Night Ferry Collision on San Francisco Bay
A fogbound Martinez ferry collision near Sausalito causes chaos on board as passengers scramble for life preservers. The narrator recalls the moment of impact, the captain’s calm defense of destiny, and the terrified screams of women amid wreckage and confusion aboard the stricken vessel.
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Charley Furuseth
Mill Valley
Mount Tamalpais
San Francisco Bay
Martinez
Sausalito
San Francisco
Atlantic
Leviathan
Pliot House
Wes
Voyage of the Ghost survival aboard a seafaring wreck
The narrator describes a catastrophe at sea aboard the schooner Ghost in the Pacific. Passengers scramble to escape sinking waters, boats fail, and he is rescued by crew including mugridge the cook while ashore in fog and foam, seeking the captain and a way home.
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Martinez
Youson
Yonson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Japan
Aldad
California
Dream of Flight Turns to Shipboard Injury Mystery
A vivid dream shifts to a shipboard scene as a crew tends a wounded narrator. Yonson endures rough handling while a Cockney appears offended by the damage to the speaker’s chest, revealing a tense labor aboard a vessel.
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Yonson
Detects Approach of Storma Uses filing coherer detector
A revival of the long abandoned filings coherer used in early radio is shown as an electric storm detector at Waterside station of New York Hudson company. The device includes a filings coherer a sensitive relay a decoherer and an alarm bell to warn power station attendants of rising load before storms.
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New York Hudson Company
Scientific American
Penguin Habits on Subantarctic South Georgia Memoir
R C Murphy documents penguin life histories from November 1912 to March 1913 on South Georgia. He details king and Johnny penguins, affected by vandalism aboard a sealing brig, and notes a penguin graveyard atop a snow pool where birds retire to die.
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South Georgia
R. C. Murphy
Museum of the Brooklyn, Institute of Arts and Sciences
Johnny
Wax Model Of Typhus Insect Stanforded For U S Study
The health authorities of the United States government display a wax model more than a foot long of the insect that transmits typhus fever. The model is about one million times the size of the live insect and cost about $1,000 after more than four years of work. Typhus fever now ravages European armies.
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United States
Europe
Saving Her Voice in The Impresario Farce
A Houston Chronicla note reports a dialogue about supplying a second prime donna to sing to children while insisting the lead singer is worth $6,000 a night. The exchange highlights theatrical bargaining and prestige.
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Houston Chronicla
She Gave It Up. A Conundrum from Miss Hazel
A humorous dialogue features a speaker posing a riddle to Miss Hazel about difference between himself and a donkey. Miss Hazel responds with playful uncertainty, delivering a lighthearted exchange from the column.
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Miss Hazel
Davy Crockett Rifle Added to National Museum Display
The National Museum catalogs Derringer rifle No. 9508 linked to Col. David Crockett and William Graves duel. A 44 caliber muzzle loader with octagonal 46 inch barrel, curly maple stock, percussion lock, set trigger. Deposited by Col. Wright Rives for his father John Cook Rives, made by Henry Derringer.
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Col. Wright Rives
Gaga
John Cook Rives
Henry Derringer
Derringer
Louis Ludlow and the car that never reached him
Hoosier correspondent Louis Ludlow, famed pedestrian of Washington, is pursued by a local auto dealer. Ludlow travels twelve to fourteen miles daily and negotiates blocks with brisk pace. After a hurried talk en route to the capitol, the agent observes Ludlow’s gait and ends up alone, noting Ludlow’s apparent need for no automobile.
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Loui Ludlow
Hoosier
Mr. Ludlow
Washington
Capitol
Ludlow
Louis
Ike
Diplomatic Codes in Use by American Embassies
A historian-like report notes European spies understand multiple U S diplomatic codes five to seven years old. Officials admit decoding errors reveal plain translations of notes, risking compromised messages and potential courier bribery in European postings.
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State Department
Colonel House
Apies
This Woman Knew a Country Dog When She Saw One
A chaotic morning scene near government buildings follows a lively setter dog chasing a wagon through crowds. One man, Mr Smart Aleck, insults the dog prompting a sharp rebuke from a passing woman. The piece hints at danger and local curiosity as a policeman looms.
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Smart Aleck
Madam
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Chapter
Wale
Jack London
Davy Crockett
National Museum
Se Hele
Louis Ludlow
Ogee
Uncle Sam
Daniels
Austria
Treasury
White House
Pal
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