Chilian's Oath and Ned Wilton's Chilean Tryst
Ned Wilton, second mate of the brig Vesper, aids Isola Mendez in Valparaiso Peru and later defends her against Manuel Godena. After a dramatic confrontation in the Chilean mountains, Godena is killed by a rifle shot above the canyon and Ned is wounded but survives. Isola and Ned marry, and Ned settles as a Chilean ranchero.
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Valparaiso
Chili
South America
Ned Wilton
Vesper
South Pacific
Ned
Senor
Manuel Godena
Hit
Rooas
Tabiado
Senor Americano
Edward Wilton
Isola Mendez
Senor Mendez
Isola
Godenn
Godena
Mendez
New York News
Great Strides From Sun Dried Fruite To Airtight Casing
The article traces early food preservation methods from sun drying and smoking to canning and airtight metal cases. It recounts jerking by Indians, buccaneers using buchanning, and trade in desiccated shellfish, then explains 19th century progress led by Augustus de Heine and Werthenners patents, culminating in airless can sealing with water or gravy for packing.
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America
Interior
Augustus de Heine
Great Britain
Werthenner
Derivation of the Word Sunday From Sabbath to Sun Worship
The article traces Sabbath as Hebrew for rest and sacred time, noting weekly Sabbaths and longer cycles. It explains Sunday is named for the sun worship day, adopted by Christian nations as a sabbath, but Sabbath remains distinct from Sunday.
Big Dog in a Little House Crowd Tag Line
A playful contrast highlights a large dog occupying a compact home space, creating a humorous visual tag line for a local feature. The image centers on scale and personality, inviting readers to puzzle over size and comfort.
Largest Cobra Recorder In Jaffna Then Vast Birdless World Claim
A seven and a half foot cobra from Jaffna Ceylon is cited as the largest on record. A French naturalist argues that without birds the world would fail to sustain humans after nine years despite insecticide sprays. Eyestones are described as the opercula of a small turbinid shell.
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Jaffna
Ceylon
France
Mon- Reeve Dubois
Spring
Geneva
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Region
Rocky Mountains
Payta
Peru
D. G. Fairchild
Fairchild
The Women of Spain Read and Write Statistics
An official document states that only 2 680 615 Spanish women can read or write a pitiful showing near the male literacy count. The author contrasts women's social and intellectual conditions with other nations arguing Spain would gain from reform.
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Spain
Mayfield Man Erects Grotesque Family Cemetery Statues
Henry Woolridge of Mayfield Kentucky spends all his money and time decorating his burial plot. He has built a life sized statue of himself on horseback and added likenesses of his mother eldest brother and other relatives along with a deerhound and foxhound statues and a marble tomb. The project continues as he plans more figures before his death at 75.
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San Sebastian
Europe
France
Chicago Times- Herald
Henry Woolridge
Mayfield
Henry
Indiana
Uncle Henry
Frail Man and Advice From a Veteran Woman Editor
A veteran woman editor offers hard earned advice to women about signaling a streetcar conductor. She warns against flirting when a pretty girl is on the opposite curb and expresses a sharp, worldly view on the scene and social dynamics.
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