Wrights fatal aeroplane flight ends in crash
Orville Wright and Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge were aboard a two man aeroplane at Fort Meyer when a propeller blade snapped. Selfridge died of injuries, Wright was badly hurt but expected to recover. The crash followed the aircraft overturning in the air and debris engulfing the occupants.
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Fort Meyer
Orville Wright
Thomas E. Selfridge
Signal Corps
Army
Selfridge
Wright
Narrow Escape for President Cabrera in Guatemala
Officers aboard the steamer City of Para report an assassination attempt on Guatemala's President Cabrera. An infernal device connected to a telephone in his room would explode when activated. The blast hurled him from his chair. he survived with only bruises.
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Para
San Francisco
Cal
Cabrera
Guatemala
Fugitive Banker Bonelli Arrives in New York as Prisoner
A. F. Bonelli former Cleveland banker charged with theft of 30000 dollars arrived in New York aboard the Afghan Prince from Brazil. He vanished June 18 and was arrested in Sao Paulo before transfer to Cleveland.
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A. F. Bonelli
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Brazil
Bonelli
Italy
Sao Paulo
Great Shipment of Horses from Mill Stream Stud
A shipment of horses from the Mill stream Stud at Lexington Kentucky owned by Miller Bishop and Painter of New York left for New York to be shipped to France for sale. The lot includes the $80,000 stallion Adam and twenty three brood mares valued at a total of $200,000 making it the most valuable consignment ever sent from Lexington by one firm.
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Millstream Stud
Lexington
Miller Bishop and Painter
New York
Adam
France
Five Month Old Chicken Hatches Seven Chicks in Columbus
A 5 month old chicken owned by Miss May Deitrich of Columbus, Indiana, hatched seven chicks from eggs laid by the bird, proving race deaths by own action do not affect the chicken industry. Marion Warner of Warsaw, Indiana, holds an egg marked W. H. T. suggesting Taft’s election.
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May Deitrich
Elmer Deitrich
Columbus
Ind
Marion Warner
Warsaw
Warner
William H. Taft
Fatal Yard Collision Kills Workman, Seven Hurt
One worker died and seven others were injured in a collision between a yard engine and a work train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad at Gibsontown Pennsylvania. Two of the injured died.
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Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Gibsontown
Earthquake in Guayaquil Stirs Panic with No Losses
A violent quake struck Guayaquil Ecuador causing widespread panic though no fatalities occurred and damage was described as trifling by authorities.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Death by Own Action and Gasoline Explosion Fatalities
Mrs Sallie Hatfield her age not given attempted suicide by leaping from a second story window in York Pennsylvania earlier foiled by her son This marks a third self inflicted death within a year in the same row of six houses In Syracuse New York a gasoline explosion destroyed the Wildridge Latimer Company fly shop killing Harry Altenbrand and injuring several others
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McAlester
Okla
Arthur Richards
Richards
Sallie Sfatfield
York
Airs
Flatfield
Hatfield
Wildridge-Latimer Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Harry Altenbrand
Hartford City
George G. Feldman
South Bend
Anna Buchler
Three I Railroad
Arthur Ruffing
J. E. Ruffing
Delphi
Harry Eldridge
Young
Isbor holiday and hot weather affect trade and banking
The Isbor holiday and heat reduced commodity movements and crop prices while bank payments remained low. Overall, buying is strong as dry goods clothing and hardware demand rises. Bank clearings for five days total 195 553 059 with 21 failures, six of which exceed 5 000 dollars, compared to prior weeks.
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Isbor
Dunn
Review of Trade
Fall expansion in trade as crops lift markets
Beadstreet's Commercial Report notes modest growth in jobbing and retail trade and stronger agricultural regions after a fall season advance. Western, Pacific coast, and southern centers show notable gains while industrial centers lag. U S failures total 191 for the week ending Sept 10, below prior weeks, with 24 in Canada.
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Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
Beadstreet
Commodities Mixed Across Cities With Varying Prices
Market listings show cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and related grains and dairy values. Key figures include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 7.55 dollars and cattle 4.00 to 7.55, wheat No 2 around 1.00 to 1.09, corn No 2 7 to 80 cents, butter 19 to 23 cents, eggs 19 to 22 cents, and oats 47 to 50 cents.
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Chicago
India
St. Louis
Stao
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Telegraphic News Briefs From Across The Nation
Heavy rains aid crops in the Northwest as fires destroy Patterson Brothers pottery in Wellsville Ohio. Sailors on President Roosevelt’s yacht Sylph barred from a Oyster Bay dance hall for wearing navy uniforms. The largest suit in Canadian Yukon filed by A D Curtis for 17,600,000 over a mining concession. Fire in Worthund Oregon gut three story brick factory Peters Roberts Fur niture Loss 129000 insurance 65000. Grand Central Station plans total cost 20000000. Brooklyn burglar shot dead by detective Hugo Sherman identified. Breathitt feudist Henry Thrap captured and placed in asylum at Lexington.
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Northwest
Patterson Brothers
Yellow Ware
Wellsville
Ohio
President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Yukon
A. D. Curtis
Worthund
Ore
Peters & Roberts
Grand Central Station
New York
Brooklyn
Hugo Sherman
Maine Republicans win by narrow plurality in gubernatorial race
Maine voters choose Bert M. Fernald Republican for governor by about 7,700 over Democrat Obadiah Gardner. The result signals a local contest tied to liquor and prohibition issues, with Republicans likely taking four congressional districts and a statewide turnout near 140,000.
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Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Obadiah Gardner
Fernald
Gardner
Cobb
Davis
Iquor
Pennsylvanian Special Hits Record Run Between Pierceton and Warsaw
In August twenty first a special Pennsylvania train ran Pierceton to Warsaw nine miles in under five minutes, speeding over 100 miles per hour in effect. The year’s rail news include through freight rates in New York to south and west restoring some competition, and court rulings upholding safety equipment standards. Union Pacific adds guards after Northwest robberies. Soo Line Duluth extension now open to Onamia. lowered roofing paper rates to aid western manufacturers. South Dakota considers extending standard gauge to Deadwood.
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Pennsylvania Railread
Pierceton
Warsaw
Ind
Chicago and Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
New England
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Santa Fe
Denver
Rio Grande
Union Pacific
Northwest
Soo Railroad
Duluth
Puluth
Brooten
Onamia
Soo Line
South Dakota
Commine Sioners
Lead
Deadwood
Huntington paper to publish from Garrett Daily Press
Mew of Indiana Séiver at Huntington plans to start a Garrett daily, hiring 100 men and naming The Wat ers' Association warehouse as a mailing base. Evansville chair and local partners in Kendallville promote a trolley line project to Goshen with St Louis and Chicago capital backing.
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Faco Evansville
Boyd, Wis
Kendallville
Ligonier
Goshen
Albion
Rome Y
Chicago
St. Louis
August Smith
New Albany
Chester Lewis
North Forest Fires Ravage Minnesota Towns and Cities
A vast smoke cloud from northern forest fires swept into Milwaukee and Chicago over the weekend. Refugees flocked to the lake for safety as towns from Hibb ing Minnesota to Beaver Bay faced near total destruction. Fire trains, naval reserves, and state roads battled the blazes as about 30,000 people were left homeless and relief efforts mobilized across Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Chicago
Hhbbing
Minn
Michigan
North Shore
Grand Marais
Duluth
Lake Superior
Beaver Bay
Peril
Colermit
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Nashwank
Wartble
Lhbbing
Tubi
Pig Tay
Chicago Bay
Coton
Auvers
Mountain
Tron
Renshall
Fort Willian
Ont
Pymers
Port Arthur
Cascade
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Johnson
Duluth Relief Committee
Take Superior
Whleo
Spa
Calcutta jail revolt ends with killing of informant
In an Indian jail in Calcutta imprisoned revolutionists killed a comrade who betrayed their plot to assassinate high officials and trigger a general rebellion. Also near Seven Oaks by London the wife of Maj Gen Charles Allward Luard was murdered for robbery, rings taken. In Morocco French troops battle Arabs near Boudeaib as tribes surround a Boudeaib blockhouse, machine guns repelling them while a relief column is awaited.
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Perry Township
Miami County
Ditchers
John McClain
Fred Fite
Denver
Wiliam Reed
St. Paul
Greensburg
Christopher Columbus
America
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Franklin H. Clevenger
Washington Street
Calcutta
India
Seven Oaks
London
Charles Allward Luard
Morocco
Paris
Boudeaib
Cured After Doctors Said There Was No Hope
Sylvanne Verrill of Milford Maine says a bad injury five years ago left her paralyzed and kidney problems. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she gained strength and pain relief, walked on crutches in three months, then regained kidney function and was cured. Sold for 50 cents a bar by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Sylvanne O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Vacations Hardships Reflected in Northern Resort Trip
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a summer vacation where girls faced hardship walking nearly six miles to mail their picture postcards during a trip to a northern resort. The brief highlights endurance amid leisure.
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Surmer
Chicago Tribune
Forebodings and the Braggart Tortoise Tale
A fable style verse contrasts a boastful tortoise with wiser elder who warns that speed may ruin him. The piece frames a caution about overconfidence and fate. It also includes a collage of early 20th century product ads and jokes promoting foot powder, eye salve, laundry blues, and light humor.
Disappointed Ambition and a Circus Clown Dream
An amused fragment contrasts a philanthropist’s query about serious purpose with a personal wish to be a circus clown. London Punch hints at revenue ideas by making every author answer to an adjective.
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London Punch
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Honey
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Worthington Times
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Henry Kelsemer
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