Ghost of the Pacific Aboard Wolf Larsen’s Sealing Vessel
Humphrey Van Weyden is knocked from a foggy San Francisco bay by a ferryboat and wakes on the sealing schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf Larsen sails toward Japan as the first mate dies, and Hump becomes cabin boy. Rivalry with Mugridge and Cooky sparks perilous seafaring philosophy and knife play.
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Humphrey van Weyden
San Francisco Bay
Tia
Wolf Larsen
Japan
Humphrey
Mugridge
Elump
Wolf
Pacific
Nesr
Leach
Thomas Mugridge
Louis
Johnson
Wolf Laraen
Johansen Hehrashed
Time
The Galley Power Struggle On Wolf Larsen's Ship
The narrator describes Mugridge's humiliation at the hands of Thomas Mugridge and the crew. Smoke predicts Mugridge loses status as Hump takes control of the galley and Cooky serves as a subordinate. The narrator maintains distance while reflecting on Larsen's grim, enigmatic presence and the crew's fear and futility aboard.
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Sallora
Thomas Mugridge
Cooky
Smoke
Horner
Wolf Larsen
Hod
Sing
Jester
Galley
Louie
Caine
Death Larsen and the sea quest on The Ghost
In the vessel The Ghost a crew faces fear and ambition as Wolf Larsen dominates the crew and Death Larsen looms. The narrator Hump contemplates mortality and the sailor’s search for meaning amid brutal life at sea. Death, destiny, and the dream of a lasting achievement drive characters toward perilous choices.
NovelistsLife_thePit author Frank Norris letters Ward Macauley
A Detroit book seller Ward Macauley recalls a letter from Frank Norris outlining his view that writers must engage with world affairs. Norris says he writes with difficulty yet produced forty short stories and five novels in three years and favors blunt Anglo-Saxon diction. He describes his process as writing in one long initial draft with light revisions.
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Frank Norris
Ward Macauley
Detroit
Norris
Lke
Defence Against Zeppelin Defenses Consider London Area Risk
An English military expert weighs how aircraft could defend against Zeppelins. He notes using planes outside London or between the capital and coast, avoiding gunfire. Key questions include night descent, traffic lights, alien controls, and whether streets or houses pose greater danger to Londoners.
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London
Sheriff Frank Roach Killed in Wyoming Range Heist
Clyde B. Pearson confessed to shooting Nels Nelson and claimed Pete Burns fired the shots that killed Sheriff Frank B. Roach of Cheyenne as they pursued horse thieves. Roach, 42, born March 12 1874 in Delaware, served as sheriff since 1911 and was honored by a citywide funeral with business closures.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne Wye
Clyde B. Pearson
Larimer County
Nels Nelson
Granite Canon
Wyo
Pete Burns
Fort Collins
Frank B. Roach
Cheyenne
Nelson
Nelson Ranch
Frank Roach
Granite Carson
Sheriff Reach
Sussex County
Delaware
James Reach
Wyoming
Swan Land & Cattle Company
Chugwater
United States
Laramie County
Lewellyn Hughes
Hughes
Roach
Court House
Diamond Theft Case Leads to Carnival Raid
Cheyenne Fifty carnival company associates were arrested in a police raid while searching for a $500 diamond stolen from James Speer and jewelry tied to four burglaries since the carnival's arrival. Twenty women among the detainees were released after no contraband was found. Speer, bruised from the attack, could not identify his attackers.
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Cheyenne
Street Carnival Company
James Speer
Carnival Concern
Speer
Guilty Conscience Ends Suspected Thief’s Run
Harry De Jap alias Harry Douglas, 23, was arrested in Longmont Colorado after a Cheyenne hotel theft. He confessed to stealing a fine watch from Pedro Manager a Filipino hotel bellboy and to robbing Elmer McBride of a suit and clothing after realizing he was not held for the first theft.
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Cheyenne
Harry de Jap
Harry Douglas
Longmont
Colo
Pedro Manager
Elmer McBride
Owens Sells Sheep Interests to Kyne in Shoshone
Sheepman William Kyne of Shoshone acquires 14,000 head from John W. Owens, including 9,000 ewes and 6,000 lambs. Price set at 7 dollars per ewe and 7.60 dollars per hundred for lambs.
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Owens
Sheen
Casper
John W. Owens
William Kyne
Shoshone
Farmer Fatally Injured Crossing Train Near Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne-Emery Mabbitt a 65 year old farmer was struck by a Union Pacific train while crossing with a four horse outfit near Pine Bluffs. He lost an arm and sustained injuries to the head and body. Two horses were killed.
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Emery Mabbitt
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
J. D. Perkins
Cheyenne
J. H. Howell
J. K. Hetzler
Rawlins
Cheyne
Cody
J. Draper
Horse Creek Cattle Company
al Jane
Joe Garret
Ulm
Joseph Leavitt
Jay Hem
Cheyenne Creamery Company
Burlington Railroad
Janary
A. R. Towne
Baptist Church
Cheyenn
Thomas Garrett
Garrett
Thin State
Frontier
Little Ridan
Man Awarded Compensation Under Act for Broken Leg
Sheridan Munsey Butler, a worker for George Herron, received compensation after a slide in a gravel pit fractured his leg about a year ago. The District Court granted benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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Sheridan
Munsey Butler
George Herron
Fremont deputy sheriff shot by escaped convict near Pinedale
Fremont county deputy sheriff Lander Tom Clemenston was shot and badly wounded by G. C. Whitehead, an escaped convict. Whitehead fled on snowshoes after the shooting near Pinedale, with authorities urging pursuit.
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Lander
Tom Clemenston
Fremont County
G. C. Whitehead
Pinedale
Whitehead
Austrians Fight One In Hospital
Sheridan Peter Beleg an Austrian coal miner at Diets We in the Blate Hospital with three serious korfe wounds torneted by Andy Verag a tallow countryman.
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Sheridan Peter Beleg
Diets
Blate
Andy Verag
Basin hotel boom and oil town notes across Wyoming
Statewide notes report Basin building a sixty room hotel and oil activity in Basin. Sheridan enrolls 1,973 students, Keeline adds a new hotel, and Thermopolis ponders a $100,000 hospital project. Caspar, Laramie, and Cheyenne see fire damage, crime cases, and public works, with new waterworks in Beeline and a Burlington shipping note.
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Sheridan
Keeline
Jireh
Crook County
Casper
F. M. Barnhart
Greybull
Burlington
Thermopolis
Senator Warren
Cheyenne
Bureaius
Lincoln County
Big Horn River
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