A White Woman Arrives at Berande During Storm
On a fevered veranda at Berande Sheldon, weakened by malaria, sees a striking vision of a white woman in Western dress arriving with two tall island men amid raging seas. The scene unfolds as natives and rescuers respond while he battles delirium and lingering illness.
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Sheldon
Berande Beach
Flagstaff
Jessie's Anchorage
Solomons
Baden-Powell
Alcle
Bolomon
A Romance of The South Seas Romance Proves Her Hospitality Surprises Stranger
A shipwreck survivor, David Sheldon, wakes in a plantation house tended by Joan Lackland. She orders him fed and questions his background while revealing sharp resolve and a fiery temper. He learns she guards her men and commands the estate with wary humor.
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Street & Smith
Macmillan Company
John Paul Jones Hall of Fame Profile
Naval hero of the American Revolution born in Kirkbean Scotland on July 6 1747 died in Paris on September 12 1792. He joined American service in 1773 and led the Alfred in 1775 causing damage to British shipping then commanded the Ranger and captured the Drake. He later led the Bon Homme Richard and captured the Serapis in the war's famed action.
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John Paul Jones
Kirkbean
Scotland
Paris
John Paul
Jones
America
Alfred
Ranger
Drake
How to Cook Tangles with Cold Slaw Cabbage Disposition
A Philadelphia Times note recalls a Mothers' club talk by a cooking expert who began with praise for good cooking and offered recipes. An eager listener asks how to judge a cabbage's disposition as part of the lesson on cold slaw.
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Mothers’ Club
Philadelphia Times
Father Switches Empties During Dinner Blessing
A railroad man father, stern as he warns his two hungry boys, invites a minister home for dinner. The minister gives thanks as the boys begin to eat early, prompting the father to quip about switching a few empties before blessing ends.
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Aing
Foreign Beauties and a Wry Home Companion Note
A reader quotes a remark about foreign women from a Woman's Home Companion piece noting beauty yet avoiding praise. The excerpt also mentions a saying about happiness being linked to making others happy, attributed to the same publication.
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Talldome
Lowbrow
Montana's Dry Farming Push Draws Settlers and Wealth
A Montana interview with L. W. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad outlines how dry farming and railroad-backed advertising are drawing thousands to Montana. He notes cooperative efforts between the railroad and residents, claims rising land values and wealth from 320 acre homesteads, and promotes Chicago land show exhibits to attract settlers.
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Montana
Iréas
Great Northern Railroad
L. W. Hill
Great Northern
Coliseum
Chicago
Great Northern Railway
Sam
Tom Johnson Southern aristocrat to railway magnate
A brief portrait traces Tom Johnson from a Southern aristocrat decimated by the Civil War to a self made railway magnate in Indianapolis. He started at 14 in Louisville then seized a down and out streetcar line in Indianapolis, reorganized it, and leveraged profit to sell after 12 years for over a million dollars. The piece ends with a lesson on saving and competence.
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Gfreat Railway Comepany
Louisville
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Indiana
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the Hall OF Fame
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Thia Ia
Dillon Coal
C. P. Thomas
Ethene
J. Carhart
Sylvain Bros
West Broadway
Buttemont
Barbour , Jonh
Alvord
Barbour
Attorneys AT Law
Ditton, Mont
Harlow
Pease & Stephenson
Attorneys-At-Law
Johnson & Boons
Real
Dillon, Mont
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