Romance of the Spanish Main Chapter XIX Tensions On Trials At Port Royal
Captain Blood confronts Miss Bishop in the Jamaica stronghold as King’s coast duties and pirate danger clash with personal memories. Blood recalls past loyalty and betrayal while Miss Bishop resists his pleas, hinting at deeper histories and a murder accusation surrounding Levasse.
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King
Tshop
Landice
Blond
Lord Julian
Colon Hishop
St Mad
Port Royal
Jamaica
Tortuga
Tord Sultan Wade
Hundane Arabella
Ood
Soho
Welverstone
Pitt
White House
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Nerves
Chatham Ontario woman reports nerves improved after suffering postnatal anxiety. She began using Ludia Fintham's Vegetable Compound, four bottles, then felt able to work and wash alone. She delivered a baby boy September 1922 and plans to continue the regimen.
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Chatham
Ontario
Tracas
Ludia Fintham
Poet Street
Oil On Stormy Seas Aids Vessel Safety
The British admiralty outlines oil usage in storms to calm sea action. A small oil quantity, dripping at about a pint per hour, can create a protective film on the water around a vessel moving ten knots. This film reduces wave impact and shields the ship in deep water.
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Britiah Admiralty
Picture May Be Worth Million Found in Junk Shop
A Vancouver woman Mrs Stuart Livingstone owns a painting of a troubadour in a drinking pose bought 40 years ago for seven dollars in a Winnipeg junk shop. Sik Nor Farina, an authority on old master works, has pronounced it a genuine Velasquez and possibly worth about a million dollars.
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Bougatin
Stuart Livingstone
Vancouver
Siknor Farina
Velasquez
Winnpee
Average family of five says poverty line would kill ambition
A quote from the Ottaws Journal questions the labor department figures on the average family of five and the poverty line defined as $21 a week. The remark implies that if all families lived on that amount, progress and wealth would fade, creating a dull world.
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Labor Department
Ottaws Journal
House debates amendments to Meat and Canned Foods Act
First reading given to a bill amending the Meat and Canned Foods Act. The proposed change alters regulations so that meat and canned foods excluding salmon will be sold by weight rather than by cable content in the House of Commons.
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House of Commons
Lake of Asphalt Remains Mysterious Amid Vast Removal
A long, fragmented report notes Pitch Lake in Trinidad, called Devil's Caldron, has yielded about 4,000,000 tons of asphalt as diggers extend rails across the surface. Despite removal, the lake's level has fallen only fifteen feet since its discovery, with 100,100 tons drawn yearly. It also mentions Alfred Corning Clark funding Josef Hofmann's education and a later philanthropic context.
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Trinid
Pitch Lake
New York
Hofmann
Josef Hofmann
Alfred Corning Fark
New Yorker
Society For the Fe Juser
Chidre
Clark
Ward
Cancer Not Hereditary Says Bradford Surgeon
Basit Hall of Bradford England told the Ontario Medical Association in Toronto that cancer is not hereditary or infectious. He said current theory attributes cancer to a parasite carried by cockroaches, rats, and mice as vectors.
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Basit Hall
Bradford
England
Ontario Medical Association
Toronto
Hall
Conquers Bad Breath and is Popular Again
A fragmented ad style notice touts Carters Pic sure Mee Jobo from New York City as a remedy for sour stomach and bad breath. It promises quick relief for digestive troubles and constipation while claiming no bad effects, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Carters Pic
Jobo
New York City
Gente
Oll
Occupation an Aid to Health in Nelson Era
Mahan's Life of Nelson notes that a two month period with a large fleet saw 7 000 to 8 000 sailors in the fleet suffer sickness and death. Nelson improved outcomes by providing occupation and amusements to keep crews mentally engaged, countering monotony that harmed health.
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Nelson
Mahan
Measure of Eye Magnetism Claims Instant Compass Shift
Dr Russ reports the human eye emits a magnetic ray that can move a sensitive instrument at a distance, nearly instantaneously causing up to about thirty degrees of the compass. He notes the body is not magnetic but brain-generated electrical forces escape via the eyes during certain acts. Canada liquor output rises with distilleries producing 96 percent more than 1923.
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Russ
Dr. Russ
Keeping the Peace and Readiness for War in War Debate
A fragment discusses safeguarding peace by preparedness to wage war. It argues that showing readiness to act defensively for France may deter conflict while implying restraint if peace is pursued. The text reflects a wartime strategic paradox and moral rationale amid shifting alliances.
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Westway
France
ft-Lomdon
Toby's Own Tablets for Stomach Relief Adverts
An old advertisement touts Toby's Own Tablets as a gentle laxative to ease stomach disturbances in babies. It claims they sweeten the stomach and regulate bowels, are free from narcotics, and are recommended by mothers like Mrs Jos Tousant of Sophie Que. The note stresses easy use and household presence with a testimonial.
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Toby
Jos
Tousant
Ste Sophie
Que
Dr. Wile Hans Medicine Co
Brockville
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Tam
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Tony
Tn Ag
Abe
Jean
Julian
Ulteder Levasse
Mary Traill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Big Ben
Black Plug Chewing Tobacco
Stag
Bright Plug Chewing Tobacco
Pay Roll
Piper Heidsieck
Trinidad
Canada
Alan
Lincoln
Mt. Abrai
SMP
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