Captain Rolls Plunges to Death in Aviation Tragedy
The British aviator Captain Charles Rolls died after his biplane somersaulted at 60 mph during a public display. Spectators mourned as the crowd dispersed and authorities attributed the crash to a material fault in the tail. Rolls, 31, had recently become a leading automaker enthusiast and aviation pioneer.
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J. A. Drexel
M. Audemars
Santos Dumont
Audemars
United States
Charles Stewart Rolls
America
Ly Pular
Tor
Grand Tral Jace
New York
Bian Enes
bg-Roycee
England
Lord Langatock
Hendre
Bordeaux- Biarritz
Aero Club
Alice
Parie
Int Orik
Hie
United Kingdom
Voilanic Eruption Destroys Boat Off Mid Sea
A mid sea voilanic eruption destroyed the German steamer Atthka bound Novorossisk for Algiers on July 6. The crew escaped in lifeboats as the vessel buckled and broke, the sea running warm with a dark red hue. French steamer line reported the incident.
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London
Scotland
Tehes
Laoyds
Atthka
Novorossisk
Algiers
Uney
Young couple's plans thwarted in Virginia incident
Richmond special report describes E A Walton twenty of Albermarle county and Nettie Chisholm sixteen of the same county. authorities seize the pair after a warrant accuses Walton of unlawful taking. Walton transported toward Charlottesville with the sheriff. Nettie Chisholm is returned home by Blanche Herting's father. Sheriff and Justice Crutchfield secure Walton's custody in Richmond.
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Richmond
E. A
Walton
Albermarle County
Nettie Chisholm
Joan Chisholm
C. M. Thomas
Charlotesville
Companions in custody after Richmond arrest
Blanche Herring testified she came as a companion to Walton and Nettie, who anticipated marriage. They left Richmond in parental custody, aware of police court versus church distinctions. Walton was jailed, the girls placed with Dr Chanan of Associated Charities, then handed to Deputy Sheriff Thomas and Mr Herring. Nettie’s father did not appear in Richmond.
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Blanche Herring
Walton
Nettie
Richmond
Chanan
Associated Charities
Buchanan
Thomas
Herring
Pony Express Rider and Route of the Westward Mail
The Pony Express began in 1859 to speed letters from St Joseph to San Francisco over a dangerous two thousand mile route. Forty riders west and as many east carried mochila mail via Fort Laramie Julesburg Salt Lake City and more, with four pockets in the mochila and mail protected by oily silk and military posts.
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Pony Express
Richmond
Missouri
Pacific
Fargo
St. Joseph
Fort Kearney
Platte
Julesburg
Fort Laramie
Fort Bridger
Salt Lake City
Camp Floyd
Ruby Valley
Humboldt
Carson City
Placerville
Folsom
Sacramento
San Francisco
W. C. Jenkins
Wells, Fargo Company
The
National Magazine
Mrs Ralph Hill Thomas sails for Europe amid child seizure rift
Mrs Ralph Hill Thomas formerly Mrs Helen Gould sails with husband on Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse. Detectives and Helen Gould�s relatives guard her two children, amid her claim that Frank Gould and Helen Gould instigated the pursuit. Thomas vows to reclaim custody after two months abroad.
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New York
Ralph Hill Thomas
Helen Kelly Gould
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Helen Miller Gould
Thomas
Frank Gould
Taft Theater Taken by Raiders in Chicago Standoff
Mrs. James F P Taft of Cincinnati owned the La Salle Theater shielded by a yearlong probe when raiders stormed in Sunday night. Former lessee Mort Singer claimed renewal options. Taft disputed and leased to Harry Askin and others. Court had upheld Taft. Singer refused surrender, twenty men entered, removed scenery, boarded doors, and Askin group plans a comedy show.
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Chicago
la Salle Theater
James FP. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft Raiders
Astin
Police Captain Elijah P Hulce Dies in Richmond at 65
Special Richmond obituary for Police Captain Elijah P. Hulce who died at 2:30 AM at his Brook Road home. Retired since August two years earlier, he served the force since 1872, led as captain briefly in 1890, and acted as chief for nine months before Major Louis Werner. He was a prominent Confederate veteran and a long time Pythian. Survived by second wife Martha E. Orme and two children Herbert L. Hulce and Mrs. John B. Seaton. funeral at 2:30 PM tomorrow at his daughter's home on Grove Avenue, burial in Hollywood.
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Richmond
Elijah P. Hulce
Brook Road
Lakeside
Hulce
Poiice
Louis Werner
Charles H. Epps
Epps
Poe
Captain Hulce
Yellow Tavy
Henrico County
Martha E. Orme
Herbert L. Hulce
Cunningham
John B. Seaton
Grove Avenue
Hollywood
Auto mobility blamed for Kansas baby decline in 1909
Topeka special reports state health statistics show Kansas births fell from 25,980 in 1908 to 23,860 in 1909, a drop of 2,130. E T Fairchild laments lower baby counts despite prosperous farmers owning autos. he calls for renewed interest in children and education amid rising automobile ownership.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Health
E. T. Fairchild
Divorced Mrs Vanderbilt Returns to New York
Mrs Eisie French Vanderbilt the divorced wife of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt arrives in New York aboard the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie after a little over a month abroad. She had divorced last September and was rumored to wed Willing Spencer the Philadelphia lawyer. Also aboard were John W Gates Charles G Gates William E Corey Mortimer Schiff A V Armour Cecile Grenfelt M P Edgar Luckenbach Baroness Wiedersperfer von Wiedersperg Martin Beck and Raymond C Brown U S immigration official.
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New York
Eisie French Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cecilie
Mauretania
Philadelphia
J. Thompson Spencer
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Paris
France
Germany
Mrs. Vanderbilt
John W. Gates
Charles G. Gates
William E. Corey
Mortimer L. Schiff
A. V. Armour
Cecile A. Grenfelt
M. P
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Elise Wiedersperfer
von Wiedersperg
Martin Beck
Raymond C. Brown
United States Immigration Service At
Honolulu
Seven Killed in Campbellton Explosion in New Brunswick
Seven men died in an explosion linked to a fire that destroyed much of Campbellton New Brunswick as 4000 people were left homeless. An infant was found suffocated in its home and property losses hit about 2 million dollars with Intercolonial Railway losses around 100 thousand. Aid plans and food shipments were organized from Halifax and nearby towns as communications failed and the fire raged through the town.
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ST. John
N. B
Campbellton
Intercolonial Railway
Halifax
Richards Company
Market Reports Week By Week Produce Poultry Note
Corrected weekly by the Wallerstein Produce Company the report covers market movements in produce and poultry. It provides status updates on prices and supply levels for traders and buyers.
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Ricmm
Wallerstein Produce Company
Poultry
Cannibals Honest Men Expedition to Kasai Basin
A British Museum expedition to the Kasai basin in the Congo Free State, led by E. Torday and W. Hilton-Simpson with N. H. Hardy the artist, reached the coast amid surprise after reports they had been killed and eaten by cannibal tribes. They state they faced no real trouble from the locals, though most porters were cannibalized for meat.
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British Museum
Kasai
Congo Free State
E. Torday
W. Hilton-Simpson
N. H. Hardy
Messrs. Torday
Hilton-Simpson
Explorers Find Shrewd Natives Data on Kwilu River Curios
The Vancouver Province reports Mr. Hilton-Simpson praising the Kwilu natives as mild honest and industrious with keen sense of curios value. They paid prices often higher than London auctions for items and were fascinated by a clockwork elephant as a juju medicine. In one village lacking paper they offered a high price for a single page of an English weekly journal.
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Bals
Kwilu
Hilton-Simpson
London
Vancouver
Daniel honored in Lynchburg court memorials
In Lynchburg Virginia the Corporation Court devoted the day to memorials for John Warwick Daniel a longtime Bar Association member Major Daniel was eulogized by George E Caskle with a brief address also spoke Kirkpatrick and Judge Christian delivering concise tributes to his character and service.
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Lynchburg
Corporation Court
John Warwick Daniel
Bar Association
George E. Caskle
Major Daniel
Dnor Kirkpatrick
Christian
Dog Not a Beast in Virginia Habeas Ruling
Winchester Virginia Special Court ruling frees Charles L. Long on habeas corpus after judge T W Harrison holds that a dog is not a beast but a domesticated animal. Long had been arrested for poisoning a dog owned by Emma Howard Wight of Middletown in the county, under a statute making it a felony to poison horses cattle or other beasts.
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Winchester
T. W. Harrison
Charlies L. Long
Charles L. Long
Emma Howard Wight
Middletown
Hampden-Sidney College 136th Session Begins September 14 1910
Hampden-Sidney College advertises select student body high standards and moral tone. Offers courses leading to B A B A B Lit M A with steam heat baths and utilities. For catalogue contact Rev Henry Tucker Graham president Hampden Sidney Va P O Box H Hampden Sidney Va.
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