Ghost of the Sea On A Mutinous Voyage
Humphrey Van Weryden is rescued by the wrecked ferry and wakes aboard the schooner Ghost under Captain Wolf Larsen. Larsen brutalizes crew and crew tensions rise as Hump observes mutiny, theft, and a deadly struggle amid fog and violence at sea.
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Dilettente
San Francisco Bay
Wolf Yarsen
Japan
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Magrides
Trump
Mugridge
Wolf
Cocky
Hump
Flump
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Bloodlit mutiny erupts as Wolf Larsen fights to escape
In a chaotic crew mutiny aboard the ship, Wolf Larsen battles seven men who pin him down in the forecastle. The narrator, hiding in a bunk, follows Larsen’s perilous climb toward the ladder as lantern light disappears and the scuttle empties into darkness.
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Johnson
Wolf Lasen
Wolf Larsen
Louis
Latimer
Leahh
Larsen
Man Wanted at Ice Skating Prompts Odd Ball Scene
Botsford Hatch visits a college ice rink near his town aimlessly until a sign reading Men Wanted lures him to skate with a stranger who hires him as a would-be escort. A ruse unravels as Betty Picket arrives in ball attire with a fiancé presented, revealing a plan to secure a dance partner through a brotherly masquerade.
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Women’s College
Botsford Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Betty Picket
Botsford
Betty
Mr. Smith
McClure
Draw Power From Air At Mt Hope Alaska
The Mt Hope mission settlement in Alaska plans an electric lighting plant powered by large windmills. Arctic winter winds stay above 20 mph, enough to drive the plant, providing illumination and heating where fuel is costly.
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Mt. Hope
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Snaps Thief At His Work Signals New Burglar Alarm Idea
A thief burglarized a Belleville photographic studio despite a self shooting interior surveillance device. The owner’s system captured photos of the burglar including one image with a lens in his pocket. The piece suggests burglars deterred by film records could inspire safer bank vault protections.
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Belleville
Not a Mourning Suit Incident Recounts Oddom
Browning relates meeting Whyte as he headed downtown to recover his son's body. Greening questions if the son drowned. Browning clarifies the father claimed the boy needed a new suit of clothes.
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Whyte
Greening
Cutting Out Waste Motion from needless, ill directed effort
Frank B. Gilbreth, a pioneer of motion study, argues that eliminating wasteful motions saves time and fatigue. He notes efficiency methods raise output and wages while lowering costs, urging clearer thinking and steadier pace in all activities for better personal and societal well being.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science
Frank B. Gilbreth
Gilbreth
Marital Misgivings Spark a Curious Exchange
In a terse exchange Singleton and Wedderly discuss marriage spirits and curses with Wedderly joking that the curse followed only after the wedding day. The dialogue hints at humor and misinterpretation surrounding matrimony.
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Singleton
Contraband of War Defined and Classified
The article explains contraband of war as articles prohibited by proclamation law or treaty. It notes that items aiding belligerents are blocked from neutral transport and subject to capture, with munitions universally contraband. Foodstuffs may pass on passenger ships if not explosives.
Western Canada offers rich farming chances for homesteaders
The article highlights Western Canada as a land of opportunity for farmers with cheap lands and 160 acre free homesteads in Saskatchewan. It cites a Lloydminster district example of a farmer expanding to 100 acres, increasing livestock and crops, and selling cream to a government dairy. It notes government forecasts that stock breeding will outpace grain in returns and predicts a postwar surge in livestock demand driving Saskatchewan into a leading stock-raising role.
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Western Canada
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
States
Canada
Katchewan
Europe
United States
Dominion
Trading on Inflation Worries and Rising Prices
A brief exchange notes grim times and high living costs as prices and even the weather turn steeper. The clipped dialogue hints at consumer concern and economic pressure amid uncertain times.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Pure Whitening
An old time advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as all blue and not adulterated claiming it makes clothes whiter than snow. The copy urges use on the next washday and notes all good grocers sell it.
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RED Cross
Red Cross Ball
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