Free pitomotile race and the mechanician bond
In a railroad depot setting Stanton, a Mercury Company mechanician, chats with Floyd a young, striking worker as they prep the machine for a long race. Floyd’s wit and calm courage contrast with Stanton’s ambitious drive, revealing their unlikely camaraderie and flirtations with danger as the scene shifts toward a major 24 hour race.
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Btanton
Tran Pers Mee Carlisle
Perneit
RWI
Mwi Chaput
Mercury
Tanton
Mle Carisle
Rival Car Owners Attract Into Shared Interest
Stanton confronts Valerie Carlisle on a train trip to Lowell after she invites him to ride in her father’s Atalanta Six. The pair clash over racing and danger as the journey reveals tension, wealth, and unspoken attraction amid expert driving, a crank mishap, and a looming race future.
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Napolene
Valerie Carlisle
Mr. Stanton
Massachusetts
Btanton
Floyd
Carlisle
Beach
Stanton
Lowell
New York
Miss Carlisle
Lowell Express
Mercury
Martha
Papa
New York Street
Mr. Carlisle
Rao
Miss Carisle
Thone
Hut
Amber
Carlisle Place
Floyd and Stanton Sharpen Racing Mendicant Bond
Floyd watches Stanton mentor him amid noisy pit work as the Mercury car thunders to ninety two miles per hour. Jealousy flickers in Branton while Floyd decodes engine sounds and tunes the motor, earning praise from Green and light humor from the crew.
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Floyd
Branton
Valerie Carlisle
Stanton
Poyd
Blanton
Mercury
Mr. Green
Ciow
Notice of two bridge removals and new reinforced concrete spans
Waterloo Iowa invites sealed bids to remove two steel truss bridges over Black Hawk creek on Falls avenue and replace with two reinforced concrete girder bridges. Proposals due 7:30 PM February 24 1913. Bid bonds $800 required. contract bonds 10 percent. open to council. right to reject. R L DeGon city clerk.
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Black Hawk Creek
Falls Avenue
Waterloo
Iowa
Tack Hawk Creek
West Side
24Th General Assembly
State of
Copiea l
Vaid Bridges
City of
R. L. Degon
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Black Hawk
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Carle
Floyd A
Kim
Green
Mercury Company
Misa Carliale
Frankience
Peter Tan
George
Duplex
Black Hawk County
Emmons Johnson
C. R. Davis
C. BR. Davis
Belle J. Nough
AH. Frank
J. J. Tomnson
Carleton Sias
W. W. Miller
T. F. Glenny
Waterloo and
Hudson Road
Hudson
Fercheron Society of America
Percheron Society of America
Nice
McCormick
Hayes
Rock Island
C. W. Bedford
Holland
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