Wright and Selfridge Die in Fort Myer Air Crash
The two man Wright airplane collapsed during a Fort Myer test flight when a propeller blade snapped, sending the craft down. Orville Wright was seriously injured but expected to survive, while Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge died from a fractured skull shortly after the crash. About 2000 spectators witnessed the event.
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Wright
Thomas E. Selfridge
Signal Worps
Army
Selfridge
Mr. Wright
Lieutenant Selfridge
Watters
New York
Fort Myer
Taylor
Furness
Selfadge
Selfrick
President Roosevelt Hosts Oyster Bay Reception
President Roosevelt greets about 2000 residents at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay renewing old acquaintances before leaving for Africa. Mrs. Roosevelt and aides assist as refreshments are served on the lawn. He notes this last year in office and his wish to reconnect.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Reeves
Israel asks for a king and Saul’s rise in scripture lessons
A Sunday School quarterly review surveys first Samuel lessons from Israel’s demand for a king through David and Saul. It contrasts pride and fear of God with obedience, featuring Saul’s rise and failures, David’s anointing, Goliath, Jonathan friendship, David sparing Saul, and final tragedy, framing messianic hope.
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American Press Association
Israel
Caesar
Saul
Samuel
Josh
David
Bethlehem
Goliath
Cain
Abel
Jonathan
God
Jesus
Amos
Daria
Judah
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Lieut.selfridge
Washington
Orville Wright
Wright Aeroplane
Boy
Lebanon
United States
Laurish
Harrisburg
James Allwein
Allwein
Graeff
Elizabeth
N. J
Plainfield
T. H. Tomlinson
Union County
Cranford
Ogdensburg
Carl Coit
O. B. Coit
New York City
Adirondacks
Frank Hawbaker
Weat Fairview
Cumberland ‘County
Susquehanna
Harrigburg
the Sunday School
Golden Text
D. M. Stearns
WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia, Pa
Wun Ant
Cash Store
Lehman’s
B. F. Lehman
New Holland, PA
Scientific American
Nowadealers, Co
Broadway
Washington, D. C
Henry Lineser
Henry Raezer
New Holland
Logust Grove Dairy
Chas.s. Good
A. HH Baker
Columbia. Avenue
Lancaster
Windsor “Hotel
W T. Brubaker, Flaneger
Broad Street
Reading Terminal
SilBert Streeet
Baropaan
Phmadelpata
Taft
Bryan
Kirk Johnson & CO
West Hing St
Lancaster, PA
Ron
Lancaster's New Hardware Store
Kean Kutter
Diston
Hammond
P.8
West King Street
Platte Poultry Regulator
Diller Hardware Co
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