Shipwrecked trio in jungle adventure with a brave hero
An American heiress joins her two male companions after a steamer sinks. Tom Blake, rough but loyal, saves Miss Leslie as they trek ten miles through a jungle river region. They macerate pig remains, fashion palm hats, and improvise tools while surviving hunger, thirst, and looming danger.
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Maw
Tonite
Lord Wine Perope
Tom Blake
Hake
Winthrope
Blake
Mian Lealle
Beas
Athrope
Leslie
Jake
Miss Leslie
Pat
Miss Lesiie
Jerusalem
India
Duke
Jenny
Hippo Path Hazard and a Gentleman's Promise
In a tense jungle scene Miss Leslie questions safety as Mr. Blake, armed with a club, leads toward a hippopotamus path. He dismisses fears with a flippant remark about yesterday, while Winthrope shifts focus to the covenants, highlighting a clash between practicality and propriety in peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
Winthrope
Covenants
Blakes Party Braces a Coral Coast Trek to Cliffs
After a mud soaked trek from a mangrove bar the group presses along the shore toward limestone headlands. Blake battles weather and terrain while Winthrope nursing a sprained ankle and Miss Leslie clings to hope as a squall passes and the coast opens to a sunlit cliffed horizon.
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Winthrope
Leslie
Blake
Pat
Miss Leslie
East of Acoma and Salt Lake Route promotional note
A scrambled 1910 travel and sales fragment mentions copper, East of Acoma, Salt Lake Route, and Italy with dates March 1 to April 15 1910. It references Boots agents, A.G.P.A. Route Salt Lake, and inquiries for full information on colonists rates. The text also contains unrelated phrases about a boy, a monkey, and a Christmas present.
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Itabago
St. Paul
Minneapolia
City
Acoma
Nevada
Salt Lake
Italy
Utah
Omaha
Riel, Ag.p.a
Canal to link Baltic and Black Seas in Russia
Russia plans a Baltic to Black Sea canal project with a board of engineers to survey feasibility. The route would start at Riga on the Gulf of Riga and end at Kherson on the Dnieper, about 92 miles east-northeast of Odessa. The canal would allow Russia to move its ships without external permission.
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Russia
Neda
Ministry of Ways and Communications
Baltic
Black Sea
Riga
Gulf of Riga
St Petersburg
Kherson
Dnieper
Odessa
Madam Query on Botanical Name for Whale
The request seeks a botanical name for a whale. No scientific plant classification applies to animals. A whale is not represented by a botanical term. its scientific name is a mammal and varies by species.
TERROR FOR CROOKS Man With Camera Eye Joins the Sanka
William P Sheridan famed for a photographic memory of faces retires from the New York police for defective eyesight and becomes partner with William J Burns to fight crime while allegedly joining the conspiracy against American Bankers Association. Sheridan’s talent, once on the force, made him invaluable at headquarters and in identifying suspects.
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New York
Society of American Crooks
William P. Sheridan
Sheriden
Sheridan
William J. Burns
Secret Service
American Bankers’ Association
Brotherhood of Bank
Burns
San Francisco
American Banking Association
Walter
Thomas Byrnes
Jane
Byrnes
Tle
National Park Bank
Bergi
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Jay Walters
Sopyacut
Synopsie
Niagara
Genevieve
Misa Lesile
Japan
Hewlett’s
Schramm
Lake Citt
Wola
EEDS
Iet
EBT CO
Salt Lake City
TED Seeds
Doliare
Memwaltor CO
East Lake City
Wool Reed College
Lake City
Uted
Cleveler
Father
Ajax
Sf School
Lords Tran
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