Wrights in Flight Disaster at Fort Myer
Orville Wright and Lt. Selfridge were injured when a propeller failure caused a crash at Ft. Myer. Selfridge died later from base skull fracture while Wright suffered a broken thigh and ribs. Surgeons operated. crowd aided victims as physicians stabilized them.
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Orville Wright
Mr. Wright
Mr.Wright
Lieutenant Selfridge
Selfridge
Crosby
McCaw
Ireland
Bailey
Wright
Cuticura Heals Severe Ankle Ulcers After Hospital Stay
Robt. E. L. Oliver of Hampden Baltimore recounts three weeks in hospital for varicose veins and the onset of large ankle ulcers. After using hot water with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, he reports instant relief and complete healing, restoring his ability to walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apne Saally
Robt
E. L. Oliver
Cedar Ave
Hampden
Baltimore
Cuticura Promises Quick Relief for Skin Irritations
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as fast acting remedies for wind rashes, itchings, inflammations, chafings, and skin conditions from outdoor activity. It claims benefits for skin care, antiseptic cleansing, and treatment for babies, along with nonsensical phrases about planetary healing.
Tomorrow a thorough examination of his injuries
A statement notes that tomorrow a thorough examination of his injuries will be conducted to determine the full extent and any needed treatment.
Wright brothers vow to press tests after crash at Dayton
Lorin Wright, brother of Orville Wright, comments on the Wright aeroplane accident at Dayton, saying the spruce propellers and thick blades were not the cause and that further tests will continue. He notes no fear for Orville or his sick brother in France and mentions their father at Greens Fork, Indiana, awaiting news.
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Howard H. Bailey
Selfridge
Squier
Pacific Coast
Army
War Department
Neral
San Francisco
Washington
Admiral Selfridge
Navy
Glenn H. Curtis
The
Aerial Experiment Association
Lieutenant Selfridge
Wright
Mr. Wright
Taylor
Charles R. Flint
New York
Wright Brothers
Flint
Ft. Myer
Orville Wright
Signal Corps
Ft.Myer
the Signal Corps Board
Congress
Charles White
White & Middleton
Baltimore
Messrs. Wright and Selfridge
Howard Bailey
Ft. Myer Hospital
Dayton, O
Lorin Wright
Iville Wright
Wt. Myer
Orville
France
Greens Fork
Ind
Katherine
Wright Soars In Le Mans Flight Of 32 Minutes
Wilbur Wright extended his record in Le Mans with a 32 minute 47 second flight covering about 20 miles at an average height near 60 feet. He landed only due to darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wright
LE Mans
Wright
Delagrange Soars 30 Minutes At Issy In Hope Of Records
Paris September 17 Leon Delagrange stayed aloft in an Issy airfield aeroplane for 30 minutes and 20 seconds and hoped to surpass Wright brothers Atlantic records. Rene Gasnier testing a machine was injured when a connecting rod broke and the craft fell twenty five feet, leaving him severely hurt and the plane wrecked.
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Delagrange
Paris
Issy
Leon Delagrange
Atlantic
Wright Brothers
Rene Gasnier
Gasnier
Edison predicts air travel revolution in five years
Thomas A. Edison told a Salt Lake City audience that within five years airships will carry passengers across oceans in 18 hours at 200 mph. He forecast a 48 hour trip to the North Pole, a global helicopter circumnavigation in a week, and warned that current airplanes and dirigibles will not be commercially viable. He urged automatic, mechanized flight to turn the dream into reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
North Pole
Thomas A. Edison
Wright Brothers
Forbes and Post Sail for Berlin Balloon Race Conqueror
A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post ship the Conqueror to Berlin for the October 11 international balloon race. Forbes expects to win with Post’s aid, detailing gear such as maps Europe wide, self heating soups and coffee, champagne for wakefulness, life preservers, and cork wrapped basket to prevent sinking. J C McCoy and N H Arnold will pilot two other Aero Club of America balloons.
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New York
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Berlin
Mr. Forbes
Conqueror
Kaiser Wilhelm
America
St. Louis
Europe
Soll
Russia
J. C. McCoy
N. H. Arnold
Aero Club of America
Viaduct Fire Threatens Structure on Eighth Street
Sparks from an engine set fire to the north side of the Eighth street viaduct with flames tipping across the structure before Engine Company No. 25 arrived and extinguished the blaze. The sidewalk over the B and O tracks is blocked awaiting repairs. The damage is trifling.
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Eighth Street
Engine Company No. 25
Gilman Street
Albion Avenue
Mt. Auburn
Warren Corbus
Henshaw Avenue
Edward Saul
Eighth District
Archibald
Third
Lock Streets
Kilgo Street
William Recliff
William Pohl
Doctor Tauber Arrested Over Lamp Violation
Dr. Elmore Tauber of 843 Lexington Avenue was arrested by Patrolmen Weiss and Meinecke for driving without lamps at Sixth Street and Broadway. He demanded the officers’ numbers, was placed under arrest, and sent to Hammond Street Station, later released on bond.
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Elmore Tauber
Lexington Avenue
Weiss and
Meinecke
Sixth Street
Broadway
Tauber
Hammond Street Station
Mouse steals bank bills in Oklahoma tale
In Prague Oklahoma a mother mouse reportedly took a $100 bill and a $10 bill from the First National Bank cashier's desk. Bank officials investigated a shortage and found a sleeping mouse nest made of the missing bills near cashier B H Whitmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Prague
Okla
First National Bank
B. H. Whitmore
Fepper‘ashier
Will Travel as a Servant to Meet Her Royal Suitor
Miss Katherine Elkins plans a discreet crossing to meet the Duke of Abruzzi in southern France. She will travel with her mother under assumed names and avoid popular lines to keep their meeting secret. The Duke, aboard the Regina Elena, must remain afloat until spring, with a possible wedding announcement afterward.
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Commercial Tribune
Rome
Italy
Katherine Elkins
United States
Duke of Abruzzi
France
America
Europe
Elkins
Miss Elkins
Regina Elena
Dr Agin Re-elected President of West End Medical Society
Dr Agin was re-elected president of the West End Medical Society by acclamation at a fall-season meeting attended by about 100 physicians. Officers named included Vice President Dr W D Haines and Secretary Dr G A Altemeier, with a forthcoming Brighton Hotel gathering to set committees and adopt by-laws. The group plans an active campaign against civic evils, especially tuberculosis, in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Hotel
Becker Wins $192 in Sand Blast Case Near Fourth and Vine
George D. Becker recovered judgment for $192 against the National Sand Blast Company in Squire Muller's court after a sand blasting machine fragment struck him and dust ruined his suit near Fourth Street and Vine. Board member Herman Dierkes testified and criticized the board as a salary signers group.
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George D. Becker
Squire Muller
National Sand Blast Company
Fourth and Vine Streets
Becker
Herman Dierkes
Board of Public Safety
Artist Killed by Auto in Chicago Crossing
Chicago Sept 17 Harry O Lansders artist known for Irish scenes died from injuries after being run over crossing Dearborn Avenue. He did not see the sight seeing car and died at Passavant Hospital without regaining consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry O. Landers
Dearborn Avenue
Passavant Hospital
Stand at State Fair Collapses at Pueblo
At the State Fair Grounds in Pueblo this afternoon a public stand collapsed causing hundreds to fall. One man was seriously injured and several others were slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Col
Lad Hit by Ball May Lose Sight in Left Eye
Israel Learman a 9 year old resident of 1522 Central avenue suffered severe eye injury when a ball struck him during a game by older boys. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment after the accident late yesterday.
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Israel Learman
Central Avenue
Helen Maloney 3 Marriage Revoked In Catholic Church Context
The court granted final decree on default in a suit claiming a false named, non consummated marriage between Helen Maloney and Osborne. Maloney said the ceremony was to block a planned arranged marriage to titled foreigners and that she never lived with Osborne. The case hinges on whether civil annulment allows remarrying within Catholic law and was filed after documents were publicly released by Justice Gerard.
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Osborne
Miss Maloney
Clarkson
Papal
Rome
Gerard
Justice of the Peace
Mamaroneck
Georgetown
Justice Boyd
Sleepwalker Plunges From Third Floor Wins City Hospital Care
Charles Reeve a 32 year old salesman residing at Courtland Flats 121 East Court street fell from a third story window while walking in his sleep. He landed in St Clair alley and was rescued by passersby. He was revived at City Hospital and treated for minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reeve
Courtland Flats
East Court Street
St. Clair Alley
Reeve
Patrol 2
City Hospital
Federal court acts first in Montgomery embezzlement case
Judges Brown and McFarlan ruled that William Montgomery former Cashier of Allegheny National Bank cannot be tried in county courts on forgery charges until the Federal Court resolves the case over $469000 embezzlement tied to the bank. Montgomery remains jailed on $160000 bail. The bank collapse is linked to losses around $1,250.
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Pittsburg
Marshall Brown
James R. McFarlan
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
Knickerbocker and Paudinnell Die in Two Cities
John J. Knickerbocker a Chicago lawyer and civic figure of reconstruction era after the 1871 fire died Wednesday night. He once partnered with his brother the late Judge Joshua C. Knickerbocker and later led prosecutions of gambling cliques. The Rev John Paudinell former Provincial of the Passionists in the United States and Mexico died at the Passionist Monastery in Dunkirk New York. He was born in Genoa seventy four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Knickerbocker
Chicago
Knickerbocker
Joshua C. Knickerbocker
John Paudinelll
Passionist Fathers
United States
Mexico
Dunkirk
N. Y
Genoa
Bryan attacks steel trust in Delaware speech
W J Bryan in Harrington Delaware on September 17 referenced the United States Steel Corporation for the first time and claimed its officials backed the Republican party in exchange for immunity from prosecution. He denounced corruption funds and urged farmers to back the Democratic platform on tariffs campaign contributions deposits and trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Del
United States Steel Corporation
Republican Party
W. J. Bryan
Delaware
Judge Taft Denies Bryan's Standard Oil Statement
When shown Bryan's Standard Oil statement, Judge Taft replied that he wished to deny it, asserting that the statement is not true. The exchange occurred last night with no further comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
W. J. Bryan
Standard Oil
Cox Nominated for Congress by Ohio Democrats
James M. Cox of Dayton was nominated by acclamation for Congress in the Third District Democrats adjourned Middletown convention. Cox accepted with a National affairs speech. Judges Harmon and Campbell spoke. Ed H. Jones presided. No new resolutions were adopted.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
James M. Cox
Dayton
Third District
Middletown
Cox
Sprigg McMahon
W. S. Harlan
Judson Harmon
James E. Campbell
Ed H. Jones
Eaton
Rival Candidates At Fair In Syracuse Grounded In Duty
At the New York State Fair in Syracuse Governor Charles E. Hughes and Lieutenant Governor Lewis S. Chanler met on official grounds and were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd. After a Century Club banquet, they reviewed the Fraternal Karnival parade, a highlight of fair week.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Lewis S. Chanler
Century Club
Chanler
Fernald Wins Maine Governor Race in Official Canvass
Official canvass shows Fernald Republican leading Gardner Democrat by 7 986 votes statewide. Fernald 73 801 Gardner 65 815 with total governor votes 8 003 higher than 1906 and 9 991 higher than 1904. Socialist and Prohibition votes drop below ballot threshold.
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Portland
Zene
Fernald
Gardner
Beck Refuses Gallia County Election Board Slot
Frank L. Beck declined to qualify for a Gallia County Election Board seat after his appointment by Secretary of State Thompson. The Gallia County Democratic Committee recommended Freeman Johnson, who was installed to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Frank L. Beck
Gallia County Election Board
Thompson
Gallia County Democratic Committee
Freeman Johnson
Quinby Nominated for Governor by New Hampshire Republicans
The New Hampshire Republican State Convention in Concord nearly filled the house and nominated Henry B. Quinby of Lakeport for governor. Delegates pledged support for Roosevelt and national candidates while addressing state issues in a brief platform.
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Concord
N. H
Henry B. Quinby
Lakeport
Roosevelt
Independence Party Split in Georgia Over Ticket Field
A major rift within Georgia’s Independence party emerged as Chairman Sutler announced no electoral ticket would be fielded. Simultaneously National Committeeman Clapp filed with the Secretary of State a full slate of electors from all congressional districts and two at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Independence Party of Georgia
Sutler
State Executive Committee
Clapp
Georgia
Ohio Thirtyfifth Regiment Veterans Reunite in Hamilton
More than a hundred survivors of the Thirtyfifth Ohio Regiment gathered at Mrs. Ford Vanderveer's home for the annual reunion. Lebanon will host the next meeting, with C. W. Randall elected president and other officers named. Letters from Governor Harris and Judge Landis were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Thirty- Fifth Ohio
Ford Vanderveer
Thirty-fifth
H. V. Boynton
John Landig
K. M. Landisang
Charles
Fred Landis
Indiana
Lebanon
C. W. Randall
A. D. Strickler
J. W. O'Neal
Thomas Starry
J. W. Myers
Hamilton
Harris
Campbell
Landis
Ohio City is chosen for next convention site
At the National Convention of First class Postmasters in Toledo Ohio City was selected as the next meeting place. Officers named include Henry Blun Jr Savannah Ga as President E M Morgan New York City First Vice President F G Withoff Dayton Ohio Second Vice President and Isadore Sobel Erie Pa Fourth Vice President R B Woods Louisville Fifth Vice President D C Owen Milwaukee as Treasurer.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Toledo
Henry Blun, Jr
Savannah
Erie
R. B. Woods
Louisville
D. C. Owen
Milwaukee
McKinley Bryan Rivalry and 1896 Campaign Forces
In 1896 Marcus Hanna steered a Republican victory over Bryan with a rich campaign. The silver faction split the Democratic side as Bryan aroused millions, spoke in private cars, faced scarce funds, and endured heavy rail travel hardship. The outcome propelled McKinley to the White House and prosperity.
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Bryan
Hapna
E Cation
Mississippi
Hanna
Ohio
Indiana
Marcus A. Hanna
McKinley
Frederic J. Haskin
Secretary Held on Manslaughter Charge in Montclair Shooting
Walter C. Phillips confidential secretary to John Leonard Montclair founder, is held in 10000 bail for grand jury on manslaughter charge after Leonard was shot in his Montclair home. Phillips claimed accidental discharge while showing weapon found roadside. Justice Mott noted negligent conduct but deemed case fit for grand jury.
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Newark
N. J
Walter C. Phillips
John Leonard
Steel and Iron
Montclair
Leonard
Mott
Phillips
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George O. Squier
Signal Corps Aeronautical Board
George C. Squier
Charles McK. Saltzman
Wallace
Frank P. Lahm
Sweet
Richard B. Greecy
Marine Corps
Fournier
Thomas E. Selfridge
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West Point
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Fifth Field Artillery
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Riammondsport
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Mouse
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DR. Agin
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Lad
Helen Maloney
Supreme Court
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Federal Court
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Maine
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Gallia County
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New Hampshire
Independence Party
SLPIT
Ohio Veterans IN Reunion
Ohio City
Mark Hanna
Platt
Teller
Colorado
Cannon
Utah
Dubois
Idaho
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Richard P. Bland
Missouri
John R. McLean
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
McCall
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Indianapolis
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
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