Buccaneer Saga on the Industry At Sea And Panama
Master Ardick comes of age and signs aboard the Industry bound for Havana. A chase ends with deaths and mutiny plots as Ardick and Tym evade Pra d ey and Sell inger seeks rescue. They join Morgan’s raid on Panama, reclaim captives, rescue Don Enrique and Dona Carmen, and endure clashes with Towland before Ardick is saved at sea.
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Ardick
Hoathwick
Havana
Tym
Sellinger
Sidmouth
Jeremiah Hope
Morgan
Panama
Pradey
Mr. Tym
Capt. Sellinger
Pratley
Supercargo
Mac Ivrach
Clagvarloch
Paneer
Buccaneer
Black Eagle
Pradiey
Chagré
Cuba
9Rdick
Enrique de Cavadilla
Pilanca
Dona Carmen
Towland
Dona
Dramatic Rescue Near Shipboard Duel Ends in Victory
The narrator collapses after a fierce struggle aboard a vessel but is saved when Mr. Tym arrives and helps subdue the last foe. The senorita stands over the scene as Mac Ivrach regains his footing, while Captain Sfeliger surveys the outcome and confirms all is settled.
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Mac Ivrach
Capt. Sellfieger
Paul Cradde
Sellinger
Struggle Aboard A Buccaneer Ship Ends In Escape
After a brutal round with buccaneers, the narrator tends wounded companions and confirms three swimmers reach the ship. The Senorita thanks the crew as they prepare to head for the coast. Mr Tym explains his narrow escape and plans with the Senorita unfold while she seeks support in Havana.
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Mr. Tym
Cradle
Senor
Senorita
Towland
Buccaneer
Voyage Chapter XXI: Near Calm After Buccaneer Threats
The crew reflects on a near miss with buccaneers as weaknesses in their foes’ firearms saved them. A dawn breeze, steady progress, and miles gained mark a calmer day at sea. The narrator plans a private talk with the senorita to settle matters of concern.
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Tym
Palermo the Beautiful and the Nun in the Bay
An old Detroit Press tale claims Palermo’s origin through a Byzantine general who fell for a nun. He is flogged, escapes with help, poisons the prison keeper, flees to Africa, and guides a Muslim conquest that enriches Sicily for 200 years. The ending remains uncertain whether he reunites with his love.
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Palermo
Africa
Sicily
Detroit Press
Summer Door Hangings From Inexpensive Linen
A guide to making decorative door hangings for summer using old blue linen, denim, or plain brown muslin. Steps include sizing the curtain to the door opening, threading a rod, and embroidering simple red white and blue or scroll designs. Cites low cost and easy materials for frequent doorway use.
Flies and Their Ways From Dr Howard on Nuisance and disease
Entomologist Dr L O Howard explains house flies originate in stables and manure, multiplies rapidly, and spread contagion. He notes four to five kinds with musca domestica and stomoxys calcitrans most common, both breeding in manure, and that flies likely carried typhoid in Civil War camps.
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L. O. Howard
Agricultural Department
Howard
Chicago Daily Record
Health in Large Cities Sanitation Slashes London Death Rate
The Chicago Chronicle notes that London’s death rate dropped from about 50 per 1,000 to 24.0 in 1886 and 17.7 per 1,000 most recently, despite population doubling. It credits sanitation and urban health improvements, saying the city’s rate now nearly matches rural England.
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London
England
Chicago Chronicle
Making Business Influenza Patient Fare Debate
In a Tit Bits joke, a patient questions a five shilling visit charge for influenza care. The doctor insists the fee applies equally, while the patient quips about introducing influenza to the neighborhood.
It Would Be Impossible To Sit And Wait For Things
Mr Staybot warns that waiting for opportunities never yields results even at death. The only way to make things happen is to take action with a club, as quoted by the New York Sun.
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Mr. Staybot
N. Y. Sun
A Mean Allusion in a Morning Snippet
A misquoted banter from a Chicago News item mocks a person as a kitten thief and notes the speaker’s ineptitude at finding his mustache, implying a playful jibe aboutnaivety and a tangled connection.
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Chicago News
Questions in Keeping
Irritated by a frivolous inquiry, the New York Journal prints an irritable quip about a silly question, highlighting the paper’s brisk, opinionated tone and the era’s newspaper voice.
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N. Y. Journal
How to Clean White Kid Boots in Era Style
The guide advises keeping boots clean by using hartshorn on soap and flannel for brightening. For heavy dirt, stuff with rags then apply a stiff pipe clay paste, wash with soap and nail brush, then rub with flannel and hang to dry, beating out excess clay and smoothing the finish.
How to Press Flowers Properly
To press flowers lay them between sheets of writing paper before they wither. Arrange leaves and petals naturally without crumpling. Place drying paper on top, add more flowers, then a stout board and heavy weights. Change the paper several times daily.
Bleaching a Negro by Electricity in Vienna Doctor
A Vienna doctor used electricity on a jailed Ethiopian for four months in a hospital setting. After treatment he was declared cured and completely bleached, demonstrating a dramatic physical change attributed to the procedure.
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Vienna
Folding couch for the summer piazza
The Louisville Courier Journal describes a folding piazza couch that mounts to house weather boards with large strap hinges and legs beneath. An old hair mattress tops the platform, held by denim to create tufted depth, with a denim valance across the front and ends. When needed it can be raised and strapped to the boards to free space.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Decorative table wreaths and violet ribbon advice
When flowers are costly a pretty dinner table decoration may be had by using smilax laurel or asparagus vine made into wreaths and tied with white scarlet or pink satin ribbon. These wreaths may be placed at the four corners inside the covers or around candelabra. If violet ribbons are used fill the bonbon dishes with crystallized violets and mint leaves. Candles with white shades are prettier with violet and green.
To Clean Plaster Busts and Statuettes
Plaster busts and statuettes may be cleaned by dipping them into thick starch and drying. When the starch is brushed off the dirt comes with it.
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D. Appleton & Co
Enou
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West Indies
Buenaventura
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