The Silver Shawl in Constantinople Twist
Dick Moreland travels from Constantinople toward Beurad hills chasing the fabled silver shawl. In El Drogor he meets Achmed Haroun, a metal beater who guards the shawl with deadly magic. Trapped in a damp cave, the shawl tightens and nearly kills him before Alschid rescues him as Brown’s schemes unravel.
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Constantinople
Mosque of
St. Sophia
Dick Moreland
Pinny Brown
Moreland
Pliny Brown
Pliny
Beurad
Brown
El Drogor
Achmed Haroun
pucky
Alschid
Bosporus
Beorad
Effendi
Effendl
barsted
Pidur
Haroun
Mecca
Effend
Achmed
Buroun
Effendi Buroun
Acomed
Alshid
Americnan
Hugh
Alshhid
Alschia
New York
Spartan Brevity In Diplomacy A Fable
Ameager Aegean isle pleads for aid but the Spartans reply with sharp brevity. They dismiss the envoy after a brief, saying the end and the beginning were unnecessary and urging shorter speeches in the future. The tale underscores Spartan preference for concise discourse.
Step by Step Path to Great Results
The remark stresses progress through incremental steps as a path to better life. It emphasizes patience, steady effort, and maintaining a positive outlook while advancing toward goals.
Commodores In Our Navy History Summary
The text traces naval ranks from early practice where commodore was a courtesy title for captains with squadron commands to July 1802 when first captains were commissioned as commodores. It notes 1882 reductions from twenty five to ten on active list and the 1890 abolition of the grade, with ten commodores promoted to rear admiral, increasing rear admirals from six to eighteen.
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United States navy
Car Crash Echoes Through Spokane Streets
A bandaged motorist recalls a curve with a steep embankment on the right and a high wall on the left. He describes a touring car full of intoxicated joy riders sweeping around the bend, saying he was between Scylla and Charybdis between Perkinsville and Jackson's Gap. The interested listener interrupts as the scene unfolds.
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Scylla
Charybdis
Perkinsville
Jackson's Gap
Spokane Review
Lawyer and Divorcee Trade Alimony Tactics
A snappy business style dialogue hangs on divorce and alimony. A lawyer notes that suing the husband could yield about a third of his income for the wife, while the prospective divorcee claims she has long extracted most of his salary herself.
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CLARISSA MACKIE
Alsehid
GAY
Hill’s
Burleigh
Lonsdale Cambric ALSO
Lonsdale
Nainsook
Flaxon
Clark’s
LONG. & BEALL
Madras
Thay
Aegean
Sparta
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