Yankee Skipper Rescues Life Through Clever Escape
A New World correspondent recalls Hepworth, an American skipper from New York state who sailed between San Francisco and Chinese ports. His mutinous crew set him adrift after a failed sacrificial rite near the Philippines. He endured jungle ordeals, outwitted attackers, and used a powder flare to threaten the chiefs, buying time until a daring escape led him to safety.
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Frastus Hepworth
New York State
San Francises
China Tee
Philippine Archipelago
Hepworth
San Kraneiscy
New World
Madabed
Datipy
Sox
Anda
Owen St
Spi
Cain
Briagis
Distilled Water as a Health Hazard Warned by Doctors
A medical authority warns distilled water is hazardous, causing cellular damage and stomach distress. The piece notes distillation removes salts and gases, leaving water that irritates the stomach and can swell cells, urging caution in consumption.
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Washington
Language Gaffe During Legal Meeting On Aboard Vessel
A sailor and lawyer clash over unfamiliar terms like plaintiff and defendant aboard a ship. The dialogue reveals confusion over legal language and nautical direction, with phrases such as abaft the binnacle prompting attempts to locate the drafting and meanings in a constrained exchange.
Ghostly visit spooks San Geronimo castle major day tale
A tall tale recounts Major Day's experiences at San Geronimo castle as a spectral team and unseen riders reportedly frighten the mayor. The narrative blends colonial fort history with a haunting described through a tremulous night watch and elusive phantom visions.
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Tommier
San Gerunldi
United States
Epes
San Geronino
Castle Walla
San Cristobal Fort
Castle Bridge
Disarmament in Arizona and the Wild West Drive
A historic account describes an Arizona revolt and Western era efforts to disarm, ending in a tense public display. The event centers on a gun tune at a ball where authorities confronted armed attendees and proposed a staged, symbolic surrender. The piece notes lasting peace attempts lasting five to six months before a topical arrest duel disrupted the calm.
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New Orleans
Bos
Eich
Torbatuna
Terror to Snakes Kite and Hepert The Secretary
The secretary, a native of At Poul te sotbe in the West Indian region, claims mastery over a dangerous reptile. A four foot wingspan bird, swift on land and in the air, it hunts snakes with a powerful beak and strong talons. The creature flushed a rattler and the secretary seized the prey, lifting with a hundred foot flight if needed.
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Poul
Ural
Gray Eyed Women and the Taste of English Poets
The passage discusses how gray eyed heroines appear in mia short stories and novels to fit prevailing tastes. It notes that great writers like Char, Torre Bronte, George Eliot, Wilkie Colline, and Charles Reade favored gray ideals and cites Exmerwn’s claim that English poets including Shakespeare once admired this trait.
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Char
Torre Bronte
George Eliot
Wilkie Colline
Charles Reade
Shi@eepeare
Cole
Old Time Schltlng Treachery of the Mopocs
A sprawling narrative recounts Captain Jack and the Indian war path with Turmoil across Oregon, detailing Drannan and Canby commands, ambushes at Jacksonville, and the pursuit of Captain Jack by Wheaton's troops. It blends ethnographic lore with frontier combat, including Oneida and Ute references and a dramatic capture near a bluff. The piece also shifts to a tale of a hunter father and his walrus son, then to Arctic driftwood and Greenland life.
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Ocean
Drowett
Captain Jack
Captain Sack
Sas
Anid
Jacksonville
Cethal Wheaton
Ny Forves
Linkville
Drennanne
Javik
Solute
Drannan
Taack
Canby
Jack
General Canby
Wheaton
Deaman
Miller
Thomas
Canty
Dranvan
Aeack
Dante
Photsins
Geriy Menchans
Alitue
Tiehem Canty
Raf
Riekeanand
Steps
Thorne
Ward
West
Ustacros
Walrus
Binnsan
Srrteat
Abd Silage
Hev
Heins
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Philippine
Faroe
Ivance Hepworth
Laan
Bart Cy
Sua
STORY
New York Sun
Beero
Bite
Arizona
Mayer Drannan
Savage Captain Jack
Tadian
Mayer William F Ireman
Deanman
Arctic Ocean
Unt
Gwenlatel
Cape Farewell
Lee Torund
Kimo
Tropics
Alwy
Oman
Dirak
Nova Zaubla
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