Port Edes saga unfolds among storm wreck and buried gold
Captain Kettle and Cambel navigate a Florida cyclone aftermath aboard the Port Edes as half a million pounds in English money and a sunken steamer become the focus of schemes. Lossing and Kent-Williams chase clues through Everglades while Cambel’s past and the Kildar affair color the intrigue.
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Port Des
Canada
Cambel
Edes
Captain Jsettle
Captain Kettle
Kettle
Florida Channel
Shell
Shelf
Cablegram
South America
Cambell
Lossing
Lloyds
Port Edes
Everglades of
Florida
Lessing
Point Sebastian
lLossing
Kent Williams
Everglades
Kent-Williams
Patrick Cambel
Sebastian
Jove
Duvernay
This Lucky Man and the Shelf Affair Drift
Reginald Lossing, famed for extraordinary luck, engages in speculative ventures from unchartered gold mines to racetrack outsiders. His confident ease masks rising risk as the Shelf affair triggers a Port Edes loss wave, forcing hurried wagers and mounting casualties among the cautious and credulous alike.
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Reginald Lossing
Mr. Lossing
Lloyds
Edes
Eels Found in Aquarium Water Pipes
Eels appear in the aquarium water intake as a regular occurrence. Workers use a main-supply strainer to trap eels, fish, and debris, cleaning every two weeks. In June three eels were recovered from the pipe, including two feet ten inches, two feet, and one foot long specimens. Some captured eels are housed in tanks as exhibits.
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Aquarium
Battery Pari
Ringwood Race Crowd and a Mysterious Suitor at Crown Inn
In Ringwood on the first race day, the Crown Inn draws a crowded private bar scene. Madge Ellerton attracts the attention of Dick Rawson, a flashy, wealthy schemer who presses her for allegiance while clashing with her mother.
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Ringwood
Bettas Fraternity
London
Duanchester
Dunchester
Madge Ellerton
Winchester
Madge
Dick Rawson
Will Varge
Will Varge and Madge Defy a Rail Yard Plot
In a Ringwood tale at Dunchester Junction Will Varge forbids Rawson from entering the signal box. Madge brings news of her father’s return and a possible fortune. The two men clash as an express train nears, Madge saving Will by pulling the red lever and fainting. Rawson flees, Will is discharged, and Madge and Will plan marriage and a move to Queensland.
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Nto
Yarrant
Feld
Rawson
Will Varge
Will
London
Madge
Ringwood
Mr. Rawson
Dick Rawson
Georgy
England
Ife
Dunchester Junction
Sinlle
Moth Varee
Sis
Lad
Dad
Willy
Wil
Siy
Southampton
the Express
Varge
Sprce
Madre
Dunchester
Express
Tilerton
Filipino Family Cigar Etiquette From the Philippines
A New York Sun piece recounts the Filipino family cigar kept in a post hole for hospitable use. Guests are offered the cigar whether in use or not, and declining is seen as a slight. The piece notes the odd smoking etiquette, including not flicking ashes when offered a light, which puzzles the traveler.
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New York Sun
Philippines
Feles
Immigrant Myths and a Swedish Woman’s Courage
A Washington remark by Immigration Commissioner Frank P. Sargent sparks a tale of a Swedish woman who faced poverty after her husband lost work. The landlord asks for a kiss, she refuses, saying she and her husband are too poor to pay rent or kiss. The passage ends with garbled remnants of a familiar quip about a woman always quoting something she heard.
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Point Sebastian
Florida
Leeward
Wahl
Anbe
Waterloo Street
Eiverpool
Daniel
Cambel
James
Prince of Wales
Waui
Frank P. Sargent
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Washington
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Hyne
Rmpahoexs
Owen Kettle
Man
WR. Hearst
Pather
Filipino Family Cigar
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