World Subways Grow From Cities Vast Growth
Stockholm eyes a deep underground transit system as London's Piccadilly station opens a major new underground hub. The article traces subway history from New York's 1830 horse lines to London’s early tubes and New York's late adoption of near surface tunnels and express local tracks. It notes rising urban populations drive rapid transit, compares systems in Paris London Berlin and others, and highlights technological and design differences as well as passenger conveniences.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Piccadilly Circus
London
New York
Broadway
Bowling Green
Fourth Avenue
City Hall
Clites
Chicago
Berlin
Liverpool
San Francisco
Glasgow
Scotland
Germany
Budapest
Hungary
Boston
Paris
Metro
Philadelphia
Madrid
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Osaka
Moscow
Piccadilly Station
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Prove It Drawn: A Maine Fisherman Faces a Threat
Bettington sketches a portrait to test a stranger named Jonathan Gibbs an unbalanced solitary. Gibbs offers coffee and shelter then hints at danger Jealousy and hidden enemies. Bettington sails toward Blackport but is intercepted by a mystery duo aboard a motor launch.
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Bettington
Jonathan Gibbs
Gibbs
Maine
State of Maine
Blackport
Sam
The Man They Call Jonathan Gibbs Is Dead
In a tangled scheme Bettlington is mistaken for painter Jonathan Gibbs and abducted to a yacht while Gibbs, posing as a thief, flees New York to rebuild his life. Gibbs returns in disguise, discovers Bettlington’s fate, and Gibbs is forced to risk a fall from a fire escape as neighbors close in on the truth.
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Jonathan Gibbs
Bar Harbor
Bettington
Gibbs
Sam
Eli
Howard Bettington
New York
Settington
Capt'n Hallett
Bellington
Blackport
College pledge guides two families amid financial strain
Floyd Unwin and Howard Bettington dine with Alfred Gibbons, a financial magnate. Unwin shows a written pledge made in college to aid each other in adversity, seeking funds to educate his son and daughter Mary. Gibbons doubts the pledge’s legality but offers a secretary position for Mary and a place for the daughter in his firm. Mary refuses to betray her employer, while Radway plots an ocean voyage to escape his dissipation.
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Floyd Unwin
Howard Bettington
Alfred Gibbons
Unwin
Bob
Mary
Gibbons
Mary Unwin
Elgar Radway
Escape Schemes and East Twenty Fourth Street Visit
Bettington, a prisoner aboard a ship, contemplates escape plans while docked at East Twenty-fourth Street. Sam, calm and confident, delivers a safety razor kit as the ship owner is expected aboard tomorrow. Bettington notes Sam’s serene confidence despite past violent events and plans to appear ready money.
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Bettington
Sam
Lberty
East Twenty-fourth Street
Burning Bush Gas Plant Seen at Kew Gardens
The Dictamines or Burning Bush at London's Kew Gardens emits a brilliant red flame along flowering shoots when touched by a match. The plant's inflammable oils come from tiny glands on the stalks that secrete etheric oil and fade after fruit forms. Nearby legends tell of fiery night fires on Safed Kolf slopes in Afghanistan. The Worsted church in Canterbury, New Hampshire, built in 1839 by Tree Will Baptists and Congregationalists, faced financial distress. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Monmouth raised funds, served as associate pastor, made most Worsted decorations, and published Living on Half a Dime a Day for 25 cents amid reverses.
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Nature
London
Kew Gardens
India
Afghanistan
Canterbury
New Hampshire
Tree Will
Sarah Elizabeth (Harper) Monmouth
Monmouth
Wide-Awake Lawyer Court Dismisses Thefts Case
In a jammed courtroom after luncheon, a portly man nodded off during testimony. A defendant in a petty theft case asked to wake his sleeping lawyer. The judge dismissed the case as the deputy sheriff woke the sleeping attorney.
Time as a River of Events Says Marcus Aurelius
The quote from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus reflects on time as a flowing current where events quickly pass. It emphasizes the inevitability of change and the constant succession of moments, urging contemplation of transience and the endurance of wisdom.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Repulsive sailor endangers shipboard life aboard yacht
Bettington judges Sam a dangerous, predatory crewman who jealously schemes over the owner’s guests. A tense exchange reveals Sam’s lecherous intent and threat to discipline on board as Unwin returns with two men and two women. Bob Unwin faces veiled hostility from the crew, while Sam’s bravado masks fear and potential trouble ahead.
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Bettington
Metzger
Sam
Blackport
Bar Harbor
Tubby Unwin
Unwin
Radway
Mary
Bob
Hammer
Leary
Miss Unwin
Mr. Unwin
Cape May
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