Grahame-White Flies Bostonward In Nine Minutes
English aviator Grahame-White completed a round course near Squantum and City Point in nine and a half minutes, reaching a pace near one mile per minute. Spectators cheered wildly as he landed and greeted officials and supporters including W Starling Burgess and Charlie Tait after a dramatic flight over the harbor.
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Grand Stand
Squantum Head
Squantum Street
Thompson's Island
City Point
Grahame-White
Savin Hill
James Barr
Sydney MacDonald
W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Harvard Aviation Meet Opens with World’s Elite Flyers Competing
The Harvard aviation meet starts at 6 AM with 22 aviators in 24 machines across 17 types. Curtiss and Wrights lead as European power and American giants clash for supremacy, while Grahame-White and Harmon join fierce competition. Each flyer may schedule flights freely, nine trials per prize, and new machines debut for testing.
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Grahame- White
Europe
White
Curtiss
Wright
Asbury Park
N. J
Hudson
Albany
New York
Atlantic City
Ocean
Farman
Clifford B. Harmon
Louis Paulhan
Los Angeles
Brookins
Drexel
Morane
Grahame-White
Harmon
Greely H. Curtis
W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Harvard
Mr. Burgess
H. Angus Conners
Meredith
N. H
Eivery
Mrs Curtiss Seeks Ride in Airship After Erie Flight
Mrs Glenn H Curtiss, wife of famed aviator, hopes to persuade her husband to take her up in his airship during the aviation meet. She recently flew twice over Lake Erie, setting a world over the water flight record, then traveled from Cleveland to the Touraine Hotel, fatigued by the long trip. She extols aviation's value to travel and science and its potential to transform future transcontinental and transatlantic travel.
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Harvard Aviation
Glenn H. Curtiss
Rheims
Wrights
Brookins
Johnstone
Wilbur Wright
Lake Erie
Touraine Hotel
Cleveland
Memphis
Riverside
Wright Brothers Pioneers of the Aeroplane
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright are hailed as fathers of the aeroplane for first practical flight theory realization. Born April 16 1867 near Millville Indiana Wrights built gliders then biplanes, flew at Kitty Hawk 1903, sold rights to US for 30000 and France for 500000, awarded 1909 French Academy gold medal.
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Wilbur Wright
Orville
Millville
Ind
Bishop Minton Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
United States
French Academy of Sciences
Dayton
Ohio
Harvard aviation meet timekeeper Everts Jansen arrives in Boston
Wendell official timekeeper Everts Jansen arrived from New York and met aviation officials in conference at the Touraine, greeting old Harvard friends who recall his athletic renown. He called his selection a great honor and spoke of the meet’s vast usefulness.
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Everts Jansen Wendell
Harvard
Boston
New York
Touraine
Harvard University
Sis
Post
Plans State House Flight Again Today
Cromwell Dixon the boy aviator will attempt another flight from the aviation field toward Boston at 10 30 this morning after abandoning his trip to the State House yesterday due to the dirigible Harvard circling the field.
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Cromwell Dixon
State House
Aviation Field
Harvard
Boston
Pioneers of Aviation Earn Lasting Gratitude
The passage lauds aviation pioneers for their courage and sacrifice, noting the debt owed to their bodies and minds by those assisting in the cause. It references Mr. Wendell, Harvard class of 1%, as captain of three Harvard track teams to win the intercollegiate championship and notes his 10 second 100 yards as a former record.
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Wendell
Harvard
Special Labor Day Suit Sale at F Graws Store
A big Labor Day attraction features men s black all wool Thibet suits for 7 50 at F Gray s at the corner of Washington and Hanover. Along with the sale, the clothier will display new fall stock at astonishing prices. Youths and boys can buy at this sale and save half their clothes money for the holiday.
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F. Gray
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Gray
Secret Conference At Tremont Street Custom House
Mystery surrounds a closed door meeting at the Tremont Street temporary custom house. Officials from the port attended a session led by Collector Curtis with no discussion allowed. Rumors claim talk of ending 16 day leaves and a planned economy faced employee protest.
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Custom House
Tremont Street
Port Curtis
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Dixon
Harvard-Boston
Pippins
H. Trailer & Co., Inc. Makers
Pinkham & Smith Company
Boylston St
Bromfield St
Koston
Mass
Air
Geo. Grantham Bain
Squantum Aviation
Harvard College
F. Gray’s
Clifford Harmon
New Richwood Hotel
Joseph G. Lyons
Shubert Theatre
Oxford
Portland Street
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