Exotic Rescue and a Mysterious Scholar in India
In a memoir style tale aboard the International, a narrator recalls surviving a tiger hunt in India with the aid of Jean Valdermere, a magnetic, brilliant traveler and member of a secret scholarly society. Valdermere’s presence unsettles Castleman and Wigmore, who fear his power and motives as a prophetic warning hints at a future tragedy.
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Castleman
Jean Valdermere
East
Valdermere
Valdemere
Hughs
Vandermere
Waldermere
Tyne
Wigmore
Society of
Science
Maghs
Reichenbach
Astieman
Megaphone Sermons Roar Through New York Streets
In New York City a daily street gospel service uses a large megaphone to project preaching and hymns from West and Bethune streets near a major factory. Run by the Young Men's Evangelical Association, the noon gatherings draw hundreds as workers pause lunch. Volunteers hand out hundreds of fellowship buttons to encourage church attendance and outreach.
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New York
Weat Street
West
Bethune
Young Men's Evangelical Association
Favorite Drinks For Hot Weather In New Yorker Echoes
The piece lists favored summer beverages with emphasis on gin rickeys, highballs, and the Water Wagon, plus social notes from Newport society. It cites street and hotel opinions on drink popularity, mentions the Astor and Cadillac, and highlights Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish as a central figure in Newport society. It notes her daring entertainments and three homes including Crossways.
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New Yorker
Broadway
Fish
Newport
Roosevelt
Harry Wehr
New York City
Hudson
West Point
Glenclyffe
V.K. Flan
Marion Authon
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Insuruica
Enter
Eprise
Enterprise Publishing CO
Rocky Ford
Cole
Ienterprise Office
Pubblo
Colo
Peaas Mat Christopher
Liverpool
New York Harbor
India
Old England
Gotham
Michael de Vito
Mozart
Josef Hoffman
Kubelik
Michael
Perry de Vito
de Vito
Mother
Long Acre Square
Astor
Cadillac
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