Murder on the Monleigh Deepens the California Mystery
Captain Laynton reveals Wallen’s father died aboard the Monleigh and lays out a dangerous reckoning. Wallen learns his father chartered the ship to reach him and that the voyage hid a possible murder tied to a dangerous pursuit across Makassar Strait toward Singapore.
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Taynton
Makassar Strait
Your Father's Dead Summary of a shipboard mystery in the Java Sea
First mate Stacey Wallen survives a yellow fever outbreak aboard the Apolo. A dying Ting Wah claims Chinese sailors were sent by Drink-Iouse Sam to kill Wallen, triggering a childhood memory. Wallen abandons ship, drifts to Armu island, is aided by Macknight, then by Mott and Helen MacKay aboard the Monleigh.
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Ile
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Singapore
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Java Sea
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Helen MacKay
Monleigh
First Modern Pugilists Jack Broughton Founded Boxing Rules
Englishman Jack Broughton fought his first bout on July 9 1725 and rose to fame after beating a larger opponent in ten rounds. He witnessed Figgs use of rough tactics and later devised a code to govern the sport becoming founder of modern pugilism.
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Jack Broughton
James Figg
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Figg
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Poetry and Plagiarism in Longfellow's Excelsior
A report tracks the spread of Longfellow's Excelsior from its American debut to English journals. Critics accused him of borrowing lines from Brainard's The Mocking Bird, which he denied, saying he had not read it and that digging into Parnassus unsettles dead poets' bones.
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England
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Excelsior
Parnassus
Detroit Free Press
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Bulgaria Land of Roses in June Dawn
Visitors see peasant workers in Bulgaria’s rose fields at dawn gathering roses as dew glistens on blooms. Women in traditional costumes fill baskets with buds before transporting them to the nearby distillery to extract attar.
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Bulgaria
Collective Bargaining Term Defined in Labor Discussion
A definition explains collective bargaining as the meeting of workers or their representatives with employers to reach an agreement on wages and working conditions. It contrasts with individuals acting alone under terms offered by the employer, which may seem unfair.
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Omers
Father’s Economizing Style Highlighted in Dallas News
The article states that a father's primary saving tactic is to refuse allowances to children. It notes a general theme of parental restraint and frames it as a common approach. It also references a maritime line about underwater color being typically orange or reddish-orange.
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Dallas News
Nervous mother finds relief with Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy
Philadelphia reader Mrs Worthline reports weak tiredness backache and nervous irritability. After three months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered and can eat normally. The ad urges overworked mothers to try the product for restoration of health.
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