Port Edes Mutiny Leads to Plan for Shipwrecked Escape
On the upper bridge of the steamer Port Edes, Captain Kettle and first mate Cambel discuss mutinous schemes to loot the crew and scuttle the ship. A tense exchange reveals danger as they plot using an explosion to force a profitable, fatal end while preparing for a risky, covert cooperation with the donkeyman.
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Rory Goa
Kettle
Mhima
Lee
Cambel
Bok
Cambell
Aly
Theettle
Amy
Mr. Shells
Florida
Gulf
Europe
James
London
Dana
Michael Scott
Patrick Camber
New Orleans
Gulf of Alexico
Owen Kettle
Port Edes
Dereliction Aboard The Ship In Midnight Alarm
In a restless dawn watch Captain Kettle rests while Patrick Cambel plots a felony using electrical wires and concealed tools in the captain’s room. The crew, divided by rank, shifts players as the silent tension builds toward the next page reveal.
Iowa Bride Joins Jack London On Seven Year Gasoline Sail
Jack London wed Charmian Kittredge in Chicago and plans a seven year world cruise on the Snark a gasoline powered sailboat designed by London. The craft carries 1480 gallons of fuel and a gun armament for protection as it sails unknown seas and rivers in distant lands.
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Iowa
Jack London
Charmian Kittredge
Newton
Londons
London
Chicago
Snally
Milwaukee
Dakland
California
Sioux City
Lendon
Amazon
Chiago
Ie “Snark
Heya
Jack Lemion
Seven Seas
Congo
Zambesi
Nile
Glean Tilen
Quaint Italian Festival of Gubbio and Saint George Ceri
A London Morning Post correspondent describes the May 25 procession in Gubbio Italy for the Ceri festival. Three tall poles bear Saint images, including Saint George patron of shopkeepers. Ceraioli race through town with bells tolling and a final ascent to the monastery.
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Gubbio
London Morning Post
Ubaldo
S. Ubaldo
St. George
S. Antonio
St. George’s Cere
Napoleon T
England
Dante
Monte Ingino
Parismony tale at Colony dedication prompts Pupin memory
Professor M I Pupin spoke at the Colony dedication banquet in New York recalling a story from his Idvor hometown about a parsimonious man he calls Mr Smith. The anecdote tied to the event illustrated thrift and humor in a genteel setting.
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M. I. Pupin
New Woman’s Club
Colony
New York
Idvor
Mr. Smith
Atchison Globe Essays on Life and Society
A bustling miscellany of wry maxims and observations from Atchison. Anecdotes explore manners, honesty, gender roles, church, work, and flirtation with sly humor, noting everyday quirks and social pressures in small town life. The piece reflects on propriety, gossip, and the quirks of community opinion.
A Good Retort by Jamestown Exposition Official
Commissioner general Charlies W. KCohbsaat recalls a duelists return trip joke told abroad. Two duelists ride the early train to Fontainbleau for a meeting, one offers single and the other declares he always takes his return half from the dead man’s pocket.
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Charlies W. Kcohbsaat
Bentainebleau
Not a Pair of Beauties
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a rush lake Minnesota couple joke about a man’s “one” child and his wife’s witty reply. The telegraph exchange laments how each parent judges the newborn’s looks and weight, ending with a playful jab about parental pride.
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Rush Lake
Minnesota
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J. Cuts
Yohrsi
Devil
Keith
Ei Bier
Chapter
Patrick Cambel
Stewart
Atchison Globe Lights
Atchison
Wirthua
Lysander John Appleton
St. Joe
Gilded Palace
The
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