Robs Bold Stand on a Buenos Aires River
Rob hides aboard the Black Cat to escape Elvin, aided by a loyal crew. Starne threatens Rob and Torrero’s memory as a mutinous plot erupts aboard the schooner. Rob uses his uncle’s help to rally the crew against the traitors and gain support for their escape.
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Torrero
el Capitan
Rob
Elvin
Brazil
Torrevo
Cleverdale
Horton
Starnd
Buenos Ayres
Starne
Aboard the Black at Sea Rob faces Lemuel Starne
Rob Cleverdale confronts the vengeful Lemuel Starne on the smuggler ship Torrero. Starne exposes Rob and a letter from Uncle Terralro, boasting control of the crew and threatening execution unless Rob submits. The dusky giant guards Rob as Starne frantically searches for a brutal act.
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Torrero
Starne
Rob
Dickensian Passages of Childhood in Our Mutual Friend
Collier's Weekly praises Dickens for rare dramatic precision in childhood scenes across novels. It highlights Pip in Great Expectations, Miss Murdstone, and the murder passages in Martin Chuzzlewit and Edwin Drood, noting literary dignity in action and landscape descriptions.
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Little Nell
Dickens
Pip
Trabb
Martin Chuzzlewit
Edwin Drood
Hera
Collier’s Weekly
Clockmaking Exports Surge as U S Firms Ship Global Goods
The piece details US clock and watch exports led by Ansonia and Seth Thomas firms, shipping to Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Bombay, London, and beyond. It notes 1898 ten-month totals of clocks and watches valued at $11,000 to China and $170,000 to Japan, with octagon clocks favored in China and alarm clocks reaching Alaska, North Africa, and Bedouin tents. It also describes production scale, historical notes from Terry to modern producers, and supply challenges.
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New York Evening Post
Hongkote
Buenos Ayres
Bombay
London
Cape Town
Plymouth
Salémo Bridge
Roxbury
Terry
Ansonia Clock Company
Seth ‘Thomas
United States
China
Japan
Alaska
Hudson Bay
British North America
North Africa
Arabia
Orient
New York
Retired Merchant Amputates Toes Over Corn Cure
L L Johnson of Winsted Connecticut, a devout Adventist, tried many remedies for corns. Frustrated, he removed three toes with a chisel and mallet in his woodshed, saying he distrusts doctors and cannot wait for healing.
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Uast
New York Herald
L. L
Johnson
Rural Correspondent Describes Society Wedding Gifts
A rural correspondent reports a wedding where the groom gave the bride a handsome diamond broach and many other fine gifts including cut glass, as featured in the Carnegie Union.
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Carnegie Union
Two Bluffs Over a Reporter on a Train
A San Francisco Bulletin item recounts Jack Rogers, a broke newspaper reporter, posing as a Des Moines Air Blast journalist. En route, he meets the editor using a conductor’s pass, hoping to secure a ride and a future scoop. The editor and conductor play along, and Rogers finds himself mistaken for a real staffer.
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Jack Rogers
Dubuque
Des Moines
Jack
Rogers
Smitem
San Francisco Bulletin
Age of Genesis Joke From a Divinity Professor
A Collier's Weekly anecdote features a revered divinity professor with five daughters named Genesis Exodus Numbers Leviticus and Deuteronomy. He pauses his lecture to discuss the age of Genesis, provoking laughter before revealing he means a different Genesis and defusing the scene with a cautious remark.
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Collier's Weekly
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Yorrero
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Rob Cleverdale
Terrero
David Horton
Charles Dickens
Edi
Tor
the Reporter
Kentucky
U. S
O'Bryan Bros
Arizona
Seana Cativarnin
Montans
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Ington
Wyoming
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