Escape at the Mole as Tramp Steamer Backs Out
Rodman seeks to slip away from a troubled town amid a rush of people leaving by rowboat. At the mole Herve and Rodman watch the last trip toward a tramp steamer bound for France. Rodman frets over time and fate as he tries to vanish into the night.
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Herve
Rodman
France
Monsieur
Duska Filson
Saxon
Steele
Puerto Fico
San Francisco
Mrs. Horton
Duska
Mr. Pendleton
Legation
Europe
Paris
Alfred St. John
Marston's elusive genius told by a Paris confidant
On a Puerto Rico voyage Duska and Steele learn of the artist Frederick Marston through a French confidant. The tale traces Marston’s morbid reserve, fear of fame, and bursts of genius from Paris ateliers to bursts of travel, decline, and secret refuge. The narrator hints at a future continuation.
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Marston
Saxon
M. Herve
Herve
Mademoiselle
Frederick Marston
Paris Ateliers
Freddys Office Visit Sparks Diplomatic Typist Tale
A humor piece depicts a stenographer managing a two year old Freddy in the office while his father shops for a birthday surprise. The child’s antics on the keyboard trigger reactions as clerks, floorwalkers, and managers aid the mother in choosing between lace curtains and sideboards. Separately a natural history tangent describes mosses and lichens, their roles in soil formation, ecological value, and graceful microscopic structure.
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Freddy
Rascal
Globe
Asia
Crimea
Chicago's woman engineer Mary Ewing leads new civil projects
Chicago claims its first woman civil and consulting engineer in Mary Ewing widow of William Bion Ewing. She oversees sewerage and water systems worth about half a million dollars, gaining contracts through villages and companies by proving her technical skill and practical knowledge.
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Chicago
Technical World Magazine
Mary E. Ewing
William Bion Ewing
Middle West
Ewing
German Telephone Service and subscriber growth in early records
The German government owns and operates telephone lines through the post office with Bavaria and Würtemberg maintaining separate systems. A 1965 report lists 591,972 subscribers, rising to 1,646,849 in 1916, while conversations totaled 1,207,446,752 in 1995 and 164,662,521 in 1910, showing subscribers increasing faster than conversation volume.
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Germany
Post
Bavaria
Wurtemberg
German Empire
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Ric
Orinoce
Partridge
Vegas Y Libertad
Shs
New York
Tropics
St. John
Haeckel
Lapland
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