Treasure Deep in Aztec Temple Promises Fortunes to Hunters
Jack and Barrato descend into a sunken Aztec temple and uncover a vast treasure of unalloyed gold images and relics. They already plan an equal split if both survive, but their exit is shadowed by trackers and the risk of confrontation looms as they hoist the riches to safety.
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Jack
London
Barrato
Senor
Wwe
Barrajo
Overton
Solomon
Awever
San Juan
Dearly Won at the gnarled oak in Central America
Barrato dies after a fierce ambush as Jack Overton fights to save him. The scene unfolds around a fiery exchange with San Jose adventurers near a covert grove of trees. Barrajo’s grenade devastates the attackers, leaving Jack to console the dying general and recall their sacred compact in a moment shadowed by loss.
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San Juan
San Jose
Jack
Hombre
Grim Reaper
Barrato
Overton
Senor
Sultan’s love of music fuels grand pianos for harem
An Anglo-German firm has shipped two more grand pianos to the Sultan of Turkey, who favors musical evenings but does not play. His harem and court musicians enjoy the instruments while he sings along. The Shah and an Arab sheik at Khartoum also acquire grand pianos, with the latter to be played by his chief wife.
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Turkey
Tha Shah
Germany
Russia
Khartoum
Governor Refuses Veto After Debate On Railroad Debt Limits
Iowa Governor Albert B. Cummins declines to approve a bill expanding the debt limits for certain railroad corporations. He warns the measure creates arbitrary class discrimination and urges a broader reform restricting corporate indebtedness, citing past statutes and constitutional requirements. The message notes two major rail lines and the potential impact on state policy and public welfare.
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Iowa
Iona
Fault in the Home and Public School Debate
In a critique of blame placed on schools for student overwork, the piece argues that responsibility lies with the home rather than the public school system. It calls out thoughtlessness and cowardice in avoiding the real difficulties where they exist. The article notes a religious body and documents a large number of Presbyterian writings in Bogland.
Tandem Telegram Sparks Domestic Expectation
An eastern bicycle maker awaiting a business trip wired the nurse to report the new arrival. The message for a boy read Gentleman's safety arrived and for a girl Lady's safety arrived. Days later the father received a telegram with the single word Tandem.
Curious Pollegh Supérstitions in Poland Describe Animal Beliefs
A quirky survey notes goats as luck bearers while wolves crows and pigeons are unlucky. It claims a cat skin worn on the chest cures consumption. It also records a folk method to cure cataracts using a black cock and a sun gaze followed by a jump and crow.
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Poland
Canadian Fish Sent To Tasmania For Experimental Stocking
The Canadian fisheries department has dispatched a consignment of eggs and live fish to Tasmania in hopes of reproducing the success seen with Canadian trout eggs. Reported catches include fish over ten pounds, indicating promising results.
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Tasmania
Canadian Fisheries Department
Tasmanian
Debt figures for Greater New York before and after consolidation
The article lists pre consolidation net funded debts for Manhattan and the Bronx 1 3 million, Brooklyn 75 million, Richmond 3 million, Queen borough 8 million total 224 million. The greater city now holds 294 million debt, up 70 million in four years. Parla owes 40 million.
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Greater
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Richmond
Queen Borough
Parla
Campaign Literature Reaches Dead Letter Office
More than 30 000 letters from New York city arrived at the Washington dead letter office in a month. Each letter carried a circular advising the recipient on how to vote. The letters dated before the late election were split roughly evenly between parties.
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New York City
Washington
Senator Hoar Feels Relief Over Misdiagnosed Ailment
Senator Hoar learned a friend thought to have appendicitis was instead suffering acute indigestion. He quips the issue lies in the table of contents, not the appendix, expressing relief at the misdiagnosis.
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Iear
Hoar
Havana No Smallpox and Yellow Fever-Free Status
Havana shows markedly better health metrics than New York and many other American cities and even London, with no smallpox cases for weeks and also free from yellow fever in Cuba’s foremost community.
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Havans
Havana
New York
London
Cuba
Needed No Better Address From France to Topeka Letters to Topeka clerics
An amusing fragment recounts misdelivered letters in Topeka to Judge Fred Wellhouse and Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, with quips about letters and names. It notes oddities and a census figure for Ireland from 1801 contrasted with a year earlier, and a quirky Victorian fashion reference from the London Daily Chronicle. The piece also includes a rustic folk tale line about a wooden leg and a comical mispronunciation.
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France
Kaneag
North America
Fred Wellhouse
Topeka
Charles M. Sheldon
Ireland
London Daily Chronicle
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