Pirates at Sandy Hook Bring Northward Threat to New York
In a counting room discussion with Captain Farraday and Governor Clinton, Robert Ormerod learns of Captain Rip-Rap a pirate chasing a ship near the Hook. His great-uncle Murray, a Jacobite pirate, may be behind the threat as the family braces for danger in New York.
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Hanover Square
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Colden
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Farraday
Ormerod
Governor Clinton
Master Colden
Royal James
West Indies
Rip- Rap
Henry Morgan
Jamaica
John Flint
Tess
Flint
Plymouth
Smyrna
Rip-Rap
Boston
Modore Burrage
Allen
London
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Jenkins
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Southampton
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Darby McGraw
Peter Corlier
Murray
Corlaer
Andrew Murray
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Tawannears
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Davis
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Bronson Alcott chose clock factory work over schooling
Bronson Alcott, later father of Louisa May Alcott, left school to work in a clock factory rather than return to Cheshire. He carried borrowed books to stay mentally engaged, clinging to factory life for nearly two years despite unhappiness and his mother’s concerned devotion.
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Bronson Alcott
Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Honore Willsie Morrow
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Bronson
Legend Says Brutus Founded London As New Troy
An old legend claims Brutus, grandson of Trojan refugees, founded London after Troy’s fall and named the settlement New Troy.
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Brutus
Troy
New
Health Revival Promised by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Annie Kwinski of Milwaukee says after six bottles she is much improved and can do housework again. Mrs Mattie Adams of Brewton Alabama reports feeling like a different woman after using the product and resuming active civic life. Thousands of women past fifty credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for renewed vigor and health and recommend it locally.
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1St Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mattie Adams
Downing Street
Brewton
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia HE
Pinkham
Hairpin Solve Trolley Stalling Crisis at Pittsfleia
A suburban trolley carrying mostly high school pupils stalled when a fuse burned out at Pittsfleia. An old-fashioned maid donated two hairpins to bridge the circuit and the car soon ran again. The item appears in a Boston Globe clipping with grocery ad for Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Pittsfleia
Boston Globe
Smallest German Airplane Weighs 125 Pounds
A tiny German aircraft weighs 125 pounds and requires the pilot to lie down inside the cabin while flying.
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Germany
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promises Safe Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Bayer aspirin with the Bayer Cross on packaging and claims of genuine quality. It markets tablets for headache lumbago rheumatism and other pains and notes affordable prices for packs of twelve, twenty four, and one hundred pills.
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