The Ocean's Own Sails Toward a Reckoning
Lurline Bannettie returns from Boomville with a chilling resolve after Samuel Lyman dies in Barron’s Bank fire. Boomville’s townsfolk honor Lyman’s memory while the truth behind the woman’s deeds remains veiled as she plans a risky voyage and cross Atlantic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lurline Bannettie
Boomville
Samuel Lyman
Blankford
Lurline Bannottie
Italy
Barron
Prier
Prior
John Kane
Walter Aldrich
Daner
Barron’s
Lyman
Elsie Senn
Mr. Prior
Law
Miss Bannettie
New York
Miss Bannottie
Pond Lilly
Dennis
Mr. Prier
Patsy Gullens
Mr. Gullens
Captain Dennis
Jasper Johnway
Weeping Magazine Subscriber Pitch In Kansas City
A young woman dressed well and crying solicited magazine subscriptions in a lawyer's office. She claimed the $1 a year magazine was excellent and wept to evoke sympathy. The lawyer and Dr Bones both bought subscriptions, totaling thirteen, before investigators noted the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bones
the Law
Nord Alexis Impresses as Unruly Haitian Ruler
A Sun correspondent visits Port au Prince to observe President Nord Alexis, a brutal, voodoo-leaning autocrat governing Haiti since 1902. The piece details his iron control, past mass executions, Christophe lineage, palace surroundings, and the army’s flamboyant uniforms as witnesses describe a regime poised for upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Africa
Mars
Shah
Sultan
Nord Alexis
Castro
Venezuela
Andes
Black Republic
Haiti
Alexis
Cape Haytien
Alexis the Elder
Henry Christophe
Christophe
Henry
Henri Christophe
The
Sun
Champ de Mars
Dessalines
Marcellin
Haytien
Misquoting Classics Highlights From Tit-Bits Study
London Tit-Bits surveys how famous lines are misquoted, citing lines from Coleridge, Shakespeare, Butler, Wolfe, and the Bible. It lists common distortions such as water everywhere yet not a drop to drink and rule Britannia rules the waves, stressing widespread errors in quotation practice.
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Coleridge
Britannia
Macbeth
Samuel Butler
Shakespeare
Nathaniel Lee
St. Paul
Timothy
Wolfe
John Moore
Longfellow
London
Germany Uses Wireless Telegraphy on Short Rail Distances
Germany applies wireless telegraphy to railroad trains for short distance operations, enabling improved signaling and communication along selected routes.
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Germany
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Clarence Boutelle
Liverpool
Naples
Elsie Barron-Senn
Nord
North Alexis
State Department
Marcelin
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