Mystery House on the Street Aboard Yacht
Ralph Van Vechten and Tom Phinney uncover a trap at the House of Mystery near the Powhatan club. A coffin-shaped box, a yacht tied to Max Willard, and a covert crew hint at danger as Paige Carew and Jessie Willard loom in a web of intrigue.
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Ralph van Vechten
Weilure
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Patza Carew
Tom
Flint
Tie
Amonk Game Persons
House of Mystery
Mr. Callia
Calla
Theodore van Vechten
Wall Street
Paige Carew
Van
London
Isa Carew
Mrs. Eversaux
New York
Temle Bonner
Mysery
Temple Bonner
Compton Bechuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Bonner
Willard
Willard van Vechten
John Callia
Callis
Brownlow
Delia
Weare
Miss Carew
Buddy
Phineas Flint
Police Headquarters
Mr. Willard
Plint
Filat
Cornelius
Phineas
Mr. Cornelius
Calus
Wi- Nard
Paige
Jessie
Harbor of Refuge at Hatteras Sea Wall Plan Is Debated
Sailors say Hatteras remains a feared sea area though captains promise calm waters off the headland. Congress has appropriated 1.4 million dollars for preliminary work on a Haterras sea wall to ease voyages and shield passengers.
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Hatteras
Congress
Ao Hatteras Sea Wall
Harbor wall project to shelter ships at Cape Hatteras
A sea wall, twenty feet wide at the top and forty five feet high, will guard a harbor of refuge off Cape Hatteras. It aims to soften the seas for arriving vessels and save lives and property, though the ocean remains untamable and storms will still rage.
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Hatteras
Cape Hatteras
Lending a Name in a Oyster Stew Debate
A customer questions the oyster size in the stew while Prastus Pinkley asserts a small oyster still flavors the dish. The exchange reveals regional speech and humorous attribution of the ingredient.
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Prastus Pinkley
Horses that drink grass baffled water craving legend
A Hawaiian travel note describes horses and cattle in the Llawalian Islands that never drink water, preferring the native maninia grass. On Haleakala a party saw horses balk at water after grazing, later learning the grass provides all they need, making water unnecessary.
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Llawalian
Maninia
Horsea
Haleakala
Kawaapae
Repairing a Shoe Cut With Vulcanizing Cement
The repair begins by rasping around the cut to expose clean rubber or fabric, then buffing the surface. After drying a coat of vulcanizing cement is applied, and a piece of raw rubber is inserted to fill or replace the damaged area, shaped to size and rolled into place before trimming.
Labeled the Children in Canton Floating City
A century ago on the Canton river a crowded sampan city used buoyant gourds as life preservers on children's backs. Each vegetable float bore the sampan name in Chinese characters so rescuers could identify youngsters quickly, reducing drownings amid the vast debris of boats.
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Canton
Sampans
William Hickey
Hickey
Pioneer Doctor Heard A Pioneering Texas Physician
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Heard born in Morgan County Georgia a pioneer in medicine introduced quinine for fevers in the South and began practicing in Texas in 1827. He helped organize the Texas Medical Association served on Galveston Medical School and University of Texas faculties and contributed extensively to medical journals on tropical diseases.
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Thomas Jefferson Heard
South
Morgan County
Georgia
Texas
Texas Medical Association
Galveston Medical School
University of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Terre Hill Pennsylvania resident Mia Avagustus Lyon testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her chronic female troubles back pains sleep issues and loss of appetite praising the remedy as a grand cure. The advertisement touts Pinkham's as a trusted women’s health solution and cites decades of testimonials from the Lynn Massachusetts laboratory.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Avagustus
Lyon
Pinkham
Lynn
Maas
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Elixir Babek Claims Pain Relief for Jacksonville Reader
Mrs E Higgins of Jacksonville Florida reports taking three bottles of Elixir Babek and feeling relief from ache in limbs after five years of pain. The advertisement cites the remedy price at 50 cents and available through Parcels Post from Kloczewski & Co Washington DC for all druggists.
Kernel of Doctrine and Practice in Marcus Aurelius
A reflective note on seeking the core meaning in doctrine, practice, and interpretation as Marcus Aurelius advised. The quote invites readers to pursue essence over surface details in philosophy and life.
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Marcus Aurelius
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Phinney
Honor Bright
John Callis
John Callin
Persia
Prosser
Mrs. Lyon’s
Carter
ARTE
Sean Alphur
Dean
Doan
Maryland
Oliver
Wannoles
Highlandtown
Donn
Bex Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Thomas
Green
I. H. Greene
Atlanta
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