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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
1
A teacher asks each student to present a multiplication problem. William asks about his baby sister, age one year and 20 pounds, gaining two ounces daily until sixteen, and asks how much her graduation outfit will cost if prices double again in ten years, prompting curious calculation.
Advert wordage touts Cuticura for eczema and rashes with itching and burning, suggests using it daily to prevent pimples, offers free samples from Cuticura Boston, lists soap and ointment prices, and includes humorous references and other products like Dr Merce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels.
A scientific expedition rescues a human derelict Alexis Paulvitch and brings aboard an intelligent friendly ape. Jack, Tarzan's son, meets the ape in London and bonds with Akut who refuses to leave. Paulvitch is killed during a murder attempt and Akut defends Jack by killing a thief.
Herr Skopf discovers a dead man and vanishing grandmother and granddaughter in a locked room mystery. The pursuing party tracks a pair of yellow bearded Swedes, ivory raiders, and a desert village where Meriem, a mistreated girl, encounters two white men prophesied to return.
Two Swedes Carl Jenssen and Sven Maalbihn pursue ivory poaching after several expeditions south of the Sahara. They are described as cruel and greedy, feared by natives, and pursued by European governments seeking to stop them.
Camped outsiders seek ivory from a wary Arab sheik who denies ivory and drives them away. Meriem gazes at the strangers as violence erupts when the sheik drags Merlem into his tent and threatens the girl to hide from visitors. In the strangers’ camp, Malbihn and Jenssen weigh bribery versus revenge as risk and caution clash.
The chapter follows Jack in the jungle recalling his mother’s suffering and his role in the stranger’s death. He contemplates returning to civilization via a new path while fearing borderland law and keeping his murder connection secret. His remorse centers on his mother’s pain rather than the killed American.
The youth Jack endures his first days in the jungle while haunted by remorse for the pain he caused his parents. New experiences shock him as he confronts danger and growth in unfamiliar terrain.
In India the tiger remains abundant and revered by locals especially Hindus who will not kill the creature. Some believe it is haunted by a spirit granting it immortality, reflecting deep superstition surrounding the tiger.
A humorous exchange about wifey and cigar jokes ends with a cold wave line. A Great Lakes rookie is repeatedly late, finally challenged by the company commander who asks if he is with them in this war. A quip about a mother-in-law helps a sick man rise.
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