Racing Season Sparks On a Train Station Encounter
In the chapter set piece, Stanton’s Mercury racer wins a big race as the mechanician flees the track. Jesse Floyd volunteers, and Miss Valerie Carlisle appears with a plan. Stanton is drawn into an invitation to ride in the Atalanta Six with the Carlises, testing a rival machine and his own nerve on a long, perilous drive toward Lowell and a potential romance.
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Mercury
Stanton
Jesse Floyd
Miss Cariale
Misa Carlisle
Igaren Stanton
Green
Floyd
Mercury Company
Richnees
Niles Carilale
Lanton
Canolene
Valerio Carliale
Massachusetts
Miss Carlisle
Beach
Lowell
Mr. Stanton
New York
Lowell Express
Mr. Carlisle
Valerie Carlisle
Mr. Carisle
Atalanta
Martha
Papa
Bre
Call of Old Ocean on Bathing and Romantic Tales
A reflective piece extols sea bathing as a universal delight from Japan to Europe, noting historic myths of bathing and peeping at times. It contrasts foreign and American beach culture, describes bathing machines, and recounts a Brighton anecdote illustrating mixed bathing etiquette and public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Europe
Mediterranean
New Jersey
Belgran
Brighton
Jobonie
Coyote Bites Herder in Tent Near Jenking Creek
Nicholas Doyle, a sheep herder for Sam Roas, was bitten by a full grown coyote while asleep in his tent at Jenking Creek. He knocked the animal away and then rode to town seeking treatment for rabies fears, reporting a deep forehead wound and the dog’s death.
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Horse
Nicholas Doyle
Sam Roas
Doyle
Jenking Creek
Plan a Gigantic Sundial in Place Vendome Paris
The Paris committee proposes turning Place Vendome into a gigantic sun dial with Napoleon’s column as the pointer. Circles of large inlaid figures would mark the roadway to create an immense accurate clock. The idea echoes an early 19th century proposal and may soon be acted on by the municipal council.
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Paris
Place Vendome
Napoleon
Jules Vacquier
Sight of Death Silences Savannah
Captain H N Harris, a former police officer, suffers hysterical laryngitis after witnessing the fatal accident of Miss Mary Moore who was run over and killed by an automobile. He describes the scene as the most horrible he has ever seen and helped recover the victim’s body.
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Savannah
Mary Moore
N. Harris
Harris
Death of Duncan Children in Seine Accident
Paris report states the automobile carrying Mme. Duncan's children and their governess plunged into the Seine after an embankment collapse. The chauffeur, deranged by the crash, was found roaming the riverbank.
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Duncan
Paris
France
Mme. Duncan
Seine
Actors' Church Not Known in Covent Garden Notes
London report notes St Pauls Covent Garden as an actors church with historic burials. Among the famous interred are Butler of Hudibras, highwayman Claude Duval, painter Lely, actor Macklin, musician Arne, sculptor Grinling Gibbons. It mentions Betty Careless, noted in Gentleman's Magazine for aiding youths to squander 250000 dollars and ending in the poorhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Covent Garden
St. Paul's
Actors' Church
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
Butler
Hudibras
Claude Duval
Lely
Macklin
Arne
Grinling Gibbons
St.Paul's
Betty
Gentleman's Magazine
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Ole
Uras
Addison
Frederic Thornbargh
Vanderbilt
Hyde Park
Richmond
England
A. G. Vanderbilt
Royal Box
Queen Mary
Arrow
Paul Sturgis
Pharaoh
Moses
Old Nile
Old Cairo
Roda
Hassan Pasha
Isreal
Beauty
Actaeon
Diana
Japan
Australia
Auto
Nevilly
Actors’ Church
St. Paul's Covent Garden
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