Treasure in the Caverns and the Tide’s Embrace
The narrator climbs from a hidden cave using salvaged rock and a lantern to reach a gallery of sealed doors. He battles a looming doom and discovers a chest of silver and gold, then escapes a narrowing rock passage toward daylight as the sea voice calls Calypso. The tale ends with a dangerous exit and a cliffhanger.
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Treasure as Calypso’s Eyes Move My Resolve
In a cavern prison after Calypso’s disappearance, the narrator grapples with the lure of treasure and the haunting voice of death. He studies a blocked entrance, longs for escape, and steels himself to push past the rock crack to freedom while denying despair and clinging to Calypso.
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Pershing Sets 300000 as Army Size and Training Plan
General Pershing told Congress that 300000 volunteers should cap the standing army, with six months training and universal education tied to it. He urged a separate bureau for army purchasing and a new department coordinating military and aeronautics, while opposing expansion of the general staff.
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Rooster Eats 486 Kernels in Window Contest
A Montgomery City storekeeper staged a guessing game using a fasted rooster and a pan of counted corn. Over 20 minutes the rooster devoured 486 kernels, near a bettor's guess of 488 winning the prize reported by the Kansas City times.
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Amendment Lost Last Peace Treaty
The last survivor of the forty six amendments attached to the peace treaty, a proposal by Senator Moses of New Hampshire to revise voting strength in the League of Nations, was rejected in the Senate by 47 to 36. A Sherman proposal to insert a Deity reference in the preamble was tabled 57 to 27, and Johnson's voting inequality amendment was defeated 43 to 35.
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Belgian King Pays Homage at Mount Vernon to Washington
King Albert of Belgium paid homage to George Washington at Mount Vernon. He placed a wreath on the sarcophagus and visited nearby monuments with a simple ceremony aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower during his American tour.
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Levees Proposed to Shield 900000 Acres in Louisiana
The Mississippi River commission and government engineers urged Congress on Tuesday to build over 100 miles of levees in Louisiana. The plan would protect 900000 acres in the Atchafalaya and Red River basin extending to Bayou des Glaises.
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German Dynamiter Found Guilty in Bridge Theft Case
Fredericton New Brunswick Werner Horn found guilty Friday of dynamiting the Canadian end of the international bridge at St Croix on February 15 1915. The jury deliberated for 13 minutes. Horn defended himself claiming he acted as a German officer under orders.
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1731 Oil-Burning Ships Soon
Washington reports that after the current Shipping Board construction program 1731 oil burning steamers will fly the American flag, totaling nearly 10,000,000 deadweight tons.
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Tube System Opens in Madrid to Public Crowd
The tube railway system opened to the public Sunday in Madrid drawing great crowds at stations as curious residents explored the underground network.
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Rich-Tone Promises Boost in Energy and Vigor
Advertising copy touts Rich-Tone as a red blood enriching tonic that strengthens nerves restores appetite and aids sleep. It claims to maintain vigor and energy with a full range of essential elements and offers a bottle for one dollar at all drug stores. A B Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas.
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Cascarets Advert Promotes Gentle Bowel Relief
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a tonic for the bowels, contrasting them with harsher purgatives like calomel. It claims Cascarets relieve bilious attacks and constipation without griping and work passively overnight. A separate quip jokes about paying for a daughter's musical education.
A Lady of Distinction Relies on Cuticura For Skin
An old advertisement extols a woman of distinction using Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse pores and then Dusting with Cuticura Talent Powder for clear smooth skin. It notes some men would rather go to jail than hustle for a living.
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