Aviation records set on Harvard Field by Grahame White and others
Grahame White on a Blériot monoplane posts speed 3 laps in 6 min 5 1 5 sec and altitude 3500 ft. Johnstone on Wright Biplane records distance 33 miles 3104 ft in 66 min 42 3 5 sec. Brookins on Wright Biplane flies 3860 ft altitude and 56 min 10 4 5 sec duration. Willard on Curtiss Biplane achieves bomb throwing 3 points on 3 hits.
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Grahame
Curtiss
Johnstone
Willard
Brookins
Illards
Grahame-White
Farman
Johnnstone
Wright
Harvard Aviation
Grahame- White
Contests positions listed for fifth day of meet
The record shows event placements with Grahame White leading in several categories including speed accuracy and getaway. Curtiss and Willard appear in multiple events while Johnstone fills others. Distance and slow lap show Johnstone and Grahame White respectively.
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Grahame-White
Curtiss
Willard
Brockins
White
Johnstone
Brookins
Grahame White Favored to Win Big at Harvard Meet
Grahame White leads in speed, altitude and bomb dropping events at the Harvard Aeronautical Society meet. He has already set marks on the five and a quarter mile course and a 383 mile run for a $10,000 prize. Total potential prize haul nears $25,000 as the English aviator tops the standings with contests for speed duration distance and accuracy remaining. Curtiss trails with smaller cash prospects beyond attendance bonuses.
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Grahame- White
Harvard Aeronautical Society
Grahame-White
Curtiss
Boston
Glenn H. Curtiss
Manbirds pledge to end wars in grand air meet
Chairman Charles J. Glidden warns the aviation event will bring a world changing display that could end warfare. He frames the air contest as a decisive clash over peace and notes the heavens near the grandstand will reveal revelations to thrill the earth.
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Charles J. Glidden
Glidden
Adams D. Claflin
Grahame-White
White
Brookins
Aviators Shine as Taft and Fitzgerald Attend Big Field Meet
Crowds swell for aviation show with President Taft Mayor Fitzgerald and the aviators in the limelight. Earl of Groveland rumored onlookers. Mrs Fitzgerald and daughters cheer as the President questions pilots and watches Cromwell Dixon and Grahame-White display skill amid mishaps and a minor car crash for Mrs Dixon, all ending with relief over her safe return.
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President Taft
Fitzgerald
Earl of Groveland
Mayor Fitzgerald
Grahame- White
Pink Pills Build Color and Strength Says Buffalo Woman
A Buffalo, New York resident testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills restored her color and vitality after prolonged overwork. She describes gradual improvement in breath, stamina, and heart symptoms, credits the pills with curing her, and notes authenticity and pricing details from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York.
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Roderick D. MacLeay
Parkview Avenue
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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