Watch clues tie to Miwaka rescue tale at harbor point
Alan and Constance piece together family relics from Uncle Benny’s house linking to a lost ship, the Miwaka, and a rescue. Coins and a ring hint at a father thought dead but evidence now suggests alive. A telegram confirms Captain Caleb Stafford’s rescue of the Winnebago crew and hints a deeper Lakes mystery awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Wassaquam
Middle Village
Mr. Corvet
Benjamin Vorvet
Chicago
Sherrill
Astor Street
Luke
Penny
Wassaquain
Henry
Constance
Alan
Harbor Point
Grand Traverse
Little Traverse
Uncle Benny
Miss Sherrill
Buffalo
Merchants’ Exchange
Manitewuce
Mt Alan
Caleb Stafford
Marvin Halebh
Long Point
Lake Erie
Stafford
Stafford and
Ramsdell
Miwaka
Benny
Winnebago
Connie
Astor
Tecadeb
Mystery of the Watch Ties Ben Corvet to Hidden Truth
Constance uncovers hints linking Uncle Benny to Captain Stafford and the Miwaka wreck. Alan Conrad reports a forged rescue tale and a watch with buried meaning while Henry cautions her to drop the Ben Corvet inquiry. A telegram hints at a potential Benny lookalike boarding Manitowoc’s Carferry 25, signaling a dangerous lead.
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Petoskey
Stafford
Alan
Mr. Spearman
Henry
Dar
Alan Conrad
Buffalo
Oldest United States Post Office at St Augustine
The St Augustine post office building in Florida, erected in 1568, is believed to be the nation's oldest. Records in Spain's Archives show it was bought by the king of Spain in 1604 from Gonzalo Mendez, former Florida governor, for 10000 dollars to serve as a residence for Governor Pedro de Yderra and his successor, who complained the sea‑built house was cold and damp and had caused two governors to die.
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United States
St. Augustine
Fla
Archives of the Indies
Seville
Spain
Gonzalo, Mendez
Florida
Mende
Pedro de Yderra
Yderra
Syracuse Hero Dives to Save Boy on River
Charles Crozier of Syracuse leapt from a truck on a bridge to reach a seven year old boy seen drifting in the river. He pulled the child from the water and both were taken to a hospital where the rescue was witnessed by William John Himley Jr. and Crozier’s American Legion buddies who are backing a Carnegie lifesaving medal for him.
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Charles J. Crozier
Tully Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Crozier
William John Himley, Jr
American Legion
Carnegie
Youngest Member Named to North Dakota Legion Auxiliary
Bonnie Jean Kelly of Tim Running post at Devil's Lake became the youngest attendee at the organization of the North Dakota state department of the American Legion auxiliary. She was adopted by the state department as "one of the directors of the auxiliary's affairs tomorrow," while her father M. P. Kelly served as first lieutenant in the 93rd pursuit squadron of the First Army.
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Bonnie Jean Kelly
North Dakota State Department
North Dakota State Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Uo Little Lassie
Tim
Devil's Lake
State Department
Auxiliary’s Affairs Tomorrow
Bonnie Jean
M. P. Kelly
Ninety-third Pursuit Squadron
First Army
Omaha man credited with origin of the Gold Star medal
J M Buck of Omaha Nebraska originated the gold star carried on caskets of war dead. The medal honors his idea adopted by the American Legion and spread nationwide as graves returned from European battlefields. Buck supervised star placement at Omaha when troops arrived and accompanied Legion delegates.
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General Pershing
J. M. Buck
Omaha
Legion
United States
American Legion
Buck
Three Myths From A Broken Down Auto To A Snowless Rescue
A man under a stalled car found no crowd to help him and learnings stayed scant. A miner trapped three days and nights by a cave in survived with neither whitened hair nor fanfare. A sentry on guard duty misrecited his general orders until an officer corrected him, exposing the officer’s own knowledge.
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Sentinel
American Legion Weekly
Lydia Pinkham's Medicine Cited in Woman's Cure
A Lake Michigan woman reports cures after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Son ative Wash for irregularities and weakness. The letter argues many women suffer with such ailments and doctors often fail to help, endorsing the product as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Sherman
Route 2
Lake, Mich
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By William MacHarg
and Edwin Balmer
Blue Rapids
Wnassaquam
Ben Corvet
Ben
Manitowoc
Mr. Sherrill
Mr. Carvet
Carferry
Benjamin Corvet
American Legion News Service
Charles Crozier
New York
GOLD
Omaha, Neb
Mrs. Sherman
M. P
Ministry
House of Commons
New Republic
Putreaux
Harter
Dean
Illinois
H. W. Wheeler
W. 3Rd St. Dixon
Doan
Doan’e
Foster-Milburn CO
Chee
Green Mountain
Nickly
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