Bamboo asparagus and signals on a perilous coast
Miss Leslie and companions debate food and survival aboard a stranded coastal ship. They discuss bamboo shoots, roasting corn, and improvising a signal, while worrying about fever, dysentery, and rescue prospects as they face a harsh jungle shore.
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Blake
Miss Leslie
Winthrope
Papa
Bobbie Crusoe
Mr. Blake
Jenny
Thrope
Jove
Wip
Leslie
Zephyrs
Odd Crew Trains For Survival Arts In Mock Desert
Blake tests recruits Jenny and Winthrope on practical skills from metallurgy to ceramics. They discuss thread, fibers, and basic sewing using thorn needles while preparing bows, arrows, and pottery knowhow for a harsh challenge.
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Axman
Winthrope
Leslie
Blake
Jenny
Survival of the Fittest Amid Deserted Island Tasks
Blake keeps the group busy as Leslie learns dressmaking while Blake crafts clothing from leopard skin. Winthrope hunts eggs and skins seabirds, and Blake experiments with pottery using clay, sand glaze, and improvised kilns. He also searches for iron ore along the river bank and haematite, facing a long, exhausting search for usable ore.
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Blake
Miss Leslie
Winthrope
Hunter
Leslie
Rugged Survival on the Riverbank Ends in Guarded Camp
Blake and Miss Leslie weigh risk and resolve as Blake plans to pursue ore with bamboo weapons while Winthrope secretly safeguards the camp. The trio strengthens defences with bamboo stakes and a knife-making effort, while tensions and gratitude surface amid harsh jungle tests.
Island Shipwreck Brings Three to Savage Cliff Home
Miss Genevieve Leslie an American heiress Lord Winthrope an Englishman and Tom Blake a blunt American survive a steamer wreck on a deserted island Blake proves a hero protecting Leslie and regains a surveyor’s magnifying glass then starts a jungle fire to drive off a leopard the trio builds a cliffside home and uses eggs and coconuts as sustenance
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Blake
Leslie
Winthrope
Miss Leslie
Genevieve Leslie
Lord Winthrope
Tom Blake
Iss Leslie
Light in the Sky From Stars and Milky Way
The article notes that the night sky stays bright due to starlight and the Milky Way in summer. It explains unseen stars provide more light than visible ones, and that light varies with seasons and horizon position.
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Scientific American
Rice Crop Size Reported at 2.56 Billion Pounds
Kotfea records indicate an average annual rice crop of 2 560 000 000 pounds exceeding prior estimates. The figure highlights Kotfea's agricultural yield and projection for the year.
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Kotfea
Cuticura Cure for Dry Eczema Reported by Police Chief
Capt. George P. Bliss of Morris Manitoba credits Cuticura for curing a two year dry eczema ordeal that began with dust from weed removal near a river. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment he regained footwear ability within ten days and full relief in three weeks. Potter Drug & Chem, Boston markets these products.
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George P. Bliss
Morris
Manitoba
Singular and Plural in Debt Talk Noted
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes a couple discussing debt and nerves. She worries over debt levels while her husband faces personal strain, including an attempted loan of a hundred dollars today.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Patriot Ambition Divides Patriots into Two Classes
A dialogue frames patriotism around office seeking as Senator Sorghum explains patriots fall into two groups: those appointed and the disappointed. The exchange contrasts civic aspiration with official status.
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Senator Sorghum
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertised for Household Use
Clear white clothes indicate the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue in a large 2 once package priced at 5 cents. The notice notes fellow countrymen purchased patent medicines totaling 11 million dollars.
Texas Clergy Advocates Kidney Trouble Aid
A Texas clergy member speaks out to help kidney sufferers profit from his experience. Promotion mentions medicine sold widely by Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York at 50 cents a box.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Not Ashamed of Economy in England
An American observer notes that English society prizes thrift from the king to commoners while Americans shun ostentatious economy. The writer contrasts national attitudes toward expenditure and calls Americans fools for viewing thrift as meanness.
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England
America
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A Houston testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curative for female ailments. Mrs Bessie L Hicks describes recovery after three years of illness, urging other women to try the remedy and claim it would also help. The letter emphasizes trust in authentic endorsements and personal experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
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United States
Kansas City
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