Early Aeronautica Activity and Wrights Rankles Innovation
The period 1885 to 1900 saw intense aero nautica activity with Maxims abandoned funding, the Ader aircraft failing, Lilienthal and Picher deaths, Langley secretly working for the U S government, and Wright brothers recalling Kitty Hawk notes. The Wrights designed a kite like machine needing 16 to 20 mph winds, but realized stronger winds were required and tested a ground controlled balance system from cords.
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Aeronautica
Maxim
Ader
Lilienthal
Plicher
Chanute
Prof
Langley
United States
Kitty Jinnk
N. C
Wright Brothers
Century Magazine
Wireless rivalry at upcoming yacht cup race sparks debate
The New York Herald demonstrates wireless telegraph use aboard a tug with wirereel gear during a New York Yacht Club cruise. The article weighs a future clash of signals from Associated Press Hearst United Presse and wire services, asking if biasing messages and profanity could affect reception and whether a single agency should cover the event for all parties.
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New York Herald
New York Yacht Club
Associated Prean
Hearst Service
United Presse
New York
Publicity and Crime in Paris Sparks Debate on Press Restrictions
The article critiques calls to curb press access to crime scenes and suspects in Paris. It notes a ministerial order banning police from sharing crime photos and prevents Bertillon from releasing images of corpses or crime rooms. A former police chief doubts the ban will endure, while describing the Apache threat as theatrically vain and brutal.
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Parle
M. Hiiand
Juatiog
M. Bertillon
Anthropometric Department
Paris
Progress of events in our own and foreign lands
Heavy rains extinguished forest fires in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. The Washington State Supreme Court upheld a law banning cigarette and cigarette paper sales. News covers incidents from Nebraska politics to Idaho marriage mix ups, fires in Chelsea Massachusetts, and census data on cotton consumption. Reports include rail service plans to Butte, Montana and calls for interstate commerce regulation, plus international shipping, labor, and political developments.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Washington State Supreme Court
University of Nebraska
William J. Aryan
William J. Aryan, Jr
Finlinidera
Shoshone
Idaho
Boston & Maine
Chelsea
Massachusetts
Census Bureau
United States
Chicago, Milwauke & St
Winchell
The
Rock Island Railway
Seattle
Interstite Commerce Commission
State Commission
Homestead
Thompsonville
Mich
Alex, Immerman & Company
Coponitah
Rebecca Edom-Wilson
Cal
Honey Shaw
Shaw
St. Louis
Hiness
Geneseo
Sablon
Mas
Clulvens
Denver
Ti Ti
Father Leo
Oklahoma
KH. B. Ramsey
Muskogee County
Ramsey
Roosevelt Joins Hartford Carpet Works in Connecticut
General Manila cholera news, Roosevelt Jr. begins service at Hartford Carpet Works in Thompsonville Connecticut. Also noted: A Russell Peabody dies of pneumonia in Babylon Long Island. Herman Ridder named treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. street collision in Berlin kills twenty and injures fifteen with poor survival odds for nine.
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Manila
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Works
Thompsonville
Connecticut
A. Russell Peabody
Harry K. Thaw
Babylon
L. I
Herman Ridder
Braats Zeitung
New York City
Democratic National Committee
Mack
National Committee
0. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Pealton
Berlin
Etn Sar Sciente Can
V. Reet Alsty Shat Ee
Washington News Notes and Policy Skirmishes
Reports from Washington include Capt. George H. Scott’s relief from Fort Logan to the Philippines division, Roosevelt declining to speak in Philadelphia during the campaign, and Wyoming land selections approved for 2040 acres in Sundance district. Also noted are public land settlement dates, a missing wireless station permit near the Washington Monument, and the Eagle’s Nest Alaska incident involving a young girl and a ship capture near Seattle.
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George H. Scott
Fort Logan
Philippines
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Wyomley
Sundance
Montesumma National Forest
Colorado
Antry
Cole
Washington Monument
David Chis
International congress opens to tackle tuberculosis worldwide
Washington hosted the sixth triennial International Congress on Tuberculosis with delegates from many nations. Prominent figures, including Dr. Koch, attended as officials from Germany and other countries praised efforts to reduce mortality. The session opened with Cortelyou declaring the congress official, and adjourned until October 3.
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Washington
America
Naonal Museum
Corlelyou
Robert Koch
A. Calmette
Paris
R. W. Philip
Edinburgh
Simon von Unterberger
St. Petersburg
Koch
Dellborn
Germany
Prussia
Robert Koch Stiftung
Jee
China
Cortelyou
Supposed Victim May Be Living in 1904 Murder Case
Attorney Ralph Talbot for John Auws Mus and Zara Moon claims to hold an affidavit from Carl Kash of Deer Creek Colorado stating he saw Robert McDowell alive in Wyoming and Denver in 1903. Kash recounts meeting McDowell at Dale Creek and in Denver, with them traveling between Wild Cat Creek Morgan County and downtown streets. The claim aims to secure clemency for the two prisoners serving Colorado penitentiary sentences.
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Denver
Robert McDowell
John Auwsmus
Zara Moon
Nfe
Colorado
Ralph Talbot
Talbot
Carl Kash
Deer Creek
Jefferson County
McDowell
Dale Creek
Fort Russell
Wyoming
Kash
O. L. Brunell
Second United States Infantry
Wild Cat Creek
Morgan County
Breast feeding linked to protection against tuberculosis
In a Tuberculosis congress address Dr. W J Butler of Chicago notes that infants nursed by mothers often show fewer infections than artificially fed babies. He cites protective substances in human milk not present in cow’s milk and calls attention to observation of higher disease rates in formula fed infants.
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Washington
W. J. Butler
Chicago
Wyoming News Briefs From Douglas and Across State
Douglas flockmasters report over 2 000 000 pounds of wool sold this season with Chicago buyers taking eleven carloads. Sheriff Harris of Sweetwater County delivered six prisoners to the Wyoming penitentiary. A Sundance murder report from Belle Fourche is denied by the supposed victim. A Bas in youth, Wilfred Thayer, ends his life amid schooling troubles. Hoofing steers, a large Lovell barn fire, a bear intrusion to a Douglas doorstep, and a sheepman’s ptomaine death are among the day’s curiosities. Taft to speak in Cheyenne, Dry Farming delegates named, lightning injures a Wahsatch shepherd, and university enrollment hits a high first day. Gas-franchise hopes rise for Sheridan and Basin taps into a northern gas field. Cheyenne road proposal gains backing from business groups. A Rawlins windstorm kills a horse at the moment power restarts. Wyoming Democrats grow more active with fundraising from party supporters.
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Douglas
Chicago
Harris
Sweetwater County
Wyoming
Belle Fourche
John Donavon
Sundance
South Dakota
Donavon
Wilfred
H. A. Thayer
Citzen
Basin
Wyo
Spokane
Wash
Harry Farthing
Pole Creek
Omaha
G. H. Perry
Lovell
James Noble
Wulve
Noble
Jake Buehmler
Baggs
Buehmler
Yielm
William H. Taft
United States
Cheyenne
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Hearst
T. A. Hisgen
Independent Party
Evanaton
William Cottam
Wahsatch
Cottam
Spring City
Utah
Brooka
A. J. Vance
W. 8. Biltminston
W. C. Deming
Fred Hoel
A. D. Kelley
H. M. Bennett
M. H. Hartung
C. L. Beatty
J. R. Carpenter
Brooks
Congress
James White
Daniel District
Kemmerer
White
Lincoln
Neb
M. Springer
Sheridan
Springer
Secon
Wyominng
Laramie Dispatch
University of Wyoming
Alford Brothers & Lamb
Basin Town
Greybull
O Wyoming
Cheyenne Industria
Rawlina
H. T. Smith
Truth and Quality Syrup Ad Claims Gentle Laxative Benefits
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a preferred gentle laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs with no debilitating after effects. It credits physicians and warns buyers to purchase only the California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists. A brief, unrelated scene shows a boy asking an adult to help find Willie’s whistle after being thrown into a pond.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Prescribed Cuticura Healed Infant Eczema
A Kansas mother reports her one month old son suffered a severe facial eczema with a beefsteak-like sore lasting three months. After ineffective medical treatment, Cuticura soaps ointment and Resolvent cured the child. By age two and a half, no eczema returned. dates noted May 14 and June 12, 1907.
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M. L. Harris
Alton
Kan
Why Didn't Brief A Little Boy Fall From Balcony
A five year old boy leaning from a second story window fell into the yard but escaped injury. Delighted parents and friends gave him money. The next day he counts the coins and jokes to his sister Gladys about trying the stunt.
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Gladys
Too Rough for the Cows in Dinner Tale
Mrs. Rover, known for a cook book, recalls a maid dropping and breaking a platter at a dinner. Everybody's Magazine notes the host stayed calm, saying such accidents happen daily. He mentions the maid was a dairymaid by trade, now unable to handle cows without horns.
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Rover
Everybody's Magazine
Man and Beast Alike Eye Salve Notice
An 1849 established Mitchells Eye Salve is advertised as a universal remedy for eye ailments in humans and animals. The ad claims wide regional availability and notes a price of 6 dollars.
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Mitchell
Londres Bridges and the Citys Hidden Span
London has a complex bridge network with nineteen main bridges and sixty eight additional structures including viaducts and private crossings, linking the river and streets. The article notes the extent of the citys bridge system and its hidden breadth beyond the well known spans.
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Onnie
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Edward J. Bloom
Fourth Infantry
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J. W. Wilkerson
Missouri
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House of Savoy
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Abruzzi
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Aucourt
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Nashville
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