The Courage of James Oliver Curwood Emer Compa
Captain Nathaniel Plum lands on Beaver Island to spy on Mormon leader Strang and his wives. Obadiah Price, a sly councilor, hints at a plot while Plum confronts hidden loyalties, a mysterious girl, and a path between the king’s house and Obadiah’s cabin. Plum heads toward St James seeking answers and a meeting with Strang, while grappling with a dangerous entanglement.
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Yphoon
Beaver Isid
Lake Michigan
Obadiah He
Pierce
United States
Jamer
Pivin Sens
Price
Mlanppenry
Plum
Beaver Island
Strang
Otie
Sonia Tee
Burke
St. James
Nat
Nathaniel
Obadiah Price
Obadiah
St. Jaros
Captain Plum
Tamparance
Abe
Achenia
Himsell
Tomireow
Cival
Drigham Young
Eben
Illacs
St James
Strang's
St. Jewen
Obailah
Obediah Prick
Obs Iiele
Casey
Counseilor
Earth
Faes
Strangecasple
Koya
Saland
Nothaniel
Dia
Strang’s Castle
Nathanial
Abe Arkud
Hobble skirt joke sparks apology from cartoonist
London cartoonist W. K. Haselden admits inventing the hobble skirt as a 1909 satire and explains how Paris fashion youths adopted the idea. He laments the risky consequences, recalls other outlandish designs, and notes a shift toward eastern dress ideas while defending the need to hide faces and show figures.
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London
Paris
W. K. Haselden
Fine for Fees of Stork
Paris reports Hector Depause introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies to fine landlords who refuse to rent apartments to families with children. The proposed fine ranges from 6 to 10 dollars and would double on repetition. Jacques Bertillon opposed the measure as impracticable and proposed a tax on landlords based on the number of children in a 20 apartment building when occupancy falls short of a 60 child threshold.
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Paris
Hector Depause
Chamber of Deputios
Jacques Bertillon
Two New Popular Games at Country House Parties
London reports two new amusements for guests who cannot play bridge. Fantasia is a table bowls style game with heavy bets, and roulette with cards uses four packs where bets are placed on cards rather than numbers. Hostesses praise the pair for lively social amusement.
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London
SQUIRREL MAKES GOOD FIGHT AT TERMINAL STATION
A chaotic scene at Birmingham Alm where a captive squirrel bit and scratched ten boys and drew a crowd. After several failed attempts to subdue it, two witnesses proposed bagging the animal. Once placed in a paper bag the squirrel calmed, and the boys, though bleeding, walked away with their prized captive.
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Birmingham
Alm
Aingé
Nable
Mammoth Austrian cave explored near Obertraun
An Alpine expedition led by engineer Hermann Bock explored a newly described vast cave beneath the Dachstein near Obertraun Austria. They followed a natural tunnel with a six foot river bed then scaled galleries rising 150 feet and discovering atalactite caverns a 340 foot high hall and a maze of passages and pits before turning back due to dwindling food.
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Vienna
Europe
Obertraun
Austria
Hermann Bock
Dachstein
Upper Austria
Mondera
Mike
Chicago Shoeshine Parlor Match Delivers Odd Request
Levinson, a 26 year old cabinet maker from Loomis Street, sought a match at a Clark Street shoeshine parlor. He asked for a date in eight languages and finally received a match from a Persian speaking cashier amid a crowd of youths polishing shoes.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Nan
M. Lavin Aot
Loomis Street
Habel
Lertraon
Levinson
Maceh
Arrests Rooster to Save Man in Geneva Hospital
Geneva City Marshal Fred Baker arrested a bantam rooster and placed it in a city jar to help save Henry Kent, a typhoid fever patient in Geneva hospital. The rooster crowed near Kent’s window and the horse nearby annoyed him, prompting the physician in charge to advise confinement.
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Geneva
Fred Baker
Henry Kent
Geneve
Kent
Marconi Directs Wireless Link From Ireland to Canada
William Marconi personally directed an exchange of communications between the Coltano wireless station in Italy and stations at Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay Nova Scotia inaugurating a new service. The move is expected to greatly reduce the rates of wireless dispatches to America.
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Ireland
Canada
Pisa
Italy
William Marconi
Coltano
Clifden
Glace Bay
Nova
Scotia
America
Rains Black Cats in Woodbury New Jersey
Two score jet black cats were dumped in Woodbury New Jersey triggering an investigation by BP agent W T Cozens. The cats appeared well cared for and were quickly homed, suggesting they may have been sourced from a cat farm.
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Woodbury
N. J
W. T Cozens
The
Cheapest Longho trolley trek reveals wide reach
Henry E Juergens of Pittsburg reports a 1100 mile plus trolley journey in 20 days at 33.10 fare. The trip ran through Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut and Massachusetts with minimal breaks, showcasing improving interurban electric service and potential for long distance trolley travel.
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Pittsburg
Henry E. Juergens
Audh
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetta
Interuban Atectric
Sad for Sure Shot Johnny Petrich in Soldiers' Bow embrace
Celebrated manhunter Johnny Petrich known as Cal Sure Shot, famed for capturing over 1,000 desperadoes, has been admitted to Soldiers' Home amid lingering illness. Joy Angeles notes his long career and impact in crime history.
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Johnny
Joy Angeles
Cal
Johnny Petrich
Ig Betivo
Peu
Dancing School Dances Through a Schoolroom Debate
Bobby confronts his father over poor history marks while an upcoming dancing school joins the quarrel. The boy argues classmates and a girl Mamie Kelly influence his focus, as their social plans and the after school drama weigh on his studies and future.
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Bobby
Jadle
Mamie
Basie Herrick
Billy
Feller
Jimmy
Causa
Bam
Sam
Bethy
Mamie Kelly
Martha Lang Maithison Delivers Lecture on Thanksgiving Turkey
Denver cooking expert Martha Lang Maithison notes changes in social norms during a lecture titled The Chalice of Thanksgiving Turkey. She recalls childhood scenes in a butcher shop and remarks on perceptions of aristocratic women in traditional kitchens.
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Martha Lang Maithison
Denver
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P. Waldemar Horslop
Linden Avenue
Brooklyn
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Bushele
Iast
Bol
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