Salving the Senator A Story of the Sea Part I
The Masterpiece, a debt-ridden tramp, battles fog, ice and fierce seas toward New York. Captain Larry and second mate Walters endure peril and hard luck while speculating on fate, wages, and an uncertain future for the ship and its crew.
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North Atlantic Mariner
Walters
Newcastle
Larry
Board of Trade Regulations
Board of Trade
Lloyd's
New York
Tyne
North Atlantic
Nellie
Heaven
Hades
Liverpool
Salvation
Walter
Nonce
Neilie
Guy Fawkes
Atlantic
Year Without a Summer 1816 Weather Chronicle
A compact abstract recalls the 1816 year famed as the year without a summer across Europe and America. It recounts monthly extremes from January mildness to December’s warmth, with frosts, ice, and crop failures notably in June through August, plus price notes on corn.
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Europe
America
Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
New Orleans
New England
Pennsylvania
England
Middle States
sNew
York Tribune
Lord Chancellor Conducts Afternoon Hospital Inspection
In England the Lord Chancellor, exercising his public duty, visits an insane asylum near Norwich. He attempts entry outside visiting hours and is told to wait, but insists on inspecting the institution. The attendant dryly notes that four others are already inside.
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England
Lord Herschell
Norwich
Herschell
Curing "Jack" Jewels and the Turquoise Mystery
A jeweler tells a customer a turquoise can be cured in two weeks but a reporter notes all gems have ailments. Diamonds resist illness due to hardness. pearls age quickly and lose color. The general cure involves acids, best done by an expert. a dead pearl loses value.
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New York Times
Valley City
N. Dak
Matilda M. Boucher
Dodd
Ladd
Barnes County
Safety limits tested by 700 rules for NYC to Chicago trains
Harper's Weekly notes the safety burden on eight engineers who must recall about 6,000 rules for the NYC to Chicago line. With 700 rules per 125 miles and 70 mph speeds, a single missed rule risks catastrophe, prompting questions whether human memory can safely govern such fast trains.
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New York City
West
Chicago
New York
Harper’s Weekly
Millikan Describes Radium Life and Radioactivity Observed
The report details Prof. R A Millikan's estimate of radium life from a University of Chicago talk, noting a minuscule sample shown in a box with a microscope, and that one percent of its activity is in rays like cathode rays. He explains radioactive disintegration as a constant, with particles in motion and a metal temperature two degrees above air, predicting detectable loss in about 40 years though not yet proven.
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Physics Club
University of Chicago
R. A. Millikan
Prof. Millikan
Chicago Record-Herald
Spanking device adopted by Minnesota Training School
The Minnesota Training School has adopted a spanking device as a substitute for corporal punishment for unruly boys and girls at the institution. The article notes the introduction of the device as a reform measure, reflecting changing discipline practices in the facility.
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F. A. Whittier
State Board of Control
Minnesota Training School
One Wife And Three Queens On Rochester Poker Night
A Rochester man playing a quiet game of draw poker is lured by a planned jackpot. He bets seven dollars to join, but ends up with three queens when his wife Mary unexpectedly phones in. He now tries to explain how he has three queens.
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Sapolio
Diogenes
Athens
Sapotio
Rochester
Ting-a-ling
George
Mary
New York Times
Westward color and danger in a trans mississippi tale
Richard Harding Davis toured the Indian Territory for his book The West from a Car Window. In a frontier town he met two drunk ranch hands who mocked jails, but Davis used wit to defuse danger and collect more vivid local color.
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Richard Harding Davis
Transississippi
Indian Territory
Dr. Davis
Mr. Davis
Mrs Subbubs and the Bor Emes Scheme
A light domestic exchange notes a plan to visit neighbors or invite them over, with humor about preferring guests over pushing them away. The quip reflects social manners and wit from a Philadelphia Press style item.
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Howie
Clyde
Waiters
Mr. Merchant
Adam Upp
Philadelphia Press
Penology
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