Captain Titcomb and a Drunken Crew aboard the Thomas Doane
Bradley suspects a mutinous, drunken crew as Captain Titcomb keeps order aboard the Thomas Doane. A head injury to the captain after a fall is blamed on a drunken sailor and Burke, the first mate, tries to downplay the incident while Bradley remains wary of Burke's leadership and the crew's condition.
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Boston
Bradley
Titcomb
Mr. Burke
Burke
Thomas Doane
Thoma
Cap'n Titcomb
Whethe
Breakers Ahead After Mutiny On Cape Cod Schooner
Bradley and Burke clash as the Thomas Doane nears shoal water in dense fog off Cape Cod. Swensen reports a Shakir light, Burke resists, and Bradley takes the wheel. A mutiny scare ends when Bradley knocks Burke down and steers away from the breakers as the Skakii light foghorn roars.
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Burke
Bradley
Thomas Doane
Titcomb
Swensen
Mr. Neekerson
Swensens
Cape Cod
Weill
Mr. Burke
Branley
Brimstone
Nickerson
Glory
Thoma
Images of Oppressive Heat Across Vivid Scenes
A group proposes vivid scenes to convey oppressive heat including a noon concrete sidewalk, a desert caravan doomed to thirst, washing dishes in a stifling kitchen, a becalmed yacht deck, a lone figure in a hot field, a treeless country road with yellow dust, and a August night with no relief from the heat.
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Auucust
Moonlight Sonata Born From Beethoven's Moonlit Night
Beethoven reportedly inspired by a blind young girl playing in Bonn as moonlight flooded the room. He improvised a new sonata on the spot and later transcribed the piece known as the Moonlight Sonata beginning with a somber first movement.
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Beethoven
Bonn
Antiquity of Tennis Traces Origins to Greek and Roman Games
The article traces tennis origins to ancient Greek and Roman ball games. It notes early play by hand, later gloves or strapped cards, and the rackets' invention in fifteenth century France, from which the game spread to England.
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France
England
London
Indian Hemp and Catalepsy Reported Effects
A single grain of Indian hemp resin can induce catalepsy in a man. Effects take a few hours to peak, with limbs fixed in place and remaining so, resisting gravity. The body becomes insensible to impressions during the state.
Marriage by conquest and the bold hero in fiction
A narrator lampoons modern romance novels as battles of wit with bold heroes and cigarette smoking heroines. The piece contrasts popular fiction with a sensational account of William the Conqueror wooing Matilda, culminating in capture and a forcible kiss, then marriage.
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Wall Street
Marie
William the Conqueror
Matilda
Lugerbe
Bruges
NEW BLOUSE EFFECTS IN FASHION TRENDS OF LACE AND NETS
Fashion notes celebrate blouses with lace visions and embroidery. Coarse net fabrics rise as stylish rivals with geometric patterns and delicate colors creating Persian or Dresden effects. Shirring and lace medallions shape round, square, and oblong yokes for bold border trims.
The Collecting Craze Across Notable Collectibles
The piece notes Miss Ellen Terry and other enthusiasts who collect celebrity pin c es monocles fans buttons miniatures snuff boxes carved oak furniture and old gloves. It discusses broken china Dresden pieces and the joy of hobbies that enrich life while warning collectors to avoid crankiness.
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Ellen Terry
Diamonds and the rough craft of shaping diamonds
Diamonds are the hardest yet brittle stones. They are not cut but cleft along cleavages and then ground by rubbing two diamonds together to form the desired shape.
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China
Chima
Skakit
Moonlight
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