Boy nearly carried aloft by kite adventure in Roxboro
A Roxboro boy Geo Harpwell on Minerva street was lifted by a Christmas kite. He clung to a chestnut tree for hours as the rope wedged him among branches. Rescue followed when rope numbed his hands. He later tested the kite again in a windy hill area near the poor house with rope feeding out rapidly.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Geo. Harpwell
Minerva Street
Roxboro
City Hall
Harpwell
Arch Hoxsey soars Mount Wilson setting altitude record
Arch Hoxsey of Pasadena flies a Wright biplane to 10 005 feet above Mount Wilson in ideal weather. He clears the crest with 4200 feet to spare, stating military value in mountain transport. Lieutenant Vernon Boller claims 1000 planes could move 10 000 troops over Alps like peaks. An accident involving Hubert Latham near the close adds danger to the day.
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Los Angeles
Arch Hoxsey
Pasadena
Cal
Mount Wilson
Orange Belt
Vernon Boller
Fort Whipple
Arizona
Hoxsey
Alps
Carnegie Solar Observatory
Hubert Latham
Goa Ree
Mason Named Agricultural Agent for Southern Railway
Charles W. Mason has been appointed Agricultural and Horticultural Agent of the Southern Railway with headquarters in Asheville, to begin duties January 1, 1911. He will aid farmers in Western North Carolina, advising on soil treatment crops packing and markets, drawing on his Michigan Agricultural College background and experience with the National Stockman and Farmer.
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Washington
Charlies W. Mason
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Asheville
Finley
Mason
Michigan Agricultural College
Hillsdale
Michigan
National Stockman and Farmer
Pittsburg
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