Curtiss Ocean Flight Sparks Early Aeronautic Hype
The 1910 New York Evening Post accounts a Curtiss sea flight 1300 feet above waves near Atlantic City. It notes a near wreck at takeoff, propeller blade replacement, and a triumphant second ascent that drew cheers from onlookers. The piece recalls Hawker Grieve Alcock Brown and historic long distance flights as context.
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Rockaway
Halifax
Trepassey
Azores
Lisbon
Plymouth
Hawker and
Grieve
St. John’s
Irish
Alcock and Brown
Hawker
England
Mineola
New York
Curtiss
Atlantic City
New York Evening Post
Last Home of Seminoles Seen as Moral People
The Christian Science Monitor recounts Florida’s Seminole Indians on a reservation in the Everglades and notes Mrs Minnie Moore Wilson's praise of the Seminole man as upright and the squaw as uniquely respected. It relays their dread of contact with American civilization and engineers surveying their wilderness.
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Florida
Everglades
Minnie Moore Wilson
New York
Christian Science Monitor
English hotel in Paris linked to Paine and the Terror
As early as 1792 an English hotel stood opposite Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris owned by White. Its guests included Tom Paine and other liberal English visitors drawn by French revolutionary fervor. Lord Fitzgerald praised Paine. the hotel is tied to the history of the Terror.
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Paris
White
Notre Dame Des Victoires
George III
France
Tom Paine
Lord Fitzgerald
Starkweather Forms Volunteer Fire Department
Starkweather establishes a volunteer fire department. Earl E. Ellis will construct a fireproof garage to replace the one destroyed by fire. Plans include a $25,000 school issue ballot for a new schoolhouse in Eckelson carried at a special election. Sutton reports a $20,000 elevator owned by Adolph Retzlaff destroyed by fire. Jamestown hosts reunion plans for former service members during the Stutsman county fair in June.
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Starkweather
Earl E. Ellis
Eckelson
Sutton
Adolph Retzlaff
Jamestown
Vilice The Accomplished Not Always Best
Quote attributed to Beston suggests highly accomplished individuals need not always achieve the most, echoing a measured view of talent and success. The fragmentary transcript presents a reflective observation on excellence and outcomes.
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Vilice
Beston
Linton Prepares for Bismarck Booster Visit
Local Overflow R T Buckley returns home after a year in Linton. City council plans a luncheon and a reception near town for the visiting Bismarck boosters next Tuesday with dinner at two hotels. Mrs Steve Silvernagle, Strasburg, run over by a plow. one leg severed. taken to Bismarck for care. daughter of Mike Scherr. reports say she is improving.
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North Road
Steve Silvernagle
Strasburg
Bismarck
Mike Scherr
Changing Japanese Conditions and Philanthropy
Abe Kobei of Yokohama leaves 1,000,000 yen for Kana gawa prefecture public welfare under governor Inouye. An Osaka merchant also gave 1,000,000 yen for a public meeting house now in use. The article notes shifting social psychology toward public welfare and lineage preservation practices in Nippon.
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Abe Kobei
Yokohama
Kanagawa Prefecture
Inouye
Osaka
Nippon
Park Improvement for Sully's Lake Expected Soon
Devils Lake area will see a $10,000 summer appropriation spent at Sully's park to build rest quarters for tourists improve roads and add other enhancements as plans move toward execution.
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Devils Lake
Sully
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Linton, North Dakota
Strasburg Drug CO
R. Volk
First State Bank
Strasburg Bazaar
Strasburg Mercantile CO
J. J. Poort
Strasburg Auto CO
Fords
Oaklands
Fea
Deboer & van Soest
Emmons County Record
Strasburg Lumber CO
Conrad Kraft
Kraft Elevator CO
Kraft & Foryziak
Studebaker Cars
Liberty Grain CO
R. T. Buckley
Bismarck Bosters
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