New Aeroplane Departure With Gyroscopes Tried
A novel aircraft using gyroscopes instead of propellers will be tested by the Navy at Annapolis in July. Congressman Butler Ames of Massachusetts promotes the design, claiming it can lift heavy weights from ship decks and require no runway for takeoff. Navy officials and notable aviators like Glenn Curtiss may participate in experiments aboard the torpedo boat Bagley.
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Washington
Navy Department
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Mr. Ames
Annapolis
Glenn Curtiss
Albany
N. Y
New York City
George Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
Royal Opera House Becomes Music Hall in Berlin
Berlin report states the Kaiser agrees to sell the historic opera house to the municipality for roughly 2 million dollars. Under civic management the building becomes a concert hall and civic entertainment venue, with exterior emergency stairs removed and interior stairs widened as alterations begin.
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Royal Opera House
Berlin
Hohenzollern
Frederick the Great
Chicago
Remedy in Improved Farming Methods Boosts Soil
The Department of Agriculture urges better farming to curb Canadian migration of American farmers. Wr J Spillman cites soil exhaustion as the root cause and promotes crop rotation, fertilization, and leguminous crops to restore fertility, increase yields, and lift profits, with examples from Kansas, Nebraska, and New York.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Canada
Wr J. Spillman
Wilson
Department
Spillman
America
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchhewan
Prairies
West
Middle West
Kansas
Nebraska
Rome
New York State
Office of Farm Management
Dexter son murder mystery fuels hunt after death
Henry Dexter, 98, president of the American News Co., died in New York after years of pursuing the killer of his son Orlando P. Dexter. A $10,000 reward offered by Dexter remains in his will. Orlando Dexter was shot in September 1903 on an Adirondack estate road. the bullet killed the horse as well.
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New York
Henry Dexter
American News Company
Orlando P. Dexter
Dexter
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondacks
Beatrice Bruner Godfrey Engaged to Jay Gould
Beatrice Blanche Bruner Godfrey of Boston, once linked to Arthur W. Godfrey in a high profile marriage and now divorced, is reportedly engaged to marry Jay Gould. The claim comes from her mother Mrs. A Bruner of Davenport Iowa as the Boston Conservatory alumna continues her public life.
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Boston
Mass
Blanche Bruner Godfrey
Arthur W. Godfrey
Jay Gould
A. Bruner
Davenport
Boston Conservatory of Music
Godfrey
Jow
Ebroad
The Illustrious Prince on Lusitania and Fynes Escape
Aboard the Lusitania 387 saloon passengers miss landings after a note from Hamilton Fynes triggers an unauthorized shore escape. Fynes boards the Anna Marie via a private tug, travels to Crewe, secures a fast London train with a forged authority, and heads toward London with a single suitcase while officials debate the maneuver and its origins.
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Goodfellow
Hamilton Fynes
New York
Mr. Hamilton Fynes
London & Northwestern
London
Lusitania
Fynes
Crewe
Efe
Tie
Hamilton Pynes
Stoker
Mr. Fynes
Stathim
New York Aurist Offers Home Ear Cure Trial
A celebrated New York aurist claims deafness is curable quickly at home. He will send a free trial treatment to anyone with ear trouble. Address Dr Edward Gardner Suite 907 No 40 West Thirty third street New York City for a return mail kit.
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New York
Edward Gardner
West Thirty-third Street
New York City
Free 3.50 Recipe Promises Kidney Cure
An old style health offer claims a free recipe to cure weak kidneys within a week. It promises relief from scalding or dribbling urination, back pains, swelling, fatigue, and breathlessness. The letter asks readers to request the prescription by mail from Dr. B. H. Robinson in Detroit, offering to mail it in a plain enveloped parcel.
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BH. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Neal Institute Three Day Cure Praised by Former Drunkard
Testimonial from Cuba E Clay of Anderson Indiana praising the Neal Institute at 608 Middle Drive Woodruff Place Indianapolis for ending his whisky habit after a three day treatment. The letter notes prior long drinking, mothers concern, a promise to abstain, and compliments the institute managers for quietude. It mentions a bond contract and confidential treatment with hypodermic injections and harmless vegetable compounds.
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Neal Institute
Middle Drive
Woodruff Place
Indianapoli
Ind
Anderson
Foster
Neal
Indianapolis
Cuba E. Clay
South Noble Street
Woodruff
Neal Institute CO
Gos Middle Drive
H. Williams
Mer
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