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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
3
A lone airplane inventor describes taking a powered flying machine to an uninhabited Pacific island to test privately. He notes shipping from San Francisco with a phonograph, gyroscopes, lamps, optics, and fireworks, and plans to start the craft from a protected site after storing gear and provisions.
A fragment recounts an adventurous aviator who tests a gyroscopic stabilizer and a single wing design, then flies over islanders. He reports their awe, captures prisoners, uses a phonograph to entertain, and finally departs as villagers react with fear and astonishment.
An explorer describes riding a mammoth bird and piloting an aeroplane above native villages. He narrates feuds with rock throws, using dynamite to deter attacks, and communicating with villagers via a telephone device. He recounts rescuing a child, declining ride requests, and finally signaling a distant American steamer before planning aviation patents.
Saint Paul Minnesota notes a reverent tone as the city is praised for sanctity though distant Minneapolis and local civic life are mentioned. Miss Mary Garden is announced to appear in Saline at the local opera house next month.
The good people of the city are horror stricken as resolutions denouncing a blasphemous attempt to impair St. Paul morals pass. In Minneapolis, locals bet Salome will not be staged in St. Paul amid protests over the depiction of John the Baptist's severed head on stage.
A Greensboro Daily reviewer notes a full Grand Theatre audience for Al Field and his minstrel troupe. The piece praises the ensemble’s fresh material, superior voices, and clever stunts, highlighting a standout end man and a tenor performing classic numbers with refined delivery.
A concise list of historically notable items dated December 12 includes political events such as Greece moving government from Napoli to Athens in 1860 and J H Rainey of South Carolina sworn in as the first colored member of the House in 1870. It also notes deaths and births including English author Robert Browning born May 7, 1812 and the mother of President McKinley dying in Canton Ohio. Further items reference a 184 earthquake near Mensina, Italy, and a 1904 clash at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute cadets, with scattered political and military notes from 1404 to 1904.
An anonymous letter from Windfall Indiana touts Dr Miles Nervine as a complete cure for a child’s fits and epilepsy. The advert claims the medicine treats nervous diseases like convulsions and St Vitus dance and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails. Gold by all druggists through Mile Medical Elkhart Indiana.
Fragmentary ad offers a rare chance to save money at The Grand Leader's Get Out of Business Sale with a prompt to subscribe for The Leader.
Eleven contestants vie for three major prizes in The Leader Subscription Contest closing December 24. Competent judges will audit books and award prizes without fear or favor. Entrants may join anytime and win by soliciting subscriptions, bringing subscribers up to date, or by clipping coupons from The Leader daily.
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