Iltar and Ali Khan in a Desert Marriage Plot
Iltar weaves a life of dreams into a rug while watching the Sahib Smith praise her beauty. Ali Khan woos her with tales of distant lands and a promised union. In a fateful night she follows him, abandons her marriage rug, and declares herself an Iyilat as they ride into the desert.
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Iitar
Kerbelai Mehmed
Enzeli
Kerman
Ali Ishan
Ali Khan
Haji Kassem
Sike
al Khan
Ali Shan
Ktar
Sahib Smith
Iliyat
Salazar
Yezd
Yerdikhast
Beluchi
Han
Itar
Iltar
Ilar
Zarin-taj
AH Khan
Haji Whassem
Allah
Kasvin
Atar
Abdullah
Alihan
Forest Notes on Forestry in Wartimes
The Agriculture Department reports on wood use for aeroplanes in the European conflict citing ash and spruce with mahogany cores. It notes German cavalrymen cannot tie horses to trees to prevent bark damage and recalls longstanding scientific forestry in crown forests.
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Department of Agriculture
Belgium
Germany
Mitten Money Bargain For Junior Pilot At Sea
In bitter seas near Ambrose channel lightship an old pilot may pass a turn to a younger colleague. If a deal is made in the cabin the junior pilot earns his usual fee plus 4 dollars as mitten money for taking the hazardous climb up the ship side.
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Ambrose Channel
New York Sun
Sleek Jimmy and the Ocean Queen Robbery of Gold
A boarding passenger list in 1881 mentions James Melwill tauntingly dubbed Jimmy as the Ocean Queen sails from Melbourne to London. A swashbuckling crew seizes the ship at sea, taking the entire gold cargo and surrendering the crew after a swift, brutal hijacking. The thief gifts a portion of the loot before escaping aboard the brig, with a pursuit lasting years but ending without capture.
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Melbourne
London
James Melwill
Jimmy
Bit
Cape
Australia
Orig
Midorean
Jimagoy
Bec
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Sahib Sam Smith
Gosamall Gray
Naji Kassem
Sahib
Mr. Samuel Smith
Haji
New York
Utar
Witar
His
CT Aree
Ted
Leth
Hart Shaffner & Marx
Michael Sterns
Pure Foods
Wien
Monticello
Monarch
George Stuhler’s
Mitten
Hamerton