Dolores Ruey Arrives in New Orleans as a Mystery Man Seeks Webster
Dolores Ruey reaches New Orleans on the Buenaventura voyage while Billy Geary hunts for John Stuart Webster. Aboard the Cacique he asks the purser about Webster and learns Miss Ruey is aboard stateroom sixteen, boat deck, starboard side as she confronts him.
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Hout
Willie
Jenks
Billy Geary
Mother Jenks
Dolores
Billy
New Orleans
San Miguel de Padua
el Buen Amigo
Leber
California
United States
Buenaventura
Mr. Geary
John Stuart Webster
Dolores Ruey
Mr. Webster
Bo-Peep
Denver
William Geary
San Miguel de
Hit
Webster
Bill
Miss Ruey
Engineer Declines Big Job for Adventure and Love
John Stuart Webster, a mining engineer, returns from Death Valley with $100,000 cleaned up and meets Dolores Ruey. He rejects a $25,000 yearly offer from Edward Jerome to pursue a Central American gold venture and a romance. Jeromemu stirs plans by secretly offering Dolores $10,000 to influence Webster, while Webster contemplates joining Geary in Sobrante Buenaventura.
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John Stuart Webster
Death Valley
California
Civilization
Dolores Ruey
John
Engineers’ Club
Denver
Edward P. Jerome
Billy Geary
Central America
Jerome
Buenaventura, Sobrante
Geary
Sainted Enery and a cable for Henrietta Wilkins
Billy Geary sips comfort from Mother Jenks as a cable arrives for Henrietta Wilkins at Buenaventura. The message hints at a forgotten past and unsettled ties, while Billy faces disappointment over a nameless sender and a shadowed family history.
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Billy
Mother Jenks
Enrietta Wilkins
Willie
Aged Mother Jenks Recalls Past Deeds in Buenaventura
Billy Geary comforts Mother Jenks as she recalls fifteen years of charitable acts linked to Don Ricardo Ruey and the fate of Henry Ruey. Dolores Ruey is named as a key figure, with rebels and govt forces described amid a violent struggle at Buena Ventura.
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Billy
Enery
Don Ricardo
Malecon
New Orleans
Lhery
Errietta
Colonel Jenks
Willie
University of California
Los Angeles
Geary
Mother Jenks
Willie Geary
Earletta Wilkins
Caribbean Tropics
Henry Jenks
S Royal Horse Artillery
Mr. Geary
Willy Geary
Bristol
Jenks
Usband
Majesty’s
Royal ‘Orse Artillery
Catedral de la Vera Cruz
William Geary
Gord
Buenaventura
Nee
Webster’s Mortifying Plight on Gulf States Train
John Stuart Webster awoke aboard the Gulf States Limited with a startling health crisis described as promaine poisoning. A railway doctor advised him to leave the train at St Louis and enter a hospital if he hoped to vote in the next presidential election.
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Webster
Jack
New Orleans
John Stuart Webster
Gulf States Limited
Promaine
Jack Webster
St. Louis
A Letter for Women from Eva E. Shay Garnett Kansas
Eva E Shay of Garnett Kansas writes that after a nervous breakdown following birth she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief after two doses and ongoing health after five bottles and subsequent births. She recommends the medicine and shares she would take it again if needed.
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Mes
Eva E
Shay, Garnett
Kansas
Hoosier teachers spark street car exchange on sunlit hands
Examiner O A Hutchens recalls two Hoosier maid schoolteachers during a State Teachers association convention ride. They discuss why motorists extend hands from cars, pondering if rain or some other reason prompts the gesture. The anecdote appears in the Indianapolis News.
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O. A. Hutchens
State Board of Accounts
State Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis News
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh
An old circular advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh. It states the liquid is taken internally and acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal mucous conditions. Circulation of free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Dress Designer Born To Be A Virtue On London Streets
A Punch item notes a London street dressmaker quoted in the London News saying a dress designer must be born. The remark frames design talent as a natural gift rather than learned skill, reflecting witty class-bound satire.
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London News
Knows Better. Mrs Grag and Mrs Grig Exchange Jokes
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs Grag asking about obedience and Mrs Grig replying the husband has been married before. The brief skit hints at humor about marriage and expectations without further context.
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Mrs. Grag
Mrs. Grig
Quip Exchange Sparks Roadside Humor About Bumpers
A humorous exchange compares limits on bumper offerings to giving friends rides in a battered car. The quip reflects lighthearted social banter about transportation and generosity.
Roman Eye Balsam Promotes Trust After 75 Years
An advertisement touts Roman Eye Balsam as gaining public confidence over 75 years, claiming it is manufactured only by Wright's Indian Vegetable Pill Co. at 37 Pearl Street New York City. A woman’s reform of a man by marriage is cited as a doubtful honor.
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Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pill Co
Pearl St
New York City
Around the World in One Direction Concept
The text notes a traveler could circle the globe by always moving in one direction from the equator. It argues that starting east would keep to east until returning to the start, rather than splitting the journey between east and west.
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Louisiana
Leo Flynn
Lee St
Alexandria
Jmy
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Chea Ben Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
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Ware Chemical CO
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Carbout Leb. Co
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