Acrobats and Cascabels in Alaska Adventure
Cascabels travel with Count Sergius across Alaska facing peril from Karnov and a plot to recapture Kayette. Kayette nurses the Russian noble through a wound, while Jean Cascabel contemplates love and loyalty as the troupe argues over future plans. A Fort Yukon showdown with Indigenous performers unfolds as danger and romance collide.
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Industiu
United States
Mal du Pays
Seavf
France
Sion
British Amer
Alaska
Behringail
Siberia
Fort
Yukon
Cresar Casbel
Pier
Cascabel
Sergius
Kaye
Uvette
Madam
Kayette
Jean
Yette
Madam Cascabel
Wetto
Napoleone
Servius
Knette
Karnof
Cascubel
Wassiliowitch
Europe
Coat
Behving’s Strait
Ivan
Russia
Cascado
Tchita
Irkoutsk
Tomsk
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Cascabels
Wayette
Fort Yukon
India
Erim
Count Segius
Acre
Jean Cascabel
Wassiliowiten
Count Sergius
Jean Cucabel
Karnos
Freschman
Clou
Vanity that Cost a Million in a London Derby
A New York Sun account recalls Walton the gambler and jockeys in a London scheme centered on the Hopeful colt. The plan sought a big stake at Epsom, but a misstep by the jockey cost him fortunes while Walton still profited. The tale ends with a curious mislaid ring money dispute among four men drawing Helena Independent notes.
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Broad Way
New York Sun
Walton
England
Mr. Pickwick
Sutler
Hopeful
New York
Petie
Sherwood
London
Epsom
Richmond
Pontiac
Hopefus
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America
Tottenham Corner
Webb
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In Need of a Solomon Case Spawns Legal Mathematical Debate
In Helena a diamond ring owner asked a friend to borrow $10 on the jewel. The friend returned with cash and the ring was placed in a safe by the man who supplied the money. No. 2 pawned the ring for No. 1 and later sought $10, receiving it from the safe keeper who assumed the ring belonged to No. 1. Both No. 1 and No. 7 may have funds, while a second safe keeper who inherited the shop knew nothing of prior transactions. A third party enters the scene.
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Contingba
Sergius
Nehman
Kayette
Helena
Ater
The Making of Thieves and Youth Crime in the Street
In The Century Magazine, a stark analysis describes rising child crime, noting younger offenders and tougher street tutors. It traces petty theft motivated by hunger from street life to bigger offenses, and how police conflict shapes the appeal of the street.
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Hell’s Kitchen
Jewtown
the Century Magazine
Two Yearly Newspapers and Their Curious Rarity
The Ekimo Bulletin appears annually at Prince of Wales' Cape Berng Straits with world news on arrival of the yearly steamer, supplementing its local items. In Paris a yearly edition titled The Twentieth Century aims to stay ahead by releasing one issue per year until 1900 to claim an early lead.
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Prince of Wales
Cape
Berng Straits
Paris
Clothes for the Emperor
The German Emperor employs Berlin tailors and provincial workers to supply diverse uniforms. Each town has a court tailor who serves the Emperor, with many outfits reflecting a wide variety. Imperial measures are kept on hand. tunics cost about $40 to $70.
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Berlin
Submarine Boat Praised For Peaceful and Warlike Use
Mr. Simon Lake of Baltimore claims to have invented a submarine boat enabling crew living comfort for days and performing sub aquatic tasks without leaving the vessel. Wreckers builders and U S naval constructors seek a practicable submarine torpedo boat and regard the invention as of great interest.
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Simon Lake
Baltimore
United States Naval Constructors
Food beliefs and wage myths in immigrant communities
The excerpt notes a belief among Chinese workers that reducing physical effort saves food when wages drop, suggesting poor Chinamen refrain from work to avoid net food loss. It then hints that self‑discipline and management affect finances, and mentions two kinds of advertising, one ineffective.
Silence and a Shrewd Insurance Confrontation in Boston
A Boston physician recalls a case where silence proves decisive in a tense insurance dispute. Gen Arnold Wells faces a claim over a ship fire in New Bedford. through a guarded interview with Mr Blank, Wells avoids revealing doubts while sensing fraud. The tale highlights the power of quiet scrutiny in financial dealings.
Seeing by Night and the Owl's Bright Sight
The article discusses nocturnal animals, arguing bats and owls see well in daylight and even better at night. It notes bats respond angrily to poking sticks and claims Prof Roiles supports that owls see in bright sun and excel at night.
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Roiles
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Mr. Blank
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