Tempest Island Secrets Reopen in a Fatal Family Plot
Jetta Ravenel confronts mademoiselle Zephyr and the haunted Hawkstone legacy as secrets unfold. Vera’s vengeance, Basil’s loyalty, and a hidden murder reveal a web of deceit. A mad mother, a lost child, and a perilous path toward marriage loom as Bee remains missing.
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Mademoiselle
Peg
Tempest Island
Jetta Ravenel
Lucifer
Gabriel
Hawkstone
George Sutton
Newport
Miss Ravenel
Basil Hawkstone
Vera
Bee
Egypt
Hawkstones
Peg—Peg Patton
Mademoiselle Zephyr
Philip Hawkstone
Peg Patton
Whithaven
Miss
Tempest Hall
Justce
Jetta Hawkstone
Peggy
Inlet House
Basil
Harris
Eden
Jetta
Mrs. Otway
Miss Bee
Miss Rokewood
Herseet
London Coal Use Surpasses Nine Million Tons Annually
A London report notes the city consumes over 9,000,000 tons of coal each year. In Japan public exams reveal English favored by mercantile students, while German appeals to those entering learned professions. Chinese and Korean study rises alongside Russian, French and Spanish, with Esperanto added to the mix of linguistic achievement.
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London
Japan
Status of Trained Nurses Gains Public Backing in South
Columbia reports push to regulate nursing as a profession with formal state examination for registration. The measure, likely to pass next session, sets standards including age, education, and hospital training. It creates a public register, preserves exemptions for family care and non registered helpers, and imposes penalties for violations.
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Columbia
News and Courier
General Assembly
State Board of Medical Examiners
Board of Examiners
R. N
Fleet Can Go Through With Ease Says Old Sea Captain
A New York dispatch recounts an old sea captain’s view that the Magellan Straits passage by fleet ships is not hazardous. He notes Cape Virgin, Possession, DelGada Point, and other landmarks, the strong currents, milder summer weather, and predicts a safe voyage to Callao Peru with careful navigation and alert crew.
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New York
Jan
Magellan Straits
California
Straits of
Magellan
Magellan Strait
Punta Arenas
Cape Horn
Straits
Terre del Fuego
East
Governor’s Island
Cape Virgins
England
Cape Possession
Famine Beach
Jackies
Forward Reach
Long Reach
Cape Pillar
Cape Forward
Pacific
Cape Virgin
DelGada Point
Magdalene Islands
San Isidro
Felix Point
Evangelist Rocks
the Virgins
Callao
Peru
The wedding lotus thimble and other priceless gifts
A London Tit-Bits inspired survey of extraordinary heirlooms and prices. The Siamese wedding lotus thimble valued at £13,000 shares space with a Lincoln era pen used by Presidents, Empress Eugenie treasures, Paganini’s fiddlestick once owned by Verdi, and a Rothschild key linked to Cellini. Women’s hats fetch £14,975 when lottery luck pays out, while gold dog collars and jeweled bracelets command vast sums.
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Siam
London
King Chulalongkorn I
Pongsi
I. B. Reed
New York
George Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Eugenie
Paris
Mr. Ward
Lord Bangor
Vienna
Ward
Paganini
Verdi
Count di Cessole
Rothschild
Strozzi
Benvenuto Cellini
France
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Rowland
Brunswick
Kit Carson and the Frontier Legend in a Comic Image
A reminiscence contrasts the heroic myth of Kit Carson with the real man. The narrator recalls childish fantasies of a giant hunter who could wipe out tribes, then learns Carson was a small, quiet, resolute figure. An illustrated sensational scene prompts Carson to remark he has no recollection of it.
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Kit Carson
Daniel Boone
Carson
Henry Inman
Santa Fe Trail
Kit
Passing of first battleship Texas ends stormy navy career
The Texas, once a centerpiece of Uncle Sam's fleet, is retired after a long, troubled service. From a battleship built amid criticism to a station ship and a target for new weapons testing, she proved seaworthy in storms yet struggled in peacetime. Her fate now lies with naval militia use or a state assignment.
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Texas
Uncle Sam
Ehe
Santiago
Charleston
Atlantic
New England
Hatteras
Tropics
Hampton Roads
United States
Pagoda
Min River
Cleveland
Maine
Vesuvius
Cushing
Baltimore
Whitney
John
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Brooklyn Yard
Herbert
North Atlantic
Glass
Robley D. Evans
Indiana
New York
Tortugas
Wallabout
Boston
Brooklyn
Cervera
Sampson
Marie Teresa
Iowa
Schley
Cook
Philip
Secretary Long
Morro
Frank Blakely
Corn Exposition Tribute Honors Ancestry Of Indian Corn
Harlow N. Higinbotham at a Chicago corn exposition extols corn as mankind's oldest cultivated cereal. He traces its origin from ancient Egypt and Pre-Columbian America to modern US production worth about a billion dollars yearly, highlighting its global impact and the farmer’s joyful toil.
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Chicago
Harlow N. Higinbotham
Moses
Egypt
Israel
Nile
Annahuac
Mexico
Apurimac
Peru
America
Massachusetts
California
Great Lakes
Southwest
Arizona
Philadelphia
North American
Backgammon Invented in Greece in 1224
A historical note states that backgammon originated in Greece in the year 1224. The claim ties the game to ancient Greek culture and marks 1224 as the invention year.
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Greece
Twelve Cats Sail For India To Battle Plague on Kincraig
Twelve cats embark from Victoria Docks London aboard the Kincraig bound for India to aid plague efforts. Sent under Salvation Army care from Hammersmith cat home to Muktipa army colony under a Russian officer, each in a separate cage. The voyage menu includes sardines herrings condensed milk mutton rice and puppy biscuits.
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Victoria Docks
London
India
Salvation Army
Hammersmith
Muktipa
New Zealand
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Prince Claer
Etta W. Pierce
Shighan
Melville W. Fuller
Navy
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