Drummond and Green chase Potts through Paris intrigue
Hugh Drummond plots to stop a vast finance led plot to destabilize England as American detective Ted Jerningham joins the hunt in Paris. They pursue Potts and a ledger hidden at a villa while decoding cipher cables and consulting sources to uncover a grand scheme.
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Franklyn
Albstein
Baron Darott
Hugh
Ted
Guy
Ted Jerningham
Sir Patrick Jerningham, Bart
Lady Jerningham
Jerningham Hall
Rutland
England
Mr. Green
Mr. Potts
Jerry
Peterson
Scott
Green
Lakington
Combine
Russia
Captain
Potts
Duchess of Lampshire
Godalming
Maxim’s
Paris
Captain and the Potts Affair in Paris
Drummond reveals that the wealthy Potts is a dangerous London figure using a different name here. The American detective notes the man resembles a powerful super criminal, possibly Carl Peterson, and identifies him dining with Hocking and another rich associate. The scene intensifies as Potts’s true identity nears exposure.
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Paris
Hiram C. Potts
Drummond
Mr. Potts
England
Carl Peterson
Potts
Hugh
Hocking
Cotton Trust
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France's First Zoo At Versailles And Its Legacy
The Menagerie du Parc at Versailles, started by Louis XIV, gathered animals from Cairo and fed French anatomical study for over a century. It declined and nearly vanished by 1789, then Paris reestablished a natural history museum in 1798. Buffon influenced a new menagerie that survives as Jardin des Plantes collection.
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France
Menagerie du Parc
Versailles
Louis XIV
Cairo
Paris Museum of Natural History
Buffon
Jardin Des Plantes
Wireless talks reach distant planets via ether waves
The article questions interplanetary communication by wireless, noting waves travel without end and could reach inhabitants with proper receivers. Many planets lie too far for signals to arrive in human lifetimes, making reception unlikely except for nearby bodies. Westinghouse’s East Pittsburgh station broadcasts nightly radio concerts on 330 meter waves, picked up by thousands of amateurs nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
United States
Trackless trolley in operation across former Austria Hungary
The wireless trackless trolley, invented by Viennese inventor Ludwig Stoll, is in successful operation on six lines in cities of the former Austria Hungary. It uses a flexible cable to supply current up to 64 feet from the wire, with a return through a parallel negative wire. Properly built, smooth roads enable smooth running.
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Ludwig Stoll
Austria-Hungary
Michigan inventor creates one piece steel wheel by forging
A Michigan inventor develops lightweight all steel wheels forged as a single piece for motor vehicles. Rims spokes hubs and brake drums are formed together without bolts or rivets, claimed to be as light as wooden wheels yet stronger according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Michigan
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Explorers Clash Over Food for Pole Rush
Stefansson says he will go to the Pole without food while Amundsen has ordered a seven year supply. Amundsen cites scarce animal life north of 85 degrees and warns sleds must carry food to avoid starvation.
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Stefansson
Amundsen
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Half Moon Street
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the Elms
Thames Battlefield
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Tecumseh, Memorial Association
Richard M., Johnson
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Mars
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