John Carter of Virginia in a Mars tale confrontation
A dramatic excerpt features John Carter breaking into a Mars arena, severing a golden chain to free Dejah Thoris as Than Kosis witnesses the clash. The passage riffs on Burroughs styled names and interplanetary romance with Carter described as the fighting lover of Dejah Thoris.
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Than Kosis
Kosis
Dejah Thoris
John Carter
Virginia
U. S.A
Earth
Mars
Captain Carter's Strange Manuscript and Fatal Mystery
Edgar Rice Burroughs recounts in a foreword how Captain Carter, a towering and charismatic explorer, spent time in Virginia before the Civil War. Carter dies mysteriously near the Hudson in 1886, leaving instructions to bury him in Virginia and seal his manuscript for twenty-one years.
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Captain Carter
Virginia
Uncle Jack
The Escape of the Dead in Arizona Hills
Captain Jack Carter recounts ten years his dead body lay undiscovered after an 1866 gold prospect in Arizona. He traces Powell's disappearance, Apache pursuit, a cave entrapment, and a transformative vision as Mars seems to pull him toward an unknown fate.
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Arizona
John Carter
Jack Carter
James K. Powell
Richmond
Powell
Savas
Martian landscape described with surprising gravity
A narrator views a strange Martian scene and explores a sunlit slum like setting. He notes intense heat, no water, and a four foot high walled enclosure. He attempts to move and staggers, then climbs to glimpse an unusual habitation surround.
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Mars
Arizona
Aly. Micles
Earth
Tae
Silver fox farming grows as Montana plans expand
The Montana article notes expanding silver fox breeding near Missoula to supply fur traders, with W S Custer citing profitability. It reports rail, weather, and public notices across the state, including Milwaukee station discontinuations and state treasury settlements under a new law.
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Missoula
W. S. Custer
Hearts Hold Fast to Politicians in Ordinary Citizens
A concise reflection notes that politicians live in the hearts of their countrymen, even when absent from the scene, preserving influence through memory and public affection.
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