Captain Bloods Interlude in Port Royal Confronts Bishop
In Port Royal Captain Blood faces Deputy Governor Bishop after returning from Jamaica. Miss Bishop confronts him about past actions as Blood argues for redemption while uneasy with her shifts of affection toward Lord Julian Wade. Amid tense dialogue, Blood recalls Levasseur and a Bridgetown killing, deepening the conflict between trust and betrayal.
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Tiis
Eines
Bishop
Blood
Jovian
Colonel Bishop
Port Royal
Jamaica
Tortuga
Captain Blood
Trifier
Bt. James's
Julian Wade
Captain Blood Rose
Jeremy Pitt
Wolverstone
Pitt
Miss Bishop
Mia
Julian
Levasseur
Bridgetown
Mary ‘Traill
Nerves Improve in Chatham Woman
Fragmented text from a Chatham Ontario item notes a woman claiming faster nerves recovery after a medical treatment. The passage is garbled and lacks clear dates, names, or outcomes.
Oil Use On Stormy Seas Cuts Waves With Little Oil
The British admiralty explains that a small amount of oil can calm rough seas around a vessel. At ten knots in a storm, drifting oil creates a protective film extending on all sides, centering on oil dripping at about a pint per hour. The effect is strongest in deep water.
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British Admiralty
Junk Shop Find Could Be Priceless Old Master
A Vancouver woman, Mrs. Stuart Livingstone, owned a painting she bought in a Winnipeg junk shop 40 years ago for seven dollars. Sig or Farina, a Velazquez expert, deemed the troubadour scene a genuine Renning Velasquez and possibly worth a million.
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Stuart Livingstone
Vancouver
Siggor Farina
Renning Velasquez
Milion Doftan
Winnipeg
Average family of five poverty line remark from Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal quotes criticism of the labor department measure for the average family of five living on 21 a week. It argues that accepting this as the poverty line would stifle ambition and dull the world, implying such a standard is insufficient or troubling.
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Labor Department
Ottawa Journal
Amend Canned Foods Act read in House of Commons
First reading given to a bill amending the Meat and Canned Foods Act to require meat and canned foods exclusive of salmon to be sold by weight instead of cubic content in the House of Commons.
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House of. . Commons
Trinidad Pitch Lake still 15 feet deep after millions of tons mined
Popular Mechanics notes Lake Pitch in Trinidad has fallen only about fifteen feet since discovery while roughly 4,000,000 tons of asphalt material have been removed. Rails on ties carry diggers to the lake, with 100,900 tons drawn yearly as surface shifts swallow tracks and pits.
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Trinidad
Talien
Pitch Lake
Cancer not hereditary says Bradford surgeon
Basil Hall of Bradford England told the Ontario Medical Association in Toronto that cancer is not hereditary or infectious. He proposed a parasitic cause and suggested roaches rats and mice could be carriers of the parasite.
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Basil Hall
Bradford
England
Ontario Medical Association
Toronto
Hall
Carter's Little Liver Pills End Bad Breath Claims
A New York City man named Mr. Pie A Perry reports relief from bad breath and stomach issues after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. He says the remedy stopped his symptoms quickly and recommends it for constipation indigestion and sour stomach. The ad asserts mild effective cleansing and lists drug stores as sellers.
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Carter
Mr. Pie A Perry
New York City
Unknown Benefactor Funded Hofmann Education in 1880s
The New York World reports Josef Hofmann's education was financed by Alfred Corning Clark, a wealthy New Yorker who asked his name be kept secret. Clark donated $50,000 in 1888 to permit studies with Anton Rubinstein, after the boy Mozart prodigy era and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children intervention. Hofmann met Clark only in Berlin and England.
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Josef Hofmann
Alfred Corning Clark
Josef
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mr. Clark
Anton Rubinstein
Hofmann
Berlin
England
New York World
Nelson’s plan kept 7000 sailors healthy at sea
Lord Nelson credited occupation and constant mental stimulus for health on long voyages. He noted during a two month period with a large fleet that no deaths from sickness occurred among 7 000 to 8 900 men, attributing results to varied duties and amusements that kept faculties active and spirits high.
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Lord Nelson
Nelson
Mahan
Nelgon
Measure of eye magnetism and Canadian liquor output
Dr. Russ reports the eye emits a magnetic ray capable of moving a distant instrument, nearly instantaneously. He notes the body is not magnetic but brain-generated electrical force escapes through the eyes. Canada produced 4,411,896 proof gallons of spirits in 1924, up from 3,828,879 in 1923.
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Russ
Dr. Russ
Canada
Keeping the Peace Through Readiness to Wield War
The article argues that maintaining peace requires readiness to wage war if needed. It asserts that showing strength deters conflict, while isolation undermines security, framing preparedness as a safeguard for stability.
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France
Tondon
Make Care of Babies Easier
Stomach disturbances and consti pation cause much peevishness in babies. Avoid soothing mixtures that drug the child. Use Baby's Own Tablets, a gentle laxative to sweeten the stomach and regulate bowels. No opiates or narcotics. Mrs Joe Toussignant of Ste Sophie Que endorses them. Sold by dealers or mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Stockville Ont.
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Joe. Toussignant
Ste
Bophie
Que
Dr. Wilemans Medicine Co
Stockyile
Ont
Lincoln Worked for Farmer Over Damaged Book
The text notes Abraham Lincoln worked for a farmer after damaging a borrowed book and lacking funds to pay for it. It adds a reflection that greatness comes from possessing essential elements beyond mere strength.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Ba Bey Reston Souacius
J. Warren
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Barbadoes
Harlly
Mademoiaelle d’Ogeron
Peter Blood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chatham
Ontario
Big Ben
Black Plug Chewing Tobacco
Stag
Bright Plug Chewing Tobacco
Pay Roll
Piper Heidsieck
Trinidad’s Lake of
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New York
Hofmann Shumned
SMP
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