Sealing schooner Ghost voyage with Humphrey Van Weyden
Humphrey Van Weyden, cast from a ferryboat, is picked up by Captain Wolf Larsen aboard the Ghost bound for Japan. Larsen, a brutal master, tests Humphrey as he becomes cabin boy and later mate as mutiny and harsh discipline unfold.
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Humphrey van Weyden
Ghost
Wolf Larsen
Japan
Humphey
Mugridge
Coolky Ia
Hump
Wolf
Cooky
Life
Omar
van Werden
Shipwrecked chase and a hidden woman aboard the Ghost
After brutal work and mounting losses Wolf Larsen's crew salvage boats and hunt along the seals. A rescued woman appears from a larger boat, stirring tension as the Ghost presses toward land while mutinous undercurrents and ominous promises surface among the crew.
Ghostly voyage ends in sleep after night of peril
The narrator recalls rough seas and a ghostly pursuit as three crewmen disappear and a broken boat is discussed. Exhaustion overcomes him, and despite fear and pain from a finger, he sleeps while the Ghost battles on through the night.
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Wolf Larsen
Thomas Mugridge
Wolf Larsen and I
Mug- Fidge
Kelly
Storm clears as surgeons tend injured crew
The narrator and Wolf Laraen work through the night stitching Mugridge's ribs after a storm. At dawn Laraen moves along the coast while the crew rest, recalling how they had first encountered the wrecked gear offshore.
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Wolf Laraen
Wie Geeue
Het
Wolf Larsen Threatens Castaways As Ship Heads Toward Yokohama
On deck, Wolf Larsen eyes the rescued Leach and Johnson with a sly air as the City of Tokyo is disabled in a typhoon. He questions the narrator about the rescued pair and hints at taking in the castaways while warning of possible personal harm if mistreatment continues.
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Mr. van Weydent
Wolf Largen
Cooky
Yokohama
Wolf Larsen
Leach
Johnson
Smoke
Mugridge
Walt Larsen and I
Tokyo
Frisco
Yokohame
Johngop
Hump
Tahis
Beware the Popular Man
A sophisticated widow in a New York paper argues that the popular social male makes the worst husband. She claims such men are loved for genial faults, unable to self reflect, and fail in business and finances. Wives grow anxious and men feel pity for being tied to a fussy spouse.
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New York
German Bread Card Humor in World War I Satire
The piece recalls German humorists cartooning bread cards with captions like Give me your bread card or your life. Bandits surrender wealth to steal bread cards while families guard their bread tickets at night. Dinner invitations drop R.S.V.P. for Please bring your own bread from Is Germany Hungry.
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Borg
Germany
Saturday Evening Post
Longevity Marks French Rural Parishes
A remarkable record of longevity is noted in French rural parishes. St. Thomas de la Michelhere has had fourteen parish priests in 600 years, St. Germain du Val in Paris only three priests in 100 years, and Giory en Argonne five in 130 years.
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France
St. Thomas de la
Between Friends and Fiends in a Fragmented Quote
A U S E fragment shows two voices debating friendship and a request for ten dollars. The dialogue includes misheard phrases and a judge’s quip about borrowing money, revealing a tension between allies and financial need in a blurred scene.
How Light Affects the Eye
In daylight the eye’s response changes, with dim light altering color perception and sensitivity. The fragment notes the eye becomes color-blind and less sensitive, suggesting altered vision under different illumination.
Iowa county fairs plan a busy July to September 1916
Des Moines reports that eighty six Iowa county fairs are planned for 1916 with two in July forty nine in August and the remainder in September. The state list notes many events will include auto racing as entertainment and the Iowa state fair runs August 23 to September 1. A long series of fair dates and locations across towns such as Greenfield Corning Audubon Vinton Waterloo Cedar Falls Ogden Waverly Independence Aurora Alta Allison Manson Rockwell City Carroll Atlantic Tipton Mason City Nashua Strawbery Point Elkader McGregor Danville Bloomfield Burlington West Union Charles City Hampton Grundy Center Guthrie Center Britt Eldora Missouri Valley Mount Pleasant Ottumwa Indianola Corydon Sewall Forest City Decorah Northwood Clarion Sioux City and others are listed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. R. Corey
Greenfield
Corning
Audubon
Vinton
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ogden
Waverly
Independence
Aurora
Alta
Allison
Manson
Rockwell City
Carroll
Atlantic
Tipton
Mason City
Nashua
Strawbarry Point
Elkader
McGregor
Da-Witt
Bloomfield
Burlington
West Union
Charles City
Hampton
Grundy Center
Guthrie Center
Britt
Elderg
Missouri Valley
Mount Pleasant
Winfield
Humboldt
Williamsburg
Marengo
Maquokgta
Newton
Fairfield
Town City
Monticello
Anamiosa
What Cheer
Algona
Donnellson
West Point
Central City
Marion
Columbus Junction
Rock Rapids
Pella
Rhodes
Marshalltown
Malvern
Osage
Oniwa
Albia
West Liberty
Wilton Junction
Sutherland
Sheldon
Shenandoah
Clarinfia
Fonda
Avaca
Malcolm
Grinidll
Sac City
Harlan
Orange City
Ames
Toledo
Bedford
Milton
Hidon
Ottumwa
Indianola
Corydon
Sewall
Forest City
Decorah
Northwood
Salaries Have Advanced Thwn City
Dean W A Jessup of the college of education notes a 15 to 30 percent rise in teacher salaries over the last two years. He forecasts record salaries for 1916 1917 as competition for top teachers grows. The state university received 500 more calls for teachers than candidates registered amid 1 319 requests from 455 Iowa communities and 119 other states.
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Thwn City
W.A. Jessup
College of Education
State University
Iowa
Moet
Mines Closed in Knoxville Coal Fields Crisis
Five hundred workers in Knoxville lose jobs as the Wapello Coal Company mines are crushed. Company officials announced they will not reopen the mines, ending local employment and activity in the district.
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Cos
Knoxville
Wapello Coal Company
Broken Arm Causes Editor to Die in Dag Movies Injury
Qaath Lynnville L. H. Butkin, 73, editor of the Lynnville Leader and longtime resident, died five days after a car crank injury that broke his wrist and led to blood poisoning. He was widely known in southern Iowa.
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Qaath
Lynnville
L. H.butkin
The
Tynnville
Leader
Mr. Butkin
Bufkin
Iawa
Wditer Pome Thefe
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Growell
Skinner
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Oneida
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Omaha, U.S.A
America
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Devonshire
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