Daring aviators eye Atlantic flight and world race
Admiral Peary urged a world aeronautic map as Europe backs ambitious air feats. Curtiss plans a June Atlantic flight from St John’s Newfoundland with Wanamaker financing. Aero Club outlines a twenty seven city route with 100 mile fuel stations and a world race prize above one million dollars.
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Atlantic Ocean
Glenn HF. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Atlantic
Rodman Wanamaker
Europe
Curtiss
Ocean
St. John's Newfoundland
New York
St. Johna
Wanamaker
Siberian
Aero Club of America
Aero Club
International Aeronautical Federation
Brussels
Belgium
Aero Clubs
Hawley
The
Admiral Peary
Rome
National Geographical Society
North Atlantic
G-2 Submarine Lines Up For Panama Canal Entry
The G-2 advanced U S Navy submarine dwarfs a destroyer in size and is poised to lead the submarine flotilla through the Panama Canal next year. Early milestones include France’s 1886 Gymnote and the 1891 Gustave Zede, with Holland designs influencing American submarines amid trials, tragically proving submarine service deadly yet heroic.
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Hirty
United States Navy
Naval Engineers
Panama Canal
Mr. Holland
France
Gustave Zede
United States
Holand
Holland
Navy Department
Japanese Navy Department
Hiroshima Bay
Sakuma
Elopers Tie Triple Wedding in Chicago Suburb
Three Chicago couples fled to a nearby suburb to elope and repeatedly crossed paths while avoiding each other. They ultimately married in a triple ceremony and returned to Chicago together.
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Chicago
Swat the Fly Nationwide War to Rid Cities of Flies
Arthur J. Brinton argues for a broad, organized campaign against houseflies. He notes health boards and communities issuing pamphlets, lectures, and contests to reduce flies, with methods ranging from trapping to house screening and early spring fly-kill efforts.
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Cleveland
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Harry N. Atwood
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Peary
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George J. Gould
Clarence H. Mackay
Harry Payne Whitney
Vincent Astor
Ogden Mills Reid
Robert J. Collier
Orville Wright
Glenn H Curtiss
Robert M. Thompson
James Gordon Bennett
Russell A. Alger
Harold F. McCormick
Allan R. Hawley
Samuel Reber
Clarence F. Wynne
Aero Club of Pennsylvania
Charles J. Glidden
Glidden Tours
Charles Dickenson
Aero Club of Illinois
Guy R. Slaughter
Air Weather Forecasts
American Press Association
Cheyenne
New York City
Canada
Cape Farewell
Greenland
Neykjjavik
Iceland
Marthe Ocobt
Stornowey
Hebrides
London
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Paria
Cecccsasei
Berlitt
Warta
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Korea
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Enet Cups
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Sitka
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Wash
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Francisco
Captain Nakano
Brooklyn
Panama Canal Zone
Arthur J. Brinton
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