War on House Fly to Prevent Disease and Chautauqua Proposed
Mississippi headlines cover health campaigns against the house fly, a Crystal Springs Chautauqua plan, real estate valuations in Wesson, and local events. Notable items include lynching in Durant, rail and waterworks actions in Vicksburg, Millsaps College presidencies, and July auto races in Hattiesburg. The article also notes political speeches at a Meridian barbeque and a Biloxi physician bound over for grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Institute
Chattawa
Miss
T. Otis Baker
Natchez
Jackson
C. H. Ramsey
Collins
Vicksburg
Seashore District Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Wiggins
Otho Mitchell
Durant
B .H. Grimes
Meridian
Mississippi Fire Underwriters’ Association
Mississippi
Wesson
Mississippi Mills
E. R. Bragg
Biloxi
Indicted Man Missing in Pearl River County Murder
Otho Slaydon of Nicholson is indicted by Pearl River County grand jury for murder of Wyile Thigpen, an elderly Nicholson resident. Thigpen’s body was found on the banks of a river, riddled with gunshots, creating a manhunt as Slaydon remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Slaydon
Nicholson
Pearl River County
Wyile Thigpen
Record Flights Marked Early Air Adventure Dates
A timeline of aviation milestones from 1908 to 1999 highlights Glenn Curtiss achieving 54.07 mph over 137 miles Albany to New York in 1910 and Louis Paulhan setting height and distance records in Farman biplanes. It also notes the first woman airplane flight by Mrs R H Vanne in 1909, and Zeppelin airship endurance records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Litchfield
Manchester
Louis Paulhan
Farman
Los Angeles
Henri Farman
Chalons
France
R. H. Vanne
Washington
Wilbur Wright
Wright
College Park
Friedrichshafen
Berlin
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Calais
Dover
Louis Bleriot
le Mans
Lake Constance
Curtiss Graft: Smallest Cross Country Biplane Yet
The Curtiss aircraft used on the Albany to New York flight is the smallest cross country machine yet, a 30 ft 1 in by 30 ft biplane with four and a half foot wing gaps. It features contra stabilizing ailerons, a two foot wider elevating front plane, a fifty horsepower V turbo engine driving a seven foot propeller, and a water cooled system. U.S. and Mexico move to regulate aerial traffic as Knox and Senor de la Barra negotiate a bilateral agreement amid smuggling concerns. Brigadier General Howe says aviation may become a valuable warfare asset, while Dean J. G. Davis says America will lead in air science.
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New York City
Glenn H. Curtiss
Albany
New York
Thomas Baldwin
Curtiss Machine
Curtiss
Wright
Governors Island
United States
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Knox
Senor de la Barra
Walter Howe
Department of the East
Howe
America
Milwaukee
Wis
J. G. Davis
College of Engipors
Marquette University
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Crystal Springs
Wesson Real Estate
Methodist Conference
Greenville
Tunica
Vanderbilt University
J. A. Jones
G. B. Dantzler
Gulfport
Buffalo
N.Y
J. R. Fornea
James Wheat
Poplarville
Doherty Operating Company
Meridian Light and Railway Company
Link Marsh
M. F. Byrd
Roxie
Montgomery
Brookhaven
Elmo Curl
W. P. Miller
Mastodon
McGee
Woodmen of the World
Southern Express Company
Eagle & Wise
Newton
Express
D. C. Hull
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Millsaps Colege
W. B .Murrah
Harry C. Foxworth
Marion County
Seattle
Wash
Hattiesburg
Lyceum
Hawkins
Port Gibson Female College
Roney Boys
Chicago
Luther Manship
DeKoven
Ralph Bingham
M. W. Swartz
Pearl River County Agricultural High School
Lucedale
Victor Reulens
Ifsf
Afonle
W. S. Leathers
Mississippi State Board of Health
Crystal Springs Chautauqua
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Lake
Auld Lang Syne
C. K. Marshall
Presbyterian Synodical
United States Senate
Colonel Gordon
Sunshine Hawkes
Sophie Wright
L. M. Dampeer
P. A. Lotterhos
W. T. Foster
Commercial Club
Petal Road
Ellisville
Albertson Grove
Moselle
Fulton
C. R. Macauley
New York World
Bon-Ton Cafe
Edwards
W. Capitol St
Jackson, Miss
Jackson Hardware Company
Pearl St
J. B. Walthall
Pearl Street
C. A. Richardson & Company
E. Capitol St
J. E. Moore
MOORE
Pelahatzchie, Miss
Tanner
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company Incorporated
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