Melrose Aldermen Charge Graft Over Memorial Building Funds
At a Melrose board meeting last night the push for a additional 5000 dollars for the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial building drew graft accusations. Aldermen Whalen and Lynch criticized Mayor French and the building committee while the project’s total cost nears 85,000 dollars with citizens funding. Ex Alderman Slayton’s 17500 dollar donation is cited as a key contribution and a pledge of more funds if needed.
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Melrose Board of Aldermen
Soldiers and Sailors’ Memorial
Arthur Whalen
Peter F. Lynch
Charles B. French
Post 4
John Co. F. Slayton
Miss Quimby and Willard Die In Aerial Tragedy
A fatal crash at an aviation meet, Miss Blanche Scott saw the disaster as Miss Gladys Quimby and Mr Willard plummeted from a high speed monoplane. Both were thrown clear when the craft dipped during descent and were found unconscious and later died at the field.
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Blanche Stuart Scott
Miss Scott
Harriet Quimby First American Woman Aviator Dies
Harriet Quimby died in New York shocking friends. She won the first U S aviation license for a woman and the first English Channel flight by a woman. She rode in a Bleriot monoplane of 85 horsepower and died in a year with aviation fatalities rising to 41.
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New York
Harriet Quimby
America
Miss Quimby
Leslie’s Weekly
Hotel Victoria
Nassau Boulevard
Moissant
Matilda Moissant
Aero Club of America
Willard an Inventor and Early Aviator in Boston Area
William A. P. Willard of Cambridge and Hull was an electrical engineer and inventor who became interested in aviation in 1910. He financed and helped organize early air meets, served on the contest committee, and planned a third meet before his death. He survived by two sons Charlie and Harry and a daughter Emily. He lived at 561 Columbus Avenue.
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William A. P. Willard
Cambridge
William A. P. Willlard
Willard
Charles Foster
Harry
Emily
Charlie Willard
United States
Hull
James V. Martin
Harvard
Miss Quimby
Blanche Stuart Scott
Quimby
Charlie
Emily T. Greer
Asbury Park, N. Y
Mr. Willard
Columbus Avenue
Beachey Questions Miss Quimby Fainting Cause
Lincoln Beachey asserts Miss Quimby fainted temporarily while aerially planing, causing loss of control and a fatal plunge. Beachey disputes air pockets as the cause and cites her brief unconsciousness before the machine tilted beyond recovery. Glenn L. Martin was another aviator involved in the discussion.
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Lincoln Beachey
Miss Quimby
Earth
Beachey
Glenn L. Martin
Athlete Aligns With Beachey Theory At Meet
The subject has exhibited at the meet and agreed with Beachey's theory, signaling a consensus on the contested approach.
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Beachey
Fault blamed on Bleriot monoplane in Quimby crash
Earl Ovington attributed the fatal accident to a defect in Miss Quimby’s Bleriot monoplane. He said the left controller wire, shortened, caused the death, not the mechanic. He planned to warn Bleriot and notify him of the costly experiment.
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Earle Ovington
Boston Light
Earl Ovington
Bleriot
Miss Quimby
Willard
Ovington
Police Quit Field After Pay Delay Frequent Bay Drop Death
Police officers quit duty after pay delays at Aviation Field. A fatal aeroplane bay drop killed Miss Quimby and Mr Willard. Thomas Powers, 22, resisted arrest by breaking a bottle over an officer and battled others as a crowd formed. Patrolman Brock forced transport of Powers to the station amid brick throwing and a chaotic scene on Broadway.
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George Sheahan
Mr. Willard
H. G. Giddings
Guard of Honor
Miss Quimby
Harriet Quimby
W. A. P. Willard
Willard
Dorchester Bay
Frank Burrell
Faulkner
Broadway
Thomas Powers
Beecham Street
Brock
Powers
Officer Uses Car as Patrol Wagon in Mob Escape
Patrolman John Brock of Everett police forced a trolley car into service as a patrol wagon and compelled the motorman to drive a half mile from its usual route to escape with a prisoner from an infuriated mob at Thornidike Street and Broadway Everett last night.
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John Brock
Everett
Thornidike Street
Broadway
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PTOI
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Moisant
Edward J. McCall
Cranch Street
Quincy
Ernest Petro
Joseph L. Purcell
Flying Field
C. L. Vanderbilt
Touraine Duree
Miss Stephenson
Gertrude Stephenson
Dorothy Ames
Boston Herald
John Hall
Frederick KE. Jones
David H. Curtis
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Aero Club
Miss Moissant
Europe
Long Island
Madame Deniz Moore
France
Susan Bernard
Julia Clark
Chicago
Springfield
Ill
A P. Willard
Boston
Charles Foster Willard
Curtiss
Plummer’s
Millumnenr Gor
Plummer
Madras
J. Anderson
Coca-Cola
Earl O Ovington
Chase
Signal Corps
Acely
Fuckie
Bantum Aviation Field
Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta, Ga
Chattanooga
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