Journey North of the River of Skulls in Big River country
Indian partner and a rough husky sled dog trek into Northern Canada seeking Montagnais trappers. They meet John McCord at Talking River, face police and rivals at Fort George, and await a perilous northward expedition to the River of Skulls as Berthe Dessane’s loyalties waver.
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Big River
Canada
Talking River
John McCord
Hunter
Alan
Fort George
Queen and Slade
Arsene Rivard
Berthe Dessane
McCord
Neil Campbell
Whale River
Campbell
Berthe
Whale Island
Richmond
Hanbury
Rivard
McQueen
Alan Cameron
Husky
Alan Cameron Returns to Caribou Lake Camp
Alan Cameron reunites with Heather and John McCord after days on the Big River and Mad River chase. Police threaten pursuit as McCord learns investigators seek him for murder of his wife, prompting Cameron to reveal a key clue while planning to mislead authorities. Heather greets him with joy as tensions rise over the murder accusation and a looming cross-country hunt.
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Alan
McQueen
Slade
Forks
Cameron
McCord
Noel
Mad River
Slnde
John
Roughy
Heather
Heather McCord
Harry
Alan Cameron
John McCord
Fort George
Veag
Hevillon Freres
Hindu Women Practice the Make Up Art in India
A New York Times correspondent describes Hindu women’s beauty regimen passed through generations. They anoint bodies with coconut sesame or mustard oil twice weekly and wash with soapnut bark. Hair is oiled for luster and color, nails are manicured with henna, and eyebrows use soorma for deep set eyes.
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India
New York Times
Dox
American ad spend drives 41 percent of world sales
The American market accounts for about 41 percent of global purchases while comprising roughly one seventh of the world’s population. This outsized share reflects heavy advertising investment in the United States relative to other regions.
Poe Tale of Gold Bug Is Very Realistic
Literary Gems recounts Edgar Allan Poe visiting Legrand on Sullivan Island near Charleston. Legrand schemes a treasure dig with Jupiter, a slave, guiding a perilous ascent to a huge tree. After a fatal warning, the team returns to the digging site and uncovers a metallic sound from the pit.
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Poe
Poe’s Threefold Stand Among American Writers
The excerpt highlights Edgar Allan Poe as a major American writer, noting his pioneering role in analytical or detective fiction, high standing as a literary critic, and status as perhaps the nation’s greatest poet, though some critics favor Walt Whitman.
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Poe
America
Walt Whitman
The Gold Bug Treasure Hints and Captain Kidd’s Mark
In a night scene two men uncover an iron chest beneath skull hints and a scorched paper. They haul a king’s ransom of gold pieces to a cottage while Jupiter guards the site. Legrand explains a skull drawing linking to Captain Kidd and a coded paper that reveals a tree marked by a skull limb and the treasure’s path.
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Elizabeth CO. James
Edgar Allan Poe
Charleston
S. C
One Legrand
Sullivan Island
Legrand
Jupiter
Poe
Captain Kidd
Combine Crochet and Cross Stitch Pattern 6106
Quick linen beautifier featuring an easy crochet border and embroidery motif. Contains transfer patterns for two 6 by 11 inch motifs, two 4 by 12 inch motifs, and two 56 by 6 inch motifs, plus crochet directions, color schemes, stitch illustrations, and material requirements. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle in New York City for pattern access.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York City
Largest flag records set by Detroit department store flag
Collier's notes a New York company made the largest Stars and Stripes flag for a Detroit department store in 1923. The flag cost $2,700 and covers more than 20,700 square feet, marking a historic display of national symbolism.
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New York
Detroit
Collier’s
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