Andrew Bowers and Dolores Ruey in a Blazing Gold Quest
John Webster, mining engineer, returns from Death Valley with $100000 cleaned. He helps a distressed woman named Dolores Ruey, declines taking advantage, and faces complex schemes in Denver, Sobrante, and Buenaventura. A plot by Billy Geary to finance a Central American gold venture unfolds as Webster pursues a new job and love.
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John Stuart Webster
Death Valley
California
Civilization
Dolores Ruey
Denver
Edward J. Jerome
Billy Geary
Central America
Jerome
John
Buenaventura
Sobrante
Geary
Mother Jenks
Dolores
Henrietta Wilkins
Ruey
Sarros
Jenks
Billy
Webster
New Orleans
la Estrelta
Andrew Bowers
Aboard the La Estrellita Aboard with Andrew Bowers
John Stuart Webster boards toward a staged voyage with a mysterious valet Andrew Bowers who uses disguise and wit to gain Webster's trust. The pair navigate threats of detection and possible desertion as the ship sails toward San Buenaventura. Dolores and Billy Geary pursue romance elsewhere while Webster contends with Bowers’s secrets and potential danger.
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Stuart Webster
Andrew Bowers
Webster
John S. Webster
Mr. Webster
John Stuart Webster
San Buenaventura
Websterian
Webster Famiy
Fences for Chickens and Yard Layout in Poultry Keeping
Poultry fencing should be minimized to ease cultivation and land quality. Space per bird ranges 200–250 sq ft on good soil, more on poor ground, with higher fences for Plymouth Rocks and heavy meat birds and even top wire strategies for Leghorns. Posts are set eight to ten feet apart for netting, four to five inches diameter, four feet deep, with corner posts eight inches and braces or cement.
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Plymouth Rocks
United States Department of Agriculture
Unclear Cable News Dramatizes Sobrante Romance
Web ster wires Billy Geary about passage on La Estrellita and an imminent San Buenaventura arrival. The note sparks Bil to visit Dolores Ruey in Sobrante, seeking to explain his friend Jack Webster’s absence amid a tense romantic thread.
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Geary
Bill
Dolores
Bul
Senor Webster
Promaine
St. Louis
Billy
Webster
Mr. Geary
Gil
Leber
Don Juan Cafetero
New Orleans
Billy Geary
la Estrellita
San Buenaventura
Dolores Ruey
Sobrante
Jack Webster
Bil
July Named For Caesar and Sun’s Power Tell
The Chicago Journal explains July’s history from Quintilis through Julius Caesar’s restoration to 31 days, its renaming by Marc Antony in honor of Caesar, and the Saxon name Hey Monath reflecting haying time.
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Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
Caesar
Chicago Journal
Largest Jade Block Displayed In New York Museum
The seven by four foot jade block weighs three tons and comes from South Island New Zealand. It forms the base for a Maori chieftain statue on view at the Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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South Island
New Zealand
Museum of Natural History
New York City
NO CURE FOR FOWL CHOLERA WARNINGS
Poultry experts at Town State College warn keepers about fowl cholera a highly contagious disease fatal without warning signs. Symptoms include listless movement crouching feather ruffling and abnormal stools with liver kidney and intestinal congestion seen in dead birds. Do not treat sick birds kill those with symptoms burn bodies bury deep and disinfect water with mercury or sodium sulfocarborate tablets.
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Town State, College
Frost Collects On Walls Indicating Poor Ventilation
Frost on walls of a henhouse suggests walls are too thin or ventilation is insufficient to carry off moisture from the birds. Overcrowding may also prevent adequate ventilation.
Outdoor living best for wildfowl in snowless days
The piece advocates leaving turkeys ducks and geese outdoors until snow arrives, arguing they stay healthier in the open as nature intended. It warns that theft and prowling animals pose the greatest dangers to these birds.
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Peter B. Kyne
Uy Veter
B. Kyne
Pucker-eye
Pop-eye
Samuel Butler
Victih
Salt Lake City
San Buenavatura
Catedral de la Vera Cruz
Caribbean
Malline
Andrew
Jack
Dilly
Billy Boy
Johnny
Bry
Don Cunn Cafetero
von Juan
Bun
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