Dejah Thoris Accepts Zodangan Offer in Martian Conflict
In a tense Barsoom palace scene, John Carter fights four guards to reach Dejah Thoris who denies him and binds her future to Sab Than to save Helium. She reveals she had believed Carter dead and chose honor over love, warning of two kinds of women in Barsoom. Carter confesses love and proposes again, but Dejah Thoris declines, urging him to leave and never see her again.
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Dejah Thorny
Barsoom
Chon Kosis
Helium
Sab Than
Zodanga
Kowis
Dejah Thoris
Dejah Thoria
Than Koels
Than Kosis
Dejah Thorls
Lola
Zodangan
Tam
John Carter
John Osrter
Warhoon
Escape From the Palace on Helium Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs recounts slipping through a guarded Helium palace as four guardsmen are slaughtered. He hides in a glass-walled balcony vase, overhears royal officials blaming Heliumites, and plans a perilous escape through a moonlit balcony to the city street below.
Helium Mission Stakes in Martian Air Chase
John Carter and Kantos Kan plot a daring assault to rescue Dejah Thoris by slipping into Sab Than’s palace and racing to Helium. Carter ascends a hostile Martian city tower using a sailors hook, escapes guards, and outpaces air scout pursuers with Kantos Kan’s gear, only to be crippled by a cruiser’s blast and lose speedometer guidance.
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High Tower
Kantos Kan
Boentain Wood Perfume Scents Described by Forester
In the American Forestry Magazine a discussion of woods and their scents explains how aromas range from sweet and delicate to strong and overpowering. The piece notes that perfumers offer many varieties, yet forests provide a broader palette of odors than shop stores.
His Recipe for a Short Visit Bragley Tale
A dialogueette recalls a man avoiding Bragley by recounting a loan of 25 dollars and boasting about a baby’s sayings, then sharing cigars from a wife’s birthday gift, after which Bragley vanished from sight. The fragment hints at social cunning and evasive social tact.
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Bragley
Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum Offer Skin Care
Instructions promote Cuticura products for clear smooth skin. Apply ointment to pimples redness roughness or itching, bathe with Cuticura Soap in hot water rinse dry gently and dust on Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Products priced at 25c each.
Coming Up to the Scratch Laughs at Chickens Run Free
A brief cartoonish interchange questions if plantings will grow, with Nexdor thanking Naybor for allowing his chickens to roam. The Boston Transcript pokes gentle fun at rural habits and neighborly mishaps.
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Nexdor
Naybor
Boston Transcript
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Liver Bladder Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure herbal medicine for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims non stimulant action and urges readers to request a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York with a note identifying the newspaper. It ends with a moral on reticence and simplicity.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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Allen
Torrie Leet
Wakefield
Harinlewn
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