Record Flight Meet Sparks Air Rivalries and Records
The article recounts Johnstone's American duration and distance records in a Wright biplane, Grahame White's dramatic speed display in a Boston Light race, and Curtiss and Brookins vying for speed, altitude, and bomb throwing honors as crowds cheer wildly.
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Wright
America
Grahame-White
Ralph Johnstone
Johnstone
Harmon
Bleriot
Boston Light
Brookins
Boston
Farman
Speed
Grahame- White
Curtiss
Fickel
Willard
Fickel Curtiss
The
Aero Club of St. Louis
Heigitt
White
Charles Foster Willard
J. E. Fickel
Walter Brookins
Wilbur Wright
Free cure for rupture using new method advertised
An offer promises a free cure for rupture at the advertiser’s expense. It claims the method ends truss use, works for all ages and occupations, and targets hopeless cases after other treatments fail. Readers are urged to write today and begin cure without sending money.
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Boston
Sargel Company
Herald
Binghamton, N. Y
Grahame-White to Headline Brockton Fair Aerials
English aviator Grahame-White signs to perform daily flights at the Brockton Fair for four days earning 15400 dollars. He seats passengers at 500 dollars per ride amid multiple flights and contests while other aviators like Brookins Johnstone and Harmon also entertain crowds.
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the Goodens
Grahame-White
Brockton Fair
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Winton Car Company
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R. W. Willson
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