War and romance aboard the Esmeralda on copper market eve
Robert Hollis, guest on Gerald Carrington's yacht Esmeralda, secretly meets a mysterious young woman named Vera. He learns she is bound to secrecy and together they face a looming war as Carrington plots a copper market takeover with New York financiers aboard. A warship appears, signaling global conflict and shifting motives.
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Synopsia
Robert Hollis
Gerald Carrington
New York
Spain
Hollis
Seeley
Carrington
Chicago
Mr. Hollis
Mr. Carrington
Esmeralda
Sottle
Vera
War
South Seas
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Fosdick
Montauk
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Paris
England
Lelse
Rogland
Usten
Europe
McCann
Carrington Party Foresees Adventure at Sea
With war news and visible hostilities at sea, Carrington's party begins to expect real adventure before reaching their destination.
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Carrington
Macedonia the land of queer people and strange names
A Manchester Guardian correspondent describes Salonica and Macedonia as distant yet oddly familiar, noting the strange country and its queer people, animals, and names encountered while traveling from Egypt to Salonica and beyond.
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Macedonia
Egypt
The
Manchester Guardian
Salonica
Notice to Sick Women from Bridgeton New Jersey
Woman testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective for inflammation and weakness. Mrs Minorp T Cummins of 822 Harmony St Penns Grove shares relief from irregularities and pain after using the remedy. The notice urges other women to consider the treatment for displacements inflammation ulceration backache painful periods nervousness.
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Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Minrorp T
Cum- Mines
Harmony St
Penn’s Grove
Out of His Line Stardust Mentioned as World Famous Astronomer
A joke frames Stardust as a celebrated astronomer who discovered and named 186 minor planets. The quip notes his distraction and indecision on naming a new baby, pondering Charles for Wilam.
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Stardust
Charles
Wilam
Deadly Disease Carriers Highlighted by Insects
The article notes yellow fever mosquitoes in the Spanish war era and malaria carriers, with typhus spread by body mice. It emphasizes the house fly as the worst disease carrier, causing food loss and widespread death through bubonic plague transmission in historic times.
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E.W. Nelson
National Geographic Magazine
The New Way Diplomatic Scheme Discussion
Chancellor-Sire discuss maintaining secrecy while adjusting diplomatic plans. Winser suggests presenting strategies in a neutral light to avoid arousing scrutiny.
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Sire
Winser
The Proof of It Foretells Trade Shifts in Printing
A clipped line of commentary laments changes in the printing trade with women increasingly entering the field and men being sidelined. The quip hints at broader industry disruption and evolving roles in the workforce.
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Montauk Point
Long Island
St. Paul
Cuba
Michigan
Vlad
Lnew
Matthes &Co
Philadelphia
Consolidated Stock
N.Y
Standard Stock
Toronto
Broad St
Y Ou
Responsible Stock Exchange
Chresias
Weomen
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