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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
6
Rob in a Spanish costume helps unload contraband for Captain Torrero aboard a schooner. A fierce English or American master on a horse oversees men as they haul goods to a cave storehouse beneath the bay, glimpsing vast piles of tobacco silk cloth and liquor.
Rob endures brutal unloading under Torrero and a fearsome English captain aboard the Black Cat. In a hidden cavern operation they move contraband casks while threats loom from Captain Elvin and the men around him. Rob fears enslavement or death as he fords treacherous terrain with heavy burdens.
A London Times correspondent from Bushire reports Susa digs by French scientists yielding eleven previously unknown kings and a deciphering cuneiform inscription. Finds suggest early Egyptian civilization and include Flint Age relics. Susa once served as capital of the Chaldean kingdom.
A Rome correspondent writes that during the holy year next year Rome will draw many visitors, with Vatican calculations predicting at least 1 200 000 pilgrims. An average of 3 000 a day is expected, Peter’s Pence may total 10 million dollars, and Italian spending could reach 300 million dollars.
A French engineer argues alcohol can replace petroleum in most cars by adapting engines. He claims alcohol is safer from explosions and cheaper than petroleum, noting widespread motor use already shifts toward alcohol as a fuel option.
A quoted speaker notes that love’s young dream is pleasing but warned the real issue is it remains only a dream, as he rises to kindle the kitchen fire. The line suggests disillusionment amid domestic calm.
An editorial compares a blot on the land to constitutional illness and argues right laws act like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters curing indigestion and biliousness. It cites a Mendicity Society report claiming 70 000 professional beggars in London.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and wind colic with claims of gum softening and reduced inflammation. It also promotes Magnetic Starch as the best laundry starch, and notes Westminster Abbey records 1 173 burials.
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