Preceding Chapters Reveal Jacobite Plot in America
Harry Ormerod returns from France to rescue Alder man Robert Juggins from assassins. Juggins, grandson of a former steward to Ormerod family, claims debt and reveals a Jacobite plot in the American colonies led by Andrew Murray and Frenchman De Veulle. Ormerod abandons the Stuart cause and travels to America with letters to Governor Burnet to aid Murray’s sale.
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Harry Ormerod
King George
France
London
Robert Juggins
Juggins
Ormerod
American
England
Andrew Murray
de Veulle
America
Burnet
Murray
War for trade and empire drives a perilous voyage
On a voyage to New York a Highland passenger and a mysterious boy in disguise become entangled with Murray a pilot with plans and with De Veulle a Frenchman. The boy wonders if the girl he met is Murray’s daughter as tensions rise about war trade and exile.
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de Veulle
Captain Abbot
Murray
Channel
Tom
Juggins
Robert Juggins
Zooks
America
New York
Canada
Parbley
Harry Ormerod
Lords of Trade
Massa
Realization of Treachery Moves Ormerod to Reassess Honor
Ormerod faces a moral reckoning as ambition and treachery threaten his sense of integrity. A man of apparent honor confronts the dangerous potential of deceit driven by power.
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Ormerod
Travesty on Coffee Served by Javanese Java
Samuel G. Blythe criticizes Dutch colonial coffee practices as described in the Saturday Evening Post. He condemns overroasted beans processed into a bitter acrid concentrate served cold with hot water, claiming no real coffee can be found outside the United States.
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Java
Samuel G. Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Telegrams Now Sent In Own Hand to French Towns
The telautograph service is added to the state telegraph system of France enabling telegrams in one’s own handwriting to major towns. The service serves sentimental and practical uses as courts may accept a signature sent by wire as legal.
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France
Feeding a Laying Hen as a Real Art
Winter egg production hinges on balanced feeding and common sense. The article explains egg composition and how fatty grains, protein sources, and calcium shell material affect yield, with emphasis on greens, grit, and constant water for digestion.
Legume Hay Solves Winter Green Feed for Chickens
Experiments in Ohio Kansas Texas and California indicate legume hay increases egg numbers and hatchability when no other green feed is available. G B Vickers Ohio State extension poultry specialist notes reduced mortality from nutritional issues. Feed hay via wall rack with bottom trough to catch leaves. Alfalfa meal can substitute for bran in mash at 10 percent. Combine mangel beets with legume hay as a winter green feed option.
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Ohio
Kansas
Texas
California
Vickers
Ohio State University
Poultry Hints For Efficient Flocks And Markets
Poultry raising yields quick returns with small capital. Keep pens and yards clean, dry, and sanitary. Use soy beans with minerals, provide green food, and practice systematic culling year round. Market tips note capons around Thanksgiving and Christmas, and fall chicks fetch good prices.
San Blas Indians At Edge Of Culture
Smithsonian ethnologist Herbert W Krieger describes the San Blas of southeastern Panama facing encroachment by aliens and pressure to join other tribes. He notes their small village system limits large community writing and calendars, but records a turtle egg timetable and a mnemonic picture writing used for lore. The study catalogues over 1000 National Museum objects from the region.
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Washington
San Blas
Panama
Yucatan
Herbert Ww. Krieger
United States National Museum
Krieger
Mr. Krieger
National Museum
Bar Chinese Narcissus Infested With Insects
San Francisco Chinatown faces an import ban on Chinese narcissus bulbs after authorities discovered destructive insects in the bulbs. The narcissus, tied to New Year fortunes, normally signals growers prospects for the coming year. Desolation looms as households may abandon a key New Year decoration in the narrow streets.
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San Francisco
Temple of Heaven
Chinatown
Lynn English High School Bank Sets Record Savings Day
In Lynn Massachusetts 1400 students run a school savings bank and handled a daily record of 3150 dollars in deposits. The program, tested for 12 years, has spread to 14 states and two countries with regular banking rooms and students filling all roles. Since inception the system has saved more than 200000 dollars across the city’s schools above third grade.
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Lynn
Mass
Lynn English High School
San Luis Potosi Governor Bans Balloon Pants
The state governor prohibits wearing balloon pants in Mexico City style venues calling the apparel unmanly and forbidding its public display. This local safety measure targets fashion in public spaces under his jurisdiction.
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Mexico City
State of
San Luis Potosi
Bond's Pill Claim Promises Quick Liver Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Bond's Pill at bedtime to remove an alleged liver obstruction. It cites danger signals like headaches dizziness neuralgia indigestion and pimples as indicators and promises waking up well next morning.
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Nature
Bond
Ady
Astonishing Freddie Julia Exchange Surprises
A playful dialogue unfolds with Freddie and Julia sharing a surprising statement that teases a strong reaction and ends on an amused tone.
Dr Drake's Glesace Remedy and Other Ads
A reader note highlights Dr Drake's Glesace as a long standing croup cold and cough remedy praised by children's specialists. An inventor markets a ten brand slot machine. A medical claim links constipation to bowel issues and touts Wright's Indi Vegetable Pills for regularity. Mauna Loa eruption in April released 160 million tons of lava.
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Hawaiian
Mauna Loa
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