Whaling Tale of Little Willie and the Lady Mine
A rough maritime yarn recounts Kearney training a whale named Little Willie aboard the Lady Mine for target practice using sugar rewards, spar torpedoes, and harpoons. When a mishap rattles the ship, the whale misreads a signal and drives a ram into the vessel, ending in tragedy and a harsh lesson about training dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Digit Wilile
Whale Academy
Little Willie
Littl
Willie
Emily
Kathleen
Sun
The Over-Educated Whale Tale From a Sailor's Memoir
A rammed and sunk whaling voyage recounts a ship Kathleen wrecked by a sperm whale. The skipper’s long lost pet whale Little Willie is blamed by a wary narrator who recalls sea lore, rival estimates of whale size, and fanciful ideas about future naval power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbaddia
Tle
Willie
Kathleen
Tong Ag
Jim Kearney
Expensive Rabbits and the Restocked Warren Tale
A Courier des Etats recounts Guy de Maupassant owning a rabbit Warren near Normandy fields. Peasants profited from crops until demanding compensation for damage. Maupassant began paying high sums, planning to destroy the warren to stop losses. Ferrets killed the rabbits, then a neighbor, thinking to avoid damages, stole wood and restocked the Warren with rabbits. The assailant was not a thief but a neighbor aiding the restocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Des Etatetnis
Guy de Maupasaint
de Maupneeant
Aoman
Winder
de Maupas
Steat Wood
Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Paragraphs
A collage of quick jokes and quips from multiple papers. The items include wedding banter about marrying before meeting a mother, a taxidermist quip about a cave of stuff and nonsense, a mother threatening punishment, a preacher’s fashion critique, a drunk defendant excuse, and an insurance policy joke about suicide deemed unpayable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johonie
Manina
Johnnie
Allus
Boston
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Press
Save the Maori Race Through School for Maori Girls
Governor and Lady Ranfurly host a Wellington gathering to push a scheme for a Maori girls school. Rev F Bennett frames the need for education, while chiefs sing, and anecdotes on dress and diet highlight hardship and child mortality among Maoris. A shark stomach report adds a comic aside from the fishing column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranfurly
Government House
Wellington
Path Mall Gazette
F. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Notice for Publication Hatley land entry 1902
Notice declares a samed settler filed an invention claim and seeks proof of residence before U S Commissioner at Challis Idaho. Witnesses named include John W Stephens and Charles Ponkhouse among others. The register notes first publication August 1, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatley
Iabo
Natlce
Ovnstat
U. S
Challis
Mth
Elba P Wilson
H. No. Mil
The Volcanos Deadly Work by Prof Charles Morris
An advertisement for a sensational Martinique disaster book promoting morbid detail and dramatic promises. It touts dramatic transformation of Martinique into hell and claims photographic illustrations, urging quick action for profitable orders from Clark & Co Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeti
St. Pierreg
Charles Morris
Ll.d
Martinique
Pra Heall
Morris
Eutic
Clark & Co
4Th St
Philadelphia
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Ald
Emile
Anguieh
Sannine M. L. Hawes
eNnTney
Nelehbor
Tom
Ned
Maude
Ohio State Jaureal
Lukove
Keeley Institute
Dwight, Il
Qure
Fourth Judicial District
Duho
Custer
Phartes M. Thayer
Harry J. Willeine
Om Money Herlany
John Hasrivey
William Tkdankin
Robert J. Bryan
Pinu
Fourth Tudies
Idaho
Cuter
Thorwin
Wummons
Yankee Fork
Tereto
Lils Suramons
Coxes of
Bult
District Court of the Fourth Judicial
Geo
B. Keyes
Milton A. Brown
Priluity
Oth
Fourth Judicial District of Idaho
Lincoln County
Win County
Albion
Elmore County
Mt. Home
Custer County
Blaine County
Halley
Krerasp I
Perky
Shone
Inveerono
Investo
Sutah
Oregon
D. BE
Burley, G. P. & T
Salt Lake City
Utah
Durham
Blackwells Bull Durham
Smoking Tobacco
Blackwell's Durham
Wool & Pelts
Minneapolis
Eas Pie
Alice Felener
Ida
Silberman Bros
Metropolitan National Bank
Chicago
Continental National Bank
Deseret National Bank
Salt Lake Ity
Ople's National Bank
Rock Island
Hil Jowa National Bank
Ottumwa
Low
Tiontgomery Ward & CO
Elson Morris & CO
Fheel and Pork Packers
Enbaun Bros. &Co
Union Stock Yards
LAW, Robinson & CO
Silberman Brothers
Michigan
Winchester
Winchester Repealing Arms Co
Winchester Ave
New Haven
Times
Washington, NJ
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