Curtiss Flies Albany to New York Set World Flight Record
Curtiss soars from Albany to New York in two hours thirty two minutes to win a 10000 prize. He covers 137 miles at an average speed over 54 miles per hour, setting a record for the longest flight in a heavy aircraft. Crowds cheer as he lands near Poughkeepsie and returns to New York to claim the award.
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Curtiss
Albany
New York
Morning Journal
Glenn H. Curtise
New York World
Earth
Ermal
Tong Distanes
Mpongiikeepsie
Howe
Deland
Poughberpel
Rand
Sean
Cetreit
Dibs
Odaan
Cretine Wits
Chiawa
Sesahiy
Tiewitinig
Tle Mechanat
Wittertenboee Veldel
Ptaure
Tevin
New York Times
Weheukers
Wavber
Teel
Curtia Mas
New York City
Catskill
Hudson
Rhine Clift Ferry
Steatsburg
Staatsborg
Poughkeepsie
Pourghkeepsie
Albans
Gol Meadows
West Point
Strick & Gresey Knell
Corthee
Curties
Pitt
Cortise
iWin
Peekskill Oseining
Sing Sing
Dobb
Hal Cortise
Yonkers
Riverside
Wellington Heights
Maskechine Ross
Manhattan
Idaho
Nile
Hettan
Aga Howe
Rome
Cartier
Governor's Isand
New York Harbor
Anc
Chen
Artise
America
Augustus Post
Aero Club of America
New York Central Railroad
Chiedy
Artiss
Curtina Wratas
Curtiss Early Aviation Pioneer Profile
New York May 29 Glenn Curtiss, a 17 year old aviation hobbyist from Hammon sports? built gas engines and motorboats. He joined aero experiments with Bell and contributed to early aircraft development including the Silver Dart and early aeronautical motors. His career featured speed trials and relations to the Hudson Fulton celebration and early aviation races.
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New York
Glenn HL Curties
Wrights
Alexander Graham Bell
Aeromorthal Experiment Association
Curlite
Curtiss
Baddeck
Nove
Gordon Hennett
Helms Fratee
Auguet
Ranes
Dorie
Hudson Fulton
Low Angelee
Paulhan
Former St. Paul Chief accused in double murder at church
Former police chief of St. Paul faces charges after allegedly killing his wife and then shooting a Catholic churchman. The incidents unfolded in a home and at a church, with authorities detailing a violent sequence and motive under investigation.
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St. Paul
Drink Cure Graduate Commits Double Crime
A South St. Paul livestock dealer shot his wife then killed Father J. J. Walsh at St. Augustine Church after three days in a Minneapolis drink cure sanitarium. He described marital turmoil and a betrayal he learned of through friends and family, expressing torment and remorse as he faced his actions.
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Livestock Commission
South St. Paul
Gilbons
J. J. Walsh
St. Augustine's
Gibbons
Drink Cure Sanitarium
Minneapolis
Father Walsh
Pve
Mother Walsh
de Eelle
Man’s Suspicion of Church Helper Grips South St. Paul
The narrative describes a tense domestic situation as a husband suspects frequent visits by Father Walsh to his wife and a Mrs. Gibbons who is long time resident and former police chief turned businessman. Neighbors praise Mrs. Gibbons as a model wife and mother amid a tragedy in South St. Paul.
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Father Walsh
Nellie McGowan
South St. Paul
Mrs. Gibbon
San Francisco Girl Drowns in Brighton Lake Accident
Miss Wilen Mooney of San Francisco drowned when a row boat capsized at Brighton Lake. Companions Miss Nellie O Connell and Miss Isabela Lautren were saved by A J Santley and Peres Chattock who pulled them from the water. Mooney's body was not recovered tonight.
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Salada. Cal
Wilen Meonese
San Francisco
Brighton Lake
Nellie O'Connell
Isabela Lautren
A. J. Santley
Brighton Beach
Peres Chattock
Alameda
Rejected Lover Shoots Himself in Pasadena Residence
Burr Westlake an architect from Pasadena shot and killed himself in the home of Miss Bertha Schaets in Seli on May 29. He had proposed marriage and was refused. Minutes after her departure she heard the gunshot and found him dying.
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San Diesgo
Cal
Burr Westlake
Pasadena
Bertha Schaets
Tragic Shooting in Sulphur Ends with Suicide
At Sulphur Oklahoma on May 28 Milton, a former admirer from Abudarke, shot and killed Mrs Annie Mest who he pursued after her divorce from a local physician. He then shot himself and died instantly. A coroner keeps a letter he wrote about their relationship confidential.
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Sulphur
Okla
Milton
Annie Mest
Abudarke
Mre East
Infantryman Riddled by Bullets at Monterey Firing Squad
Private Claude Hetheron of the Thirteenth Infantry, stationed at the Presidio, was executed by a firing squad during rifle practice at Monterey. He was shot repeatedly after being bound in place, suffering severe injuries as bullets tore at his flesh. The incident occurred last week and details only recently emerged amid an investigation.
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Duncmel
Monterey
Cat
Claude Heiheron
Kk Thirteenth Infantey Shitlonest
Presidio
Peaterdas
Ulongehthia
Binelt
Hetheron
Denver
Henner
Belvidere
Bronka
Western Union Telegraph
Libby
Doe
Pittsburg
Military Telegraphers’ Association
Brooks
Pervier
Marta
New York
Monastic Walls Sinking Over Time in Mexican Site
The walls are believed to have gradually sunk due to spongy soil, a common problem in Mexico. Plans indicate the uncovered enclosure housed stables and warehouses below, while the upper area contained the room where Father Antonio Marguilde de Jesus, a missionary for 53 years in Mexico and Texas, died.
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Mexico
Antonio Marguilde de Jesus
Texas
Chinaman Killed in Tenement Stampede
Fire in a New York tenement killed one Chinese man and injured several others including Americans. Police rescued frightened Chinese residents as flames drove 200 plus Celestials from the burning building.
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New York
Colorado Springs Car Men Threaten Strike Over Wages
Colorado Springs May 24 4 street car conductors and motormen threaten a local strike unless arbitration occurs. They demand increases of 20 to 30 cents per hour after five to eight years of service amid complaints about minor working conditions affecting the towns tourist trade.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Todas
Bank officers arrested over quarter million misappropriation
Philadelphia details allege that Chiathes Crawford and Joseph S C Crawford, vice president and treasurer of the American Trust Company, were arrested for misapplication of funds after the bank, ordered closed last November, faced examinations. Prosecutors claim the trial will show defrauded sums up to a quarter of a million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Chiathes Crawford
Joseph S.C. Crawford
Secre Fare
American Trust Company
Wos
Bank Examiner Tabor
Todavy Tenave
Transactionn Bys
President Taft to Review Memorial Day Parade in New York
President Taft left Winehineton at midnight aboard the Baltimore & Ohio line for New York where he will ride in the Memorial day parade tomorrow forenoon. He has no speech prepared for the event.
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Winehineton
Taft
Baltimore & Ohio
New York
Neo
Insurgents Seize Bluefields Bluff Amid Nicaraguan War Reports
Morning Journal reports that insurgent forces under General Zeledon gain a strategic position near Bluefields, aiming to retake the customs house. Dispatches cite the Katra government permitting the bluff’s seizure to trap Madriz troops, while General Isabe Conrad resumes command of artillery and sharpshooters after returning from New Orleans.
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Edon
Nicarigue
Bluefields
Maetrada
Waerlau
Isabe Conrad
Louisiana
Betrada
United States
Insurcenta
Newrieanse
Ancient Monastic Walls Unearthed in Wexco City
Massive walls ten feet thick with glazed windows unearthed in Wexco City during hotel foundations work. Experts believe the relics are remains of the old San Francisco monastery, though the exact period of its existence remains undetermined.
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Wexco City
Sa Francisco
Ty Morning Journal
Boeciet
Marcury
Lyon
San Pranciaay Miotiriery
Insurgent Triumph Hint Amid Nicaragua Crises
A cable from Washington cites General Ketran du claiming insurgent victory near Bluefields with Madriz troops gaining Dinefields Wluff. In Philadelphia a cruiser Prairie sails with ammunition for Central American marines bound for Nicaragua.
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Cromer Prairie
Philadelphia
United States
Prairie
Central America
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Culon
Econ
Nicaragua
Fair Weather Forecasted for Week by Weather Bureau
Washington May 29. Weather bureau predicts an air weath er with seasonable temperatures for the coming week. Showers expected in the extreme northwest with cooler conditions in the lake regions. Early week sees showers in the northwest with unsettled weather toward the eastern Rockies central plains.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Central Plains
Plot Thickens in Ghai Eapool Mystery
Lorimer vanishes after automobile plunge into oblivion as process servers track other state suspects. Officials pursue missing clues and legal actions across jurisdictions. Authorities press for responses amid unclear motives and shifting theories.
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Lorimer
Corruption Probe Probes Lorimer Vote in Illinois
State Senator D D W Holstlaw confessed to grand jury he took 2500 from Senator John Droderek for a Lorimer vote and 700 from Senator Broderick as his share of the “jack pot” in a widening furniture deal case. Other indicted or questioned figures include Senators John Frederick Stanton Pemberton and Joseph Clark, and Representative J S Clark. Bench warrants and a looming reconvening set the stage for continued witness examination and potential arrests.
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Springfield
DD. W. Holstlaw
Juke
Saugaren County
John Droderek
Chicago
William Lorimer
Broderick
Senate
John Frederick
Deny Hicago
Stanton
Pemberton
Con
Nerney
D. W. Holstian
Luka
Joseph 8. Chirk
Demo
Vandalla
Charles J. McMakin
Salem
McCullum
Demo Lonuis- Ville
Lorimer
Jotneen
Johnson & Flutcher Company
Holstian
Itto Preter
Derby Desk Company
A. Jh. Johnson
Holstow
State House
Srand
Hurke
Benater Pemberton
Clark
Johnson
Morro Johnson
Benater
Johneon
Bungamon
Chilef
Red Long
Springfied
Benator Hroderick
Fangamen County
Mullivan
Wood
Starke
Burke
Joseph Clark
Et. Jenne
White Aid
Hreckmeyer
Jack Pot
Robert Wilson
Chicano
Cook
Ogle Maty
Johnson Lawrence
Polo
Lawrence
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
Senator Isley
Representative English
Figle County
North Dakota
Missing man Lorimer at 29 United States semaa Lorimer
A man named Lorimer vanished after visiting 29 United States semaa street today. Authorities report he left a few hours later and his current whereabouts remain unknown.
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Lovemer
Wee
United States
Semaa Lorimer
Sen
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