Three in Charge A Story of the Sea Chapter 11
On the voyage to Capetown the Biddy McDougal endures a chaotic quarrel among Capt. Punch Capt. Parfitt and Mr. Wilson. The three captains insist on separate courses causing conflict as thick weather delays the voyage and lands them ashore near Cape Hanglip and San Down Bay before a gunboat rescues the depressed passengers and crew.
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Mr. Wilson
Parfitt
Paritt
Dimme
Madras
Pres
Punch
Partitt
Casi Punch
Capt. Parfitt
Capt. Punch
Capt
London
Old Unch
Lunck
Cape of Good Hope
Parott
Walsop
Wilson
Buianee
Cap'an
Indeon
Capetown
Table Bay
Rangoon
Farfltt
Warfitt
Biddy McDougal
Apt. Partitt’s
Agulhas
Cape
Puich
Darknes
Simon's
Parlitt
Old Punch
England
Ascension
The
Authors' Alliance
Burglar Opens Subtreasury Vault With Ensign Help
A six month old order to clean time locks on the Subtreasury Vault led to a theft of $12,000,000 in silver. Locksmith parts were removed, leaving the door locked. Cracksman Billy Ensign was summoned, manipulated the time lock lever, and the door opened, astonishing clerks. The treasury seal remained intact.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Treasury
Billy
Ensign
Jackson
Chinese Pirates and the Canton Coast Adventure
Captain Ben Archie recalls a voyage outward from Boston aboard the Sarah Lee, where a crew of six fought off three armed junks with spiked guns and buckshot. A British man‑of‑war arrived at sunset, scattering the pirates and ending the threat.
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Canton
Tonce
Ben Archie
Boston
Sarah Lee
Pritisher
Globe Democrat
Rattle snake tail structure and rattle origin described
The article explains the rattle is formed by three or more dense horny rings at the tail end. These rings are skin folds but the rattle also has a bony core, with the last three tail bones fused into a single solid segment.
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Yen
Ivor
New Streetcar Conductor Berates Flirtatious Passengers
Jie, a young streetcar conductor on his third run, is admonished by a stout elderly colored woman who sharply tells him to mind his own business and wait for passengers to disembark. Her blunt rebuke exposes class and gender tensions aboard the car.
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Jie
Chile
Jess
Free Press
Limits of Natural Vision Across Elevations
The piece explains how vision limits depend on elevation and atmospheric conditions. It notes that on a clear day an object varying in height becomes visible at distances from 1.31 miles to 95.23 miles, due to curvature of the earth and illumination. It states an observer on a flat plain can see another person up to about five miles away.
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Ife
Orange Mountains
Chen
New York
Bucheister
St. Louis
Republic
Wandering Snippets From a Fractured Page
A fragmentary US and UK text cites a Boston resident seeking bank funds with curved security phrases. It notes a large number of young women employed in UK bars and a divorce settlement of 25 000 dollars a year for Gordon McKay’s ex-wife.
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United Kingdom
Gordon McKay
Boston
Seain
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Searce
Judy
Ils
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Voltaire
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Byron
Swift
Dante
Petrarch
Dickens
Carlyle
Novalis
Poe
Isis
Securirey
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