On a Sea of Brutality Wolf Larsen Rules the Ghost
In a perilous sea voyage to Japanese waters, Humphrey Van Weyden endures Wolf Larsen’s brutal rule aboard the sealing schooner Ghost. Love, fear, and moral conflict arise as Maude Brewster’s presence tests Larsen’s tyranny and Van Weyden must decide how to survive and act on his own legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey van Weyden
Ghost
Wolf Larsen
Japan
Cook
Mugridy
Cooky
Hump
Olf
Wolf
Omar
J. van Weyden
van Weyden
Maude Brewster
Maude
Mugridge
Kanaka
Thomas Mugridge
Maud Brewster
Miss Brewster
Leach
Johnson
Miss Brewater
Latimer
Harris
Mr van Weyden
Miss Stewater
Wainwright
Mrs. Browning
Horner
Smoke
Jack Horner
Bmoke
Larsen
Forbidden Sea
Brave winds drive Ghosts ghost sorthward with perilous bunting
Brave winds propel the Ghost sorthward as sails lower daily amid gray obscurity. Boats disappear, swallowed by the sea and unseen until night, often remaining lost well after darkness.
Goats Used to Clear Forest Then Slaughtered
In northern Minnesota a lumber firm used goats to eat slash brush and grass to prepare land for cultivation. The goats later consumed pulpwood and logs, prompting company directors to order their slaughter as a warning against cutting timber too small.
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Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
W. T. Cox
Cox
War Economy and Allied Cooperation Hope Signals
War correspondent Richard Harding Davis reports from Pittsburgh that the allies are finally coordinating with less selfishness. He cites a satirical anecdote about an Englishman boasting of economising by cutting servants' meat, illustrating how resource-saving rhetoric clashes with personal excess.
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Richard Harding Davis
Pittsburgh
In Peace Times the Army of American Tourlite in Loader
In peace times the army of American tourlite in Loader sums to 100000 according to fragmentary OCR.
Wyoming Coal Output Rises Slightly in 1915 Despite Fewer Workers
Wyoming produced 6,554,028 short tons of coal in 1915, up 78,735 tons from 1914, with the Rock Springs field leading gains of over 122,000 tons. State value fell nearly 6 percent to 9,665,804 dollars as labor and railcar conditions shifted, while employment dropped from 8,117 to 7,244 miners though days worked rose from 192 to 201.
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Western
Union News Service
Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming
C. E. Lesher
U. S. Geological Survey
Washington
Sweetwater
Hot Springs
Converse
Sheridan Field
Montana
Idaho
Spokane
Sheridan County
Black Hills
State Issues 5250 Auto Licenses in Wyoming
Wyoming reports 5250 licensed automobiles as of June 1 1916, surpassing all of 1915 by over 1000. May saw 600 licenses issued with county totals led by Laramie 803 Natrona 295 Sheridan 650 and Albany 338 among others.
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State
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Albany
Big Horn
Campbell
Carbon
Converse
Crook
Freemont
Goshen
Hot Springs
Johnson
Laramie
Lincoln
Natrona
Niobrara
Park
Platte
Sheridan
Sweetwater
Uinta
Washakle
Weston
Despondent Woman Ends Life at Bear Half Ranch
Mrs. Walter Franks aged 26 of Kemmerer, distressed by domestic troubles and unfulfilled ambitions, entered the upper Frank Ball ranch commissary at Bear Half post office and swallowed a poison tablet used for coyotes. She told her husband and family goodbye, and died within minutes despite aid.
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Kemmerer
Walter Franks
Frank Ball Ranch Bear Halfway
Wyoming Guard Mobilizes at Fort Russell
The first Wyoming militia company, Cheyenne’s Company G, reports to mobilization headquarters at Fort Russell and moves into barracks. The unit, currently fifty men, will be expanded to about 100 before heading for the Mexican border, with orders issued for entraining the remaining seven companies to Newcastle, Lander, Afton, Powell, Sheridan, Douglas and Wheatland.
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Wyoming Guarde
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Fort Russell
R. Anderson
Newcastle
Lander
Afton
Powel
Sheridan
Douglas
Wheatland
Murderer Hanged After July 17 1914 Double Killing
Willard Flanders was executed at the state penitentiary at 2 56 a m for the murder of his wife and Sam Auly on a Grook county road. The Supreme Court ordered sunrise execution, so the warden, Felix Alston, carried out the death sentence promptly.
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Rawline
Sam Auly
Grook County
Willard Flanders
Flanders
State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Felix Alston
Graves Visit Frontier Grave Site Near Jackson
A party from Jackson plans a trip to a mountain east of Jackson to examine graves found years ago. They believe the graves may belong to three trappers who were in the area with Captain Bublet in 1882.
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Frontieramen
Jackson
Thieves Running Off Horses Near Alcora Area
A. J. Bothwell offers 500 dollars reward for evidence leading to conviction of thieves who stole about thirty head of fine horses from the Sweetwater river area southwest of Alcora over recent months. An extra ten dollars per horse, in addition to county reward, will be paid for all recovered stock.
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Casper
A. J. Bothwell
Bothwell Brothers
Sweetwater
Alcora
Bothwell
Wyoming State News Highlights Busy Wyoming Events
Readable items note a half dozen fairs and festivals across the state, including Sheridan Stampede dates, Casper Red and Gun Club tourney, Cheyenne fair plans, and Laramie County Sunday School convention. Also reported are crop growth from warm weather, oil strikes near Lander and Riverton, a Rawlins penitentiary execution, troop orders for Cheyenne, local drownings, a guard unit reorganization, post office robbery at Lyden, and gas dome drilling moves near Cody and Moneta. Includes civic projects in Laramie and Basin and a note on Wilde.
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Western
Union News
Sheridan Way
Sheridan
Casper
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Park County
Douging
Cody
Basin
Laramié
State Dental Society
Hall Oil Company
Smith Ranch
Pilot
Big Horn Basin
Willard Flanders
Rawlins
James Pappas
Kemmerer
Ritzville
Wash
Mexico
Wyoming
Lander
Wyoming Petroleum Company
Laramie
Bitterbush Oil Company
Riverton
Wyoming National Guard
L. S. Crapo
P. C. Bridges
Bages
Hob Meldrum
Chaurrou
New Mexico
Ezra Cluff
J. W. Cluff
Saratoga
Byron I. Dumm
J. S. Dumm
Ohio Wesleyan University
Col
W. F. Cody
North Adams
Mass
August Lemburg
Vanston
Standard Timber Company
Black’s Fork
W. D. Clemens
Pearson Fres’ Ranch
Roy Hawley
Garden Creek Falls
Pine Bluffs
Laramie Oil Development Company
Tnhv
Lyi Wed
Red Land
Oklahoma
Valentine
Canyon Creek
Moneta
Homer T. Lamb
Lamb Brilking Company
Lamb
Anirey
Wyoming Tie & Lumber Company
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Macedonia
Lumber Company
Washington Star
Wyoming State News
Caron
Neileon
Granite B
Clyde
Cheventy
B. Pearson
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