The Man Who Dared in a 24 Hour Auto Race
Stanton, famed for reckless speed, commands the Mercury in a gruelling 24 hour race. When his mechanician suddenly drops from his seat, Floyd, a twenty one year old helper, volunteers to crank the car and keep the leader in contention. Stanton faces the pace with bold driving as alarms rise over a prior near-accident and a tense bid to maintain advantage.
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Mercury
Stanton
Ralph Stanton
America
Durand
Jones
Walters
Green
New York
Ruma
Bunton
Ington
Thesia
Gother
É Stanton
Floyd
Stainton
Singer
Jes Floyd
Soxeles
Red Yeang
Ae Smilie
Sun
Lein
Mr. Green
Inside Information for Militia Recruiters in Homely Phrasing
A newly issued guide for New York organized militia infuses drill lessons with plain speak. It urges recruits to master self control, endure hazing, and use initiative, stressing calmness, disciplined behavior, and following commands without question.
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York
Verbeck
Arill
Razor
Initiative
Nierve
Mother's Only Chance in the Paper Laughs
A Kansas City boy, John, twelve, tells his father he won first prize in a school debate and hopes for a newspaper picture. His mother jokes about publishing him, and the boy suggests his mother start patent medicine ads to get a photo in the paper.
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John
Kansas City
Daily Press
Daily Paper
Hardness of a Diamond In Woodworking
A carpenter notes that using a diamond blade yields fine thin shavings like wood. He explains hardness is uneven within a single diamond material, with some parts harder than others.
American Woman Becomes Lady Cheylesmore In London
The county council’s chairmanship reflects English governance while Charlotte Harman of New Orleans and Elisabeth French of New York become Lady Cheylesmore and rise in English society. Her Prince's Gate townhouse sits near Hyde Park and J P Morgan’s London home with its famed art treasures.
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London
Cheyleamore
New York
Chayseemaee
Charlotte Harman
New Orleans
Cheylesmore
Elisabeth French
F. O. French
Prince's Gate
Hyde Park
J. Pierpont Morgan
Laird of Skibo bids farewell to 23-year servant in New York
In a gala servants hall at the Fifth Avenue mansion, the Laird of Skibo bade farewell to Miss Maggie Anderson after 23 years of service. The Carnegie family attended as Skibo castle loses its head house maid who planned to open a public house in Edinburgh. The laird gave her a round trip ticket to San Francisco, a gold watch, and a life pension of 500 dollars a year while family members, including Margaret Carnegie, participated in the farewell.
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Heather and Thistle
Skibo
Fifth Avenue Mansion
New York
Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Maggie Anderson
Edinburgh
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Margaret
Kier
Hall
Miss Whitfield
Irish Parliament Opens as Talk Turns Social in Dublin
In Dublin the first Irish parliament since 1800 faces a social turn with talk of a American woman possibly becoming vice regal. Two women emerge as likeliest to lead the new regime Consuela duchess of Marl borough and Queen Mary reportedly urging reconciliation to allow a Marlborough vice regal coronet to grace her brow.
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College Green
Dublin
Grat
Europe
Hatenay
Ireland
British Isles
Three Kingdoms
Consuela
Marlborough
Mary
New Queen Alexandrine Promises Gaiety for Denmark
Alexandrine, new queen of Denmark, vows to delight subjects while her sister is the crown princess of Germany. Queen Louise, wealthy yet frugal, governed the purse as Danish finances lag and executives note the royal civil list remains modest compared with other monarchies. Americans such as Mrs. Robert Goelet mingle with Danish elites as the new royal couple imitate Frederick the Great in admiring the United States.
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Alexandrine
Denmark
Louise
Bernadotte
Germany
Anastasia
Riviera
William
Christian
Robert Goelet
Goelet
Copenhagen
Nahma
Frederick
United States
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