Farman Flies 660 Yards at Brighton Beach Flight
Henry Farman piloted a heavier than air aeroplane at Brighton Beach traveling 660 yards in a safe, smooth flight to cheers from about 3,000 spectators. The machine weighed 1,100 pounds and rose to 12 to 15 feet before gliding down. Farman remained calm as crowds shouted approval and the event sparked talk of aviation’s future passenger transport potential.
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New York
Henry Farman
Brighton Beach
Farman
Farmar
Tragedy in Rock Hill as Father kills suitor on porch
In Rock Hill South Carolina J N Williamson was shot and killed by Miss Garrison's father who fired after discovering the couple together on the girl's porch around 1 am Sunday. Williamson and Miss Garrison had been close and their marriage was anticipated. The incident shocked two prominent families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill
S. C
J. N. Williamson
Mary Garrison
Miss Garrison
Williamson
Garrison
Air Line to Connect Eastern Cities via Aerial Line
The army tests at Fort Myer scrutinize Captain Baldwin's dirigible flights as a potential factor in linking several large Eastern cities by an aerial transportation line. The Department weighs balloon and airplane use for future military and civil aims and will gauge feasibility through ongoing flight tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Father Doyle Optimistic on American Catholic Mission
The Rev. A. P. Doyle rector of the Apostolic mission house in Washington informs the Vatican of progress in America. He says the mission aims to convert Americans to the Catholic faith and hopes the entire English speaking population will be converted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cable
A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Washington, D. C
Vatican
America
Father Doyle
Auto Combine Plan in New York Forming International Motor Co
In New York the first major auto combination aims to form a company named the International Motor Company with a total capital of 25 million dollars. It will issue 11.6 million dollars in common stock and 14 million dollars in preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Motor Company
Indianapolis
Chicago
Mob lynching shocks Russellville Kentucky four Black men hanged
Four Black men Virgil Jones Tom Jones Robert Jones and Joe Riley were dragged from jail by about fifty white men near Russellville on the Nashville Pike. They were hanged from a tree and a threatening note targeted Black residents. The victims were associated with a lodge and had supported a white farmer’s Black tenant in a prior dispute.
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Russellville
Virgil
Tom
Robert Jones
Joe Riley
Nashville Pike
Hugh Rogers
James Cunningham
Rufus Browder
Political Murders in Poland Shock Capital
In Warsaw socialists killed the vice president of the National Bakers' Union. Nationalists retaliated by shooting and killing two socialist leaders, fueling a cycle of violence in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Warsaw
National Bakers’ Union
Fire Devours BC Towns as Vast Forest Blaze Rages
Canadian fires in the Elk River Valley scorch nine towns on the Crowsnest line and threaten more. Fernie and nearby communities flee, with 100 known dead, hundreds injured, and Cranbrook hit hard. Affects 900 square miles. 3,000 people seek shelter as bridges burn and access to eastern towns is cut.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Crows’ Nest
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Fernie
Michel
Coal Creek
Sparwood
Elko
Olsen
Morrissey
Hosmer
McGillivray
Elk River Valley
Elk River
Fence For Horse Thieves In Richmond Area
Richmond Indiana and nearby Ohio and Indiana police are busy recovering stolen horses and property. Investigators suspect local involvement and a fence operation is suspected near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
American fitted garments draw cautious praise in London
The Tailor and Cutter editor notes that American made clothes are improving in London and less objectionable now. He cites a regrettable display of raised seams and turned-back cuffs with aggressive buttons in the wrong places as remaining flaws.
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London
Laporte Case Deepens Poison Link In Gunness Deaths
Coroner Mack reports Dr. Walter Haines found fatal amounts of strychnine and arsenic in the stomachs of Mrs. Belle Gunness and two children. The discovery strengthens the theory that Gunness killed her children and herself, shifting defense strategy away from a live Gunness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kdr. Haines
Andrew Helgelein
Aberdeen
S. D
Lamphere
JAIL BIRDS TO GARNER CROP
Manitoba government may release prisoners serving minor offenses to hire out for grain harvest in the Northwest. About 30,000 men needed to gather an estimated 104 million bushels this year. Prisoners hope to earn $2 to $3 daily for several weeks.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Northwest
Manitobam
Mystery murder in Williamsburg girl found charred
In Williamsburg Brooklyn the half charred body of a young woman was found with a throat wound. The killer wrapped the body in an oil soaked mattress poured oil on clothing and set it ablaze to destroy evidence. A strong acid had been poured over the face to prevent identification.
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New York
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Brothers in a Triple Play at Riverside Park
The only triple play by three brothers believed to have occurred at Riverside Park in Sioux City Iowa during a game between Mayflower Congregational and First Presbyterian church teams. Harry Cummins pitched the ball to Earl Cummins at second base and Clyde Cummins at first for a completed relay.
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Sioux City
Riverside Park
Mayflower Congregational
First Presbyterian
Harry
Earl
Clyde Cummins
The
Mayflowers
Clyde
Harriman King Bee in East Railroad Tangle
The Gould railroad dispute east of the Mississippi was largely unwoven by a conference including E. H. Harriman and George Gould with counsel. Harriman left New York for his Oregon cabin, while described as the dominant influence over 15 percent of the country’s railroad mileage and 25 percent of its capitalization.
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New York
Mississippi River
E. H. Harriman
George Gould
Wall Street Journal
Oregon Woods
Harriman
Great Eastern
Prince Weds Low Rank Woman in Zurich Alliance
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia marries Marie Sulzer, the baroness Liebenberg, after a scandalous two year courtship. The Kaiser banished him to Africa earlier, but the couple wed in Zurich and plan to live in America.
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Berlin
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Marie Sulzer
Europe
Sulzer
Liebenberg
Prince Joachim
Germany
Africa
Paris
Zurich
America
Young beauty frees lover in New Jersey woods
Deputy sheriffs arrest Bert Ulmer, a notorious horse thief, after overpowering him at a deserted barn near Flemington New Jersey. Miss Mabel Able, twenty, from Hunterdon county, admits living with Ulmer and aiding his escape from Norristown asylum by passing a cell door key hidden in tobacco. Ulmer had been jailed for ten years in Philadelphia's Eastern Penitentiary and turned to horse stealing to marry her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flemington
N. J
Bert Ulmer
Upper
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mabel Able
Hunterdon County
Ulmer
Philadelphia
Norristown
Miss Able
Playful Whale Schools Disrupt Atlantic Steamers
Ships from Europe meet large schools of whales patrolling the Northern Atlantic. The Patricia of the Hamburg American Line, fresh in from Europe, slowed to a crawl for hours to avoid collisions with the playful monsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Europe
Patricia
Oklahoma gas to illuminate Europe via transatlantic pipeline
Alexander A. Eberson of St. Louis secures a Havre France packing concession and proposes piping American natural gas across the United States and then the Atlantic to Europe. He notes Oklahoma supplies gas to multiple states and envisions London Paris and Berlin lit by Oklahoma gas with power for trolleys and workshops, despite industry resistance.
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London
Europe
Oklahoma
Alexander A. Eberson
St. Louis
Havre
France
United States
Kansas
Texas
Mr. Eberson
Indiana
Pittsburg
Indian Territory
Standard Oil Company
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Atlantic
Paris
Berlin
Oklahoma Gas
Big Glass Plant to Open in Alexandria Indiana
The Penn American Plate Glass Company of Alexandria Indiana says it will resume operations with about 600 workers after a shutdown since last December. About 100 men have been at work making improvements including a full plant electrification costing $200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Ind
Penn-American Plate Glass Company
Mice Caper Prompts Choir Strike at Church
In Homestead Pennsylvania the Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church choir halted singing after mice cavorted around members during a Sunday service. The workers refuse to practice until all mice are removed.
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Homestead
Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Thaw Charity Eyes Summer Colony for Crippled Boys
Harry K Thaw plans a Pittsburg driven effort to price vacant cottages in Cresson Pa as a potential summer colony for poor crippled boys and orphans. Agents there seek affordable lodging options to house and educate needy youths, following an earlier act sending a Pittsburgh newsboy to school.
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Cresson
Jimmy Flaherty
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Hardinsville Girls Indicted For Church Disturbance
Miss Effie Snow and Miss Minnie Utley, prominent Hardinsville social figures, are indicted on a charge of disturbing a church service weeks ago for snickering and giggling during the sermon while trading village gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardinsville
Ark
Effie Snow
Minnie Utley
Landslide Destroys Merrin-les-Pains Village
A landslide destroyed the village of Merrin-les-Pains in Innsbruck region. Sixteen people were reported killed. Mehra in the Austrian Tyrol near Brixlege, a resort area, is noted for baths and summer visitors.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Merrin-les-Pains
Mehra
Austrian Tyrol
Brixlege
Call Me Bill Taft Replies To Reporters
Judge Taft jokes to newspaper men about titles during an audience in Hos Springs Virginia. He says to call him Bill and notes his preference when addressed as Mr Secretary Governor Judge or Mr Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hos Springs
Mr. Taft
Bill
Decline in Ohio Saloons Drops State Revenue
State Auditor report shows 458 fewer saloons in Ohio since January 1, reducing state revenue by 397,207 dollars. Despite this, revenue this year under the $1,000 Aiken tax is expected to reach about 5,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Atlanta Divorce Sparks After Star's Midnight Trip
Virginia Harned left Atlanta on December 23 1906 to confront LE H Sothern in Chicago after learning he was courting another actress. She hurried from the rand theater to her hotel and then found him with the rival actress at the Annex, an encounter described as highly dramatic.
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Atlanta
Virginia Harned
Chicago
LE. H. Sothen
Miss Harned
Rand
Camille
Sothern
Miss Trarned
Negro burned at stake in Greenville public square
In Hunt County Texas a Black man named Ted Smith accused of attacking Miss Visit De Lancey was captured by officers and mobbed. He was taken toward Clarksville jail but seized by citizens who poured kerosene on him and set him alight in Greenville. Thousands witnessed the public execution.
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Dallas
Tex
Ted’ Smith
Miss Visit Delancey
Claiton
Hunt County
Green Ville
Amazech
Smith
Sultan Declares Freedom From Self-Imposed Bonds
The text notes Sultan Abdul freed himself from thirty years of self-imposed bondage and issued a decree announcing his appearance in public as a private citizen. It mentions the year 1877 and a move toward constitutional fronting and personal safety in Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan Abnet
Dhimselfl
Tain
Constantinopie
Hamis
Auto Hold-up Near Camp Commander Resort
A daring safe blowing occurred when a woman and two men posing as automobile travelers held up and robbed a camp near the lake shore north of the Indiana line. The robbers took money and valuables, fled back to their car, and disappeared into the sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana Line
Tieciernis
Quick Justice for Murderer in New Jersey
Archie Herron former? feadsmith shot and killed Rev. S. V. J. Prickett a Methodist minister on July 15 and was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to electrocution at Prenton on September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Jersey
Archie Herron
S. V. J. Prickett
Prenton
Suicide of Young Groom in Pillard Household
Leopard Hall in Sergent County reports the suicide of fifteen year old Rhoda Prot an twelve year old girl married two months earlier to the deceased son of Rev. Joseph Mail, a Baptist minister. The couple had an unhappy marriage. the groom shot himself at his father’s home.
Great Dam Break Floods San Joaquin River Valley Property
A levee breach on the San Joaquin River near Antioch floods War and Jersey Island comprising 600 acres. About 300 acres of celery are submerged with property valued at roughly 5 million dollars. Local authorities assess the loss at five million.
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Antioch. Co
San Joaquin River
Jersey Island
Society Wages War on Moths in Beverly Colony
Boston reports a campaign against copey moth swarms burdensome to Beverly Massachusetts residents. Nicholas Longworth leads a subscription effort which has raised nearly eighty thousand dollars to fund the effort.
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Society
Boston
Beverly
Mas
Nicholas Longworth
Woman who weighed 519 pounds dies in Pittsburgh area
After 19 years of elephantiasis, Mrs. Anna E. Lynch dies at home near McKeesport. She weighed 519 pounds at death, having weighed 165 pounds years earlier.
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Pittsburg
Anna E. Lynch
McKeesport
Miners Buried After Crow's Nest Pass Cave-In
In Coal Creek British Columbia a cave-in at a CP railroad coal mine at Crow's Nest Pass buries 23 miners. Rescue attempts are underway but fatalities are feared if aid is delayed.
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Coal Creek
B. C
Crow’s Nest Pass
Canadian Pacific
Aeronaut Drops to Death in Parachute Jump
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a para chute drop at Hague Park in Jackson. The parachute strings on one side snapped as it filled, sending the aeronaut plummeting 2 000 feet to his death.
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Jackson, Mich
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Surprise for Lolie Ends in Police Rescue at St. Agnes
In Memphis Tennessee a Texas girl named Lolie O Neill climbing the back wall of St Agnes academy ended up in the arms of two large policemen rather than her sweetheart who planned to aid her escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lolie
Memphis
Tenn
St. Agnes’s Academy
Lolie O'Neil
Texas
Vanderbilt's Step-son Killed in Auto Crash Near Paris
Paris notes that G Winthrop Sands stepson of W K Vanderbilt died from injuries after his car overturned near the Chateau St Louis de Poissy, twenty miles from Paris. He was driving at seventy five miles an hour when a tire burst causing the crash that buried him under the vehicle. Mrs Sands and her infant daughter were at the Vanderbilt country home at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Paris
Cable
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Chateau St. Louis de Poissy
Annette Kelerman Completes 12 Mile Boston Swim
Australian swimmer Annette Kelerman essayed and completed a 12 mile swim from Charlestown Bridge to Boston Light in about six and a half hours.
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Annette
Boston
Annette Kelerman
Charleston Bridge
Boston Light
Government to move for rehearing on Standard Disease case
Attorney General Bonaparte and prominent legal advisers have definitely decided to seek a rehearing of the Standard Disease matter at the earliest possible moment.
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Lenox
Mass
Bonaparte
Appalling Death Roll in Tyrol Storms
Terrible thunder and rainstorms devastate the Austrian Tyrol causing widespread destruction. Corpses are seen in swollen streams and homes and stock are washed away. The death toll in Bukowina and Ziller reaches seventy.
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Vienna
Austrian Tyrol
Bukowina
Ziller
Stranger fries egg on Milwaukee pavement
In Milwaukee a passerby reportedly fried an egg on the Grand Avenue pavement in six minutes despite the weatherman claiming 80 degree heat.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Avenue
Kobe Syndicate Secures Alpine Concessions for Power
Tokio and American and English financiers in the Kobe syndicate have secured concessions in the Japanese Alps capable of 300000 horsepower. The power would be supplied to enterprises in Tokio Yokohama Kyoto Osaka Wade and other Japanese commercial centers.
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Tokio, Cubic
Kobe Syndicate
Alps
Tokio
Yokohama
Kyoto
Osaka Wade
Japan
Wheat yield up sharply in Kansas reports
Reports from Kansas indicate wheat production exceeding last year by 2,000,000 bushels based on a 500 point sampling, improving prospects for the state’s agriculture.
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St. Lou’s
Kansas
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