokohama
Manchuria
Checker
Mongolia
Clever Blouses With Net Waist Corset Cover Design
A New York designer adds a lace corset cover inside sheer French net waists to secure and launder them as one piece. She also debuts a Montenegrin crepe jacket outfit with Persian border and coordinated buttons.
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New York
Home remedy for soft hands using cornmeal and kerosene
A simple home recipe suggests rubbing hands with a mixture of yellow cornmeal moistened with kerosene, then washing in warm water. The method, praised for quick effects and little odor, improves rough, chapped skin from housework without lingering scent.
Fashionable correspondence sheets for large pointed envelopes
The article notes seven by five and a half inch sheets suited for correspondence stationery. When folded once they fit envelopes with deeply pointed flaps and era specific style. The receptacles are lined with pebble surfaced tissue paper and sprinkled over with a detailing texture.
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Molly McDonald
le Fevre
Richmond
Terness
A.C
Msclurg
Haversack
Barrett
Masters
Mike Kelly
Connors
Japan
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