Iceboats and the Thrill of Harsh Arctic Racing
A narrative on iceboat design and dangers from early forms to modern rigs. It details the evolution from a box on runners to a T shaped frame, the exhilaration of high speed on frozen rivers, and famed incidents including runaway craft and near catastrophes. It notes a record of over 100 miles per hour and a dramatic jump of cracks as the sport’s riskiest maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapaips
Beckles Wilson
Poughkeepsie
America
Hudson River
Canada
Jack Frost
Commdore Rogers
Experiment That Failed Telepathy Test Warns Against Mind Influence
Chicago Record notes H M Stanley discredits the belief that a person can compel another to turn the head by gaze alone. A hidden observer could not affect a subject four feet away while engaged in writing. He allows telepathy may occur under certain conditions but urges further twin and camera experiments. Also mentions silk worm disease risks up to a hundred ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
Chicago
Michaud the Exploitant Trapper Hero of the Indian War Tale
Felix Michaud, a 60 year old Canadian trapper and river captain, leads a relief effort during a Sioux attack en route to the Black Hills. He fends off a knife edge ambush at Fort Bridger, outmaneuvers outlaws, rescues Fenton, and captures Lope Vasquez and allies. The group then defeats a later pursuit, frees their captured partner, and disperses the band with the wounded leader left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Michaud
Missouri
Platte
Northern Pacific Road
Black Hills
Old Fort Fetterman
Michaud
Fort Bridger
Missouri Country
Bridger
Felix
Squaw Mkanuck
Black Fork
Maze
Fenton
Haze
Haze Fenton
Lope Vasquez
Hate Fenton
Hate
Vasquez
Lope
Yellowstone
Boone
Fate of the T. F. Oakes
The T. F. Oakes, first American iron square-rigged ship, vanished for 260 days after leaving Hong Kong July 4, 1896 and reappearing in New York March 22, 1897. Amid storms and sickness, Captain Reed and his wife steered the crew through scurvy deaths, with the wife logging the voyage and tending the ill, earning Lloyds recognition and a medal for bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
T. F. Oakes
Hong Kong
New Yor
China
Sandy Hook
Edward W. Reed
New York
Kasbek
Philadelphia
Fiume
Oakes
Muir
Helsham
Abrams
China Sea
Reed
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
Thomas King
Thomas Olsen
Thomas Judge
Steven G. Bunker
George King
Marine
Lloyds
Clark
S. A. Wood
Ainslee
Stevens
Dukes
Mollie Stark
I Try to Love My Fellow Man Despite All Frustrations
A Washington Star quips about loving neighbors amid daily annoyances from a motorman’s balks and noises to late play chatter and early snow shoveling. The speaker asserts steadfast love despite the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Humorous Miscellany of Jokes and Witty Exchanges
A light collection of humorous exchanges featuring Blobb s Slobbs Sillicus Cynicus Hoax and others. One liner dialogues touch on fashion, egotism, baldness haircuts barbers and cafe service with playful wordplay and puns. The tone mimics a gossiping chatty page of witty remarks.
Mismatched Expedition Guard: Michaud Stays Behind
In a rough backcountry tale two trappers choose to leave a trusted companion to guard thousands of dollars’ worth of furs. Michaud volunteers to stay with wounded Haze Fenton while Lope Vasquez and his gang threaten the camp, sparking a dangerous pursuit along a rugged elk trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot
Michaud
Haze
Fenton
Fort Bridger
Felix
Lope Vasquez
Bridger
William Sublette
Kanuck
Also Mentioned on This Page
WH. Schweigert & Co., Jewelers
MN AN
Bleakley
Jackson Street
Broadway
Augusta, Ga
Jouvin
Butterick
Hamilton Ayers
Atlanta Publishing House
Ssira
Aeolus
Newburg
Franklin Welles Calkins
Ike
Bell Weber
The
Colorado Fish
Sillicus
Cynicus
Tommy
Wilson
Smythe
Lea
England
Lewis
Berlin
Snettisham
Huntstanton
Charot
Mandi
Paris Hippodrome
Pearson's Weekly
Hager
Tley Suvuiu
Mr. Hager
Chicago Chronicle
Celebes
Earl's Court
London
Vuriho & Weer
Chestnut Street
Belgium
Buenos
Ayres
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