Courage on Beaver Island The Seventh Wife Revealed
Captain Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Typhoon lands on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan and uncovers a royal Mormon stronghold led by James Jesse Strang. Obadiah Price guides Plum to a secret window showing Strang’s court and the seventh wife, amid schemes and looming danger.
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Nathaniel Plum
Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
Obadiah Price
Plum
Price
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United Eegies
St James
Strang
Burke
St. James
Captain Plum
Nathaniel
James Jesse Strang
Warning at the King Window Changes Nat's Plans
Nat discovers his scheme to capture Strang is exposed by a watching girl. Obadiah plots a dangerous rendezvous with Strang's wife, promising Nat a future encounter. They retreat to a forest cabin where Obadiah’s gleeful menace deepens Nat’s dread.
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Obadiah Price
Captain Plum
Obadiah
Strang
St. James
Nathaniel
Nat
Women as Criminals and Moral Character Quote
A clipped aphorism notes Doctor Bertillon praising women as having better character and committing fewer crimes than men. When crimes occur, a man is often implicated as the primary cause. The quotation is attributed to the London Telegraph.
Useless Statistics and Coffee Cup Losses Comment
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes a statistician’s claim that Americans lose ten million dollars yearly by leaving sugar in coffee cups. The piece mocks the idea as obviously false yet highlights the odd fascination with statistics.
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Philadelphia Ledger
England's Cotton Importation Value Varies Yearly
The article states that England's annual raw cotton imports average about 300 million dollars, with significant variation year to year. It notes the sizable scale of the cotton trade and hints at economic effects of import levels.
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England
A Logical Landlord
A Philadelphia Record tale about a tenant facing a rent hike after the landlord notes improvements like painting a house and installing a new range and bathtub, arguing the updates raise value while repairs were neglected.
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Philadelphia
Jones
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Cure All
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a cash reward for proof, and urges readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, with product price listed as 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All
de Soto County
Florida
Caloosahatchee
Mneara
A. A. Patterson & CO
Marquette
Chicago
No Difference in Uniform Says Harsh Husband
A sick husband remarks there is no difference between his wife and a trained nurse aside from uniform and salary, a line attributed to Harper's Bazar.
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Harper’s Bazar
Fragments Reflect Rhetoric in Public Discourse
A series of clipped lines discusses facing enemies, soothing syrups for children, political modesty, smoking habits, and a proverb about stitching and patching. The text weaves consumer products with social commentary in a newspaper-voice cadence.
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Vancouver
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