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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
6
Breen, a valet turned signal expert, assists Captain Bilker aboard a Nova Scotian ship. Tension rises as Breen interprets coded flags and outsmarts the captain’s rival shipmates, culminating in Breen revealing authority and taking command to prevent mutiny and ensure ship safety.
On a rebel move, Breen ousts Captain and grounds Dick and Sawyer. Breen orders irons for rivals, curbs mutiny, then use ship’s signals to chart course toward Rio as war looms, with two hundred sixty dead and plans to join the Oregon near Cape Horn.
Three weeks after departing a ship named the Suzar Loaf neared a port as Breen and crew bade farewell amid cheers. A conflict arose when Pig Jones pelted them from the forward house, prompting threats to Sawyer. Separately a long discussion on rubber harvesting from South America and West Africa outlines sap collection, smoke curing, and market brokers. The piece also notes uncanny resemblances from long servant mistress pairings, and a Benedict Arnold relic, the Kennebec anchor used in 1775 remarks.
A Chicago report describes a Souther Pacific Railroad locomotive with speeds near 720 miles per hour. Touted as a moving power house, it is a revision of the Diesel engine and would halve operating costs. Fuel is cheap oil at 3 to 5 cents a gallon.
A 19th century note explains using Hertz named after a great scientist to measure electric waves. It states heights up to 158 feet for a single crest and 600 feet for longer waves used in telegraphing, claiming they travel at light speed about 184 500 miles per second while instruments register tiny fractions of an inch.
A discussion on Timelese cock fighting as a popular sport and industry. It notes the value of game birds and highlights a famed specimen named Particular Percy and his owner’s pride in the breed.
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