The Sea King Mystery on Havana Harbor
Captain Sutherland uncovers a disguised privateer, Santa Maria, in Havana harbor. He seeks Governor’s aid while a covert exchange backfires as the Bark Santa Maria detains him aboard Sparrow Hawk. A thirty six hour truce leads to a tense pursuit under looming Caribbean storms.
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Sutherland
Old
Spain
Europe
Africa
China
Caribbean
United States
Havana
Cnn
Yarnal
Wey
Yarnall
France
England
America
Santa Maria
Old Spain
San Pedro
Ecleaiaer
Sparrow Hawk
Cuba
Bahamas
le Santa Maria
Sparrow Hawk Sails From Havana In Open Quest
The Sea King plans a wide search for the Sparrow Hawk after escape from Havana. Sutherland ventures toward the Windward Islands visiting each in turn but gains no clues. A three day run of favorable weather follows as the chase continues.
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Sea King
Havana
Sutherland
West Indies
Caribbean
Leeward
Woman's Courage and a Hatpin Surprise
Two married women in the northern city section regularly attend theater nights without husbands. One woman, living three blocks from the cars, boasted she would stab any man who spoke to her. On a dark walk home a suspicious stranger shadowed them until the first woman’s husband revealed himself asking for her hatpin turning a tense moment into a comic reveal.
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Courag
Nan
Glove Throwers of History Power and Posthumous Fame
The passage argues that grand sayings crystallize a speaker into the epicenter of conflict, with Cromwell Mirabeau and others asserting providential purpose. A single forceful line can immortalize a character, shaping legacy after death as either good or evil.
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Cromwell
Charles
Mirabeau
Constitutional Assembly
France
Ex-Judge Cashier Refuses Check Over Insufficient Identity
An ex-judge now serving as a bank cashier in New Jersey declines to cash a stranger’s check citing weak identification. The man warns the judge he’s seen harsher evidence hang a man, but the ex-judge says caution is needed when dispensing cash.
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New Jersey
Baltimore Sun
Early Years Crying and Wrong Roads Proverb
A compact aphorism notes a two year old's uncertainty about crying affects future impact and that some men follow the right road yet end at the wrong destination, a caution about direction over destination.
Dinner Bell Echoes in Good Society
A brief Chicago Tribune note recounts a domestic scene where Deborah announces dinner in a manner befitting good society. The quip suggests etiquette and social distinction in a middle urban setting.
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Deborah
Chicago Tribune
Armored Trains and Bitter Tonic Claim Safeguards
The article touts England and its armored trains in the Boer War and promotes Hostetter's Sarsaparilla bitter as a universal remedy. It asserts the tonic cures indigestion, constipation, liver and kidney troubles and that it has stood the test for fifty years.
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England
Hostetter
Dyappsia
Copper Rush Lifts Montane Mines to 40 Million
The Chicago Times notes the mines of Montane yielded copper valued at 40 million dollars, marking a substantial output in the region.
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Montane
Succestal Farmer Revives Prosperous Western Canadian Homestead
Baldur Gazette profile of Mr. W. Creamer, a leading mixed farmer near Succestal, Manitoba. He settled in 1880, now farms 1,280 acres with 800 cultivated, 400 plowed for next spring, 60 cattle, 56 pigs, 40 horses, and a large modern complex including a 56 by 56 foot barn, granary, and threshing outfit. His holdings boast extensive wheat and grain, abundant water, and a winter storm–resistant bluff setting. Thousands of U.S. settlers head north for free homestead lands offered by Canada.
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W. Creamer
Mr. Creamer
Creamer
Canada
Canada.— Baldur (Man
United States
Hood's Sarsaparilla Health Claim Promises Wide Cures
An ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy with an endless list of cures. The copy emphasizes its benefits for all who take it and markets the product as superior.
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Captain Marryat
Manly
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Sbtherland
Eden-like
Caribbees
Mr. Yarnall
Chicago Times
Castoria
Salzes
Ely
Ste
Gabe Te Waren
York Nee
Hood
Scales Centre
Fos
Sree Rae
Bern
LIBBY
Colcas McNeill & Libby
Pullman
Frax & Chain
ST. Joseph
Kansas City
Rales
Ll Pez
Adivens
ADSIT
Hpi
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