Cave of Death adventure in darkest Africa tale
In Cape Town a hunter recounts his perilous trek with seven Kaffirs into the Chin ganaza country to aid a chief facing war with the Awemba. After ambush and captivity the pair are sentenced to the Cave of Death, survive a subterranean ordeal with snakes and darkness, and escape with aid from Malinda, the chief’s daughter who becomes Umblopegaaz’s wife.
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Africa
Cape Town
Transvaal
Ivory
Chinganza
Tie
Mes
Amhlope
Ipesrue
Malinda
Umblopegaaz
Amhlopegaaz
Amhlopegaar
Amblopegaaz
Umhlopegaaz
Umbopegaaz
The Harmless Cat Haunts A Night Home
A narrator recalls a restless night as a roving cat prowls the house. The cat disrupts, hides in a linen closet, shatters a fish globe, and finally keeps the family awake while the narrator sleeps exhausted.
The Ball Park Hero and the Wedding Day
A concluding tale follows Spike McCann as the crowd honors him for saving a baseball game. Adam Jinkinson and Blanche wed, with Spike driving the couple to the license and church. Blanche credits Adam’s idea and Spike’s admiration, and the scene ends with postwedding banter and a future promise. Next week promises “The Honorable Gentleman” by Acmed Abdullah.
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Spike
Spike McCann
Adam
Blanche
Fred
Adam Jinkinson
Fred McCann
George Simpson
He Bell Syndicate Inc
Acmed Abdullah
Raa and Rastus Pinkney in Chickens Sale Plea
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows Miss Miami Brown and Rastus Pinkney discussing business. Pinkney claims he is raising chickens and selling them, while Brown questions his appetite and intent. The exchange hints at a local barter or livelihood scene.
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Miami Brown
Dasso
Boston Transcript
Ten Great Tales and The Cave of Death
A list of sensational adventure stories including The Cave of Death and The Fight for Captain Vincent. Readers are promised uncanny mysteries, survival perils, and exotic locales from Africa to the South Seas.
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Vincent
Liberal Scotel clerk computes year of our Lord in pounds
A London Telegraph anecdote tells of a clerk who, while calculating profits for the past year, is praised by the old Scotel merchant for being a liberal computer. The master jokes that the man has added up the year of our Lord among the pounds.
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Scotel
London Telegraph
Practical Education and a Poor Shot in the Family
A keen-eyed mountaineer guides his overgrown son to a country schoolhouse for schooling in arithmetic algebra geometry and trigonometry. The father humorously requests more trig and jokes the son is the only poor shot in the family.
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Atlanta Constitution
When She Finds The Man
An ultra modern girl jokes about heaven making a man and a wise woman replies that marriage will reveal true life. The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph contrasts modern flirtation with enduring marriage wisdom.
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Vanie
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Hard to Please and a Salary Raise Debate
A Yorkshire Post quotation depicts a clerk pressing an employer for a salary raise stating a promised increase from a year ago. The employer says the promise was conditional on giving satisfaction, and the clerk challenges what satisfaction means in the demand.
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Yorkshire Post
Altercation Witness Reported in Turbulent Case
A witness described an argument escalating to a physical clash between two individuals. The plaintive and defender exchanged blows after a brief altercation, with both missing initially and then grappling on the ground. The fragmentary testimony hints at a heated exchange and subsequent identification.
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Caso Gieminved
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Urahlopegaliz
Bayete
Awemba
Ecow
Umblepegaaz
Umhiopegaaz
Umbhiopegaaz
Umihlopegaaz
Umhlopegunz
Umbhlopegaaz
Bow
Ambhlopegaaz
Amhlopegnaz
Equator
South Seas
THE
Little Clock Maker
Scotty Smith
Republic
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