Shipwreck Amusements and a Jungle Survival Tale
A shipwreck strands Miss Genevieve Leslie and two men, Blake and Winthrope, on a hostile island. Blake, shunned aboard, emerges as hero by rescuing Leslie, while the trio scavenges, treks ten miles inland, and improvises gear from cocoanuts and boar tusks as they search for safety. The pair endure thirst and dangers, with Blake guiding their improvised survival plan.
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Genevieve Leslie
Tard
Winthrope
Tom Blike
Blake
Lesiie
Miss Lestie
Leslie
Pat
En Blake
Miss Leslie
Leslia
Jerusalem
India
Winothrope
River trek and jungle peril at hippo path
Miss Leslie worries aloud as Mr Blake urges forward plunging into jungle. He jokes about safety, dismisses caution, and strides toward a break in the jungle marking the hippopotamus path while Winthrope and others brace for danger.
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Leslie
Winthrope
Trek to the headland amid rain and danger on a tropical coast
Blake leads Winthrope and Miss Leslie along a mangrove bar toward limestone cliffs. They dodge alligators and a sawfish, endure a squall, and press toward a hidden ascent while Blake scouts a safer route around the headland. The party camps near the base as the storm clears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
Miss Leslie
Niagara
Genevieve
Winthrope
Darling
Miss Lesiie
Pat
Canal That Russia Needs National Project Board Survey Baltic to Black Sea
Russia forms a board of engineers to survey a Baltic to Black Sea canal linking Riga and Kherson via several rivers. The northern end sits at Riga on the Gulf of Riga, 309 miles from St. Petersburg, the southern end at Kherson on the Dnieper, 92 miles from Odessa. The canal would allow Russia direct access for its ships to the Black Sea without foreign permission.
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Russia
Ministry of Ways and Communications
Baltic
Black Sea
Riga
Gulf of Riga
St. Petersburg
Kherson
Dnieper
Odessa
A Little Learning Conversation on Birds and Whales
An earnest female professor and an ornithologist discuss knowledge with playful banter. The exchange turns to identifying the botanical name for a whale, prompting a witty moment about scientific naming.
Old Hanna House in Thomasville Silent and Desolate
The Hanna family stake in Thomasville endures in memory as the old Hanna house sits deserted. Mark Hanna’s winter home hosted McKinley era gatherings that shaped national history, though the building now rests under dust with only memories and tourists for company.
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Atlanta
Hanna
Thomasville
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Old House
Lynden Harrison
New York
King George Her Husband
London reports Mrs. Trevelyan Napler, daughter of Admiral Seymour, was once said to have married the duke of York now George VI. The belief persisted enough for the archbishop of Canterbury to deny any obstacle to a marriage between the duke of York and the princess of Teck. Some still think a ceremony occurred though laws on royal marriages could affect legality.
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Admiral Seymour
England
London
Trevelyan Napler
Duke of York
George VI
Archbishop of Canterbury
Teck
May
A Line on Brenkyns
A curious portrait of Brenkyns emerges as Lawson discusses the man and notes his wife always accompanies him when shopping for clothes. The passage warns to beware of victims and hints at distrust when a target is unseen.
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Brenkyns
Lawson
Dawson
The Parable of the Lower Ground in Matthew’s Gospel
Reading notes on the parable of the sower from Matthew 13 detailing the seven parables spoken by Jesus at the sea, the audience of Great Multitudes, and the four kinds of ground and hearers. It links the sower as Christ and describes how the word of the kingdom takes root in different hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
A. D
Piace
Sea of
Galilae
Capernaum
Jess
Jerusalem
Christ
Mark
Alexander Maclaren
Palestine
Kihadom
Heaven
Earth
American Bible Society
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Kay
Chapter
Jenny
Georgia
King George
Trevelyn Nopler
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