Carlyle and the Namur Pirate Pursuit
Carlyle, a twenty six year old sailing master, is condemned to twenty years in the American colonies for aiding the Monmouth rebellion. On a voyage to Maryland he meets Dorothy Fairfax and learns of Sanchez’s plot to steal Fairfax gold and abduct Dorothy. He fights Sanchez, is cast overboard, then drifts toward the Namur and attempts a daring rescue, ending with Dorothy captured but Sanchez wounded.
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Geoffry Carlyle
England
Toxer Fairfax
Maryland Plantes
Nicca
Dorothy Eairfax
Sanches
Spruliard
Fairfaxes
London
Vie
Derothy
Ints
Dorothy
Corlyta
Namur
Abonril
Oangles
Sold
Sanchez
Bee
Pirates and prisoners aboard the Namur in exile
Geoffrey Carlyle, a British seaman using the alias Gates, vies with Estada and Sanchez aboard the Namur in a pirate-ruled ship. Carlyle plots a risky plan to rescue a woman, aided by the wary English sailor Waiting as they weigh mutinous options and alliances on a stormy Caribbean voyage.
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Sanchez
Sunches
s.eVere
Namur
Watkins
Soberts
Gates
Mendez
Levere
Geoffry Carlyle
Tle
Paid for fault of Empress a cruel Chinese custom
The article recounts how foot binding originated with a Chinese empress whose “lady killer” household official mocked her efforts. The emperor forced removal of the front foot, then a ruse of fashion led others to imitate. At six, girls tied feet for six weeks until pain eased and she could hobble on stumps. The practice, once widespread, was later abolished by royal edict.
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China
Thory Charles Sirr
Carlyle Faces Desperate Chance to Save Dorothy
Carlyle envisions a bold plan to rescue Dorothy and himself but encounters numerous hazards. The opportunity appears perilous and uncertain as he weighs the single, decisive answer to whether he should act now.
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Carlyle
Dorothy
Woman Composer Praises Pepgen In Terre Haute Ad
Miss Vera Baxter a Terre Haute musician at 1528 Liberty Street extols Pepgen as a splendid tonic for nervousness indigestion and general weakness. She claims it restored her stomach to normal and improved her nervous state enabling her to eat freely without bloating. The ad notes many locals take Pepgen and urges readers to obtain it at local drug stores.
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Vera Baxter
Liberty Street
Terre Haute
Ind
Fepgen
Bunnies for Bonnets in U S Army Hats
The United States army wartime hats use rabbit skin felt imported from abroad, mostly Australia. About 36 million skins supply the headgear, with each hat costing $1.75 wholesale and retail prices around $4. Supply chains pull skins from Australia and China, Japan, India provide other hat components.
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Australia
United States
China
Japan
India
Varieties of Brooms Use Hemlock and Pine Needles
A historical note describes crude broom making from hemlock branches and cream cotton tied with sticks, noting litter from falling leaves and limited durability. It then outlines a newer concept using pine needles as broom substitutes, detailing simple tying around a stick or inserting needle bunches into a block of wood with fat pitch, praising the needles as hard, durable, and effective.
Change in Woman Life Promoted by Pinkham's Remedy
A Fremont Ohio reader describes relief from heat flashes nervousness and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength and disappearance of symptoms, and invites others with similar troubles to seek guidance from the Pinkham Medicine Co. for additional help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Hongkong
Cape Mandez
Panama
Lars Paulin
Minter LeVere
Gaunsauleg
Senor Estada
Stadn
Astada
Chen
Warly
Wita
Lowell
Pepgen
Mrs. Godden
Folte
Fall
Cha
Sohn
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