Secret German Air Fleet Threatens New York In Prologue
In Wells prose style a German plan to seize air supremacy unfolds as Zeppeli n drones and Drachenieger clash with Butteridge and Bert Smallwars. Bert's balloon flight through Europe leads to capture, intrigue, and a climactic duel with Prince Karl Albert amid a world at war.
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Germany
United States
Prince Karl Albert
England
Alfred Butteridge
Bert Smallwars
Edna Bunthorne
Grubb
Bert
Butteridge
North Sea
Buttteridge
Kurt
New York
Graf von Winterfeld
Brooklyn Bridge
Wetterhorn
America
Waterland
Labrador
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Niagara City
Green Island
Prince Karl
Butteridge plans ignite world war and Bert returns home
Bert Smallways, amid a plague wrecking society, reveals the Butteridge flying machine plans to the US president and Europe. As global chaos spreads, Bert travels across Britain to London seeking Edna, surviving perils, bandits, and lone resistance. He reunites with Edna after a long trek.
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Oman
China
Atlantic
Boston
South Shields
Cardiff
Bert
Bert. Smallways
London
Edna
Dervish
England
Mr. Butteridge
Mothers Day founded to honor mothers and kindness
The article describes Mothers Day as a national observance created by Miss Anna Jarvis after her mother's death in 1905. It promotes honoring mothers through acts of kindness, visits, letters, and white carnation symbolism, with sermons and school observances accompanying the day. It also notes related civic efforts and other brief items.
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United States
Anna Jarvis
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Miss Jarvis
Jarvis
Dollr Madison
White House
Washington
National Capital
Clark
Clamp Stark
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Brian
Father of the House figure from Pittsburgh born in New York
Representative Jul Dilzei, tied to Pitts burgh, hailed as father of the house after General Henny Harrison Binsham’s death. Born in New York on April 19, IL, he was admitted to the bar in 1907 and serves on the Ways and Means and Rules committees, the former the most powerful in the lower house.
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Jul Dilzei
Pittsburgh
Henny Harrison Binsham
Ther
Washington
New York
A Classic Capitol For Utah Designs Adopted For Capitol
The Capitol Commission has adopted plans for Utah's new capitol building, to cost about 8 million dollars and begin this summer. It will be the most conspicuous structure in the state, overshadowing the Mormon temple, and will sit on the brow of a hill to the north.
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Chicago
George C. Mages
Public Library
Mages
Key West
Fla
Maine
Havana
Utah
Tih Capitol Commission
Mormon Temple
Day of Sports at Annapolis and Belmont Park
A Day of Sports on May 18 features rowing at Annapolis with Naval Matta and participation by Princeton, Pennsylvania, and Columbia universities. English amateur trial races for the Olympic games also on the program, along with championship cricket at Belmont Park.
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Annapolis
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Belmont Park
Porto Rico Population Growth in the Decade
The island shows a one sixth rise in the past decade with population climbing from 1,333,? to 1,118,012. Urban residents grew from 138,703 in 1899 to 221,620 in 1920 while Puerto Rico gains a continental market tie with the United States.
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Porto Rico
West Indian Islands
Barbardos
Porto Rica
Island
United States
Great Meeting of Grocers Chooses St Louis for Convention
St Louis won the bid to host the National Wholesale Grocers Association annual meeting in mid May. The event will run May 15 through 17 in St Louis, preceded by several key committee meetings.
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SL Louis
Baltimore
Indianapolis
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association of the United States
New Flying Machine Skims Snow and Waves
Emery Harriman Jr of Boston unveils a so called nerd car that travels on snow using runners and also acts as a motorboat on water. Unlike fixed wing aeroplanes the aero car planes adjust to wind angles to maintain stability, mirroring a bird in air.
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Emery Harriman, Jr
Boston
World Flying Meat Postpones European Contest Trip
The European contest for the Coupe Internationale MAVELION could not travel to America for competitions as early as August 17, forcing a postponement of the race. The Aero Club of Illinois aviation meet also is postponed, with exhibitions planned in the week of August 1047.
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Bremen
War Department of Germany
Tyro
Germa
America
Aero Club of
Telinois
The Wear of Armor in Shakespearean Thought
An armor exhibit prompts questions on how armor was worn. The helmet and full harness could weigh fifty pounds or more, with headpieces reaching thirty pounds. Despite heat, armor surfaces reflected sun, and padding mitigated shock. Armor wearers were often small in size, with many suits adjustable but only fitting shorter men. Six fifteenth century casques reveal unusually small crania, suggesting juvenile pieces exist only in limited collections.
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Shakespeare
Lord Dillon
Tower
Scribner‘s
Russia records booming population growth to 103 million
From the Russian Year Book, Jan 1 1910 Missi totals 150,748,400 with the Finnish provinces included, giving 103,778,000. Between 1897 and 1911 Russia gained 33,199,000 people, an annual growth of 2,732,000, with agriculture employing the bulk of the populace and industry more developed in Poland and European Russia.
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Russia
Fiegish
Westminster Gazette
Empire
France
Central Asia
Siberia
Caucasus
Poland
Vernal Diversions and Poems in Spring Tones
The piece presents seasonal verses from poets praising spring and love with lines about blossoms, housewives, and lyre singing. It notes a playful depiction of spring and youth, while a separate snippet mentions Sparka and gas ignition via telephone sparks and derives a German gasworks image with wire gauze coverings.
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Windsor
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Tom
Jessica
Belek
Horsham
Fdna
B. H. Harriman
Jake Daubert
Davhert
Brunklyn
American Press Association
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