Mysterious airship inventor claims channel crossing
Dr M B Boyd asserts his oval dirigible flew 90 miles across the Irish Sea at 32 mph with 350 mile trip and one descent. He plans to lengthen to 200 feet and boost power to 500 hp for War Office tests. Daily News notes his stature in aviation circles.
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England
War Office
London
Daily News
Hias
M. B. Boyd
Belfast
Dr. Boyd
Irish Channel
Boyd
The
France
Brewers Challenge Prohibition in Texas Meeting
At a Texas Brewers Association gathering, all state brewers vow to fund a $100,000 public charity challenge to prove prohibition, arguing more liquor in wet areas. They will form two six member commissions to study Texas conditions and compare to other dry states, with expenses covered by brewers.
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Prohibition
Galveston
Texas
Texas Brewers’ Association
National
Prohibition Party
Temperance Party
Brewers of
Toronto Street Uproar Over American Flags Tied to Axles
A sensational American party paraded through Toronto streets with two British flags trailing in dust. Mayor Oliver issued an order empowering police to arrest future disrespectful visitors. Aldermen clergy and Orange Order members pressed for action as American flags covered the tally ho seats. The Evening News called the affair Impudent and Impertinent while the Star dubbed it a Triumph of Bad Manners.
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Toronto
Ont
Oliver
Orange Order
Evening News
The
Star
Canadian Invents Airship in Victoria BC
Victoria resident W Gibson, a Scotch engineer, unveils an airship with a 222 pound engine delivering 60 horsepower. The craft lights itself automatically when started upside down and aims for a Victoria to Seattle flight. He wagers 1000 on success and promises Seattle distance in half an hour, then Victoria to San Francisco in under five hours.
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Victoria
B.C
W. Gibson
Seattle Exposition
San Francisco
Action Against Pope Over Bishop Adams Fortune
Three nieces of the late Bishop Adams sue to restore their uncle’s fortune now claimed by the pope. The Vatican reportedly holds the will leaving the estate to Mgr Sartau, the pope, with a vast sum at stake pending settlement.
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Rome
Pius
Adams
Vatican
Mgr. Sartau
Winnipeg Fair to Host Sheehan Opera at Walker Theatre
Walker plans grounds ticket sales for reserved seats to avoid box office delays. Joseph F. Sheehan Opera Company, praised as Winnipeg’s finest, performs Bohemian Girl La Traviator e and The Mikado during Fair Week with lavish sets and top artists. The Walker Theatre engagement, arranged by C. P. Walker, offers premier operatic entertainment for visitors.
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Walker
Winnipeg Fair
Walker Theatre
Joseph F. Sheehan
Winnipeg
Sheehan Opera Company
Winnipegas
Gilbert and Sullivan
C. P. Walker
Germany on Defence Conference London
The Deutsche Tageszeitung argues the Imperial Defence Conference aims beyond immediate gains. It warns against dismissing speeches as anxiety or tricks and urges Germany to heed propaganda now, not wait for concrete results. It treats invasion panic and spy disease as targets for ridicule but insists ministerial statements must not be ignored.
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Germany
London
Berlin
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Barrie Declines a Title
London report says J M Barrie declined a knighthood amid royal birthday honors. The Peter Pan author, a Kipling ally, rejected the pomp with a simple refusal stating he does not go in for that sort of thing.
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London
J. M. Barrie
Barrie
Kipling
Colonization Plan For 7 Million Acres In Guerrero
Mexico City reports the Federal Government has granted the Pacific Government Concession and Lands Corporation of Victoria B C a concession to develop and colonize seven million acres of public lands in Guerrero. The firm will invest about ten million dollars to build irrigation and railways as it advances the Mexican Pacific Railway from Acapulco into the Guerrero interior. J D Veitch of the Royal Bank of Canada and other wealthy backers are said to be investors through the enterprise.
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Mexico City
Pacific Government Concession and Lands Corporation, Ltd
Victoria
B. C
Guerrero
F. C. Barnes
Mexican Pacific Railway
Acapulco
J. D. Veitch
Royal Bank of Canada
New Aerial Invention Tested at War Office
Berlin reports a new dirigible ascent method that eliminates ballast and permits vertical rise. Engineer Von Roeder of Dusseldorf says the miniature tests show practical potential for efficient field maneuvers, reducing need for extensive field man oeuvring.
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Berlin
War Office
von Roeder
Dusseldorf
The Sunday School Lesson Acts Seventeen Exposition
A 1908 lesson reviews Paul and Silas in Thessalonica and Berea, proving Jesus as the Messiah from Scripture. It stresses turning from idols, living for God, awaiting Christ, and the Bereans’ scriptural verification against deceptive teaching.
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Amocistion
Thessalonica
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Israel
Jesus
Moses
Jesus Christ
God
Macedonia
Achaia
Paul
Silas
John v
R. V
Ezek. xxi
Berea
Bereans
Samaria
Lord
Athens
Zeppelin to Lead Polar Exploration by Airship
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin plans a thorough polar expedition using a specially built airship. The Emperor has accepted protection for the project and Prof. Hergesell will lead a preliminary voyage from Kiel to Spitzbergen with bases at toss Bay and along the route. The aim is to explore the polar regions before attempting to reach the Pole.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
North Pole
Kiel
H. Hergesell
University of Strasburg
Pole
Prof
Hergesell
Germany
Spitzbergen
Norway
Toss Bay
Hergésell
Prince of
Monaco
Tragic Nihonkai Maru Fire Claims 150 Off Aomori
News from Victoria, B C reports the Japanese steamship Nihonkai Maru burned to the water off Aomori six miles from shore. One hundred forty nine lives were lost including the sixteen crew members. The fire started in coal bunkers and, aided by dense fog, left boats unseaworthy and crews panicked.
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Victoria
B.C
Aomori
Japan
Hong Kong
Rebels Seize Tehran as Shah Flees Hidden in Capital
Reports claim the victorious Persian rebels captured Tehran after the shah escaped in disguise. Foreigners are said to be at risk of massacre if the legations are attacked as Russian forces are days away. Emissaries from English and Russian legations were fired on attempting negotiations.
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Constantinople
Teheran
Persia
Snarsky
Legations
Teetotallers Given Preference in Carnegie Mills
Carnegie Steel tightens rules on drinking. Notices in district mills require employees to refrain from intoxicants off duty as well as on. Total abstainers get preference in hiring and promotions, while heavy or occasional drinking subjects a worker to dismissal.
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Sharon
Penn
Carnegie Steel Company
Must Control Seas
London Premier Asquith argued that England cannot lose command of the sea to protect the empire. He warned naval power remains essential amid rising rival nations and expressed hope for positive outcomes from the defence conference deliberations.
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London
Asquith
Southport
England
Saskatchewan Elevator Boom Expands Grain Capacity
Regina reports 56 elevators built this season with 200 more planned before fall, adding 6,000,000 bushels capacity and raising Saskatchewan total to 24,139,500 bushels as grain movement nears.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Europe for Europeans urges unity to curb American power
Berlin writes to warn England and Germany that America, driven by wealth and global markets, is the overarching threat. Judge Wilhelm Schwarze argues Europe must unite Europe for Europeans, form an economic alliance, and oppose pan-Americanism to defend their shared interests and markets.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
Berlin
Wilhelm Schwarze
Reichstag
House of Representatives
America
der Tag
Europe
England
League
Britain
Canada
Aldrich and Payne
Knox
China
Boston Infant Prodigy To Enter Harvard For Biology
Professor Leo Wiener states his son Norbert Wiener now fourteen, already earned a bachelor’s degree at Tufts. He will begin Harvard biology in the senior class in fall and aims to graduate in 1910 with another A.B. He plans German study then Ph.D. and M.D. work at Harvard or abroad.
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Boston
Leo Wiener
Norbert Wiener
Tufts College
Harvard
Illinois Supreme Court To Rule On Chicago Marriages
Chicago situation raises question whether thousands of couples married by city justices of the peace are legally wedded. Chief Justice Olson states that country justices have no authority to unite persons in Chicago, declaring all such marriages invalid.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of Illinois
Justices of the Peace
Olson
Municipal Court
Union Terminal Plans for Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern
D. D. Mann and E. J. Chamberlin sign an agreement forming a union station at Edmonton with shared trackage and terminals for the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern railways. The existing Canadian Northern station will be used, and a new station is to be built within a few years as surveyors push the Riley to Calgary line survey completion.
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Union
Edmonton
Alta
D. D. Mann
E. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk
Riley
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Runs Five Palatial Steamships Weekly
The Canadian Pacific operates five grand steamships weekly linking Fort William Port Arthur and Owen Sound.describes a Lake Route journey as a pleasant option in hot weather.
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Canadian Pacific
Fort William
Port Arthur
Owen Sound
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