Mystery Drives and Romance in the 1914 Auto Race
In a 24 hour race the Mercury driver Stanton survives a deadly race start. Jesse Floyd volunteers as a replacement and feuds with Miss Carlisle who lures Stanton. A mysterious accident and a web of romance unfold as Floyd, Jessica and Mrs Carlisle drive intrigue. The story centers on love, danger and high speed competition.
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Mercury
Stanton
Jesse Floyd
Atransger
Misa Carlisle
Miss Carlisle
Floyd
Jessica
Foyd
Autry
Carlisle Stanton
Race car mystery deepens near Long Island
Stanton and Floyd manage practice while the Mercury team hunts a missing car tire shipment. Delays from Chicago to New York freight yards stall the race prep as Green and Floyd chase clues and question why Floyd was diverted to Long Island.
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Mercury
Stanton
Floyd
George
Palmer
Ruby Company
Express
Express Company
Chicago
New York
Mr Green
Utica
Atalanta
Brooklyn
Long Island
The Trip to Indiana and Racing Mastery
He turns from orchids and laurel to the pungent October air and anticipates seeing Floyd at the course. The work at high speeds excites him, a fearless bond with Floyd, while Jessica’s grave gaze troubles him that evening.
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Indiana
Floyd
Jessica
Mrs Fairchild Noted for Fashion in Washington Congress
Mrs Georges W Fairchild ranks among the best dressed women in Washingtons congressional social scene. Her dinner gown features heavy cream satin with blue chiffon panels and crystal bead tassels. She wears a diamond necklace matching the lace pattern in a slender three inch width.
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Fairchild
Georges W.fairchild
Congressional Bet
Washington
Dog nourished on green worms in tomato patches near Fulton
In Fulton Missouri a dog owned by J B Britts boosts a heavy appetite for green worms found in his tomato fields. Neighbors report the dog spends days in the patches eating worms, growing fat and sleek from the diet while Britts runs a canning factory and converts land to tomatoes.
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Fulton, Mo
J B. Britts
Fulton
Britts
Mother Hubbard
Imaginary Talks in France at Deauville Casino
Gil Blas cites an imaginative dialogue reported by the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune featuring William K Vanderbil t Frank Gould Clarence H Mackay and James Gordon Bennett. The group debates French life contrasting luxury and restraint with the common man and notes the charm of living abroad and the French knack for restraint and grace.
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Gil Blas
Deauville
William K. Vanderbilt
Frank Gould
Clarence H. Mackay
James Gordon Bennett
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
France
Lke
Qualities of a Lady From Public Exchange
A guide on feminine conduct urges a lady to use a clear unhurried voice and precise articulation. It stresses calm, unobtrusive courtesy, neat dress, and quiet, refined demeanor as hallmarks of true ladylike behavior.
New Law Replaces Servant Title in Lower Austria
A new lower Austria statute replaces the term servant with employes and requires proper feeding while forbidding gossip about family private affairs. It grants seven hours biweekly outings for girls and allows blanking the traditional character note in a dismissal book.
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Lower Austria
New Potato Disease Reported in Britain and Europe
A serious canker disease has developed in the potato crop across Great Britain and Continental Europe. The disease harms farmlands and consumers, with nodular excrescences often larger than the potato. Boiling does not destroy the harmful properties. The disease has reached Newfoundland via European imports. Canada and the United States have no known cases.
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Great Britain
Europe
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Woman's Misdirected Talents and a Noted Swindler
Ex Chief Byrnes of New York calls Ellen E R Peck a skilful swindler in police terms though commuted from a ten year sentence by Governor Dix. Peck, now eighty two, was once praised for potential as a captain of industry if her talents had been redirected.
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Mexico City
Ministry of War
Puruandiro
Michoacan
President Madero
Angel Loza
Madero
War Office
Times
Loza
Dobe
Byrnes
New York
Ellen E. R. Peck
Dix
Clever Optical Tricks Make Rings Seem To Chase Aside
A series of visual tricks explain how paper orientation alters perceived motion of three rings. View from about a foot, rotate the page, and watch the rings appear to chase in the direction of the turn. Another illusion shifts which hoop seems nearest when viewers fixate and then refocus.
Nut-Crack Sunday Echoes Through Colonial Church Traditions
A historical note recounts crack nut Sunday in English and American churches. Worshippers brought nuts to crack during sermons, filling services with noise as forty to fifty attendees munched and cracked. The practice, once tolerated for generations, waned at the start of the nineteenth century due to its pervasive disruption.
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England
Will erg to Walt Porsen Wouiet visit Saceey streets
Little Lola agrees to attend the meeting on the expected arrival. The note hints at a surprise in store when Lola reaches the scene and joins the discussion about heavenly and boundless streets.
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Porsen
San
Saceey Seta
Heaven
Bewndfal Coelden
Lola
Picnic Date Uppermost In Parson And Boy Exchange
The parson greets Algernon on the way to Sunday school and asks what he hopes to learn. Algernon replies he wants the picnic date, signaling a simple, humorous mood in the dialogue.
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Algernon
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