The Hydaspes Outbreak and Escape at Sea
Convicts on a ship whisper of mutiny as a fire engulfs the Hydaspes. Frere and Best flee in boats, while the Hydaspes sinks after a dramatic rupture. The Malabar rescues the crew, and Pine reports fever aboard the prison as Blunt and Vickers face infection risks.
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Jenkins
Pine
Blunt
Best
Frere
Mr. Frere
Rufus Dawes
Richard Devine
England
Calcutta
Pie
Vickers
Tove
Chance for Lion Hunters in Yellowstone Lions Threaten Wildlife
Yellowstone Park faces a rising cougar population endangering deer elk and other wildlife. President Roosevelt recommends a contract to John and Homer Goff to clear lions, with a $5 bounty per lion and $75 monthly salaries. Work spans spring to fall and spreads to nearby states as stockmen suffer losses.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Roosevelt
John and
Homer Goff
Meeker, Col
John Goff
Colorado
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Goff Brothers
Reflection on life as stage and rehearsal
A melancholy man quotes "All the world's a stage" and Stormington Barnes replies that an average lifetime is too short for a good rehearsal or first-class performance. The piece notes that about one in twenty seven German women works in a factory.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Unhealthiest European capital and curious science notes
A wide survey covers St Petersburg as a grim European capital and reports on paper making with acid treatment, French thermometer failures, a new gladiolus named Maid of the Mist, Japan’s population figures, and the high incomes of Kipling and other authors. It notes mutation theory versus natural selection and cites Darwin and Copernicus in comparison to Ade’s earnings.
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St. Petersburg
Europe
Victoria Falls
South Africa
England
China
Japan
Formosa
C. A. White
Smithsonian Resentation
Doctor de Vries
Amsterdam
Darwin
The Old Water Mill and Sighs for Its Passing
A nostalgic reflection on the old water mill era as civilization moved westward. The piece recalls sunfish in the dam pools, winter skate on rustic pond, and small local mills that powered daily life before steam and electric power altered the landscape. It contrasts past leisure with modern pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advan
George Ade Becomes High Earning Author of Era
The former reporter now lampoons and writes to become a leading literary figure. Ade earns about 150000 dollars yearly from plays and books, based on a 6 percent return from 2.5 million dollars. He is cited as likely the first author to reach one million dollars in lifetime earnings from writings.
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Baltic
Riga
Dickens
Thackeray
Scott
Kipling
Ade
Finley Peter Dunne
Dooley
Chicago
George Ade
New Money King of Literature
Chauffeur Applicant Delays Reference With Hospital Issue
A prospective chauffeur asks 200 a month as salary and requests a reference from the last employer. The applicant explains that his former boss is in the hospital and cannot provide a letter for about a month.
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Helas
Hoapital
The Peor Bard Attic Conversation
The scene features a visitor in a poet's bleak attic noting the sparse room. She comments on its adequacy, while the poet explains he uses a lit match to hear the place when it gets cold.
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Marcus Clarke
Mark
Old Pine
Rocky Mountain States
Phoenix
Prescott
San Francisco Bulletin
Czar
Russia
Wharton
William Dean Howells
Gilbert Parker
Humphry Ward
Mark Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Java
Copernicus
Lsy
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