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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
10
A Glidden Tour event records perfect scores for Haynes Premier cars Red Rainier and other entries. The report highlights flawless performance across the field with top marks for the concours style competition.
Savannah officials map the Grand Prize course for the Automobile Club of America race in November. County commissioners report rapid road construction and a larger bic stand plus parking greatly expanded. The plan includes an elimination heat to reduce entrants, a possible 200 mile light car race, and a push to organize accommodations for visitors. The piece also covers state highway law changes and funding for state and county roads, plus praise for New York’s road plan and the value to farmers and tourists alike.
Coast Marie dominates a series of brushes on the upper Speedway stretch earning the title Speedway Queen. Tempus Fugit, owned and driven by John Cornish, contests the rivalry but Coast Marie pulls ahead in the decisive heat. Dr Chase and Cordovette also contest top honors alongside Virginia Belle and Zealous in notable runs.
John Fitzgerald vanished after his Union avenue cottage burned in Elmhurst Long Island. Neighbors suspect foul play or death in the blaze. Police searched the ruins with no trace as Fitzgerald, a Manhatten Refrigerating Company foreman, was insured for 2000 and had entrusted money to Henry Schroeder nearby. His wife and three children were abroad.
Off the Battery yesterday Old Otto’s fishing line snagged a boy named Martin Germanh nine who lives on Washington street with a fishhook in his finger. A crowd of about two hundred gathered as Dr Laurie and an ambulance treated the injury and the dramatic bystander in black was questioned.
W J Duffy a noted Internal Revenue deputy attempted a record swim from Brooklyn Bridge to within a mile of Coney Island. After four hours and twenty minutes of fighting a savage Lower Bay tide the effort was abandoned due to heavy seas. Duffy previously swam from Brooklyn Bridge to beyond Shoals Light and from Crescent Athletic Club to Norton's Point in races.
Kheneil Aieck a seventeen year old Algerian with a fiancée in America hides aboard the French Line ship La Touraine in Havre. He disguises as a deck steward during two trips and is detained aboard until the steamer clears the three mile limit on Thursday on its return to Havre.
Europatkin, a large Russian bear at Bos tock's Dreamland in Coney Island, is threatened with spinal meningitis and suffering from inflammatory rheumatism. Dr. Philip Kolnstamm, a veterinarian, is treating the bear for this condition.
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