Parrot Co Crew Meets Elsa Chetwood Aboard Trade Wind
Warrington, the oil-hunter with a caged parrot, travels with Parrot & Co. toward Rangoon to cash a 300000 rupee draft while Elsa Chetwood, an American tourist, spots him aboard. The purser unexpectedly introduces them, sparking mutual intrigue as Warrington reveals a past linked to the oil syndicate. She confronts a bearded stranger who resembles Arthur Ellison, deepening questions of identity and fate.
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Ante
Warrington
James
Irwaddy
Parrot & Co
Rangoon
Elsa Chetwood
States
Mandalay
Prome
Arthur Ellison
San Francisco
Colombo
Hisa
Elsa
Ike
Parrot Co. oil claim leads to big windfall
On a river voyage Elsa learns of Parrot & Co. oil success. A man quietly pursued an oil claim, facing indifference from a Rangoon syndicate, then attracted American interest. After years of struggle he secured a sale for about three hundred thousand, while his loyal servant helped.
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India
Elsa
Warrington
Parrot & Co
Prome
Rangoon
French Army Formation Detailed in Legacy Text
A French army corps comprises 24 battalions of about a thousand men each. These are organized into eight regiments with three battalions each, then into four brigades. Two brigades form a division.
Wilson administration a success despite critics
The Indianapolis News argues against labeling the Wilson administration a failure. It credits Congress and President Wilson for major measures, notes the foreign crises of European war and the Mexican situation, and suggests opposition to tariffs or the party should not declare the administration a failure.
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Washington
The
Kansas City Journal
Wilson
Congress
Indianapolis News
Ind
Prosperity Seen Rising as Confidence Returns in 1916
Leading department heads report a wave of prosperity sweeping the nation and urge renewed confidence after the emergency currency phase. The stock market strengthens, business leaders like Henry Frick express bullishness, and James Hill notes businessmen seek a clear field and restoration of confidence for the coming year.
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Federal Reserve Board
Department of Commerce
United States
Henry Clay Frick
Finance Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Frick
James J. Hill
At His Post of Duty President Wil son Keeps In Touch With World Affairs
The country applauds President Wilson for abandoning his Panama and San Francisco trip to stay in close contact with international affairs. The demand for his foreign relations service is clear, but the idea he will remain in Washington as a peacemaker in Europe seems unlikely while military operations and preparations continue on a massive scale.
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Wilson
Panama
San Francisco
Washington
Europe
May Even Things Up in New York Battle Ahead
Republicans celebrate St Louis and Chicago wins as signs of broader gains while New York Republicans warn Albany actions risk handing the state to the opposition next year.
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St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Albany
Man signs name in quote from St Louis Republic critique
A male citizen of voting age signs his full name rather than making his mark in a reader letter from the St Louis Republic. He expresses unfamiliarity with the Federal Reserve Banking Act in a critique about national legislation aimed at promoting business and protecting investors labor and consumers.
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George W. Perkins
Federal Reserve Banking Act
St. Louis
Farmer's Wife Too Into Work
Kasota Minnesota resident Mrs. Ciara Franks reports Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound boosted her strength after a year of pain and weakness. She praises the medicine and urges others to try it, noting the company offers confidential female-led guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Kasota, Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ciara Franks
Maplecreat Farm
Kasota
Minn
Lydia E.pinkham
Work of Torpedoes and Aiming Practice
Torpedoes cost over 5000 each and are not fired unless a good chance of hitting exists. Vessels hit so far have been stationary or slow moving. as submarine crews gain expertise they may strike warships at high speed occasionally.
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Harold
Macgrath
Aspasias
Helens
Cleopatras
Arthur
Parrot
Puzsling
Bally Landing
Bank’ of
Burma
Spee
Rajah
Dean
Tennessee
Mra. R. le
Doan
Boz Doan
Buffalo
Hanford
Sam Sembdy
Rentord Ifs
Lubbock
Texas
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