Balloon disaster over Berlin 4000 feet nearly fatal fall
The Berlin start of the James Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race ended in a dramatic crash when Conqueror driven by A Holland Forbes and Augustus Post shattered at 4000 feet. Both men escaped serious injury after the silk envelope transformed into a parachute, and spectators watched as the wreckage dispersed before recovering from the fright. Forbes later recounted the perilous descent and the quick actions that saved their lives.
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James Gordon
Berlin
Schmargendorf
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Rand
Forbes
Pest
Rey Jackkolle
Arrested on suspicion of murder of Chicago woman
Luther C. Mann twenty three son of a wealthy Oak Park businessman was arrested in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on a warrant charging him with the July 3 murder of Fannie Thompson. Thompson who rented a room at 1241 Michigan Avenue was found strangled with hands and feet bound and a cord around her throat. Mann, a traveling salesman for a Chicago firm, had previously employed as a go servant in the home of O G Mann, the father of the prime suspect.
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Chicago
Luther C. Man
Oak Park
Phillipsburg
Alvs
Fannie Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Mann
Mill- Mpshore
Blair County Case Sees Merchants Involved In Larceny Probe
Blair County court convicted George B McLean of larceny after a two day trial. Frank Furry, an 18 year old, admitted stealing cans of lard from his father and selling the loot to Altoona merchants Raymond Vaughn Elmer and Leonard Jierner. District Attorney Kurtz was told to investigate an attempted settlement offered by Furry, deemed an attempted compounding of a felony.
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Blair County Court
Altoona
Ita
George B. McClean
Raymond Vaughn
Elmer
Leonard Jierner
Blair County
Frank Furry
Butcher D. 4
Furry
Bell
Kurtz
Pennsylvania railroad to summon workers by telephone
Altoona Oct 12 Pennsylvania railroad employes are being summoned to take trains out now entirely by telephone. The old caller system was abolished after a year long installation of telephones in workers homes at the company’s expense. Initially experimental, the system extended to all middle division trainmen and yardmen. In total 517 telephones are used to summon railroaders, with rentals paid by the company.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Guy Rasor Charged With Girl's Murder in Ohio
In Wadsworth Ohio on October 12 Guy Rasor a young machinist was formally charged with first degree murder in the death of his sweetheart Orie Lee. The fiancé’s overcoat with stains and a foot-hoofprint on a road scene tie Rasor to the crime as officials report Rasor denied guilt saying the crime would have ended their wedding. Local witnesses note Miss Lee faced fear and had suspected threats. relatives say marriage had been postponed multiple times.
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Wadsworth
Guy Rasor
Orie Lee
Orvie
Marshal Uricker
Rasor
Miss Lee
George Ketchler
Aliss Lee
Rasop
Tonsiline Promises Quick Cure For Sore Mouth and Throat
An ad claims Tonsiline rapidly cures sore mouth and throat and prevents serious diseases like croup quinsy tonsillitis and diphtheria. It urges stocking a bottle at home for use when stores close and cites price 26 to AO cents. It references the Enailing Co in Canton Ohio.
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Canlon
Ohio
Wireless Wonders Of Sperry Fleet Relay News Across Vast Ocean
The article describes Rear Admiral Sperry commanding a fast fleet linked by wireless telegraphy using ships Glacier Panther Yankton and Vermont to form a continuous communication chain from Suva to Vancouver. The system relayed dispatches between ships nearly daily, keeping families informed as the armada nears New Zealand and Australia.
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Sperry
San Francico
New Zealand
Australia
Kime
Iato Trenollu
Yokohama
San Francisco
Jack
Tlonoluli
Glacier
Suva
Fhs Islands
Vancouver
2. C
Samoan Islands
Panther
Yankton
Joan
Vermont
Naval visit at Pago Pago highlights Pacific patrols
The dispatch describes U S ships moving through the Pacific to Vancouver and Suva, noting Pago Pago as a key naval station near Tutuila. It mentions the Annapolis and the Connecticut, with Samoan crowds watching as battleships pass the harbor, underscoring Pago Pago’s role as a safe refuge and coal station in the Samoan group.
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Ue Glacier
Vancouver
Avy Department
Washington
Glacer
Pacific Ocean
Thei Eixteen
Escryloge
Suva
Tonoulu
Audckland
Uncle Sam
Germany
Germaany
United States
Great Britain
Pago Pago
Tuytulla
Annapolis
Connecticut
Tutuila
Pangopango
Pacific
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Pennsylvania
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Connecticut — Gallery
Japan
Saltsbury
Cpittsburg
Westmoreland Coal
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Undertaker
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American Union Phone
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W. P. Lowry
Optician. Trust Co. Bldg
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