Rescue at sea leads to tense dockside regard
Dick Jordan, saved by Captain Tucu and crew after the Bahia steamer sinks in a Caribbean storm, discusses his fate aboard the lugger. He suspects Carib renegades and plots a risky plan to stay useful, hoping to earn passage ashore while weighing long odds and hidden secrets.
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United States
South Amerecinks
Caribbean Sea
Dick Fornarista
Hen Petti
Fee Pettihew
Pettigrew
Ee Panrin Anish
Ned
Tuck
den ' Tucu
Dick Jordan
Neto
Tucu
Treasure of the Sea rises with a smuggling sting on a derelict haul
Dick Jordan and Captain Tucu plot a cargo grab from a sunken steamer City of Bahia while the crew of a ragged lugger eyes a derelict schooner. Dick reels in a bargain with the greedy captain to share the jewels and salvage profits amid tropical seas and looming danger.
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South America
United States
Bahia
Tucu
Roncador Bank
Caribs
Dick Jordan
Caribe
Black Burley
High Sea
Window shade tips with tape and fur cutting guidance
The text provides practical advice on applying transparent tape to shade hems to prevent fingermark transfer and easy replacement when dirty. It also advises using a razor blade for trimming fur to avoid a bobbed look and suggests creating small tabs on cloth at pattern notches to prevent holes in narrow seams.
Repels Potato Insects With DDT Potatoes Show Growth Gain
DDT proves excellent for control of flea beetles and leaf hoppers on potatoes. It appears to allow greater growth of the potato plants than other standard insecticides or repellants.
Innovations in future homes and global census note
Building advances include automatically closing rainproof windows and a rubber like stone enduring floor covering. Encyclopaedia Britannica says two thirds of the world’s population is counted by census, with a regional estimate over 1.9 billion people remaining unenumerated.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mighty Fittin Those Old Time Tomato Preserves Guide
A vintage Ball Blue Book recipe offers steps for making tomato preserves with sugar and lemon juice, plus a modern variant using ginger cinnamon and fresh fruit. It shows soaking overnight, boiling syrup, packing hot jars, and processing to seal.
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Ball Blue Book
Ball Bros. Co
Gladys Kimbrough
Ball Brothers Company
Mink Fur Product Listing From Historical Ad
mink dyed muskrat fur noted as ax mink in a vintage textile listing. The item describes 18 mink dyed muskrat pelts suitable for fur goods and lingerie.
Plywood Manufacture Spreads Worldwide Since 1860s
The scroll traces plywood from ancient gluing to Russia’s first factories in the 1860s and notes global expansion since. Also mentions pillow cases and emphasizes proper size for comfort and stability, advising a case about one and a half inches wider and six inches longer than the pillow.
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Russia
Plastic gum formula aims to prevent sticking issues
Manufacturers pursue a chewable plastic base to replace imported chicle and gum sap in chewing gum. The new formula seeks to prevent gum from sticking to floors and furniture, addressing a long standing cleanliness problem.
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Captain Tucy
Treasure OF the Sea
BY George E. Unt
Tucun
Jordan
Jersey Coast
Comers Mint
Cea
Betty
New London
MR. Merchant
Ase
Rics
Coulow
Romanos
Street OF Rf.d
Postoffice
THE
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ECHO
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