Deception, danger, and a tight ship bond
Bettington schemes to keep control as Evelyn Radway enlists caution. He contemplates confessing a plot while Metzger watches Mary Unwin, and Hallett resists Bettingham's influence as the crew prepares for a perilous voyage back to New York harbor.
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Bettington
Ile
Mary Unwin
Sam
Metzger
Hettington
Clements
Evelyn Radway
New York Harbor
Mrs. Radway
Albatross Crew Turmoil Over Drunken Schemes
On deck Evelyn Radway and Bettington confront tension as Graumann, drunk, claims a hidden boss and plots to control the wireless. Captain Hallett questions loyalty while Sam and Clements seek outside help, fearing a gunboat may be sent.
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Evelyn Radway
Bettington
Slivera
Sam
Graumann
Clements
Hallett
Graumenn
Patlett
Graumano
Clemente
Kaya
Bob
Crosby
Hettington
Graumaon
Tie
Tallett
Financial pledges and peril entwine in Maine coast tale
Unwin and Howard Bettington dine with Alfred Gibbons and vow mutual aid to protect their families. Mary Unwin signs to betray her employer but refuses. Gibbs, a fugitive, dies after confrontation at Bettington's studio. Radway plans voyage to escape dissipation and dies as ransom plots unfold.
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Unwin
Howard Bettington
Alfred Gibbons
Collee
Bob
Mary
Gibbons
Hie
Mary Unwin
Elgar Radway
Radway
Mary Ia
Wettington
Maine
Madway
Slia
Gibbs
Justice
Bettington
Hettington
Hoss
Bossa
Rtadway
Mutiny on the yacht ends in deaths and rising peril
On a yacht clash of mutineers erupts as Captain Hallett shoots the steward and one dies. Sam, Bettington, Mary and Mrs Radway face danger while Crosby Todd questions the captain’s motives amid rising violence and a closed cabin standoff.
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Smase
Sam
Bob
Crosby Todd
Hallett
Todd
Bettington
Graumann
Clements
Go d
Leary
Hlnllett
Doc
Mary
Metzger
Mrs. Radway
Mra Radway
Johnsons Proverb on Carrying Knowledge Ties Travel Insight
In Boswell's Pathfinder Magazine note, Dr. Samuel Johnson cites a Spanish proverb about bringing home the wealth of the Indies to illustrate that a traveler must carry a large stock of knowledge. He explains travel insight comes from what one already has in mind.
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Indies
Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Boswell
Dempster
Scotland
London
Johnson
Pathfinder Magazine
Fearful Indigenous Brings Silence to Orínoco River Fisheries
In Venezuela along the Orínoco river headwaters a tribe avoids fishing and meat consumption due to beliefs that animal souls house human souls. The community adheres to strict religious taboos affecting daily subsistence.
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Orinoco River
Venezuela
New York Telegram
Termites Threaten Lumber With Annual Toll
The Forestry Primer notes termites or white ants as a major annual enemy to lumber. They invade wood in floors walls and foundations, weakening it. Proper precautions can largely keep them out.
Love and Ambition Reflected in a French Proverb
A concise quotation contrasts love and ambition, noting people often move from love to ambition while rarely reversing course. It attributes the thought to la Rochefoucauld.
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la Rochefourauld
Lamb Feeding in Fields and Feed Lots Profit Plan
Lambs eat little corn in standing fields until foliage and weeds are eaten, with finishing often in the feed lot using corn and legume hay. Good lambs gain about one quarter pound daily. with 300 to 320 head, 90 days feeding can yield profit even if selling price equals purchase price per hundredweight.
Shipping Precautions Help Save Hogs in Transit
Shippers improve stock condition before shipment and load cars properly as shown by two trainloads of hogs at a major market. One load had no dead hogs and two cripples, the other had two dead and four cripples, supporting USDA supervisor claims that transit losses have fallen but remain weather sensitive.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tuberculosis Condemnations Down for Cattle and Hogs
USDA meat inspection data show fewer condemned cattle and hog carcasses in fiscal 1929. Cattle condemned per million slaughtered fell from 430 to 380, while hog condemnations dropped from 1 150 to 990.
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Federal Meat-Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
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Fale
Wyndham Martyn
Chapter
Kettington
Boss
Mra. Radway
Mr. Todd
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse Association of America
Dinsmore
Barcelona
Guttierreg
Dothan
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Porter L. Arnowd
St Andrews St
Alabama
U.s.dept. of Agriculture
Arkense State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Ker
Mueller
Druzgists
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