Elation and Elopement in a Western Romance
An impulsive young man aids a bold wife in a blizzard elopement plot against her husband. The chase ends with a fatal act, a trail of guilt, and a later reunion with Eleanor Haldane as corruption battles Gotham Traction and mayoral ambitions unfold.
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Ung
Tenderfoot
George Imly
Eleanor Haldane
Ormly
Gotham Traction Ferial
New He Haldanes
Gormy
New York
Mr. Haldane
Gotham Traction
Comany
Haldane
Gormly
Merchant Prince
Inority
Jirmly
The Plans of the Ring in New York Politics
In Chapter IX the conspirators finalize a nonpartisan ticket to oppose George Gormly while Haldane confronts a pledge to Gormly. They weigh leveraging the Gotham Freight Traction franchise against election odds as Warren presses for favors and Liffey pushes a broad graft strategy.
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Haldane
Gormly
Liffey
New York
Rutherford
Livingstone Haldane
George Gormly
White Wings
Connell
van Slyke
Mr. Warren
Warren
New York Street Car Company
Gotham Freight Traction ‘Company
McDonald
MacRonald
Gotham Freight Traction Company
Waldane
Gotham Freights Traction Company
Subway
Wert
Magnetism Puzzles and the Pigs in the Clover Game
A Popu lar Mechanics puzzle uses an aluminum case with three steel balls and a circular magnet to trap the balls near the rim. Readers must tilt and tap to guide the balls into three center pockets while overcoming magnetic clinging and ridges separating the pockets.
First Stars and Stripes Flag Hoisted by Bon Homme Richard
Paul Jones raised the first US flag on an American vessel and it became the first to be saluted by a foreign power. The banner, made in 1777 by Mary and Sarah Austin under Washington and Brown, was later given to Jones and finally to Lieutenant Stafford. The flag, once six by fifteen feet, is now under seven feet long. A sword owned by Captain Jones accompanies the display.
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Liffey
Mr. Warren
McDonald
New York
Connell
Rutherford
Haldane
Long Island
Warren
OPN
Central Office
Gormly
Daring Paul Jones
United States
Stafford
Mary
Sarah Austin
General Washington
John Brown
Paul Jones
Jones
United States Navy
Odd Little Weather Vane Replicates Blerlot Monoplane
A sketch shows a toy windmill weather vane modeled after a Blerlot monoplane. Wind turns the propeller, with a frame of heavy wire and tin straps. The piece, adaptable to any size, appears in a thrifty Ant feature.
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Popular Mechanics
Electric Education in Stockholm Primary Schools
Reports describe electricity used in Stockholm primary school education with classrooms subjected to electrical influence. Records track if electrically trained children gain the three Rs with greater precision and dispatch than those educated by sunlight, common sense and the rod.
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Stockholm
Birds Build Mud Nests In Varied Shapes And Habits
Describes nest building by different birds including the hair and down weaver the leaf sewers and mud plasterers. Highlights the oven bird of Buenos Ayres with a two chamber nest of clay straw and dried leaves, about a foot across, built within 24 hours on prominent perches.
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Buenos Ayres
Boy's Good Time Letter From Missing Boy Surfaces
A mother receives a wild country note from her son describing a capsized boat rescue, a buried companion, a horse kick, head injuries, a plan to burn a barn for amusement, and a goal to bring home a tame woodchuck in his trunk. The letter blends alarming events with childlike mischief and humor.
Striking a Light Game Described By Local Schoolboys
A curious game once common among French pupils is outlined. Two players kneel opposite each other facing at a dusting distance and touch a finger between a matchbox and their right feet, while each holds their right hand steady, attempting to strike or tap the other.
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Dow- Victake
Atrike
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pBonn MeLviee Pyrtent
Returne Tiffan
Habberley
Benson
Guardian
Holsting
Africa
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