Enterprising Adventurer Blunder in Valparaiso Then aboard Esmeralda
John Stephens, Massachusetts adventurer, escapes Chilean arrest at Valparaiso and agrees to command a vessel believed to be the Esmeralda. In a fogbound voyage his crew questions the yacht’s identity while Stephens discovers a female passenger and, nearby, a maid, both surprised by his intruding presence.
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John Stephens
Massachusetts
Valparaiso
Chile
Bolivia
Stephens
Peru
Ife
Exmeralta
Johnson
Tuttle
Mr. Tuttle
Esmeralda
Obilean
Discovery on the yacht Cited as a dangerous misapprehension
The narrator confronts a perilous scene aboard a yacht after surprised from servants and a mistress as he struggles to explain a potential act of treachery. He seeks to understand the weighty misunderstanding before revealing more.
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Cap
Captain Simpson Sets Ocean Currents Record By Bottle Mail
Captain Alexander Simpson of the Periclea logged about 2,060,800 miles at sea, tracing currents via sealed beer bottles tossed overboard. His experiment began as a joke with coupons that yielded rewards and evolved into a data-driven project used to chart currents for new U.S. government ocean maps.
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Sydney
Australia
Jules Verne
Alexander Simpson
Periclea
Aberdeen
Ho Hong
Mercantile Marine
United States
Sloper
London
Simpson
Froude
French Guinea
Africa
Negrono Sterra Leone
Cape of Good Hope
Sleep for skin relief with Cuticura remedies
Rest and peace for babies and tired mothers come from a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and a gentle Cuticura Ointment. The treatment relieves itching burning and rashes in infancy and childhood, aiding sleep and comfort when other remedies fail. Sold by druggists with a free Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Fiji Cannibal Meets Lightning Calculator in Fractured Exchange
In a Los Angeles Herald extract a Fiji cannibal reluctantly produces a quarter when pressed by the Lightning Calculator. The exchange includes sharp taunts about booze and gambling as the calculator defends eccentric genius.
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Fiji
Los Angeles Herald
Quack Remedies and Gag Lines From Old Ads and Jokes
A collage of early 20th century patent medicine pitches and humorous snippets. Claims include a hundred dollars for catarrh cure, testimonials for F J Cheney & Co, and jokes about twins and secretaries. Also mentions taking a pill, eye salve, and urban jam on streetcars.
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F. J. Cheney & Co., CO
F. J. Cheney
Waring, Kinnan & Manvin
D. O
Hall
All Drugeiste
All
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Thea Isabel
Randall Pardi
Nie Nor Ama
Camin
Celeste
Senor Estevan
Capt. Simpson
Salle
Chyman
Hayseed
Dudley
Cuticura
Emerson
Waters
Henpeckke
Philadelphia Record
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Dodds
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