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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
Robert Hollis narrates surviving a collision aboard the Esmeralda with Vera and financier McCann. They abandon the sinking ship in a small dinghy, rig a jury mast from salvaged gear, and battle a gray dawn at sea seeking rescue while Vera shows calm courage.
A narrator warns McCann to detect a signaling lantern as the dinghy rises and falls with the yacht. McCann kneels at the gunwale, eyes pleading upward as the danger of clinging to the boat grows. The narrator offers to swing the lantern on a rope to him.
The crew sails through a sunlit red dawn as mist parts and the ocean stretches without life. McCann, once lively, shows a brutal change, a bully driven by fear, while the narrator watches the girl react with a shy, blushing response to the sea’s turbulent blankness.
The narrator and Miss Vera endure a dire wait at sea with dwindling rations. McCann complains of half biscuits while the narrator asserts leadership and warns against mutiny. A revolver hidden by McCann adds peril as they endure dull hours discussing art and literature.
Castaways are picked up by a mysterious vessel and boarded for a voyage that marks the true start of their perilous adventure. Unknown crew, unfamiliar waters set the stage for unexpected challenges.
Irate parent warns and vows to switch children after a racket during a game. Bobby suggests switching Johnny as the locomotive in a playful train theme.
A testimonial from Mrs. Jos. O Bryan of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health after two years of weakness and weight loss. The ad promotes the product as the standard remedy for female illnesses including displacements irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
A New York Journal writer argues that iron ore is diverted for many war needs from shells to armor to engines, and questions how departments allocate labor and resources from Bullecourt to Sussex, Liverpool, and Roumania, highlighting the scale of war planning beyond ordinary reporting.
A man and a woman debate living by the coast and note vacant Easy street lots as possible cottage sites. The exchange hints at plans or dreams of seaside living.
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