The Captain Woodhouse Plot at Gibraltar
In a 1915 adventure, Captain Woodhouse of the Wilhelmstrasse leads a spy scheme on the Rock of Gibraltar. Almer pressuring him to reveal relics of Alexandria tests Woodhouse while Billy Capper and Jane Gerson navigate danger and deception as the war looms in Europe.
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Bobbs-Merrill Company
Bright
Jane Gerson
Europe
Hildebrand’s
New York
Calais
Captain Woodhouse
Egypt
Paris
Jane
Poiret
Worth
Pacquin
Doeuillet
Berlin
Capper
Malta
Sateen
Alexandria
Castle Lair
Woodhouse
Gibralter
Billy Capper
Louisa
Josepha
Gibraltar
Sherman Paper
Americant
Otel Splendide
Willy Kimball
la Crandall
George Crandall
Almer
George the Fifth
Woddhouse
ACTOS
Koch
Espionage Plot Deepens as Fleet Arrives in Channel
In a tense hotel scene, Woodhouse and Almer discuss Britain's Mediterranean fleet imminent arrival and the planned attack on Room D. They plot to obtain a secure combination from Major Bishop's safe, aided by a governor's insider, while a German agent's suspicions loom. Woodhouse hints at romance as distraction.
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Almer
England
Britain
Wilhelmstrasse
Cea
Wilhelm Strasse
Alexandria
Mary
Egypt
Atmer
Wady Hafa
Nile
Splendide
A Visit to a Lady and the Fateful Plans of Billy Capper
Billy Capper, expelled from the Hotel Splendide, sits in a rough Waterport Street tavern with small funds and fevered plans. He recalls Louisa’s gifts, ponders Alexandrian ventures, then schemes to extract an honorarium from Gibraltar’s governor general by feigning loyalty and a tale about Captain Woodhouse. The narrator hints at a future Parisian wartime escape as Capper imagines the payoff.
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Hotel Splendide
Waterport Street
Seven Seas
Almer
San Roc
Capper
Louisa
Cafe Riche
Alexandria
Wilhelmstrasse
the Rock
Woodhouse
Gibraltar
Old Couple's Forty-Year Harmony Ends in House Fire Escape
A dated note recalls an elderly couple who shared forty years of marriage. The man says they never argued in all that time except during a house fire when they both agreed the only option was to leave the house quickly.
O A C Extension Work Notes for Myrtle Point Area
Farmers and other citizens in the Myrtle Point section may gain a useful college extensions suggestion from notes clipped from recent O A C Press Bulletin issues. The material covers community benefit and practical guidance for local agricultural and home economics efforts.
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Myrtle Point
O. A. C. Press Bulletin
Cabbage aphid control methods shared by Oregon experts
The cabbage aphid is unusually abundant this year and careful spraying will keep it in check. The pest attacks cabbages and other crucifers like broccoli kale and mustard. Effective sprays include kerosene emulsion or nicotine soap solutions with multiple applications when infestations are heavy. A simple nicotine sulfate solution uses two tablespoons Black Leaf and whale oil soap in six gallons of water, ensuring the spray wets the insects.
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A. L. Lovett
Corvallis
Oregon
Maturing Apple Orchard Needs Timely Sprays
Oregon growers warned that late summer codling moth injury will be severe. Prolonged cool weather extends moth generations, keeping worms active through summer and fall. Two summer sprays, in late July or early August and late August or early September, are advised to prevent September sting. A. L. Lovett, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis.
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Oregon
A. L. Lovett
Corvalis
Tingis Injures Apple Foliage in Oregon This Season
In Oregon orchards the apple tingis lace bug is widespread. Leaves show bleaching and yellowing with black sticky specks on the underside and tiny lace-like insects. Heavily infested trees shed leaves early and become devitalized, indicating serious damage to apple crops this season.
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Oregon
Plant lice control sprays advised by Oregon agronomist
A Corvallis Oregon note from AL Lovett of O.A.C. recommends contact sprays to manage plant lice. Kerosene emulsion and Black-Leaf-40 solutions are effective when they wet the insects, while Arsenal sprays are of no value.
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AL. Lovett
O.A.C. Corvallis
Oregon
Potato Beetle Threat Reported in Oregon Areas
The Colorado potato beetle has appeared in portions of Eastern Oregon. Growers should watch for this serious pest, recognizable by its markings and shape. It is controlled by arsenals sprays. those noting the insect may request control particulars by writing A. L. Lovett at the O. A. C. Experiment Station in Corvallis Oregon.
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Eastern
Oregon
A. L. Lovett
O. A.C
Corvallis
Ore
Farm Life in China Shows Low Wages for Rice Labor
The article explains Chinese farm labor wages by the day and year with meals. Daily wages range from 8 to 19 cents, planting and harvest add 10 to 20 cents, and rice leased land pays 7 to 14 cents worth of rice annually. A laborer’s family often spends about $1 monthly on food. a single worker uses 1.50 to 2 dollars monthly for fuel and raw materials. Two pounds of rice and modest relishes form the daily diet.
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Chia- In
Celestial Kingdom
Abernathy
First Congress Foetry Act Funds Timber for Shipbuilding
The first Act of Congress relating to foetry passed in 1799 and appropriated $200,000 to acquire timber. The government set up reserves with live oak identified as the best timber for shipbuilding.
Man Excuses Faults in Woman Not His Wife
A historical aphorism notes that a man will excuse any fault in a woman who is not his wife, contrasting tolerance toward non spouses with stricter judgment for wives.
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