The Haunted Sentry Box at Fort San Cristobal Tale
Captain Arthur P S Hyde of the Coast Artillery recounts the Devils Sentry Box legend at Fort San Cristobal guarding San Juan Porto Rico. A night raid to the tavern, desertion fear, and a mysterious disappearance are linked to a haunted lookout called Le Gartia di Ditea, with discussion of Morro Fortress and its storied defense of El Morro since 1609.
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Arthur P S&s Hyde
Coast Artillery
Aentry Poe
San Cristobal
San Juan Porto Rio
Imiianis Inspectiona
Hyie
Porto Rico
el Morro
Gold Theft Deal Amid Colonial Terror Tale
In a dusty Transvaal road scene a mail coach carries Marvel gold toward danger. A Basuto guide and driver mishap, a sword of violence, and a hold up with rifles reveal peril on the colonial frontier as conspirators discuss mining risks and personal gain.
Bushrangers and Buried Treasure Across the Transvaal
A band of robbers seize gold from a transport then flee into the Transvaal. Years later the gang returns to find bullion ruined, discuss escaping detection, and conspire to profit via Marvel shares while the reef pinches out. The engineer and manager stage a secretive scheme, amid suspicions of cunning and risk.
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Mike
Frontier Station
Transvaal
Kruger
Jong Johnny
New
Crocodile River
South Africa
Gong
Larberton
Glrode
Young Smith
Marvel
London
Bulawayo
Unou
Rand
Grafting discussed by Dutch diplomat in New York gardens
The Dutch diplomat notes grafting thrives in European gardens but is limited among New York’s humbler classes. He cites roses fuchsias and other plants as examples of grafting success in climates like California and Britain while noting onions and sunflowers emerging in famed parks where flowers were planted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Jonkheer
Netherlands
Loire
Seine
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Largest cattle herd at Victoria River station NT
A British Australian report notes a mammoth cattle herd running on Victoria River station in the Northern Territory about 320 miles south of Port Darwin. The herd numbers 60000 head with 16200 calves handled after the year four branding. The property belongs to Sydney Kidman with an estimated 200000 head across ten stations, covering 23,000,000 acres.
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Victoria River
Northern Territory
Port Darwin
Sydney Kidman
Adelaide
Kicking George's Safe in Alaska Mining Tale
Howland, a mining expert, travels from Seattle to Fairbanks to assess Tanana River ground for a Buffalo syndicate. He befriends gambler Olson in Dawson era saloons, shares plans to move 25 000 in bills, and returns to the So Different with a safe built into the wall. The duo robs and contemplates escape as Kicking George surveys the fake mine lore.
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New York
Canada
Mexico
United States
School of Mines
Fairbanks
Howland
Arctic
Boston
Greenwater
Inyo County
California
Nevada
Buffalo
Seattle
Cooks Inlet
Valdez
Gold
Tall Hill
Tinane
Llanana
Klondike
Alaska
Tananas
Gamblin
George
Monte Carlo
Dawson
Teofey
Eagie Eye Olson
Olson
agle-Eye Olson
Tanana Piver
Abond Olson
Waltsing
Lades
Valdez Trail
Phildelphia
Narrow Escape Aboard a Freight Car with a Deadly Rattle Snake
A nameless narrator recalls a Canada to Manitoba rail trip seven years ago. After stowing away in a box car, he hides as a tramp dies beside him. A venomous rattlesnake coils over the corpse and roams the car, while a braking delay, a rail crew, and a frantic escape finally end with the narrator walking to safety.
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Mo Canali
Canada
Mramm
Manitoba
Durance Vile
Taras
Corpes
Bate
Agi
Ag TJ
Ican Express
Spon
Persecyer
Alligator amphibious craft enters U S waters in Mississippi and Missouri
A remarkable craft called the alligator has appeared on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It is amphibious able to move on land or water, launched as a boat or mobile, and used as a launch, houseboat, freighter, or tug. Power is a steam boiler with paddle wheels, plus a land drive via a cable drum and runners.
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Mississippi
Missouri
United States
Canada
Northwest
South America
The Sport of Filibustering in Congress
A detailed examination of filibuster as used in the U S House, focusing on Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and the minority’s tactics. It outlines rights to object, demand votes, and force roll calls, plus the strategic aims and potential political motives behind prolonged parliamentary obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihew
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Misalseloy
Legislative Bodty
Mr Williams
Williams
Times Israely
Galenes
Bila
House
Senate
Ork Press
Coritte
Namftags
Togin Reit Eracel &c
Henry
Texas
Henry Mir Fadgett
Treasury
Agyever
Wren
Ames
Thase
Rerk
Gall
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Phouse
Eng
Teck
Amine
Cali Mone
Hal
Wide World Magazine
Hachive
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