Courage of Captain Plum in a Mormon prison escape
In a dungeon on an island, Neil and Nathaniel plan to survive as Winnsome Marion, and Winnsome face peril from the Mormon king. Jeekum betrays them for reward while Marion's fate remains grim as danger closes in.
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Nathaniel
Neil
Nat
Winnsome
Marlon
Iere
Marion
Duagon
Jeekum
George
Jeckum
Strang
Winnsome Croche
White
Plot of Nathaniel Plum on Beaver Island confronts Strang and Mor mons
Captain Plum lands secretly on Beaver Island to demand settlement for the looted sloop Typhoon. Obadiah Price bargains for ammunition and binds Nat to deliver a message to Franklin Pierce while dangers mount as Marion and Neil face execution and a mainland assault nears.
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Nathaniel Plum
Typhoon
Beaver Island
Obadiah Price
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United States
Price
Strang
Neil
Arbur Croche
Plum
Marion
Winnsome
Arbor Croche
Marion S
Arbur Crowke
St. James
Ile
Mysterious Stranger Digs Up 50 Year Old Gold Cache
Oakland reporter recounts a stranger visiting a Chico area adobe and digging up a buried can of gold dating back fifty years. Glanville Swift, an early miner, had stored about $75 000 in gold in the hills east of Chico, with a long weigh time and guard. A single hole was dug after stakes marked a chart location, and Swift later noted missing bottles of gold.
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Here
Oakland
San Francisco Chronicle
Glanville Swift
Chico
Fawcett
Land and Water Craft by Rear Admiral Howell
Rear Admiral John A. Howell, retired inventor of the Howell torpedo, builds a combined land and water craft at Bath Marine Construction. The 20 by 6 foot craft carries a 10 hp engine, 1000 rpm, 21 inch port pitch, stern trail wheel, and two 4 foot driving wheels. It should run seven miles per hour in water and twelve on land, with trials expected early next month. The vessel may be named the Crocodile Kennebec Journal.
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John A. Howell
Bath Marine Construction Company
Crocodile
Kennebec Journal
Instability of Nature and Time in Marcus Aurelius
Reflecting on change and flux in nature Marcus Aurelius notes how quickly scenes shift and how the past and future loom as vast gulfs. He questions man’s pride and sorrow over transient things and urges detachment from temporary troubles.
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Marcus Aurelius
Transient engagements in New York raise questions
A brother and sister discuss engagements in New York where engagements are noted as more transient than marriages. The sister, described as very pretty, hears her brother say he will bring a young man his sister is to meet that evening, who is engaged to be married.
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New York
Munyon's Cold Cure Promises Quick Relief and Refund
Munyon's Cold Cure offers a 23 cent bottle claimed to rapidly break up colds and prevent pneumonia. The ad promises free medical advice by mail from Prof. Munyon and a refund if unsatisfied, citing Philadelphia based offices at 63d and Jefferson streets.
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Munyon
Prof
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Two World Famous Grannies Visit United States
Rochester Post Express notes two distinguished grandmothers Mme Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry. It praises Bernhardt for living energetically into old age and describes Terry as youthful and active, lecturing on Shakespeare. The piece reflects on aging and the idea that life’s value lies in thoughts, not years.
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Rochester Post Express
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Ellen Terry
Henry Irving
England
Miss Terry
Portia
Beatrice
Voila
Rosaland
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Curwood
Oy Magnus
Ketiner
Bolds
Merril
Captain Plum
California
Carter
Carters
Zest
Post
Postam Cereal Company, Led
Battle Creek, Mich
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