Captain Blood shows bold exploits in Caribbean quest
Captain Blood sails with Levasseur and Cahusac in a stormy voyage from Tortuga toward the Leeward Islands. Blood confronts the mutinous Levasseur while a Spanish prize ships cacao, jewels, and eight hundred thousand weight of cacao aboard Santiago are captured. The Arabella returns to Tortuga for crew expansion as Blood watches closely.
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Cahusac
Jongvrouw
la Foudre
Leeward Islands
Mademoiselle
Levasseur
M. d’Ogeron
Henri
Calkusac
Tilood
Santiago
Puerto Rico
le Vasseur
Tortuga
Black
Captain Blood
Blood
Captain Blood Intervenes at Tortuga Beach Ransom Plot
On a Tortuga beach Levasseur parades d Ogeron and his sister as hostages while demanding twenty thousand pieces of eight for ransom. Captain Blood appears on the dunes in black with a crimson plume, challenging the pirates and hinting at a larger plan as the scene ends with an unresolved confrontation.
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Virgen Magra
Levasseur
Tortuga
Young d'Ogeron
Wademoiselle
le Vasseur
M. d'Ogeron
Monsieur
Captain Blood
Crandall Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Crandall Manitoba woman recalls severe monthly pains and exhaustion before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports monthly improvement, increased strength, and relief during pregnancy and postpartum periods while caring for a large farm home and young children.
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Manitoba
Lydia E. Pinkham
Crandall
Taki
Storm drives Levasseur to shelter after careening
After the Arabella left, Levasseur brought his ship into the lagoon and ordered his crew to erect temporary quarters for himself, his men, and guests during careening and repairs on La Foudre. A gale built to a hurricane, forcing him to seek shore where ships found safe shelter.
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Levasseur
la Foudre
Levassur
Old Prophecy of In-Room Radio Beats Back to Hotels
A New York hotel announces installing radio receivers in every room. Guests could hear music by night while in bed, fulfilling Bellamy’s Looking Backward prophecy of switching to be lulled to sleep. The note suggests homes may adopt similar bed built systems.
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New York
Edward Bellamy
St. Catharines
Canadian dairy output in 1923 totals large values
The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage News Letter reports Canada produced 151,624,375 lbs of cheese valued at 28,645,192 dollars and 162,834,608 lbs of creamery butter worth 56,873,410 dollars. It also lists 106,000,060 lbs of dairy butter valued at 30,000,000 dollars and milk used totaling 11,765,564,229 lb fat equivalent 411,794,743 lb with a total dairy value of 233,629,033 dollars.
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Dominion dairy and cold storage News _Letter
Canada
Fishing For Eels In Dominion Waters Rise In Catches
Eels are harvested in growing numbers from coastal and inland waters of the Dominion. In the 1923 season sea Ashermen caught 1,114 ewt of eels while inland waters yielded 13,753 ewt, compared with 1,434 ewt and 1,718 ewt in a prior period.
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Dominion
Old-Time Saturday Night Reflections on Sabbath and Progress
Dayton News recalls a bygone era when Saturday evenings were quiet family moments with chores and prayer. The piece laments modern bustle eroding Sabbath calm and urges Americans to revisit old ideals to renew purpose and service.
British Crusader Tomb Found Near Holy Sepulchre
Discovery of the tomb of Philip Daubigne a former Channel Islands governor and King John councillor who witnessed Magna Charta and tutored Henry III. Storres the British governor of Jerusalem identified the legible inscription and matching heraldry on gravestones and Jersey documents.
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Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem
Philip Daubigne
Channel Islands
John
Runnymede
Daubigne
Holy Land
Henry III
Storres
Jersey
Melbourne musician tunes alarms into chromatic chimes
A young Melbourne musician filed the bells of several alarm clocks to create a chromatic scale. Each morning the clocks chime in a tune as he wakes, turning ordinary alarms into music.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gifted Son Father Joke Turns On Shiftless Heir
A father laments his son’s luck saying the boy is gifted in every way because nothing he has was earned. A friend quips the son remains shiftless despite the gifts, highlighting the punchline of parental irony.
Customer dispute in store over swindling claim
A manager and assistant clash over a customer asserting swindler behavior. The manager counsels yielding to the customer’s wishes, invoking the adage that a customer is always right. The assistant pushes back, noting the customer’s allegation.
Campaign cost to elect new British Parliament exceeds 25 million
The article estimates the campaign expense for forming a new British Parliament at more than 25 million dollars. It notes high spending across parties and regions, reflecting extensive advertising, travel, and staffing costs.
Artesian Wells Trace Ancient Use Across Regions
Ancient Europeans and Asians knew artesian waters, with Europe’s oldest known well at Lillers in Artois dating to the twelfth century. In Queensland thousands of wells supply vast daily water, transforming arid lands, while notable deep non artesian wells exist in Europe and an ornamental London fountain draws from artesian sources.
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Europe
Lillers
Artois
France
Sahara Desert
Queensland
Schladgbach
Prussia
Trafalcar Square
London
Crude micro engraving sent to Smithsonian by Alfred McEwan
Alfred McEwan mailed a 44 letter word engraved in a needle eye to the Smithsonian in Washington D C. He describes the piece as a crude hurriedly prepared large sample of micro engraving read only when magnified 88 times.
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Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Alfred McEwan
McEwan
Canadian Climate Critique From California Correspondent
A Times correspondent, not Canadian and resident in the south during winter, offers a pessimistic, two-column piece from California lamenting Canada's harsh climate relief. The Toronto Globe notes the writer’s outsider status and gloomy portrayal of Canadian life.
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London Times
Canada
California
South
Toronto Globe
Pisa Leaning Tower May Fall Prompts Fear
The Rome Tribune dispatch from Pisa reports fear that the famous leaning tower could collapse. Built in the 12th to 13th centuries, it leans fourteen feet off perpendicular, with debate over whether it was intentional or caused by structural displacement.
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Rome
Pisa
Plans to use hemp waste for lumber substitute
Plans are underway to utilize hemp left over from cordage manufacture to create a substitute for lumber. This initiative seeks to turn byproduct hemp into a usable building material, potentially impacting production processes and material costs.
Insect Destruction Threatens Farms and Forests Worldwide
Estimations indicate insect damage across farms crops forests and animal life could exceed 8 million dollars daily, signaling a massive ongoing economic and ecological impact.
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Rafael Sabatini
Rater Sanewes
Vieagragh
J Warres Kerogae
Sevek
Peter Brood
Barbadoes
James
Colonel Bishop
Arabella
Diego de Espinosa
Valdez
Bridgetown
Mary Traill
Hispaniola
Bloodwaile
Cinco Lingas
Ans
Made- Sant
d’Ogeron
Gail
Maderon
Maceron
Virgin Islands
M. d.Oxeron
New York Hotel
Bellamy
Carter
Carters
America
Dayton News
of Radio
Magnavox
J. J. H. McLean & Co., Ltd
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Radio Agency
McDernhonpes
TrIvs Bos
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