Brighton Lighthouse of Love and Flight
Verna Moore, a Brighton governess, meets Geoffrey Mannering aboard The Spray. He confesses love despite an engagement to Claire Ashberry, as a shipboard explosion forces a dramatic choice. Later, Geoffrey learns Claire’s past with Richard Molyneux, while Verna awaits fate on the Brunswick lawns at sunset.
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Brighton Pier
Geoffrey Mannering
West Pier
Verna Moore
Geoffrey
Verna
Brighton
Claire
Claire Ashberry
Molyneux
Richard Molyneux
Hastings
Richard
Dover
England
King’s Road
Clarkson
Steyne
Brunswick
Channel
Experience of an Old-Timer in the Wilds of Idaho
An old miner now in federal service recalls winter in 1867 near Idaho City Idaho. A texas steer charged as he fled snowshoe routes and he leaped to a cabin roof using a miners pole to escape. He credits divine protection for a narrow, dangerous encounter with the animal.
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Idaho
Sam
Washington
Idaho City
Toll House
Pat
Perilous Return on the Spray Ends in Brighton
Geoffrey Mannering hides a German-linked spy, Molyneux, aboard the Spray to Worthing. Verna inspires duty, and after a tense farewell, Geoffrey aids Verna to safety, but the Spray sinks off Brighton. Molyneux waits in Geoffrey’s hotel, while a veiled figure in a motor car hints at deeper plots.
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Claire Ashberry
Worthing
Geoffrey
Mannering
Molyneux
England
Brighton
Vienna
Vesuvius
Verna
Ola Steyne
King’s Road
Brunswick
Brighton Beach
Richard Molyneux
Olyneux
Lion in the Ring Trick Sparks Irishman’s Plight
A traveling circus owner offers a brave Irishman $5 a day to wear a dead lion's skin after the animal dies. The man performs in the lion cage but fears entering the tiger's cage when the reveal is announced, muttering prayers and asking for mercy. The tiger quips that he’s no stranger to wearing green.
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Erin
Shah of Persia cuts string of balloons at Ostend sale
During a visit to Ostend the Shah of Persia cut a string holding 100 toy balloons offered by a seller. He laughed at the woman’s distress then paid her for the prank, later settling the matter with a generous payment.
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Ostend
Persia
When Lost In The Woods Advice From Kephart
The piece quotes Horace Kephart in Field and Stream on staying calm when lost. It advises sitting, tracing a probable course, marking landmarks, blazing trees, mapping watercourses, and keeping bush marks to retrace steps if nights in the woods are necessary.
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Horace Kephart
Americans Flock Across Border to Tamaulipas Colony
Over the last two years more than 1500 immigrants from Oklahoma and the Southwest settled in Tamaulipas Mexico near Escandon along the Gulf Railway. They formed the Blayrock Colony building churches schools and stores and enjoying broad local liberty.
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Oklahoma
Southwest
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Blayrock
Escandon
Canada
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Ile
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Miami Cycle & Mfc. CO
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Olds Mobiles
Olds Motor Works
Detroit
Mich
International Harvester Co
Tl. H.C
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International Harvester Co. of America
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