Wright Brothers Aviator Wilbur Wright Dies After Battle With Typhoid
Wilbur Wright, famed as the first aviator of the world, died at 3:20 a.m. after a prolonged struggle with typhoid fever. Doctors reported a high fever, trembling vitals, and repeated comas as he vainly fought for recovery beside his father Milton Wright and brothers Orville and Reuchlin Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
hibnr Wright
Irrville
fis Vame
Watt
Fulton
Edison
pavion. O
Wilbur freent
ran
Orville
Wright
Milton Wright
Katherine
Orville Wright
ad Lonn
Reuchlin Wright
Conklin
avendance
Wilbur Wright
Orrlie Wright
Washington
forermment
Wilbur
Ile
nepepe
BBC
Steubenville, O
Henry Gregg
common pleas court
iiege
Wilbur Wright the Dead Aviator and Pioneer
Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville, Ohio natives, pioneered powered flight from gliders to biplanes. They built a bicycle business in Dayton to fund experiments, achieved first flights at Kitty Hawk in 1903, and later sold flying machines to European governments while advancing U.S. aviation prestige. The brothers were celebrated worldwide, with Dayton hosting a multi day fete and honors from the White House and military. Continued on Page Eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wright
Orville
world progress
Gutenburg
Watt
Fulton
Stevenson
Edison
Bell and
Marconi
Ohio
Dayton
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Paris
United States
White House
Wright boys
Wright brothers
Germany
Scotland
Wisconsin plan sparks push for direct primary reforms
Columbus Ohio May 30 84 14 convention passes initiative and referendum measure with 3 percent petition threshold and further 3 percent for people submission. Tannehill resists nonpartisan elections while radicals fail to graft it. Judge Peck’s revocation idea dies. Knight plan for city district self-government passes 70 26 with other measures on land registry and state suits. Countess elopes in Vienna. Senate repeals reciprocity act. English lord visits Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
constitutional convention
general assembly
Tannehill
Morgan county
Ulmer
Judge Peck
Eby Springs
Harthill
common pleas
Eby
Knight
Jones
Helenkamn
Taggart
Weybrecht
Durga Guilty and Memorial Parole Spark Hotel Strike
A string of early 20th century items reports Durga admitting guilt, a Cleveland parole on Memorial Day, a judge candidate dying in Steubenville, and a major hotel strike in New York as the International Hotel Workers' union demands recognition. Waldorf, Breslin, Rector's, and Gotham employees walk out, threatening to cripple fashionable dining unless unions are recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Hotel Workers’ union
Waldorf
Breslin
Rector's
Gotham
Hotel Men's association
Acquittal in Brooklyn Nursery Poisoning Case
A jury acquitted Miss Winifred Ankers, a young mother, of poisoning nine duties at the Brooklyn Nursery hospital. She was released immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winifred Ankers
Brooklyn Nursery hospital
No Prizefight Films For Him
Washington May 230 Representa tive Rodenberry of Georgia does not propose that the pictures of the prizefight between Jack Johnson and white Hope Flynn shall be exhibits to the public if he can help it He introduced a resolution prohibiting the transportation of pictures or films of prizefights in interstate commerce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rodenberry
Georgia
Jack Johnson
white Hope Flynn
Three Young Men Confess in Chicago Holdups
Three youths confess involvement in one murder and thirty holdups in Chicago. Harry Jacoby the 21 year old leader admitted killing John Angel in a saloon in late April. Thomas Bromad 19 and Benjamin Ladarski 21 joined for admiration of the cowboy leader and aided in robberies. They left revolvers with a restaurant keeper nightly at 9 and retrieved them at 2:30 each morning. Restaurant owner James Collis says he suspected nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry Jacoby
John Angel
Thomas Bromad
Benjamin Ladarski
Jacoby
James Collis
Methodists Close Conference With Key Ritual Vote
Minneapolis May 20 The Methodist Episcopal general conference closed after benediction by Bishop Henry W. Warren The body authorized a commission to prepare a report on ritual revision for presentation to the 1916 session The delegates approved an amendment to the bishopric race clause by 420 to 45, a plan to refer it for four years to annual and lay conferences before final action in 1916
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
inn
Henry W. Warren
general conference
Methodist Episcopal church
south
Harmon Gathers In Three Delegations
Columbus May 30 Harmon won three counties and lost one in county conventions to select delegates for the state convention at Toledo next week. Perry county held a Republican convention. Delegates are uninstructed and likely for Colonel Roosevelt. Harmon's allies controlled Clinton Brown and Paulding counties and 17 delegates are said to back the modified unit rule. Harmon was defeated in Highland county where a hostile seven-member delegation headed by J L Faris supported Wilson. Local supporters back General O H Hughes for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hillsboro
Wilson
theirland
O. H. Hughes
Eight Die In Train Wreck On Alpine Bridge
Munich May 30 At least eight persons were killed outright and forty one others injured in a collision of two trains on a mountain railroad bridge between Berchtesgaden and Salzburg Austria. Cars were wrecked and debris piled along the track. Reliefs sent from Reichenhall. A wrecking train with nurses dispatched. Early reports said some injured were in critical condition. The line connects with the Austrian Western railway at the frontier and runs through mountainous terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Berchtesgaden
availa
Salsburg
Austria
Reehenhall
Taft attack probe led by Chief Wilkie in Rutherford
Rutherford New Jersey May 20 Chief Wilkie of the secret service is quietly investigating an attempted assault on President Taft during a public speech Saturday night. An Italian suspect is said to have thrown a package that hit the president, with no arrests reported to date.
Sycodora Monarch Sold For Record Price
Mrs bolletpeans of Preto ba land sells champion bulldog Sycodora Monarch to Lobban of New York for over $5,000, highest price ever paid for this breed.
Pre convention battle over seats in Republican committee
Roosevelt and Taft supporters clash over seating of Nebraska and Missouri national committeemen elected by direct primaries. Chicago reporters note several seats disputed as June 6 committee hearing looms, with new primary rules challenging traditional tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Roosevelt
New
Roosevelt delegates plan adjournment to align platforms
At Roosevelt headquarters the statement says delegates expect the state convention to adjourn after electing six delegates at large to the national convention. The state ticket and platform will be chosen at a later adjourned session after Chicago. Delegates believe delaying platform and ticket will aid November party unity in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roosevelt
Ohio
Chicago
Cusadnga county
Hamilton county
LaFollette Unshaken Ahead of South Dakota Anteprimary Fight
Washington May 30 Undismayed by reverses on the Pacific toast and in Ohio and New Jersey Senator LaFollette began a week long anteprimary fight in South Dakota as the campaign moved into a new phase with renewed effort and focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFollette
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
South Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
yGUR WRIGHT
Bod
pigs AVIATOR OF THE WORLD
Fle Wright
ze Carey
Wrens
Annie
S lineral
Orrvile
Vienna
Charare
Dominik Hartegs
Terrell Paters
coupe
The
senate
Canada
Lord Montague of Essex
house of lords
WSPAP
Steubenville
Beer
Bucyrirs
Cleveland
Goes Station
John Schultz
Landacra
Joseph Jebaum
Spain
board of administration
Surist
Field
Prederick T. Beer
South Euclid
Thomas Beer
Bucyrus
Xenia
William Kerns
Miami Powder company
Kerns
Lincoln
Senator Borah
Idaho
Hodgville
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Hilwil
HARMON
WILKE
Aw sulla President
Taft
Republican national committee
R. B. Nowell
Howell
Colonel Peasevell
Victor Rosewater
Elihu Root
Thomas
Niedringhaus
national Republican
national
Starcy
national committee
Republican party
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!