I Became a God to Savage Natives on a Reef
The narrator describes his underwater escape from a brig, surfacing to be mistaken for a god by native villagers. He manipulates the situation using a diving helmet, climbs into leadership, and is briefly revered for months while plotting how to recover the treasure of the Ocean Pioneer. The episode ends with a missionary’s arrival and the treasure slipping away, leaving him returning to trouble and exile.
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London
Turtle
Orie Tly
Mluissionary
Temple Place
Worship Stocks
New Gasoline Substitute Alcogas Approved by Navy and Standards
Alcogas, a new motor fuel claimed to boost efficiency 10 to 12 percent and perform in cold temperatures, has been approved by the Navy Department and the Bureau of Standards. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company developed eleven fuels from the same ingredients, patented for use in automobiles and airplanes. Tests showed increased efficiency where gasoline faltered, including high altitude and 60 degrees below zero, with production planned at 150 to 200 million gallons annually.
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Navy Department
Bureau of Standards
Chemical Department
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
Rubens
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Kerrville Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney backache and urinary issues with a testimonial from T. M. Bradwell of Kerrville Texas. It promotes a 60 cent price and urges readers to ask for the Dean’s brand. The text shifts to wartime enlistment news detailing a three year service in a special force, with training at Camp Meade and deployment overseas, including contingents of 1,000 men and several officers.
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Fredericksburg
T. M. Bradwell
Kerrville
Texas
Doan
Dean
Mr. Bradwell
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
France
Camp Meade
War Department
Plan to Relieve Troops in Europe
War Department issues an immediate call for fifty thousand volunteers to relieve troops serving in Europe as soldiers seek to return home. The plan aims to free excess manpower and bolster domestic forces amid ongoing deployments.
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Europe
War Department
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Jimmy Goggles the God
Jimmy Goggles
Banya
Scott
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfeld
N.J
Richard Henke
Veal
Wen
Mother
Ybone
Velvet
Rettes
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