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From the June 25, 1898 Telegram: "Slowly, steadily, with thousands of persons watching her, the monster slid toward the slip. At the first she seemed to hesitate the fraction of a second; then with a plunge she topped in. A mighty splash and then all was over."

When I was 9, I went to Camp Arcadia in Maine, and I went back the next two summers. You could sign up for various activities, and although I would happily have spent all my time playing baseball, I took riflery and learned how to shoot. I got my pro...