Drexel Sets New American Altitude Record in Belmont Park Meet
At Belmont Park on October 24 the international aviation event saw J Armstrong Drexel soar to 7105 feet, eclipsing prior American marks. The day featured high drama as multiple aircraft performed in the grand speed event with Drexel achieving the top altitude amid windy, challenging conditions.
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New York
Belmont Park
L. 1
J. Armstrong Drexel
Drexel
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Great Britain
Henry Wynmalen
Bleriot
Aubrun
Johnstone
Wright
Lathan
Antoinette
Grahame-White
Farman
Auurun
de Lesseps
Bleriots
Brookins
Willard
Curtiss
Ely
J. Armstrong
J. A. D. McCurdy
Mars
Robbery at West End store nets over $1000 in cash and bankbook
A man posing as a Board of Health agent was admitted to inspect the back yard of Mrs. Catherine Rafferty's variety store at 94 Revere Street West End and stole more than $1000 in cash and a bankbook.
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Catherine Rafferty
Revere Street
West End
Board of Health
Foss and Draper Accusations on the Stump
The report lists several enterprises where Foss has served as director including Chicago Junction Railways Union Stock Yards Co Brooklyn Rapid Transit Mo Massachusetts Electric Co Manhattan Railroad Co Western Steamship Co and Mexican Central Railway Co. Cassidy Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor spoke at a Tremont Temple ratification meeting attacking the speaker as a foe of labor and echoing Bryan's famous crucifixion and crown of thorns rhetoric.
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Chicago Junction Railways
Union Stock Yards Co
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Mo
Massachusetts Electric Co
Manhattan Railroad Co
Western Steamship Co
Mexican Central Railway Co
Cassidy
Tremont Temple
Mr. Bryan
Chicapo
Mr. Cassidy
Massachusetts Politics and Policy Calls Highlight 1912 Rhetoric
A collection of quotes underscores Democratic push in Massachusetts for repealing the Payne-Aldrich tariff, direct USSenator election by popular vote, Canada reciprocity, and tariff reform as a response to misrule.
Lawmaking clash cited on child health and tariff board
The Republican report notes Massachusetts enacted winter legislation for medical checks on working children and rebuts claims of a tariff board cut. Senator Lodge defends his tariff board position as grotesquely false. Other speakers include Congressman Lawrence and E Mark Sullivan in Easthampton with Governor Draper.
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Massachusetts
Lodge
Philadelphia
Lawrence
E. Mark Sullivan
United States
Boston
Draper
Easthampton
Governor Draper Attacks Opponents at Tremont Temple Meeting
Governor Eben Draper blasts Attorney Sherman Whipple Congressman Eugene Foss Mayor John Fitzgerald and ex Senator Thomas Cassidy in a statement issued after a Democratic ratification meeting in Tremont Temple. He accuses Whipple of milk policy siding Foss of misstatements Fitzgerald of critiquing Roosevelt and Cassidy of borrowing Bryan's thunder while defending railroads and milk contracts. The missive labels the meeting a key campaign moment.
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Eben
Mr. Cassidy
Bryan
State Street
Tremont Temple
Sherman Whipple
Boston
Foss
Draper
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican Party
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sherman-Whipple
Democratic Party
Eugene N. Foss
Commonwealthsachusetts
Cri
The
Sunday Herald
Massachusetts Governor hopefuls clash over tariff and reform
Democratic speakers condemn Payne Aldrich tariff flaws and push for reciprocity with Canada and direct election of U S Senators as essential to Massachusetts political reform. They accuse Republican leaders of avoiding issues, stressing cost of living and the redistributive impact of duties on everyday goods.
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Foss
Canada
Massachusetts
Congress
Commonwealth
Lodge
Roosevelt
Cure for Consumption Promoted by Eckman's Alterative
An advertisement touts Eckman's Alterative as a cure for consumption with a testimonial from James W. Kanaly of Saratoga New York. It claims past diagnoses of consumption and failure of Cod Liver Oil and creosote, stating a Christmas 1906 prognosis of death followed by recovery and weight gain. The notice lists Riker Jaynes stores Houghton Mirdutte drug dept and other druggists as retailers and invites requests for a booklet and evidence from the Philadelphia laboratory.
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Saratoga N. Y
Eckman
James W. Kanalyan
Philadelphia
Penn
Draper Letter Quotes on Foss and Lawson Gambling Claims
The remarks cite Mr. Foss as a major speculator who has made substantial money from speculation. Mr. Lawson purportedly states he is a Republican but received a large sum from a client to bet Foss would lose the gubernatorial race.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Foss
Keliher in Ninth District fight opens push for reelection
The biggest fight in the ninth district began as Congressman John A. Keliher opened his campaign for another term. Present were rivals Giblin Shaw and Monahan, who pledged support for Keliher and criticized Mayor Fitzgerald for opposing him, calling Fitzgerald a cold storage expert and highlighting a broken promise to Shaw about a new election commissioner.
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John A. Keliher
Old Franklin School House
Washington Street
Dover Street
Kellner
Giblin
East Boston
David B. Shaw
Charlestown
George F. Monahan
Boston
Fitzgerald
Storer
Kelcher
McLaughlin
Tracing Lost Aeronauts Through Canadian Wilderness
The Aero Club of America leads a cross‑country search backed by Dominion and provincial authorities. Edmond Stratton directs efforts from Ottawa as crews scout the wilds between the St Lawrence Saguenay rivers and Lake St John region seeking Hawley and Post in the America II balloon.
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Ontario
Quebec
Hudson Bay Company
Great Northwestern ‘Telegraph Company
Edmond Stratton
Aero Club ‘of America
Ottawa
America
Dusseldorf
Perkins
Boston
Hawley
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
Quebec and
Lake St. John
Aero Club
Post
James Bay
Lake Superior
Thompsonville
Mich
Kiskissink
Que
The
Aero Club of America
Balloon Rescue Planned For Hawley And Post
Louis Von Phul of the Aero Club of St. Louis will lead a rescue from Sault Ste Marie using the balloon St. Louis III if Hawley and Post in America II are not heard from by Wednesday. J. M. O Reilly accompanies him as aide as the team travels toward Canada with provisions and a collapsible canoe.
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ST. Louis
Alan R. Hawley
Augustus Post
Louis von Phul
Aero Club of
Sault Ste Marie
Canada
Hawley
Post
AIDS HER HUSBAND IN HEART SUIT
Mrs Supple from England testified she married James J Supple in Rhode Island on February 23 1907. She claimed Mrs Loomis dictated a letter to her while under influence and mailed it to her husband after sailing to England. She said Mrs Wightman influenced her to leave and seek divorce and she remained in England though still loving her husband.
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England
Mrs. Wightman
Massachusetts Court Delivers Long Sentence in Complex Schrank Case
The judge calls the case remarkable and notes a double life while voicing prejudice against the defense built on a disputed book. Schrank claimed a cousin served his sentences in New York prisons and presented witnesses to prove he was elsewhere at the time. The wife and children endured the courtroom ordeal as sentencing followed.
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James H. Vahey
Schrank
New York
Massachusetts
Edwin Schrank
Elimination Map Guides Canada Balloon Search Effort
Ottawa authorities led by Mr Stratton map potential America II flight paths across Canada using landfall points Pogamas Ing Biscotasing Lake Temiskaming Kis kisink and Coccocache while awaiting reports from pilots and earth observers to plot a possible course and plan relief action. Representatives discuss cross border data and northern bush hazards as Hawley and Post accompany search party.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Avas
America
Dominion
Earth
Never Over Canada Again Says Boston Aeronaut
F S Perkins of Boston says he will not balloon over Canada again after his Dusseldorf balloon crew escaped with their lives in Montreal. He credits careful route planning and experience of his chief balloonist for their survival and believes they won the prize.
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Montreal
F. S. Perkins
Tremont Street
Boston
Gericks
Canada
Foss Progressive Club Formed By Ward 18 Voters
Colored voters of Ward 18 met last night and organized the Foss Progressive Club with Paul E. Averett as temporary chairman. Permanent officers to be elected at a Wednesday meeting at 102 Kendall street.
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Ward 18
Foss Progressive Club
Paul E. Averett
Kendall Street
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