Wellman North Pole balloon attempt ends after 32 miles
Walter Wellman and three companions made a 32 mile sea level ascent in the balloon America, landed safely, but a rope failure released stores causing ascent and explosion. The Fram towed the damaged airship back to camp, ending further flights for the year.
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Hammerfest
Camp Wellman
Spitzenberger
Walter Wellman
North Pole
America
Wellman
North Spittenbergen
Fram
Camp
Moses Thatcher dead longtime LDS apostle and senator candidate
Moses Thatcher former member of the quorum of twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died at his Logan Utah home on Saturday August 21. Born February 2 1842 in Sangamon County Illinois he crossed the plains with his father in 1847 1848. He joined the church in California later returned to Utah and was ordained an apostle in 1879. He was a 1896 US Senate candidate from Utah and declined the 1898 senate offer. Health poor he had focused on business interests in Logan.
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Logan
Utah
Moses Thatcher
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sangamon County
Illinois
Hezekiah Thatcher
Plains
Thatcher
California
United States
Dancers Save Family From House Fire Near Wallace
A dancer party returning from Burke saved Mrs. Finch and three children from a fire at their isolated Wallace area home. Finch accuses neighbor O B Redlund of arson, sworn out after Redlund allegedly threatened to burn them out over a dispute with Mrs. Finch.
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Wallace
Idaho
Burke
B. B. Finch
Finch
Redlund
Mrs. Finch
Death toll rises in Indianapolis speedway opening
Three more lives fell on Saturday during the speed carnival opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A National car driven by Charles Merz shed a tire and plowed into a fence killing one mechanic and two spectators, with two others injured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Charles Merz
Army and Navy to keep strength under Taf t economy plan
Washington reports deny any reduction in the regular army or naval strength. On Sunday the president’s authority blocked cutbacks, insisting efficiency and readiness will be preserved despite economy measures. Beverly, Mass. notes the official stance against diminished military power.
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Beverly
Mass
Washington
Naval
Summer Intrigue Aboard A Coastal Cottage Tale
Readers follow Elisabeth Gabrielle and Flico in a Canadian summer aboard a steamer and a seaside cottage. Strangers include John C. Blake and Gordon Bennett as jewel theft rumors and a missing ring unfold amid romantic tensions and mysterious conversations.
Midnight Colony Shadow Play
A narrator, awakened by uncanny night sounds, witnesses two strange shadows near a village path. Mary Anne returns, distressed, revealing she searched for Misa Elizabeth’s ring with her brother Dan to present it at dawn, prompting a tone of apology and uneasy reverence.
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Dan
Elise
Mary Anne
Gordon Bennett
Cabrielle
Gabrielle
Mr. Blake
Mr. Bennett
Misa Elizabeth
Tobacco and the smoker debate in historic view
The Providence Journal notes ongoing controversy among physiologists over tobacco effects. It questions moderate use versus abstinence for youths and discusses whether tobacco is natural or providential, hinting that delaying habit may benefit health.
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Providence Journal
Johnson and Henry Clash in Tennessee Governorship Debates
The Nashville Banner recalls Andrew Johnson and Gustavus A. Henry, two famed Tennessee orators, who faced off in a governor race after extensive debates. Johnson taunted Henry as a hollow eagle from the Mississippi to the Unaka mountains, prompting Henry to reply that the American eagle feeds not on carrion.
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Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
United States
Gustavus A. Henry
South
Johnson
Henry
Nashville
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Flico
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Eliabeth
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