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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
3
Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his aeroplane during trial flights at dusk in Rheims and skilfully steered above another aircraft to prevent an imminent collision. The maneuver marked the first time three heavier than air craft were operating simultaneously in the air.
Curtiss maneuvered his biplane to avoid a collision with M Dumanest in an Antonette monoplane. The crowd watched as he rose to 150 feet and landed safely after four minutes. Count de Lambert and M Tissandier flew 12 minutes each, while Hubert Latham and M Bleriot also performed before darkness ended the trials.
Colin C. Cameron 45 of 7 Holmes Street Malden died by self inflicted injuries at his Nagog Lake cottage Acton around 4 AM yesterday. He suffered from a long illness and cancer and was accompanied by his wife two children and two nurses during the attempt.
After a period of improvement at the lake Mr Cameron’s condition recently turned serious again. The strain is believed to have driven him toward mental instability as his health deteriorated rapidly.
Joseph Hart aged 75, longtime proprietor of Theatre Comique Globe Eagle and later Standard Theatre, dies at home in New York after a brief illness. He came to New York after the Civil War from Boston where he once managed the Howard Athenæum where his nephew Joseph Hart first appeared in vaudeville.
Sweltering city nights prompt a pine essence product for tubs and toilets. Pine cologne soothes the sickroom and nursery, freshens basins, deodorizes, and disinfects. Available at Riker-Jaynes stores for 5c per small bottle and 75c for half-pints.
Boston taxpayers await tomorrow to learn the coming year tax rate as the Board of Assessors postpones statement of the levy until final figures are set at City Hall.
Real estate valuation rose by about 15 million dollars but officials fear the tax rate may not drop below 16.50 per thousand. Mayor Hibbard met with Secretary Folsom to discuss keeping the rate at last year’s level, requiring a 20 to 25 million dollar valuation increase.
Chelsea assessors fix the 1909 tax rate at $28, the highest ever, due to the great fire that destroyed over $6,000,000 in property. Valuation rises to $24,041,350 from $20,872,400, up by $3,168,950.
Ten Ontario girls arrive in Boston staying at Copley Square Hotel aim to see Revere Beach. The group led by chaperon Mrs J dl Stitt includes Grace Chapman Mabel Owens Cora Montgomery Catherine Bailey Orpha Price Ethel Harrington Myrtie Brewer Bebe Crokery Mamie Gracie and guide H S Browning. They plan to tour New York Philadelphia Atlantic City Washington and Niagara Falls before returning home to Cobalt Ontario.
The prospective crew includes Vaniman an American who previously ran the engines on the 1907 trial voyage of the ship. The name of the third member remains unannounced, as Wellman embarks on the polar trip.
Mrs Arthur Wellman of Madison Iowa states a letter from her husband and his brother Walter Wellman mentions a three day timeline for their North Pole flight preparations, signaling a potential setback or new plan.
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