A Driving Romance and a Lion at the Zoo Drive
A man recounts taking Alice on a nighttime drive in a fast machine along the Beach Drive and through a pine woods to the Zoo. A ferocious lion pursues them, a crash with a rival car ensues, and they escape with help from Fred Wilson and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secund
Fred
Tie
Alice
Taga
Van
Ailee
Aweyr
Abplense’s
Bo Owith
Drista
Ife
Hurso
Milne
Modense
Ilice
Fred Wilsom
Frat
Rububear
Alfee
Storus
Deer
Summer Guests Break Bank for Suburban Host
A subordinate clerk hosts extended summer visitors whose stay drains his income. He covers meals, servants, and entertainment, while his wife enjoys the country life. As guests depart, the host faces ongoing debt despite a household ledger showing no relief. He wonders if the memory of hospitality outweighs the financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
Uncomfortable English Hotels by W D Howells in Harper's
A narrator lights five candles in a haunted English hotel room and discovers a fire in a crate hidden in the wall. The chamber’s cold, eerie atmosphere, drifting candlelight, and a ghostly rustling lead to the sudden realization the ghost is frozen out in the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Howells
Harper's
Painters Misfortune at Bellevue Hospital
Job Keeley a New York painter suffered a fall causing a base skull fracture. Doctors find tuberculosis of the lungs with bronchitis, painter's colic, arteriosclerosis, presbyopia, hydrothorax, edema, and swollen skin from air in the tissues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belevue Hospital
New York
Job Keeley
Oldest American Applejack Distillery at Warwick
The oldest applejack distillery in the United States is located in Warwick New Jersey. The worm still in use was brought from England before the Revolutionary War.
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United States
Warwick
N. J
England
European Gossip on Royals and Astor Lineage
The piece notes Lord Stanley's anti American stance, Danish political tensions under King Christian, and William Waldorf Astor's claimed descent from Astorg. It also mentions Ellen M. Henrotin receiving the Order of Leopold and Serge de Witte’s Jewish wife, Mme. de Witte, amid social scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Trevetzau
Berlin
Bre
Christian
Denmark
Liberalshiv
Folkething
House of Commons
Copenhagen
Christiansborg
Christian Lved
Amaiienborg Palace
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
Joan Pestro Db Astor
France
Astorg
Jean Jacones
Rhine
Johann Jacob Aster
Leopold
Belgium
Ellen M. Henrotin
Henretin
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Charles Flenretin
Chicago
Order of Leopold
Leopold I
Serge de Witte
Mme. de Witte
St. Petersburg
Village Blacksmith Returns to Quiet Life After Cars
An old village smith, once busy under chestnut trees, recalls his busy days. As automobiles rise, he remembers setting prices and his steady craft, noting how the street changed as the motor age advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automoblia Advocate
Amithy
Tim
Chinese the First Paper Makers
The first real paper was made by the Chinese and not by the Greeks Romans or Egyptians whose papyrus was plant pith strips laid crosswise pressed into a sheet.
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Lord Stanley
Alderley
Enghand
London
American Society
King Christlan OF
Wellsville
Anegez
Mars
Tees Greer
Exchange Place
Gmonth
A.i. Root Go
Medina, Ohio
Masons Hamlin Pianos and Organs
Standard OF
National Photographic Chemical Company
3Lth
Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
International Harvester Co
H.C
Nornie
C. A
International Harvester Co. of America (Incorporated
Monroe Street
Chicago, el, U.S. A
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