The Beautiful White Devil On The Lone Star
Dr De Normanville sails to a Pacific island aboard the Lone Star to treat a smallpox epidemic and falls for Alie the Beautiful White Devil. After a perilous chase by a British cruiser and a typhoon, he learns of a shipwreck and recalls his growing bond as he plans a guarded farewell and future reunion in London.
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the Enquirer
Dr. de Normanville
Hongkong
White Devil
Pacific
J. de Normanville
Lone Star
Alie
Ebbington
Bos’n
Patterson
Gammel
Walworth
Mr. Patterson
Abe
Abie
H. M
Asiatic
Singapore
Thorden
Gregory
Goodby
Alse
London
England
Thursday Island
Port of London
Occidental
Brisbane
Peter Cooper’s Practical Lesson in Credit Costs
A New York philanthropist, Peter Cooper, demonstrates the folly of exhorbitant interest through a sharp parable. He offers to discount a $10,000 note for three years at 3 percent per month, showing the merchant that total interest would be 108 percent. The merchant signs, pays $800, and walks away with no cash, fully convinced by Cooper’s ironclad illustration.
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Peter Cooper
New York
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
When to Punish Children and Costs Across Country
A. E. J. advises punishing children only in private to avoid shaming them before others and harming respect and self worth. The note adds a price tag for hats at 300 million dollars annually for this country.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Longevity of War Widows Highlighted by Pension Report
New Orleans Picayune notes surprising survival of war widows per the U.S. pension commission. It cites 2,407 widows and daughters of War of 1812 veterans drawing pensions, plus Royal Revolution widows, and projects widows into 1980 and beyond, based on ages and marriages.
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United State Pension Service
United States Commissioner of Pensions
New Orleans
The Groundhog Case Promises Early Spring
Augusta Herald reflects on Groundhog Day with humor, noting the harsh two month weather and the groundhog’s predicted spring. It predicts blossoms soon and a vivid countryside awakening as winter ends.
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Guy Boothby
Dr. Nikola
Esther
D. Appleton and Company
Thursday
Australia
Honolulu
America
New Orleans Picayune
Ted
Augusta Herald