Atlantic Flight Marked by NC-4 Leg of Columbus Era
The NC-4's May voyage from Rockaway to Lisbon completed the first aerial crossing from America to Europe under its own power. Lt. Commander Reed's one stop voyage is cited as a forerunner to future air navigation. References to prior attempts and later Atlantic attempts are noted with brief outcomes.
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Columbus
Atlantic
Reed
New Foundland
Portugal
Rockaway
Long Island
Massachusetts
Halifax
Trepassey Bay
N. F
Trepassy
Horta
Azores
Ponta Delgada
Lisbon
America
Europe
Vaniman
Akron
Ohio
Africa
Brazil
Altho
Mr Wisler Cured Of Constipation By Tablets
Wm B Wisler of Douglasville Pa reports in 1909 an indigestion attack left him gloomy until a free sample of Chamberlains Tablets arrived by mail. He tried them and bought a package noting he has not had a similar attack since.
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MR. Wisler
Chamberlain
Wm. B. Wisler
Douglasvill
Shanks Seeks Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Nomination
W H Shanks of Sanford announces his candidacy for Kentucky lieutenant governor in the Democratic primary on August 2 1919. He lists support for labor, tax reform, better roads and schools, economy, temperance, prison and charity oversight, woman suffrage, revised dog law, and cautious pardoning power.
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Kentucky
W. H. Shanks
Y W C A Uniforms For Women Students In Switzerland
The Y W C A will provide official Blue Triangle uniforms to 300 foreign women students stranded in Switzerland due to the war. Elizabeth M. Clark appeals to the National Student Committee for clothing, with cases gathered from New England to Delaware. Uniforms will be dyed cleaned and remade for wear by those unable to return home.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Switzerland
Elizabeth M. Clark
H Switzerlland
Younu Student Christian Federation
Studer Committee
Hee
Coffey
New England
West Virginia
Pennsylvvan
Maryland
Delaware
Fae
Clark
Ne York
Th Student Committee
Worl
Queen Marie Invites YWCA to Romania Work
Queen Marie of Romania invited the American YWCA to open a work in Romania under her patronage after a Paris conference. Attending representatives included Miss Harriet Taylor head American YWCA Overseas, Miss Mary Dingman head of French work, and Madame Coterh secretary of the Romanian legation in Paris.
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Paris
Marie
Rumania
Ait Hotel
America Young Woomen's Christian Associatio
Romania
Harriett Taylor
Yw.c. Ay
Mary and. Hudson
Mary Dingman
Y. Ww
France
T B. Ee
Niven
Italy
Madame Coterh
New Yorker Miss Porter Decorated for War Service
Miss Marion Porter of New York City was decorated in the name of the Chaplain General of the American army with the War Hero Citation for spiritual contributions to the war. For over a year she served at a hospital center in Vittel, France as a representative of the W C A in charge of a nurses' club there.
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Marion Porter
New York City
Porter
Vittel
France
W.C. A
Prohibition Tightens as Beer and Wine Exemption Fails
The Senate rejected beer and wine exemption from wartime prohibition 55 to 11. Louisville saloon keepers filed 33 license applications after July 1 with $5 each, totaling $165, but get nothing. In Lexington all bars will close at midnight June 30 with no opposition, signaling prohibition's lasting stay.
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Senate
Louisville
Lexington
Relief from Joint Pain Suggested by Liniment
Notice advises massaging affected joints with Chamberlain's Liniment to ease stiffness soreness and pain, enabling rest and sleep. It promotes Chamberlain's product as a remedy for joint discomfort and mobility difficulties.
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Lief
Chamberlain
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Chandler
Chandler Dispatch
Series Dispatch
Dispatch
Dispatch Co
Bryant Bros
Chandler Motor Car Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Marion Holcomb
Nancy, Ky
Thedford
E. Morrow
W. B. Sigmon
MT. Vernon
Across the
L. W. Bethurum
Mt.vernon, RY
Democrats
Sanford, Ky
Queen Marie
Rae
Chesterfield
Troy Sausey
Peoples Bank
Crab Orchard
Miling Co
Crab Orchard, KY
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