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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
6
A historical feature profiles Captain Plum’s bold leadership during a tense voyage. The narrative highlights decisive actions, endurance, and resourceful seamanship as key factors in steering the crew through danger and preserving the mission.
Capt Nathaniel Plum lands on Beaver Inland, bargains for ammunition with Obadiah Price, and learns of a deadly plot led by Strang. Nat and Neil endure a brutal spring stake death as Marion and Winnsome Croche race to aid them. A rescue arrives as Marion pleads for Nat, Winnsome vanishes at sea, and the cliffhanger ends with Goodbyes and a continuation promised.
James O Neill left 254 Tork Street Jersey City with 73 cents four years ago and rode the country in countless jobs from bird store floor walker in Portland to lumber camp in Canada. He later audited at the Waldorf Astoria, recalls near accidents, and says he will not roam again except on two day dollar excursions. He never begged, kept no contact with family, and learned the hard way to eat regular. His father died last year, leaving him homeward bound and wiser about life on the road.
A head bookkeeper recounts a late night at an old man’s house to review accounts before theater, dinner and wife’s drive. The man grew nervous as hours passed with no sign of his wife after a car accident in Croton watershed with six punctures. The night ended when he could not work further.
In The Record, Farmer Corntogsel confirms reading all speeches printed. He says the speeches benefited him and reveals he won a $2 Zeb Perkins bet that it couldn't be done.
In a quoted exchange, Dustin Stax argues that dissolving a large monopoly will raise costs for his business due to the readjustment of accounts and the need for additional bookkeepers. The remark highlights concerns about efficiency and financial complexity amid potential structural changes.
A mail bag from 1585 was discovered among rafters during moves to new Frankfurt premises. Containing 272 letters in 175 packages, mostly to Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, Antwerp, and dispatches to Spanish army officers in the Netherlands, the sealed parcels reveal costly era mail risks. Dr. Sautter of the Imperial Postal museum published summaries in Imperial Past and Telegraph Archives.
The 16 foot long skeleton of a sea serpent was found on Catala island off Vancouver coast and brought to Seattle for shipment to the Smithsonian. Washington State University researchers, led by Herbert Webb, plan to search for living specimens in the North Pacific. Captain J T Walbran of the revenue service observed the creature and reported its features including apple sized eyes and hinged teeth.
A slender fashionably dressed young woman sat in the front row of the Supreme Court Special Term III where divorce cases are heard. A young lawyer approached, surprised to learn she was not married yet but planned it soon. She said she attended to observe the other ceremony to be prepared for the worst.
A cynical patriot proclaims European nobility crave the American dollar. Mr Comrox counters that if marriage ties fail, heraldry experts push lineage claims of distinguished but unemployed descendants to win dowries.
A humorous classroom exchange centers on a student's question about what moves the world. The teacher asks the class for the force, Johnny Harduppe quickly blurts the landlord as the answer.
Mrs Stebleton battles a fly invasion with adhesive paper, but chaos erupts as sheets stick to cushions and guests. Linda Stebleton and three friends, plus Ted Stebleton, end up plastered with fly paper while the family scrambles to hide the mess and wash off the stickiness.
The article warns that overfeeding infants with milk can cause stomach troubles. It advises limiting milk and sometimes using water or buttermilk to aid digestion, noting cold water should not be given to overheated children and that a small amount of parley water in milk aids digestion and prevents vomiting and biliousness.
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