Lonely Island Escape drives romance beyond small town borders
Barbara Stockley plans marriage to Hugh Rochdale in Darbury but meets Major Alan Croft an aviator. Their plane vanishes in a storm and after a wreck Barbara and Croft reach a Pacific island surviving together. Cannibal threat and native reconnoitering add peril before Croft rescues her.
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Darbury
Barbara Stockley
Focoon
Hugh Rochdale
Barbara
Australia
Alan Croft
Croft Barbara
Croft
Parbury
Pacific Ocean
Strangers Meet Amid Isolation and Uncertain Friendship
Barbara hesitates to stay or go as a man she knows looks at her with longing. He asks what is what and shares a plan to visit local natives to seek allies. She proposes friendship, and they discuss finding a purpose amid loneliness as they watch the river and sunlit water.
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Barbara
Kands
Bhe
Aiice
Psyche
Croft
Struggling White Chief Guides Island Village Toward Peace
Croft and Barbara visit a remote island where Chimabahol, the native chief, recalls past white attacks. Croft uses a rousing speech to ally the tribe, claim the gods favor them, and plan a punitive mission against rival whites, while Barbara fears isolation.
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Chimabahol
Palt
Croft
Barbara
Verdure
Alan
Micawber
Next Installment Preview In A Shifting State Of Affairs
The narrator contemplates an evolving political climate and foreshadows forthcoming events. Tension builds as factions maneuver, promising revelations and potential upheaval in the next installment.
Not Much Difference A Bohemian Is A Man Among Us
A Duluth Herald item notes that a bohemian resembles others yet may be unfamiliar with everyday objects like an ash tray, illustrating cultural quirks and social contrasts.
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Duluth
Pe-ru-Na touted as cure after ten years of illness
A Wisconsin man, John Wick of Menomonee Falls, credits Pe-ru-Na with recovering from a decade of stomach catarrh and gaining 60 pounds after twenty years of use. The ad claims catarrh affects mucous membranes beyond the nose and throat, and promotes Pe-ru-Na as a general health booster.
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John Wick
Menomonee Falls
Wisconsin
At Finishing School What special studies is your daughter taking at college
Life notes satire on women’s college education with quips about cigarette inhalation highball construction genteel snubbing and general cosmetics reflecting a humorous social critique.
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Bathuaka
Jim
Balhuaka
Meamaa
Tabu
Chimabuhol
Klearken
Noti
Hal
Calmabahol
Allen
le Roy
N.Y
Heiskell
Ind
Vinton Eloray & Con Phil
Dickey
Mal
Dickey Drug CO
Bristol
Qwick
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