Leopards Den on the Island Survival Tale
Shipwreck survivors Blake Winthrope and Miss Leslie struggle for water shelter and fire on a hostile island. They discover a leopard like threat, debate risks, and plan a trek to reach fresh resources while Blake rebukes Winthrope and Miss Leslie as they improvise tools and shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrope
Cocoant
Pat
Blake
Healy
Harrow
Eneglien
Jimmy Scarbridge
Lord James
Miss Leslie
Dawn on the Cliffs as Coconuts and Seaweed Aid Escape
HiLG leads the party on an abandoned coconut collecting trek with companions piling rocks and gathering dried seaweed to soften the talus. Miss Leslie sleeps through the sea lull. Blake worries over dawn light as they hike along the cliff foot toward the goal and spot cattle on the headlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilg
Winthrope
Miss Leslie
Blake
Galt
Juvenile Smoking Described in 17th Century Worcester
The London Chronicle cites Jorevin de Rochefort noting widespread juvenile smoking in seventeenth century England. An account from 1671 describes children carrying tobacco pipes to school, taught by teachers and their mothers preparing pipes as a morning substitute for breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Jorevin de Rochefort
Worcester
France
England
Increase in Chinese Newspapers Amid Changing Press Landscape
The piece notes China now has about 200 newspapers, up from one a decade ago. It contrasts rising local pride with lingering outsider scorn and ends with a playful, dismissive quip about foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Various Western News Items From Nevada to Montana
One mile of Southern Pacific track washed out by Reese river flood near Battle Mountain. Dying at his Denver home, billiards star Jake Schaefer suffers relapse of tuberculosis. Plans advance for a larger Third National Apple Show in Spokane with rail support promised. Western Pacific to switch passenger cars to steel and open routes by June 1. Southern Pacific engineer A B Helms injured in a derailment near Cobre. Longtime SP engineers Kell and OConnell moved to pension rolls. Wyoming Canal project planned near Riverton to irrigate 240000 acres. A Japanese and a white woman marry in Goldfield Nevada, names H Iis and Vivian Blackwell. Primero Colorado mine cleanup yields Fidel Arguello body among 69 recovered. Oregon land disposition under enlarged homestead act reaches 8811200 acres. Utah Idaho Montana revenue returns flood EB Callister office with corporate income data. United Mine Workers wage demand for 15 percent more rejected. convention on March 16 set. Meado valley wash flood area farmers may plant crops with track repairs by July 1. Denver Laymen Missionary Movement banquet bars negro delegates. Ely Nevada reports death of Truffle Centre resident from blizzard exposure. Montana health board reports December fatalities 316 and births 641. January 859 deaths and 543 births. Kalispell forms fire protective association with forest service and state forester support.
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Southern Pacific
Battle Mountain
Reese
Jake Schaefer
Denver
Schaefer
Spokane
Northern Railroads
T. M. Schumacher
Western Pacific
Salt Lake City
A. B. Helms
Ogden General Hospital
Cobre
Nevada
Helm
Barney Kell
Tom O'Connell
Kelly
O'Connell
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Riverton
Wyo
Esmeralda County
Goldfield
H.¥. Inis
Vivian Blackwell
Los Angeles
Primero Colo
Fidel Arguello
Arguello
Oregon
Secretary of the Interior
EB. H. Callister
Internal Revenue
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Salt Lake
Moapa
Meadow Valley
Ely
Warm Creek
Truffle Centre
Montana State Board of Health
Kalispell
Mont
National Forest Service
Grungberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Ames Bennet
Ray Walters
Misa Denevieve Leelee
Lord Winthrope
Eingusiman
Tom Blarke
Miss Leowhie
Mire Leslie
Hetter
Clef
Leslie
Bure
Jenny
Quilimane
Mozambique
Fellows
Rand
Eateh
Miss Lesile
Mr. Blake
Puck
Arrah
Ewan
Noles
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