Dan Mace and the Mare Lady Thorne’s Fastest Mile
An intimate friend recalls Dan Mace’s famed trotting mare Lady Thorne. In a fiery hot Friday session, Mace rode the horse to a record mile, the exact time disputed but believed 2:08, as onlookers watched the mare collapse in triumph and Mace announce the feat as the fastest mile ever run by a trotting horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mace
New York
Mae
Mace
Milly Dlunter
Startford
Vicorne
Dan
Mara
Ile
Thorne
Billy’ Panter
Winter
Hunter
Billy Hunter
Old Fashioned Clock With Lunar Dial By Batty And Others
An antique West Riding clock features a lunar phase display built into a large black disk. A silver moon and stars move across a brass dial as the month progresses, showing waxing and waning on each semicircle. Astronomical work by Batty, Jackson, Lister, and others is noted, with some pieces including a tiny moon aperture and inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amore
John Bothomley
West Riding
Batty, Jackson, Lister
Andothers
Hia Bil
Richard Abdidev
Hay
Dana Speetas Fugle
Louis XVII Entry Into Paris Described In Captured Memoir
The memoir recounts Louis XVII in a simple blue coat with fleur de lis buttons as he rides in an open carriage through Paris. Madame sits beside him while crowds surge, and the procession passes the statue of Henry IV on Pont Neuf amid revolutionary memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. le Due de Verry
Madame
Henry IV
Ue Pont Neuf
Monastic Monkeys and a Hallowell Bell Parade Tale
A fragmented column recounts a tale of monks and apes in religious lore, notes on monuments and rites of ancient Egypt and Hindu temples, and a comic annual sled bell tradition in Hallowell. It touches Bols, echoes of Kemal Edin Demm, and ends with ad copy for Bucklen’s Arnica and a local physician’s details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheik Kemal Edin Demm
Mts Beukes
Med
Allah
Dows
Sadanit
Ciel
Monkey
Alfred 2. Brehm
Popater Scignee
Dure
Unclear Ad Fragments Reflected in Print Catalog
Fragments mention Mather Aid Gloves Master Parvisenie Real Gloves Lowe Curtains and New Linen Finish Goods for Summer Dresses. Text appears as an advertising snippet with garbled product names and a partial sale hook.
Castoria as a childhood remedy through life
Quoted lines trace Castoria use from infancy to motherhood. The fragment presents nostalgic verses noting a mother’s care and a child’s cries, implying Castoria’s longstanding presence in family health. No clear event or person names beyond Castoria are identifiable in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cossal Os
Albert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lady Thome
Laws
Touis XVII
Paris
Getay
Ie Murthy
Courts of Justices
Treasury
Senate
College
Bright
J. F. Compton
Dorr
Hallowell
Justice of the Peace
Bucklen
J. F. Compion
Srarmoer
Rock Boltow
Mather
Parvisenie
Lowe
Hook
Stanmer
Catland Price
Carpass
Thhe
Medical Institute
Cleveland
Suteiot Sf
Post Omer
Ohio
Roma
Waail
Trestmert
United States
Dr. Alberts
McDonald House
Chillin
Coshocton, Ohio
D. M. Moore
HOWE
NG Machine CO
Claveland
Sooter Direst PO
Bane Et Aras Hart Co
Pittsburgh
Elliott & Miller
Second Street
Raby
Alek
Castoria
Heay
Casta
China Hall
Second
Coshocton
the Farmer's
Queensware Depot
East Room Park House
B. R. Shaw
Park House Block
NSU
Liberty Street
Astana
Wells
Jersey City
BROS
Sil
Inndl
Thomas d Maite
Sien
Tate
Wivnn Mra
Goa Foaton
Mas
Sallie A. Mabdes
Sax
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