The Life of Jack Easy Born Midshipman to Parliament
Frederick Mar ryat recounts Jack Easy a bold midshipman who defies naval discipline and social norms. He learns navigation in a dangerous voyage to Malta and Sicily where he meets Donna Agnes. After love and danger, he retires from sea, marries Agnes, starts a family, and enters Parliament on the Conservative ticket.
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Frederick Marryat
Lord Cochrane
The
Humane Society
Royal Society
Mildmay
R. Easy
Hasy
Jack
Rasy
Caning
H. M
Harpy
Gibraltar
Mr. Biggs
Hasthopp
London
Hasthupp
Easthupp
Mr. Talloys
Italy
Sicily
Gascoigne
Don ‘Ribiera de Silva
Donna Clara
Donna Agnes
Daughiter
Don Ribiera
Ponna Agnes
Ribiera
Agnes
England
Debarkation Port Rankings Highlight Newport News
Newport News ranked second among ports of debarkation for over seas troops, handling 69 percent of traffic, with New York serving as the primary port.
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Yankee Porte
Newport News
New York
Water Power There in Dutch Indies Survey
A recent survey of the Dutch Indies water power finds an available capacity of about one million horsepower. The measure suggests substantial potential for energy development in the archipelago.
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Dutch Indies
Depew’s Thrifty Lesson: $100 Grows to $800 in Bank
The piece recounts Chauncey M Depew’s remark about leaving $100 in Peekskill Savings Bank for six decades. It grew to $800 as interest compounded, while another $87 50 deposited fifty years ago remains unchanged. The moral urges starting small savings in a bank to earn interest.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey M.depew
New York Central Railroad
Briarcliff Manor
Peekskill
Changes in Harding Cabinet Rumors From Washington
Dispatches say Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty may resign to seek the United States Senate seat from Ohio and lead the administration in the Senate. Rumors persist of department consolidations and possible retirements including Secretary Mellon. Weeks could move to Treasury, signaling a reshaped cabinet amid fiscal strains.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
United
Ohio
Congress
Administration
War and Navy Departments
Department of National Defense
Weeks
Denby
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
the Treasury
Mellon
Treasury Department
Goodrich Joins Haskell Mission to Russia
Former Indiana governor Goodrich sails from New York to join Col. Haskell in the American Relief Administration mission to Russia. He cites Hoover’s non political stance and dismisses any political or discriminatory actions. He will travel via London to Moscow with plans to winter in Italy amid transport delays and famine conditions.
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James P. Goodrich
Indiana
New York
Russia
Col
William N. Haskell
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Haskell
America
Europe
Goodrich
London
Moscow
Berlin
Allies to Discuss Mexico Debt With Lamont Mission
Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan & Co leads a Geneva backed mission to Mexico City at the invitation of the International Committee of Bankers on Mexico. The talks will address Mexico's external obligations estimated around 200 million dollars plus about 40 million in accrued interest. England is named as Mexico’s largest creditor followed by France.
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Alllies
Sam
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mexico City
Lamont
International Committee of Bankers On
Mexico
England
France
The Cheerful Liar
A playful fragment presents two trunks in a travel setting with banter about vacation and baggage handling. The dialogue hints at humor and travel-related mishap without detailing a full scene or outcome.
Talc Found in Canada Widely Used in Rubber Goods
Talc a versatile non metallic mineral used in finishing rubber goods. Deposits reported in Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec and British Columbia with colors ranging white to grayish green and a soft slippery touch. It resists chemicals and is a heat conductor insulator and filler in fabrics and window blind cloth.
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Canada
Cape Breton
Inverness
Nova Scotia
Frontenac
Hastings
Leeds
Kennoc
Renfrew
Kenora
Ontario
Beauce, Brome and Megantic
Quebec
Leech River
Victoria Mining Division
Brish Columbia
New York States Roads Run Roughly Eight Thousand Miles
This brief notes that New York state contains about 8 000 miles of improved highways and explains the crane fly by its true name the daddy long legs.
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New York State
Daddy-Longlegs
Swede and American Girl Bypass Law on Grass at Ellipse
A playful incident at a public space features a pretty young Swede and an American girl who ignore a grass warning. A bicycle policeman intervenes, the students respond in Swedish, and the officer guides them to landmarks. The tale ends with a joke about revealing secrets and a fact about rock crystals having up to 300 sides.
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Washington Star
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