The Plunderers RN Miss Kildare and the Humming Bird
At a Florida club a group of English travelers plot bets and marriages amid casino chatter. Jalen and Miss Kildare tease future nuptials while Kent Williams guzzles drinks and muses on Elsie Duvernay as a possible match for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duvernay
Mabel
Cambel
Elsie
Miss Kildare
Mr. Kent-Will ‘Mams
England
Florida
Kent Williama
Willie
Robinson
Chappie
J Williams
Mabel Duvenay
Cambridge
Patrick Cambel
Pat
Cambell
Kent-Willams Obeeavenl
Sbe
Capple
Slater
Olla
Point Sebastian Hideout and a Buried Hoard foreshadowed
Patrick Cambel hatches a daring plan aboard a ship on Port Eden river. He hides £600,000 in gold in a canal cache, locks Captain Kettle and the donkeyman, and heads to Point Sebastian to relay news by telegraph. The hot Florida port scene frames a volatile mix of treasure, intrigue, and impending confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Sebastian
Elsie Kildare
van Liews
Port Edes
Everglades
Mexican Gulf
Gulf
Sebastian
Alleghanies
Florida
Heaton
Kent-Williama
Patrick Cambe
Oxford
Cambridge
Bis
Port Eden
Ahe
Linwell
Port Sebastian
Volla Tour
Drownlius
Parcao
Patrick Camberwee
Bane
Captain Kettle
Cambel
Sullivan
Elf
Joe
Shelf
Kettle
Camber
Mersey Dock
Ughts
Theodore Shall
Western Union Telegraph, Company
Sudbury nickel mines and a bride's clever fundraising tale
The piece notes Sudbury Ont as the birth of the world’s nickel industry after copper mining. It mentions pyrrhotite discoveries and American engineers boosting profits, with Canada and New Caledonia as major suppliers. It includes a whimsical tale of a Pennsylvanian bride who charged for a kiss to fund a housekeeping cache. It also reflects on wealth, character, and domestic dynamics in a conversational old newspaper voice.
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British Columbia
Sudbury
Ont
Yngilah
Canada
New Caledonia
Pennsylvania
Nose Shapes and Moral Temper in 19th Century Wit
A late 19th century style excerpt muses on facial noses as moral and intellectual signs, linking Roman noses to adventure and curved noses to domination. It also argues for a practical religion guiding family life and honesty in business, criticizing debt avoidance and fraudulent promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent de Paul
Catharine de Medici
Ellznbeth
England
Napoleon
Caesar
Kissable Mouth and the Wedding Dilemma
A fragment discusses men eager to marry but lacking capital to start a home. It notes potential brides and the willing spirit, yet the obstacle of money and practical readiness remains a central theme.
The Tired Quarrel Ends With Fatigue Cited
A reader asserts that fatigue is used as an excuse for inaction and urges practical effort. The short editorial tone questions claims of being overwhelmed and calls for renewed effort despite tiredness.
Italian Proverbs Mixed Tangles in Rustic Sayings
A fragmented display of old Italian proverbs on women and marriage appears. The lines mix themes of beauty, betrothal, power, pain, and social judgment in a rustic, overlapping set of phrases.
Rightson Globe Lights and Everyday Weathered Wisdom
A collection of aphorisms and light social observations on everyday life. The passages compare habits, manners, and petty foibles from talking on the phone to cutting prices and weather migrates. It reflects casual, humorous, and sometimes grim musings of daily society.
How Color Affects Growth and Forcing Plants by Anaesthetics
The article reports experiments from Cas Mille Flammarion showing blue light slows decay and growth, red light yields vigorous plants, and green light produces weak growth. It also describes Dr Johannesen’s anaesthetic forcing of plants using ether or chloroform to speed sprouting after exposure, plus a French field method using atmospheric electricity to boost potato yields by about 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Casmille Flammarion
Green
Red House
Johaannesen
Copenhagen
Johannesen
France
Mantle Mixup Sparks Quick Home Fix
A young wife visits a hardware store and asks for gas light improvments. The clerk offers a full set including mantle and chimney, but she insists she only needs the small white shirt component. The tale highlights a frugal fix using matting bound at both ends as a makeshift rug for an easy clean kitchen floor.
High priced meat reform idea touted in dietary shift
A brief item promotes a diet overhaul for breakfast featuring Postum Food Coffee and a call to read The Road to Wellville. It presents the idea as a path to discovering the value of a complete dietary change.
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Jalen
Gabe
Patrick
Kent Williams
Jove
Thames
Apeloty
Frevane
Rightson Globe
Texas
Louisiana
Rodds Ee
Luna
Wellvié
Phgm
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