The Ghost of Wolf Larsen Seafaring Survival Forges Ties
Humphrey Van Weydan finds himself aboard the sealing ship Ghost under Captain Wolf Larsen. A brutal voyage unfolds as Hump and Maud Brewster survive a wreck, desertions, and Larsen’s cruelty. They endure cold, build a new hut, and a wary affection grows between them while Maud’s strength and resolve deepen.
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Humphrey van Weydan
Wolf Larsen
Japan
Lila Boul
Walt
Beaman
Hump
Wolt
Fooan
Wolf
Maude Brewster
van Wayder
Maude
Death Larsen
Macetonia
van Weyden
van Woyden
Emdeavor
Ghost on Endeavor Island Backfires in Murder Plot
On Endeavor Island the narrator discovers the Ghost wrecked on the beach. Wolf Larsen appears aboard the Ghost, and Hump contemplates killing him but cannot pull the trigger. Larsen reveals his fate aboard and the two exchange tense questions as the scene shifts toward a risky future.
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Wolf Larsen
Maud
Miss Brewster
Mrs. van Weyden
Endeavor Island
Our
Leo
Death
Banda
How Nerves Control Habit and a London Entertainer
The article explains habit as nerve path routines formed by repeated action. It notes learning is harder when many centers must fire before a pattern forms, then becomes easier with repetition. It mentions Harry Tate at the London Hippodrome and a boyish riddle about a clock striking thirteen.
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Harry Tate
London Hippodrome
Tate
French Indo China Possession Details
The French possession of Indo China includes Cochin China, Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Kwong Chow Wan leased from China. Covering about 310000 square miles, with an estimated population of 18000000 including 35000 Europeans. Saigon is the chief city and port. Indo China has 1378 miles of railroad.
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Indo-China
Cochin-China
Cambodia
Annam
Tonkin
Laos
Kwong-Chow-Wan
China
Saigon
Double absolves man as forger in past trial
Chicago proprietor Divine, known as a theater executive, faced a forged identity case where a man named A Gilbert Sargent forged signatures and was imprisoned in Massachusetts. Divine recounted surviving the ordeal, rebuilding his career, and rejecting lawsuits to pursue honest work and success in Minneapolis, New York, and the Strand theater venture.
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Chicago
B.gc
Divine
Strand Theater Company
Mr. Divine
A. Gilbert Sargent
Massachusetts
Charleston
Bowton Farger
A. B. Turner
Richard B. Parker
Minneapolis
Mr.Divine
New York
Sargent
Philadelphia
Boston
Baker Henry Ott Charged With Wife Beating Gets 60 Days
In West Hoboken court, Henry Ott entered soaked attire to the hearing at the town hall lockup. The judge ordered sixty days in the county jail after the proceedings.
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West Hoboken
Baker
Henry Ott
Hunting Trouble Over a Street Corner Fight
A report from Louisville Times recounts a street argument between Casey and O’Brien on Breckinridge Street and Barrett Avenue. An urbane observer in a frock coat intervened, jokingly urging peace as the crowd watched the escalating exchange.
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Mike Hogan
Casey
O’brien
Breckinridge Street
Barrett Avenue
Louisville Times
Santos-Dumont and His Pioneering Air Ventures
Santos-Dumont visits several South American cities for the Pan-American aeronautic conference. Born in Sao Paulo on July 20, 1873, he advanced dirigible and airplane flight from 1900 to 1906. He spent over $60,000 yearly on aeronautics for 12 years and won a 260,000 franc prize in Paris in 1901. He was named chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1904 and received the officer's cross in 1990.
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Santos-Dumont
Santos Dumont
South America
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Bue
Paris
France
Offcer’s
What's In a Name In Business Break Fast Idea
A columnist quips that naming clever products yields profit and notes the allure of branding in selling food items. The piece asserts the power of names to draw buyers and mentions strong returns from inventive branding strategies.
Notable Quotes and Facts From Early 19th Century England
The excerpt contrasts Stella the ostrich and Bella with remarks about an ideal husband. It notes that at the start of the 1800s England had over two hundred offenses punishable by death, and comments on persuading the average man to adopt a theory promising financial aid.
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Stella
Bella
England
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Matteas
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Forger
McSurely
Harnett
Oferad
Supreme Court
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Libby
Libby, Msbby
McNei
Rhraga
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