Wrights Report 32 Mile Air Flight and Manteo Accident
Wilbur Wright told a Manhattan audience that he and his brother have flown 32 miles at 40 mph in their airship tests at Manteo North Carolina where the craft struck a sand dune and was damaged. The car was not totally wrecked and could be repaired for about 50 dollars. He noted earlier flights of 18 and 24 miles and complained about relentless reporters surrounding the test site.
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New York
Wilbur Wright
Orville
Coser
Manteo
Fs Enelly
Banda
On the Wing and Local Farm News in Osceola Area
Reports from Osceola and nearby areas note teachers Institute attendance, farm activities, and household moves. Bakers and traders, cattle and hogs feeding records, and local business by Walter Hansen are mentioned along with a near drowning incident and minor damages from a creekside accident as Children’s Day plans form.
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Coord
Teachers Institute
Osceola
Ewing Bassett
Cammon
Mleskant Gap
Rockville
Mr. Piggs
Prairie City
C. M. Decker Ie
Walter Hansen
Henry County
Andy Hanson
C. H. Silvers
Butler
Arthur Allen
Mise Gladya Baker
Mise Naomi Baker
Half an Apple Crop in Kansas Reported in Topeka
Frederick Woellhouse, an apple grower in Kansas, says the state will see about 50 percent of the normal apple crop due to late frosts in the lowlands. Upland orchards are largely fine, bottom lands saw some damage, peaches and other fruits are generally good, and berry crops look promising.
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Topeka
Kan
Frederick Woellhouse
Kansas
Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed By Omega Storekeeper
Mr S Humphrey owner of a large Omega general store and president of Adams County Telephone Co. plus Home Telephone Co. of Pike County says the remedy saved his life once. He believes it reached the cough spot when other treatments failed, and notes it heals throat lungs and chest. Available under guarantee at Frank I Clay’s drug store 50c and 100 Trial bottle free.
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Frank ‘I. Clay
First Man Hanged in Oklahoma Since Admission
Shawnee Oklahoma May 25 William Johnson a negro and Mary Cuppy a white woman were convicted of murder. Johnson has twice been convicted and faces execution on Friday July 17 making him the first man hanged in Oklahoma since statehood.
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Shawnee
Okla
William Johnson
Mary Cuppy
Johnson
Oklahoma
River tragedy on White River claims seven lives
Memphis May 25 seven people in a picnic party aboard the launch Columbia were killed or missing after a gasoline tank exploded near Clarendon. Five of the dead were young women and several others were burned. Captain C A Saifer steered for shore as passengers panicked. Drowned were Mike Burton, Doctor Houston, and Joseph McManus, who died trying to save the girls.
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Memphis
Tenn
Columbia
White River
Clarendon
C A. Saifer
Obbers
Mise Waddell
Mike Burton
Doctor Houston
Joseph McManus
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proclaimed as Cure All
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages as a constitutional treatment. The advertisement claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offering $100 for any case not cured. It urges sending testimonials and lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo as makers and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Woman Wins 400 Damages in Railway Ejectment Case
Sedalia Missouri May 25 Mrs Sarah Truel of Romulus Oklahoma won a 400 verdict against the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway in Pettis County circuit court for ejecting her from a train. She filed 1500 dollars in damages claiming the ticket was altered by an agent to show Muskogee Oklahoma as the destination instead of Sedalia. She refused to leave the train at Muskogee and was later returned to Sedalia without extra charge.
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Sedalia
Sarah Truel
Romulus
Pettia County
Demand for State Money for Road Fund Use
Johnson county moves to secure state aid for road building. The county court ordered transferring 8000 dollars from the general fund to the common road fund to finance concrete culverts. It also demanded 5000 dollars from the state auditor, aiming to total 16000 dollars for culverts across townships.
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Johnson County
Journal-Democrat
Playing Safe. From Judge. Amateur whispers to pro
An amateur with five aces asks Billie how to play the hand. The professional replies with a cryptic line about playing under an acvumed same, implying caution or a mispronounced strategy. The exchange hints at bluffing and strategy in a poker setting.
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Judge
Billie
In Memory of Decoration Day Back Home
A short reflective piece recalling Decoration Day honors and the Civil War, contrasting return of victorious troops with the South’s devastation. It cites Talmage and Henry Grady and argues the South endured war, not rebellion, with a tribute to fallen soldiers and ongoing memory for future generations.
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Decoration Day
Talmage
Elain
Henry Grady
Mob Whips Woman and Man Near Morgantown Ky
A band of masked men whipped Mrs Harnes a widow at Horse Hill about twelve miles from here. They then went to J C Johnsons home and whipped him after dragging him from bed to the yard. A warrant for four local farmers on charges of participation was issued.
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Morgantown
Cheese Instead of Rifles Jury Acquits Hart and Liberoth
A San Francisco jury in a United States district court ruled after five hours that the Empire carried cheese rather than rifles to Central American revolutionists in May 1906. Harry J. Hart and Captain M. W. Liberoth were found not guilty of conspiracy against U S neutrality laws.
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San Francisco
United States District Court
Empire
Central America
Harry J. Hart
M. W. Liberoth
United States
A Chinese Objection to Rail Roads
Indianapolis News reports Chin Gee Hee an Americanized Chinese man leads a Hongkong hinterland railroad project as president and engineer in chief. Six locomotives powered the line with four bought in the United States and two from Germany. Hee says opposition from locals over smoke feared to ruin crops was the main hurdle.
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Indianapolis
Chin Gee Hee
Hongkong
United States
Germany
The Jug Trade Hit Again in Lawrence
The Lawrence Clearing House association voted to stop handling bills of lading with attached drafts from liquor houses. With express companies abandoning COD business, liquor houses have sent drafts to local banks with bills of lading. No more of that practice will occur in Lawrence.
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Lawrence, Kas
Lawrence Clearing House Association
Express Companies
C.O. D
Lawrence
Money Madness at Hartford Times Bank Embezzlement Case
The Hartford Times recounts cashier William Montgomery accused of embezzling 21,350,000 from Allegheny National Bank and argues money madness drove his crime. It likens him and others to those who seek wealth at any cost, warning wealth should be a servant, not a master.
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William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
Walker
New Britain
Oklahoma Bank Closed as Officials Accused of Violations
Oklahoma City May State Bank Commissioner Smock took charge of the International Bank of Coal Gate after a complaint that officers violated state banking laws by loaning funds to officials. The bank was closed. depositors will be paid dollar for dollar from the state guaranty fund, about seventeen thousand dollars on hand. When all are paid, the bank will be turned over to stockholders.
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Oklahoma City
Smock
International Bank of Coal Gate
State Guaranty Deposit Fund
Farmer Beets Ends Life by Walking Before Train
Kirksville Missouri May 25 Jonathan A Beets a farmer living near Gibba ott committed suicide by walking in front of a regularly scheduled Walsh train at a steep grade just south of town. The train traveled about forty miles per hour. Beets is believed to have been temporarily insane, having previously been confined to a state hospital for insanity.
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Kirksville
Jonathan A. Beets
Gibba
Ott
Walsh
Beets
Ptate
20 Students Hurt in Wreck Near Oklahoma City
A collision injured about 20 students aboard a special train carrying 500 mute pupils bound for a Pil meet near Oklahoma City. Emergency crews rushed to assist as officials investigated the crash and the train stalled on the track.
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Oklahoma City
Notice of Estate Administration in Missouri Probate Court
By order of the Probate Court of Haten County Missouri dated June 20 17 I have taken charge of the estate of C B Davia deceased All persons having claims against said estate are required to exhibit them within one year from the date of first publication or be barred of any benefit Two years from publication to present claims Public Administrator John C Hayes is the good public administrator
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Probate Court
Haten County
Missouri
C. B. Davia
John C. Hayes
Snake Bite Threatens Girl In Iowa Rural Area
Eight year old Hazel Morgan of near Hopeville was bitten by a snake while hunting fish. The bite occurred on her hand and she was placed in critical condition after the snake was killed. A china egg from a hen’s nest was found in the scene.
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Des Moines
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