Hidden meeting on Beaver Island stirs Captain Plum
Captain Nat Plum covertly lands on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan to confront Mormon leader Strang over a royal demand. Obadiah Price, a councilor, coerces him into a week with the settlement, planning to reveal the seventh wife of Strang as Plum’s prize while guarding a secret package for Franklin Pierce.
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Nathaniel Plum
Typhoon
Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
Obadiah Price
Plum
Price Levares
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United States
St James
Trice
Setremenus
Strang
Mor- Mons
Jurke
St. James
Captain Plum
Nathaniel
Israel Laeng
Kingdom of Heaven
Obadiah
Job
Urim
Thummin
James Jesse
Tran
King's Window
The Warning Chapter III Upsets Plans at Sea
Captain Plum grasps his scheme unravels as Obadiah Price vanishes and Strang remains hidden. The chapter frames a tense moment aboard with shifting loyalties and a perilous pursuit.
Grinning stone relic used to curb a scandalmonger's tongue
In Orleans a found stone talisman showing a fearsome grin was placed around a scandalmonger's neck. Workmen unearthed the relic during city excavations and locals watched as she was paraded about town to curb her gossip. The artifact supposedly dates to earlier times and challenges sixteenth century data.
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Orleans
Women as Criminals In Commentary From London Telegraph
The London Telegraph reports that women are "incomparably less often criminals" than men and, when involved, the man is usually at the bottom of the trouble. Doctor Bertillion weighs in on women's generally good character.
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Bertilion
London Telegraph
Useless Statistics Sparkled In Philadelphia Ledger
A Philadelphia Ledger note jokes about a statistician's claim that Americans lose 10 million dollars yearly by leaving sugar in coffee. The piece dismisses the idea as obviously false yet finds the statistic fascinating.
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Philadelphia Ledger
England's Cotton Importation Value Varies Widely
England imports raw cotton valued around 300 million dollars annually, with significant variation in yearly totals.
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England
Jones Tries Raising Wits Not Chickens In Joking Riff
In a playful exchange, the strip notes Jones is attempting to raise his wits rather than poultry, mentioning the phrase Chantecler bat in a lighthearted gag.
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Jones
Puck
Paw-Paw Liver Pills Claim Health Cure Guarantee
An advertisement offers Munyon's Paw-Paw Liver Pills as a remedy for biliousness constipation indigestion and liver and blood ailments. The copy guarantees blood purification and liver stomach health or a refund of money. Distributed by Munyon's Homeopathic.Homeomedy Co. Philadelphia.
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Munyon's Homeopathic Homeomedy Co
53Rd and
Jefferson Sts
Phila
Just a Natural Mistake at the Fancy Dress Ball
Gussie, knot-kneed and misfigured, aims for a hit at the town hall fancy dress ball. He arrives with a racing heart, his grotesque appearance shocking the hall porter who blurts Christopher Columbus. He retorts Charles the First as he passes into the gathering.
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Gussie
Christopher Columbus
Charles the First
London
Bjornson's Paris Visit Sparks Nine Wise Words
A continental typewriter agent recalls Bjornson in a Paris hotel above the Tuileries gardens. The Norse writer warned him to beware the easy-going man, noting such a person makes life rough for others.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Tuileries Gardens
Paris
Faults In American Character In Scientific Study
Prof. W F Ganong urges emphasis on laboratory and experimental work in all science education. He argues that disregard of details and a fondness for easy generalities are core faults in American character and that independent observations are the source of sound knowledge.
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America
W. F. Ganong
Mrs Brown Seaside Summer Plan Provokes Conversation
In a brief exchange a Mrs Brown is asked how she will spend her summer vacation. She replies she will fry fish for the men as usual, underscoring a simple, traditional seaside routine.
It Is Easier to Raise a Disturbance Than a Mortgage
A wry proverb notes the challenge of securing funds compares to provoking discord. The line suggests social friction costs loom larger than debt burden in some contexts.
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James Oliver Curwood
Magnus Gretiner
Ife
Murine
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Post
Postum Cereal .C., Ltd
Bettle Creek
Mich
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