Desert rescue launches Paul Dunlap to stardom
Paul Dunlap escapes Bedouin pursuit in Algeria riding a camel to warn a peaceful camp. He fights off attackers as a veteran moving picture unit led by Chester Wayland Chester witnesses and film the clash. This skirmish becomes the turning point of Dunlap’s career in motion pictures.
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Paul Dunlap
Paul
Chester
Wayland Chester
Moving Picture
Moving Picture Company
Desert
Desert voyage beyond Ghourd-Aghrab risky and tense
Paul Dunlap travels across the Algerian desert toward Murzuk with guide Ali Mora. Mora dies from fever and Bedouin attackers seize the moment to ambush. Dunlap escapes, plans to circle north and press on with a new guide and guards to complete the trek.
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Paul
Ile
Paul Dunlap
Murzuk
Ali Mora
Mora
al Mara
Mecca
Socie
Mara
Fli
Ghourd-Aghrab
Gaucho and Gringo in a Patchwork of Notes
A collage of cross cultural terms and humor from book pages and columns. It discusses the gaucho as a nearly extinct Argentine cowboy and the term gringo used for Americans, plus humorous lines about advertising satisfaction and a joke about a poet and a lost Lenore. The snippets mention readers’ quips from Pittsburgh Post, Louisville Courier Journal, and Galveston News.
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Pampas
Mexico
Louisvale Courier-Journal
Duel Avoided by Georgia Blacksmith in Lake Pontchartrain
Representative Borland recalls a duel challenge in Louisiana between a Georgia blacksmith and a gentleman from a long established local family. The blacksmith refused to fight, citing no interest in dueling. The Georgian proposed six feet of water and sledgehammers as weapons, a plan that amused the Louisiana challenger who then called off the duel.
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Borland
Missouri
Louisiana
Georgia
Tle
Lake Pontcharteain
Curious Incident Of The Dreaming Novelist Crockett
London Standard recounts S R Crockett turning back a paid check from St James Gazette editor after discovering a dreamed article matched one published. The tale notes Crockett’s courtesy and the editor’s persistence. Also cited is East Africa’s big game decline per W T Hornaday, warning legal bag limits and a $250 permit to kill 300 animals across 44 species, likely erasing vast wildlife in the next 15 years per Chicago News.
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St. James Gazette
Mr. Crockett
St. James’ Gazette
Bhm
London Standard
East Africa
British East Africa
W. T. Mornaday
South Africa
Mr. Hornaday
Chicago News
Oversight in a Snowbound English Town
Morning in a snowbound English town amid blocked roads. A maid, on her last day after two weeks’ notice, serves tea to her mistress and mentions the furnace is failing due to no coal. Brief, period-tinged vignette with quips from townsfolk.
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Mayam
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