Porto Bello Gold and Captain Rip-Rap in New York
Howden Smith’s pirate tale Porto Bello Gold is praised as a companion to Treasure Island. In a New York scene, Captain Rip-Rap, a feared pursuer, haunts merchants and Jacobite Andrew Murray, the great-uncle with a hidden frontier past, as the city braces for danger and intrigue.
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Howden Smith
New York
Canada
Porto Bello
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Peter Corlaer
Darby
Robert
Peter
Pearl Street
Hanover Square
Clinton
Colden
George
Ehip
Captain Farraday
Iworld
Farraday
Ormerod
Governor Clinton
West Indies
Rip- Rap
Henry Morgan
Jamaica
John Flint
Flint
Smyrna
Rip-Rap
Thetis
Boston
Jenkins
Darby McGraw
Cortes
Neen
Murray
Corlaer
Andrew Murray
Providence
Corlier
Kerr
Fernieside
Sheriffmuir
Marjory
Tawannears
Long House
Morgan
Davis
Dampier
Mmapy
Royal James
Rascal
Hook
Crook
Sandy Hook
Fort George
Burrage
Genius Not Overcome by Distasteful Toil
A historical sketch recalls Bronson Alcott choosing factory work over returning to Cheshire. He carried borrowed books to keep from stagnating, enduring nearly two years of factory labor while his mother watched from the farm path two miles away.
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Cheshire
Bronson Alcott
Alcott
Louisa’ May
Honore Willsie Morrow
McCall's
Bronson
Legend of Brutus founding London recalled
An old legend claims Brutus, grandson of Aeneas, led Trojan refugees to Britain and founded London, naming a settlement New Troy after their voyage from Troy and the Greeks’ capture.
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London
Brutus
Aeneas
England
Troy
New
Carter's Little Liver Pills Help Brooklyn Man
Brooklyn resident Mr A Aristan reports relief after one week using Carter's Little Liver Pills for vinegar like stomach acidity belching and constipation. The small sugar coated pills are marketed as a safe daily remedy for the family with druggist priced at 25 and 75 cents.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
A. Aristan
Carter
Florida Gold Refining Co Pays Cash for Dental Gold
Advertises payment in cash for dental gold old false teeth discarded jewelry diamonds and platinum. Offers mail return and notes location at 21 West Adams Jacksonville Florida.
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Florida Gold Refining Co
W. Adams
Jacksonville
Fla
Cleopatra Portrait Sparks 2000-Year Progress Reflection
In an Ohio State Journal note a reader describes visiting an art gallery to view the authentic portrait of Cleopatra. The piece frames a lighthearted meditation on progress in propriety over two millennia and how small changes sustain courage.
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Cleopatra
Ohio State Journal
Blood Tonic Promises Cure From Dr Pierce Formula
Mrs Fannie Gillespie of Omaha Nebraska credits Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery with restoring her blood and stomach health after constipation and impoverishment. She reports rapid gains from the tonic and recommends five bottles for full effect. Readers can request a trial tablet package by sending 10 cents to Dr Pierce Buffalo New York for confidential medical advice.
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Omaha
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Towns Treat Ment Claims Cure for Attacks
A 60 year old remedy booklet promotes a treatment for attacks with testimonials from Charlie P. Olofson of Burdick Kana and Case 0 214 Hutchinson Kansas. It cites a mother who supposedly stopped spells for nearly two years and notes a request to write for more information from Towns Remedy Co Milwaukee Wis.
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Charlie P. Olofson
Burdick
Kana
Hutchinson
Kans
Noth
Milwaukee
Wis
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Arthur D. Howden Smith
Arthur D. Howder
Smith
Chapter
Modore Burrage
Allen
Cynthia
Southampton
John “Gilver
Dean
Missouri
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffalo
Mona
KOFL
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