Progress in Flying Machines at Hammondsport Bell leads
The Hammondsport New York scene hosts early air craft tests by Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association. The Red Wing and White Wing demonstrate improved stability with hinged wing tips and manual steering. A maiden flight reaches twenty feet, then a crash ends the test before further trials. Bell plans a cellular aerodrome test over water to enhance safety and control while pursuing practical flight progress.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Aerial Experiment Association
Lake Keuka
Red Wing
Bell
Association
A. G. Bell
G. H. Curtis
F. W. Baldwin
J. A. D. McCurdy
Lieut. T. Selfridge
Augustus Post
The
Aero Club, of America
Aero Club
Every Man His Own Doctor in Athens Georgia
An advertisement urges households to keep Chamberlain remedies for common ailments. It lists Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, Palm Balm, Stomach and Liver Tablets, Salve, and Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, priced 25 cents per bottle and five for a dollar twenty five. Local dealers H R Palmer & Sons and others in Athens GA are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
lOrr Drug Co
Athena
H.R. Palmer & Sons
W. J Smith & Bro
E.mcevoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens
Fisherman Discovers $10 Piece And Interest in Fish Theme
Portland Oregonian recounts Euljah Corgrave of Quincy Illinois recalling dropping a $10 gold piece into a resort Indiana lake a century ago. A pickerel supposedly swallowed the coin and a week ago he caught it opening the fish revealed the original $10 plus $8.59 interest. The tale is presented as a cautionary boast of local fishing luck.
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Portland Oregonian
Euljah Corgrave
Quincy
Indiana
Portland
The Bowery as seen from Times Square in bloom of night
Stuart Gould paints a late 19th century tableau of New York’s Broadway district and Bowery. He contrasts the neon bustle of Times Square with the Bowery’s shadowed era, noting vice and crowding, the shift from feared mobs to commercialized Chinatown nightlife, and the city’s night-world tapestry through encounters with guides and observers.
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Stuart Gould
Times
Long Island
Connecticut
New York State
Broadway
New York
Forty-second Street
Longacre Square
Four Corners
Times Square
Rector’s
Ki McCoy
Norman Selby
Ted Sloan
Billard Hall
Bowery
Rome
Athens
Carthage
Chatham Square
Suicide Hall
Scotty” Lavelle
Biz Bil Devery
West End Avenue
Chuck Connors
Coney Island
China Town
Luman
Chinatown
Cilnatowns
Monster Deal in May Grain Pulls Off Triple Sale
Special dispatch notes Chicago records a historic triple May grain deal on the Board of Trade with corn oats and wheat. Patten Bartlett and Armour Peavey interests report massive profits and large holdings, delivering millions of bushels and extending delivery to wrap up trades.
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St. Louis
Armour Peavey
Patten
Bartlett
Buffalo
Frazier
Armour
Patten House
Thinks it Saved His Life by Cough Remedy Letter
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr Kings New Discovery saved his life. He praises it for coughs and colds and throat and lung issues. The product has stood for forty years as a preventive of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs. Sold with guarantee at W J Smith & Co HOR Palmer & Sons drug stores, 50c and $1.00. Small bottle free.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Malne
Ays
W. J. Smith & Cro
Palmer & Sons
Atores
Boc
Europe Fears Cotton Monopoly At International Congress
At the fifth International Congress of Spinners and Manufacturers in Paris discussions focused on Europe’s fear of American cotton dominance. Delegates urged measures to curb speculation and to promote colonial cotton production, with calls for an international agreement to restrict output during crises.
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Paris
International Congress of Spinners and Manufacturers
Moritz Schany
Atlantic
United States
Herr Schang
Europe
Africa
Egypt
DA Fompkins
Charlotte
N. C
A. S. Perrlil
Chicago
Sesson
Perrill
Congress
Waynesboro Near Beer Tax Faze Council Action
Waynesboro Georgia on June 3 passed an ordinance taxing near beer sellers at 1000 dollars per year. The council also granted 200 dollars annually to the city military company, showing strong support for local forces.
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Waynesboro
Allen's Foot-Ease advert claims instant relief for tight shoes
The adv promotes Allen's Foot-Ease and Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad as cures for swollen feet, bunions, calluses, and tired aching feet. It promises comfort, fits smaller shoes, and offers a free trial sample by mail from Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores.
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Allen
Ives
Olmsted
le Roy
Spoliation Claims and a Fall River Legacy
Providence Journal recounts the long fate of French spoliation awards from the West Indies era. About 4.8 million dollars were awarded, but only 100 dollars went to a Free town estate, leaving 180 dollars to heirs. The government delays interest and distribution, while a spring fever medical ad implores Restorative tonics.
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Providence Journal
Mark Twain
Fall River
France
Navy Department
West Indies
Congress of the
United States
Court of Claims
Freetown
Actress Plays Away Grief At Bush Temple Theatre
Chicago Inter Ocean reports actress Mrs. Henderson performed as Arabella Clingstone in The Lady Frau Lane's while her husband David Henderson lay dying at home. After news of his death, she returned to the stage, pressed on by resolve, and delivered a brave, bittersweet performance despite heartbreak.
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Hus
Chicago
Inter Ocean
David Henderson
Frankie Raymonde
Arabella Clingstone
Angel
Frau Lane
Bush Temple
Ripples and notes from old papers collide in satire
A collage of brief oddities and quips from papers like the Washington Herald and Louisville Courier Journal, including a jab at senators, a Philadelphia trolley theft, and commentary on studying youth. The column ends with a medicinal advertisement for Chamberlain’s remedy labeled as relief for stomach cramps and diarrhoea with local Athens, Georgia retailers listed.
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United States
Maxine Elliott
Washington Herald
Philadelphia
Louisville Courier Journal
Texas
Pittsburg
Paul Cook
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Gotham
Mike
Mack Duck
Mott and Pell
Dovers
Chicago Board of Trade
Waynesboro Council
Olmited
le Roy, N. A
Paul Heyman
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gallagher & O'Gara
Hartman
Nashville
Daniel
Mgr
Foley
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