Drunken Sam Hammond Frays Cape Town After Night on Wharf
In a coastal town Sam Hammond drinks heavily after a church event, clashes with Gus, berates townspeople, and accuses rival Brad Nickerson. He returns to the wrecking crew scene still enraged, then drifts into a confrontation aboard the Diving Belle as Brad watches bemusedly.
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Georgiana
Gus
Mrs. Piper
Hammond
Sam
Intech
Web
New York
Bradley
Damimond
Brad Nickerson
Brad
Saunders
Fresio
Orham Harbor
Alvin Bearse
Orham
Bearse
Bradies
Alvin
Sam Hammond
Cap'n Ez
Cap’n Es
Ham
Hair Color Said to Reveal a Person's Temperament
A sensational note suggests hair color signals temper and loyalty with claims that blondes are affectionate while dark hair denotes constancy. It cites Prof Sabouraud and a rabbit study, then pivots to fiction featuring Sam Hammond and Captain Titcomb aboard the Diving Belle, with muttered threats, a struggle, a rescue, and plans to dump dynamite ashore amid insurance worries.
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Sabouraud
Paris
France
Newbro
Thea Ferpicide Co
Detroit
Alich
A. BE. Frost
Doctors Admit They Can Do Nothing More For Stomach
Government experts in the United States and Great Britain endorse Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a free trial remedy. The ad claims the tablets digest food without a special diet, with one grain handling 5,000 grains of food, and urges readers to request a trial package from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan. It also notes widespread physician comparison costs and lists 59 cent package size.
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Stuart
United States
Great Britain
Guinn Peach Described as Early Ripening Elberta-Like Variety
The Guinn peach, noted by National Stockman and Farmer as Elberta like in size color and quality, ripening a week to ten days earlier. It bears reliably, with fruit kept at good size, and originates from Judge F. B. Gavin's garden in eastern Texas. Other southern varieties like Elberta Picquet's Late and Belle of Georgia do well in northern peach districts.
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Captain Titcomb
Tye Beard
Sam
Hammond
Brad Nickerson
Brad
Titcomb & Nickerson
Blazes
Boston
Bradley
Obed’s
Obed
Peleg
Guinn
National Stockman
Elberta
Eiberta
China
F. B. Gavin
Texas
Picquet
Belle
Georgia
Eget Et
Matrimony and Plant Craft Split The Chicago Note
A short dialogue from the Chicago News jokes about matrimony making two men think more and talk less. The piece transitions to garden advice praising compact bush forms over long spindling plants for better shaping and aesthetic appeal.
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Chicago News
Oil Road Experiments Seen as Practical Roadmaking
Professor Albert Dickens of Kansas State Agricultural College reports oil road experiments across four sites in Kansas. The oiling costs about 1200 per mile, about one third the price of macadam, with heavy residuum oil used. Observers note improved road firmness and potential statewide benefits if tests continue.
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Saya! Kaunas
Albert Dickens
Kansas State Agricultural College
Topeka Journal
Dickens
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Maradam
Garden Unity
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Maple Hut
Garden City
Kansas
Loree
National Road Rebuild Appeal Urges Government Help
The National Good Roads association based in St. Louis urges federal rebuilding of the 700 mile national road across Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Indiana. The group argues the project costs less than 7 million and could rival battleship budgets, creating a continuous east to west highway across five states and beyond to the Pacific coast.
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the Nations] Good Roads Association
St. Louis
New York
National Good Roads Association
Mississippi River
Pacffc
Pala Geet
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