First Real Air Race Opens at Squantum Field
The opening day features dramatic flights by Ovington and Stone as aviators test speed on a 112 mile course from Squantum to Boston Light. Norman H Prince, son of banker Frederick H Prince, appears amid rain warnings. Beachey Ely and Ovington lead a field of Grahame White, Sopwith, and Beachey in a crowd drawing meet with bomb dropping and speed events planned.
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Claude Grahame-White
Ovington
Arthur B. Stone
Dave Schaeffer
Boston Light
Stone
Grahame-White
Nieuport
Ameen
George Manor
Norman H. Prince
Frederick H. Prince
Boston
Hamilton
Squantum
Wright School
Dayton, CO
Harvard
Beachey
Ely
New England
Tom Sopwith
Aerial Contest At Squantum Draws Small Purses
Boston readers are promised a diverse display of flying at Squantum before the aviation meet ends next Monday. Prize money is modest compared to Chicago, and pilots admit high costs force entry into many events. One flier vows to protect his costly machine, hoping to win at least half its value.
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Boston
Squantum
Chicago
Aviator vows to quit meet as prize money falls short
An aviator argues aviation should be pursued as a business not entertainment. He says cross country events with several thousand dollar prizes are the future, noting current meet prizes barely cover engine wear and aircraft costs. He estimates many speed events would yield only about $3000 in total.
Witness Upholds Beattie Blood Spots Reported
The session describes testimony about blood spots on a road linked to the Beattie murder case. It notes the defence argument that all road blood came from the car with Henry C. Beattie Jr. and the prosecution’s plan to call new witnesses after the Robertson boy’s surprise revelation.
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Robertson
Richmond
Court House
Henry C. Beattie, Jr
Paul D. Beattie
Henry
Chesterfield County
Paul
Mr. Wendenburg
Robertson Boy
Watson
John Sandifer
Harry M. Smith
Paul Beattie
Henry Beattie, Jr
Beulah Binford
Luther Wells
Henry Beattie
Sandifer
Sawyer Smith
Mr. Smith
Wendenburg
Primary papers sent in for state party primaries
The report lists Democratic and Republican candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state attorney general auditor and treasurer with Boston and other area names. The secretary of state office received a flood of nomination papers by the 5 o'clock deadline.
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Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Thomas L. Hisgen
West Springfield
David I. Walsh
Clinton
E. 0. Skeleton
Frank J. Donahue
Harvey N. Shepard
George W. Anderson
John F. Duffy
Joseph J. Leonard
Charles B. Strecker
Brookline
Augustus L. Thorndike
Brewster
Louis A. Frothingham
Joseph Walker
Norman H. White
Robert Luce
Sommerville
A. P. Langtry
Springfield
Russell A. Wood
Cambridge
James M. Swift
Fall River
John E. White
Tisbury
Herbert W. Burr
Elmer A. Stevens
Somerville
Secretary of State
Papers Filed for State Tickets Amid Uncertain Nominations
Secretary Langtry and expert Herbert Boynton discuss which candidate papers may be rejected. About 6000 nomination papers have been filed with an estimated 5 percent defective due to signatures, acceptance, or late errors. Delays and last minute filings leave some districts with no filings if a vacancy cannot be filled locally.
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Langtry
Herbert Boynton
Foss
Democratic Progressive
Boston Board of Elections For Certification
Swift
Runaway carriage injures two Newton women
Miss Julia Ahearn and Miss Aida O'Hara of Needham clung to a slowing carriage for a quarter mile before being thrown to the street at Chestnut Street and Sullivan Avenue Newton Upper Falls. Both were seriously hurt with Ahearn unconscious at Newton Hospital and O'Hara bruised. The horse bolted after crossed reins, wrecking the carriage and scattering debris as bystanders watched.
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Julia Ahearn
Aida O’hara
West Street
Needham
Chestnut Street
Sullivan Avenue
Newton Upper Falls
Miss Ahearn
Newton Hospital
Miss O’hara
Lower Falls
Carridge
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sinclair Talks Over Divorce With Wife in Obscure Hotel
In Wilmington Delaware on August 29 former financier Sinclair says he is humiliated as he reflects on efforts to obtain a divorce. He blames constant media intrusion and says he has acted only on legal advice while his private communications have been leaked to newspapers.
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Sinclair
Wilmington
Del
Upton Sinclair
Arden
Sinclair refuses interviews as divorce case fuels public in New York
Upton Sinclair deflects questions about his divorce and marriage laws in a public New York encounter. He plans possible Delaware proceedings if New York recognition fails. Sinclair, his Arden milieu, Kemp, and Mrs. Sinclair shape a tangled tale of marriage, citizenship, and future plans amid reporters and spectators.
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Kemp
Sinclair
Church
Kansas
Upton Sinclair
Harry Kemp
G. G. Bain
New York
Utopia
Arden
Hetzel
Philadelphia
Arden Colony
Upton
Delaware
Newcastle County
New York State
Boston Woman's Husband A Death By Own Action
Rochester, Aug 29. Benjamin Pimm 65, depressed by separation from his wife, killed himself at the home of a son near Penn Yan. The wife and another son live in Boston. the son had been visiting, and the father's departure from home intensified his domestic troubles.
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Rochester
N. Y
Benjamin Pimm
Penn Yam
Pimm
Boston
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