Knots of Treachery on the River in Knox's Command
Lieutenant Knox pursues dispatches from Fort Le Rock Island to St. Louis while entangled with Judge Beaucaire and the outlaw Kirby. After a boat fight, Knox is cast overboard and survives with rescued companions as he uncovers a plot involving enslaved women, a disputed poker win, and a murder spree tied to Kirby and Carver.
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Knox
Regular Army
Fortale
Rock Island
Ill
Indiana
St. Louis
Warrior
Kirby
Joe Carver
Beaucaire
Carver
Pete
Haynes
Amos
Beaucaire Place
Rene Beaucaire
Sam
Shrunk
Miners and Marauders on the Illinois River Escape
A tension filled night as Rene and Sam flee Kirby's men by boat up the Illinois. The keelboat attack splits the party with Rene captured while the narrator clings to a wreck in the river. A Memphis steamer rescues him as Mapes and the captain question his tale.
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Rene
Kirby
Illinois
Mississippi
Sam
Missus
Urrike
Dlinois
St. Louis
Ilinois
Beardstown
Poe
Rene Beaucaire
Adventurer of
Memphis
Haines
Mapes
Yellow Banks Furst
Yellow Banks
Illinoy
Black Hawk
St. Louce
New Orleans
Rock River
Sudden Keelboat Collision Forces Rescue on River
The narrator describes a chaotic moment as a keelboat approaches, engines chug, and an alarmed shout signals imminent collision. The boat rams into them, and the speaker is hurled into dark water after grabbing an oar in a panic.
Untitled note on gallery restrictions and visitors
Officials of museums and picture galleries note that some visitors become deeply attached to pictures and galleries have sometimes barred individuals from entering rooms where they have fallen in love with exceptional beauty.
Sloan's Liniment Advertisement Claims Quick Pain Relief
A vintage medical ad touts Sloan's Liniment for external aches stiffness and sore muscles. It emphasizes a soothing penetrating relief without rubbing and promotes prices 35c 70c and 11.40.
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Sloan
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A. B. Richards Medicine Co
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Peden Iron & Steel CO
Ban Antonio
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