Modest Dayton Aviator Surprises Crowd At Wright Flight
Nearly 5,000 spectators at the Motor Speedway watched Walter Brookins, 21, of Dayton, pilot a Wright aircraft aloft. He calmly climbed aboard, rose to 1,000 feet and circled the field, then landed to cheers after proving mastery of the air amid Wright brothers’ mechanicians and guards.
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Homeseekers Rush West in Big Numbers
Washington reports an unusually heavy spring flow of homeseekers into the arid west. Trainloads head for Montana Oregon and Washington as many seek milder southwest climate. Canada departures declined with thousands returning. Railroad building expands across Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon as 12 million acres in Oregon may soon open for settlement. Between projects most farms on government lands are already entered.
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Women of Oklahoma Campaign for Votes
Oklahoma suffragists push for a vote on granting women the ballot with a possible special election or November turnout. Governor Haskell to set timing as Ida Porter Boyer says labor and church groups back the cause. Senator Robert L Owen backs constitutional suffrage.
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