Return of the Five to Gate Creek Claim
In Alaska, five men led by Lee push through mosquito swarms to a remote valley seeking a gold strike. They debate routes and rights, assign claim locations by draw, and reflect on past failures while preparing for a potential discovery at No Creek.
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Doret
Lee
Necia
Gale
Po- Yeon
Johnnie Platt
Bagar
Johnnie Pratt
Holy Cross
Poleon
Rupnion
Deret
Runnion
Stark
Cassiar
Poteon
Lee's Creek
Black Bear Creek
Lear
Alaska
When Women Register Hotel Signatures Observed
A Milwaukee Sentinel item recalls a hotel lobbyist who uses a blotter to hide other names when women register. He claims the device keeps women calm while writing and prevents them from over embellishing signatures, a theory tested by watching a woman register.
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Milwaukee
Punishment by Starvation Among Central American Caribs
The Caribs in Central America punish sins by starvation and confinement. Lying brings three days without food, blasphemy two days, and assaults or drunkenness trigger extended starvation over weeks. The system aims to deter crime, resulting in very low crime rates among these people.
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Central America
Manet
Leprosy Treatment and Living Conditions in Molokai
The article contrasts lepers hiding away with those in Molokai who receive surgery to remove ulcers and halt bone decay. It notes dormant periods and varying relapse, but emphasizes better outcomes when treated locally, allowing normal activities post operation. References Jack Lofdion in Contemporary Review.
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Molokai
Jack Lop
Dion
Castle of St John and ruins lure visitors to Carlingford
A feature of Carlingford Lough is the Castle of St John on an eminence with a bridge approach from the town. The abbey ruins date from the fourteenth century, with a ivy covered tower in fine preservation. Count Taaffe's castle now serves as a coal store beside the railway. Nearby Narrow Water Castle, built 1663 by the Duke of Ormonde, offers views of Carlingford Mountain and the district’s scenic roads.
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Carlingford Lough
Count Taff
Carlingford
Killarney
London & Northwestern
Ireland
Greenore
Newry
County Down
Narrow Water Castle
Duke of Ormonde
A Compositor's Blunder In A London Journal
A historical note explains a printing error in a London weekly. It says John Stuart Mill's inaugural address at St Andrews was misdescribed as a five shilling elephant instead of pamphlet due to a compositor's mistake. The erratum notes the proofreaders missed the swap.
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London
John Stuart Mill
University of St Andrews
Gargoyle Origins and Rouen Dragon Legend
The term gargoyle stems from the French gargouille meaning throat. The Gargouille de Rouen was a dragon that terrorized a region until St. Romanus cast it into the Seine. In later centuries a large sham gargouille was paraded annually to recall that deliverance.
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Rouen
St. Romanus
Seine
Limited Love and Parental Refusal Cited in Letter
The excerpt recalls a speaker's despair after parental rejection of a marriage proposal. Lestice Blatter is mentioned in the dialogue as a tag or attribution. The tone implies personal distress and social constraint surrounding a romance.
Minto’s Assam hunt ends with rhinoceros clash and accident
Lord Minto’s expedition in Assam featured difficult jungle tracking and a dramatic rhino charge against a marching elephant line. Col. Brooke fractured his arm, while the rhino charged the military secretary’s elephant and was repelled, leaving the creature to flee back into the jungle.
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Lord Minto
Assam
Howdah
Col. Brooke
A Real Burglar Proof Safe At Bank Of England
A new safe is shown as burglar proof by being lowered into a subvault of heavy masonry and concrete. It is fastened by steel lugs and a triple time lock that cannot be released by human action until a fixed time. The design implies the burglar would fail against ten feet of reinforced walls and dynamite.
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Bank of England
Sala
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By Rex Beach
Ceprright
Harper & Brothers
Poleon Doret
Runnion Aiong Yg
Castle
ST. John
Great Britain
Gargoyle
Lestice Blatter
Minto
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