Mutinies Across Seas Through History
A historical survey details mutinies from Dutch battleship incidents in Sumatra to legendary uprisings in the Black Sea and Odessan exploits. It notes organized fleet actions, pay disputes, and dramatic acts aboard ships like Potemkin, Wager, and other 18th and 19th century vessels, ending with perilous ocean journeys and perilous routes.
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Washington
de Zeven Provincien
Kutaraja
Sumatra
Indian Ocean
National Geographic Society
Scapa ‘Flow
Russia
Potemkin
Black Sea
Ochakov
Black Sea Squadron
Odessa
Captain Cook
Portia Unmerciful Justice at Roadside Court
Herman H. Ochs of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce protested mistreatment of tourists by a justice of peace's daughter. A Chicago motorist, escorted to the justice's home, was fined $15.25 by the daughter who was acting as judge, provoking complaints and a warning to other travelers.
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San Antonio
Justice of Peace
Herman H. Ochs
Ochs
Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn Island Origins
The Bounty sailed in 1787 to Tahiti for breadfruit, mutiny erupted in April with Bligh cast adrift. After a 4000 mile voyage, Bligh reached Timor. Pandora sought the mutineers. Pitcairn Island later housed the mutineers with Polynesian companions. Adamstown bears John Adams’s name.
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South Seas
William Bligh
Bounty
England
Tahiti
West Indies
Bligh
Timor
Pandora
Boston
Pitcairp ‘Island
South Pacific
Adamstown
John Adams
Glacier Park Model Highlight at Century of Progress
A Glacier National Park and Grand Teton range model will join the national park service display at the Century of Progress fair in Chicago. The exhibit features a nine foot high Mount Rainier model framed by live transplanted trees and a button to create a miniature blizzard for visitors.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Glacier National Park
Grand Teton Range of Mountains
Chicago
National Park Service
Mount Rainier
Washington
Mount Rainier Park
Oldest Virginia Resident Dies in Amherst Deaths
Lucy Rose, an elderly Lynchburg-area woman aged about 126, died recently in Amherst County. She was thought to be Virginia’s oldest citizen, with two living relatives aged 95 and 90.
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Lynchburg
Lucy Rose
Virginia
Horse
Amherst County
Relative of Former Kaiser Works as Waiter in Luxembourg
Alexander Zoubkoff, once brother in law to Kaiser Wilhelm, lives penniless in Luxembourg. He survives on odd jobs as a waiter, dishwasher, sandwich seller, and taxi chauffeur while hoping for foreign sponsorship to leave. He plans memoirs and talks but will not name the Kaiser’s sister Princess Victoria. The ex-kaiser has not aided him. police record limited travel outside Luxembourg.
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Paris
Alexander Zoubkoff
Kaiser Wilhelm
Luxembourg
League of Nations
Zoubkoff
Victoria
Moselle
Holland
Wilhelm
Europe
Cherry Pie Champion Named Mrs. Marie Corcoran Brooder
Marie Corcoran Brooder of Lake Leelanau Michigan wins 1933 United States cherry pie baking title after competing against more than one thousand bakers. A Michigan State College alumna in her twenties, she earns the national honor.
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Marie. Corcoran Brooder
Lake Leelanau, Mich
United States
Immigrant Student Rises to Honors at Ohio State
Columbus Ohio. Leslie Lovass arrived eleven years ago unable to read or write English. He now serves as a graduate assistant in economics and is an honor student at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Leslie Lovass
Ohio State University
Scientists Push Biddy to Far Beyond Her Bounds
Intimations that nature tires of science driven farming. The piece notes egg laying contests in New England, artificial lighting, and the decline of hens driven beyond their instincts. It cites Mrs Ignace Paderewski paying 2000 for a champion layer and Massachusetts authorities warning of rising hen mortality.
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New England
Ignace Paderewski
Massachusetts
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Marin County
Army
California
Cape Horn
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Horn
Pacific
Patagonia
South America
Straits of Magellan
Brazil
Portia
Negress
Kaiser
Bayer
RTO Een
W. N. U. Lincoln
Dean’s
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