Lafitte Ends Aboard Shell Island In Dire News
Lafitte leaves Shell Island after learning Grande Terre is burned as British and colonial forces strike. Pierre is wounded in New Orleans jail as Lafitte heads upriver to confront the governor and rescue his fortunes amid a perilous, divided leadership.
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Nate Brimgue
Lue Lawelie
Barataria
Ustiie
Lance
Bapistine
Nate
Juniper
Scipio
Theater Two
Isie
Swell Island
Pierre
Lafitte
Dominique-You
Sove
Beluche
Claiborne
Grande Terre
New Orleans
Shell Island
Anglaise
Armistice Takes Hold in Central America Conflict
Guatemala blamed for recent revolution as armistice goes into effect at 6 am. Guatemala appoints three commissioners and a secretary to attend peace talks in San Jose. American Consul General John Jenkins aids negotiations in Washington amid tensions over alleged breaches and intent to invade El Salvador.
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Washington
Munoz
State Department
Guatemala
San Jose
Marblehead
Senor Munoz
Central America
Salvador
Japs Try Experiment in Industrial Nationalization
Washington report describes a Japanese government drive toward sweeping industrial nationalization. Railways are cited as a step in consolidating control, aiming to supervise and develop industries across the empire. The plan is presented as a shift that could alter competition with American firms in trade with the Orient.
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Washington
Sdvices
Bureau of Manufactures
Japan
America
Death Calls Lady Curzon Heiress of Chicago
Mary Leiter, former Belle and Chicago heiress, Lady Curzon of Kedleston, wife of the former viceroy of India, died at 5 40 PM Wednesday after a long illness and a recent decline in hot weather. She was Miss Mary Leiter, daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, and owned about 3 million dollars in her own right. She met George Curzon in England. he is the eldest son of the Rev. Alfred Curzon, with ties to the Earl of Minto.
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Mary Lester
Chicago
London
Lady Curson
Keddleston
Walmer Castle
Kent
Carson
Mary Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
England
Miss Leiter
George N. Curzon
Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon
Scarsdale
Earl of
Minto
Frog Weather Prophet and Nutritive Campaign Ad
A farmer jokes about a frog as a weather prophet predicting clear skies for 24 hours but a shower arrives in 20 minutes. An ad touts EGG-O-SEE cereal claiming health benefits, with testimonials and a free book offer, listing the company address in Quincy, MA.
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Connecticut
Nature
Egg-O-See
First St
Quincy
How to Land Him in a Week and a Boy Who Walked Home
A fragment outlines daily dating advice from Monday to Friday and recounts young Herbert Spencer walking over 130 miles home after being sent to school. It notes a coach driver helping on day three and a Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati membership tied to the Vanderbilt name.
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Herbert Spencer
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred G
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Castorta tonic and travel record in odd old clipping
An assortment of dated notes mentions Castorta a tonic for mothers and a brag about Benjamin Jeans long service on rail lines with over 4 million miles traveled. It also notes wedding gift liquor and cigar tables hidden bottles with mini fridges and ends with a moral about enemies and friends and Adam.
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Benjamin Jeans
London and Birkenhead Express
Equator
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God’s Angels
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Lady Curzon
Frog
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London Mail
Adam
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