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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1919
Page
8
Wallen grows close to Helen MacKay aboard Captain Laynton’s ship as she reveals she mans the wireless and plans a trip to Sumatra. He discovers his father’s will and a fortune, reassesses Laynton’s role, and cherishes budding romance while facing a looming voyage to Singapore.
Stacey Wallen, first mate of the Apolo, survives yellow fever in the Java Sea. Ting Wah recalls a plot by Drink House Sam and five Chinamen to kill him. Wallen abandons ship, drifts to Arzu, is cared for by Macknight, and learns a ship near port may hold his fate. Captain Laynton reveals Wallen's father hired the Monleigh to find him amid a feud with pirate Ram Gulab Singh, and that his father died in an accident. Wallen then sails toward Singapore to confront his past and reclaim his course.
A fragmentary feature describes Lake Kluahne fifty miles long, close to the Arctic Circle, as a rare serene spot in encircling mountains. It notes its distant Yukon connections, isolation, barren shores with tundra flora, and a silence that draws prospectors and wanderers toward the open north.
The article describes a technique for diamond setting by drilling a hole slightly deeper than the stone, pouring unlubricated spelter, easing the hole to round, inserting the diamond, and using the displaced spelter to confirm full filling. Once cooled, the rod end is shaped to finish the setting.
John Walker Harrington in Popular Science Monthly suggests humans descend from ill formed spineless lifeforms that began in a tepid mineral spring and progressed from fish to mammals. He notes that the Adam’s apple appears with backbones and marks a long evolutionary story.
The Portuguese first hunted Africans for slavery in the interior and landed the first slaves in Santo Domingo in 1503. From then until the nineteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade continued as a major colonial labor system.
An old reliable vegetable remedy for constipation, headaches, dizziness and torpid liver, Dr Carter's K and B Tea is sold in small packages for home brewing. It is described as mild, gentle, and suitable for children and adults, with prompt relief.
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