Aerial Feat Delights Rio Grande Valley at State Fair
Aviator Charles F. Walsh flew a Curtiss biplane over the Rio Grande valley at the New Mexico State Fair, completing two runs totaling about 27 miles. He reached near 1000 feet and 60 mph, alighting on the baseball diamond after each flight to wide public acclaim.
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Traction Park
New Mexico
Walsh
Terra Firma
Burelas Bridge
Robinson Park
Fair Grounds
Grand Stand
Alameda
Nat Reiss
Albuquerque Day at State Fair Draws Big Crowd
Albuquerque Day brings a full program at the state fair with aviation displays, baseball games between Dawson and Santa Fe and Albuquerque and El Paso, and the Albuquerque Derby as the day’s feature. The baseball action starts at 12 30 with fans set to attend early.
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Albuquerque
Dawson
Santa Fe
KE Paso
Grand Montezuma Parade Opens Downtown Day
Downtown features a grand Montezuma parade at 11 this morning followed by a night of illuminated auto displays and festive showcases across the central district.
Official Program For Oday Parade and Events in Albuquerque 1911
Official program outlines a full day schedule for Albuquerque on Thursday October 12 1911. Morning events include Nat Reiss Carnival on the Gladway Central avenue, Montezuma parade at air grounds and baseball races at fair grounds. Afternoon features the Albuquerque Derby and Curtiss biplane flights, with Remington UMC shooting exhibition and Remington arms company displays. Evening showcases Maximo the diving dog and grand carnival opening with additional acts including Cheffalo looping the death chasm.
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Nat Reiss Carnival Company
Central Avenue
Remington U. M. C. Company
Curtie
Charles F. Walsh
Curtine
Maximo
First Street
Matt Gay
Big parade procession forms for tonight’s city pageant
The Evening News lists the 8 PM city parade with formation at 7:50 PM from Robinson park. Motorcyclists urged to gather at the hour with mufflers cut to lead six to eight abreast while bands and dignitaries march past through multiple divisions and floats.
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Robinson Park
Sellers
The
Automobile Association
Areo
New Japanese Ambassador to Washington Named
Reports say Viscount Sutemi Chinda will succeed Viscount Uchida as Japanese ambassador in Washington but no official nomination or confirmation has been advised to the Japanese embassy. The U.S. government has yet to receive word on the selection.
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Washington
Sutemi Chinda
Viscount Uchida
United
Army of Tennessee Elects Old Officers at Meeting
At the annual election in Council Bluffs Iowa the Army of the Tennessee re elected its old officers under the society rules. Delegates from eighteen states chose new presidents and Peoria was selected as the next meeting place.
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Council Bluffs
Get
Army of the Tennessee
Peoria
Suffrage Message Echoes Across Oregon Tour
President Taft urged voting by all women in Washington and Oregon as he spoke in Woodland Kalama and other towns during a Pacific Northwest swing. He said suffrage would succeed if women vote and cited local courage in tackling reform. A dove ceremony accompanied his Kalama arrival.
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Morning Journal
Portland
Ore
Tam
Columbia River
Oregon
Tacoma
Olympia
Taft
Governor Hay
Washington
Portland Commercial Club
Armor
Woodland
Kalama
President’s Vancouver Farewell Scene Ends Washington Tour
A man in red circulated a socialist newspaper and denounced the president during a Vancouver counter demonstration. Just before crossing the Columbia at Vancouver the president bade Washington farewell and spoke to several persons.
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Tion
Castle Rock
Columbia
Vancouver
Washington
Woman Suffrage Nears Victory in California Vote
Special Dispatch from San Francisco reports 111,657 for suffrage and 112,365 against with 658 precincts left. If the trend holds, suffrage may carry by a comfortable margin, though San Francisco area shows strong opposition and constitutional rules require two thirds in legislature.
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Merming Journal
San Francisco
Cal
Sacramento Valley Favors Suffrage Amendment
Returns from twenty three counties in the Sacramento Valley show the same margin as last night, about six to the precinct, with early results indicating a rise to seven to one. Projected counts from remaining precincts could add 2779 votes to the suffrage majority.
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Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Cal
Colorado River Rises Flooding Lands at Needles
Needles dispatches report the Colorado River reaching its highest level of the year and breaching the Arizona side dyke. Thousands of acres of reclaimed land are flooded and settlers abandon homes. Pressure on the California dyke eased, reducing fears for locals there.
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Cal
Needles
Colorado
Arizona
California
Consumers League After Wilsons Scalp
Resolutions praise Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry and Taft for exonerating him while urging removal of Secretary Wilson Solicitor McCabe and Associate Chemist Dunlap from the Agriculture Department adopted by the National Consumers League food commission in New York on October 11.
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New York
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Taft
Wiley
Agriculture
Wilson
McCabe
Dunlap
Food Commission
National Consumers’ League
Platform promises corruption penalties from Las Vegas dispatch
The writer ridicules a Republican platform drafted by Thomas Benton Catron and aides in Las Vegas, opposing bribery and voter corruption while highlighting Francisco Hubbell and others as examples of political graft. The piece questions voters whether to trust empty principles or the record of these men.
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Thomas Benton Catron
Las Vegas
Francisco A. Hubbell
Bursum
Bernalillo County
Francisco
Voter
James M Namara Fages Jury Conspiracy Charge
Jury to hear alleged part in Los Angeles Times horror case as younger Captive Brothers member faces conspiracy charge in Los Angeles case.
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James
M'Namara Fages
Younger
Captive Brothers
Los Angeles Times
McNamara Trial Opens in Los Angeles Murder Case
James B. McNamara faces trial for the murder of Charles J. Haggerty in the Los Angeles Times building blast of October 1 1910. The defense portrays a labor union versus capital conflict as jurors are questioned about attitudes toward union organizations and labor conflict.
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Morning Journal
Leaced Wise
Los Angeles
Cal
James B. McNamara
Walter Bordwell
John Dericks
Charles J. Haggerty
Los Angeles Time
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
William Caplan
M. A. Schmidt
John Doe
Jane Doe
Richard Doe
John Stiles
Haggerty
Gaa
New Hall of Records
S Stoke
Clarence
Darrow
Chicago
Bordwell
McNamaras
Lecompte Devi
Nelson
W. J. Ford
Los Angels Times
James McNamara
John
Fredericks
Russian Counterfeiter Held Likely to Stand Trial in Chicago
Albert Leon, a alleged Russian political refugee held in New York on charges of counterfeiting American ten dollar bank and treasury notes, probably will be tried in Chicago. The spurious notes were circulated in several western cities.
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Washington
Albert Leon
New York
Treasury
Chicago
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