Diver peril on wreck draws Sebastien confrontation
Jessica and Dr White dive over a kelp ridden wreck to salvage a frigate, but Sebastien and a French crewmen arrive aboard a yawl cruiser. A tense standoff follows as Sebastien contemplates force while the doctor secretly plans to prevent violence and signal for help. Tom Gammond’s boat nears, heightening danger and suspense.
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Jessica
Gordy
Doctor White
Pemaquid Point
Warren Poole
de Corlays
Tom
Miquelon Island
United States Revenue Service
Sebastien
Robert
Whitehall
Yankee
Cardus touted for women’s nourishment and vigor
An old advertisement urges poor nourished women to improve with Cardus for lack of appetite poor digestion and nervous fatigue. It claims mothers recommended it for over fifty years and notes to consult a physician if no benefit.
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Cardus
Foreclosures Of Mortgages Show Lowest Level In Years
Washington reports 1936 mortgage foreclosures fell to the lowest 12 month level since 1930 per the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The 1936 index reached 274 versus 235 in 1930, with December rising from 235 to 268 but 12 percent lower than December 1935. Data cover 78 counties with cities over 100,000 population.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kick Me Club Promotes New Auto Safety Sticker
Portland reports a new group among business men forming the Kick Me organization. Members will display a Kick Me sticker on their car rear windows and promise to accept a kick if they exceed speed limits. The rumor suggests two possible outcomes: a pillow boom or a drop in accidents.
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Portland
New Congressman Proposes Debate Limits
A debate question in Congress prompts a veteran senator to reflect on past speeches. Senator Oldboy says limits on debate could have spared him anxious moments, hinting at self restraint in legislative discourse.
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Congress
Senator Oldboy
Windbreak Trees On Great Plains Growing Rapidly
Washington. Chinese elms and cottonwoods now grow on the Great Plains, thriving after being planted in 1935 as part of the shelter belt project to curb wind erosion. A survey shows 550 trees per acre survived the 6743 acres, with average 740 per acre. Other species like green ash ponderosa pine and red cedar also grew well. Farmers claim annual savings around 325 dollars from fuel, timber, garden yield, and wind protection benefiting buildings and livestock.
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Washington
Great Plains
United States Forest Service
Shelter Belt
Naming animals in Eden a rhinoceros appears
A playful exchange between Adam and Eve about naming a rhinoceros. Eve suggests the name rhinoceros because the creature resembles the label more than any others they have named. The anecdote lampoons early taxonomy with a humorous twist.
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Adam
Eve
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A. F. Nossaman
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