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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1916

Page

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Seafaring saga of Wolf Larson and Hump aboard ship

In a brutal voyage to Japan waters, Van Weyden navigates danger aboard Wolf Larson’s ship. Rivalries flare with Mugridge the cook as Larson asserts dominance while Hump grows closer to Maude Brawster. Deserters flee, a shark attack occurs, and Van Weyden asserts independence as love and peril intertwine aboard the hell ship.

Tumphrey van Weyden Boontr Ghont Wolf Larson Japan Hla Woul Mugridge Hump Wolf Arch & Beam Phil Gagghin Wolf Omar Daath Joosa Brite van Weyden Maude Brawster Maude Ring

The Facebook Sea Hunt and a Cruel Hog Play

On the Ghost and the Macedonia the crew hunts seals as a big catch seems likely. The Macedonia hogs the sea by dropping boats ahead, spoiling their hunt, while Wolf Larsen taunts Maud Brewster and plans a retaliation. A violent struggle occurs below deck as two of the strangers are kept aboard and the fight intensifies.

Larsen Macedonia Coursa al Milla Wolf Larsen Maud Brewster Captain Larsen Atand Hye Sawa Walt Wainwright Death Larsen Louis Mr. van Weyden Charley Furuseth Scala Sofia Aura Coures van Weydan Dack Miss Brewster Wolf Larnen Goliath Wolf Largen van Weyden Pironing Wolf Larden Maud Brawetor

Hunters Rally as Smoke Signals Macedonia Approach

At breakfast Wolf Larsen probes the voyage outlook while the crew readies to attack the Macedonia. The north‑west fog bank looms, Maud Brewster watches from above, and the hunters equip rifles and ammunition as five boats fan out to shadow the approaching vessel.

van Weyden Wolf Larsen Louis Banka Macedonia Sterage Maud Brewster

Cotton stalk pulp potential noted in Mississippi project

About 75 million tons of cotton stalks are burned yearly as waste. Greenwood Mississippi hosts a plant to pulp stalks for stronger paper and other products. Cotton pulp resists refining and can yield gun cotton fibers, artificial silk, film stock, and chemicals such as pyroxylone, alcohol, and acetone.

Greenwood Miss

Soup Kitchens for Birds Proposed by Scout Leader

A. J. Watson, Kansas City scout commissioner, suggests soup kitchens of suet and seed for birds in cemeteries and city parks. Scout volunteers would maintain them if suet is donated. scouts will feed birds until snow melts and learn bird life while keeping feed in trees and boxes.

A. J. Watson Kansas City Star Birda Watson

Developing English Industry Glassmaking at Sheffield University

War disruptions narrowed glass outputs in England, but Sheffield University research has spurred rapid progress. Eight thousand Yorkshire glassworkers, once confined to cheap bottle production, are now manufacturing a broader range of glass materials.

Sheffield University England Yorkshire

The Kitchen Cabinet Motto on Self-Reliant Men

The saying credits succeed men who mind their own business with little competition and a knack for giving without hesitation, losing without regret, and acquiring without moeniness, reflecting a pragmatic philosophy in a cabinet discussion.

TASTY VEGETABLE DISHES AND DESSERT IDEAS

A collage of kitchen guidance offers savory cabbage dishes fried cauliflower pumpkin souffle and meat dishes like Hamburg Luncheon Roast Veal Pot Roast and Salmon Leef. Includes step by step prep tips and occasional aphorisms on effort and purpose.

Hamburg

Lemon Recipes And Fish Dishes From The Era

A vintage collection of lemon based dishes and seafood preparations. It covers Lemon Pie variations Queen of Lemon Pie and general lemon uses for flavor, plus Fish Balls and Black Bass Baked with step by step instructions and ingredients. Also includes a quotation from R L Stevenson about happiness and a note on lemon health values.

Thompson

Alma Mater Names Stuck Up Over Campus Entrance?

An old janitress at a college dormitory overhears a group of girls discussing a $10,000 gift to the school from a wealthy alumnus. Shay, aged 80, joins and comments that while giving is nice, donors should not have their names plastered all over the campus.

Janitrosa Shay A. Bip Alma Mater

Famous Red Headed Persons List

A fragmentary list claims Julius Caesar Robert Bruce Queen Elizabeth Helen of Troy Dido Cleopatra and Alexander the Great were red headed. It notes Jefferson Swinburne Bunyan Schiller among others as having red hair with vivid claims of their coloring.

Julius Caesar Robert Bruce Queen Elizabeth Helen of Troy Dido Cleopatra Alexander the Great Thomas‘ Jefferson Albemarle County Swinburne Joan Bunyan Pilgrim’s Progress Schiller

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