War Sparks Copper Deal On Board Yacht Esmeralda
Robert Hollis, guest on Gerald Carrington’s yacht Esmeralda, shares a deck-side meeting with Vera a mysterious passenger as war breaks out. Carington reveals plans to corner copper markets, while Hollis contemplates secrets, loyalties, and protecting the unknown woman amid a looming naval threat.
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Robert Hollis
Gerald Carrington
New York
Spain
Hollis
Tor
Lps
Carrington
Mr. Hollis
Vera
South Seas
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Fosdick
Montauk
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Paris
England
Ioneland
Europe
Hingland
Carringtons Expect Real Adventure At Sea
With reports of warlike activity at sea, Carringtons fear they may soon face true danger on the voyage to their destination. The article notes growing tensions and the likelihood of encounters that could test their resolve.
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Carrington
Macedonia’s Gate to a Queer Country Revealed
A Manchester Guardian correspondent describes approaching Salonica and the land behind it as a strange country of queer people, animals, and names, noting distance from home and unfamiliarity with Egypt. The piece frames travel through Salonica as entering a new world.
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Macedonia
Egypt
The
Manchester Guardian
Salonica
Stardust the celebrated astronomer spotted in town
A distracted man on the street waves his arms while claiming to be Stardust, a famed astronomer who purportedly made a discovery. The fragment ends without clear attribution or verification of the claim.
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Seeley
Carrington
Stardust
Crisis of Woman's Life in Wagoner Oklahoma
A split-page clipping presents a testimonial for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming it cured a middle aged woman’s crisis and noting many symptoms. follows with a joke about two English laborers and an Irishman Pat who deafly computes time to Birmingham, illustrating wit about listening.
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Wagoner
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Violaa Finican
Uch
L. B. Pinkham
Birmingham
Pat
Soothing damaged scalps and a boot repair tale
Adv promotes Cuticura remedies with free samples and a Boston offer. A shop window tale shows a boy asking for repairs as his father wants shoes soled, heeled and stretched, revealing a childhood misunderstanding and a final reflection on a woman who helped him later in life.
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Biap
The Other Side
The office messenger tells a young man that business knowledge beats baseball, while the reply notes interest and willingness to work for experience. The piece ends with a historical tidbit: Holland exported 2B, 20B-300 dollars worth of bulbs in 1916.
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Holland
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A. C. McClarg & Co
Chicago
Mr. Carrington
Mr. Nellis
Montauk Point
Long Island
St. Paul
Cuba
Michigan
McCann
Cuticura
Dept.ly Boston
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