Boys Brave Open-Boat Voyage from San Francisco to Alaska
Two San Francisco boys ages 15 and 16 survived a perilous open-boat voyage across the Pacific, living on scarce provisions for days before a British steamer rescued them and ferried them to Vancouver. They regained strength with medical care and returned to their parents, still eyeing Alaska's gold promise.
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Eldorado
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Vancouver
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Tales of curiosities and a courtroom death
A Nantes fair shows the Eve apple and Jonah whale. A South Carolina coroner recalls Crawford Ballew dying February 3, 1894 by gunshot in an arrest. A Williamsburg bride-to-be objects to obey in marriage. A boarding house guest’s astrology error ends with Aries disbelief. A farmer jokes about triggernometry. John Barnes, jail cook in Augusta, owes six years for intoxication with repeated weekend outs. Forty eight hours is his longest break in years.
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Nantes
South Carolina
Crawford Ballew
F. G. Massey
Williamsburg
N. Y
Aries
John Barnes
Augusta
Gas Power deems cheapest motor propulsion in Germany report
United States Consul Mason in Frankfort reports German experiments proving gas motors as the cheapest power source. Tests in Neuchatel and Dresden show gas operation costs 25 percent less than electricity. Neuchatel cars cost 2056 dollars, reach eleven miles per hour, and handle 40 foot midline elevation.
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Mason
Frankfort
Germany
Euchatel
Switzerland
Dresden
Neuchatel
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