Wright Flies Again and Cuts Figure Eight
Wilbur Wright, the Dayton aeronaut, made a successful ascent at Le Mans after two false starts. He flew two kilometers in under two minutes, executing loops like a figure eight. Spectators numbered in the thousands as photographers pursued the display.
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LE Mans
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
M.de la Grange
Aeromaut
Mr. Wright
Leon Bollée
M. Bollée
Baldwin airship speed test called off at Fort Myer
Washington August 10 The Baldwin airship speed and endurance trial was not attempted today as engineer Glenn H Curtiss prepared new carburetors in Hammondsport New York curtiss telegram said he could not depart until today Captain Baldwin faces doubts about meeting government speed standards after a Friday flight average of thirteen miles per hour he cites 22 mph target and notes 28 pounds max pulling power from Hammondsport tests while noting gas envelope taper reduces resistance.
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New York Times
Washington
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Farman Wings to New York Press Agents Scene
Press agents swarmed the Hotel Astor as Henry Farman stays after Brighten Beach flights. T R MacMechen deflects tours, noting only funding matters. Mrs Farman confirms Edison drafted airship plans but nothing concrete. Farman vows to press Aeroplane Company of New York to honor their contract.
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Hotel Astor
Henry Farman
Brighton Beach
New York
T. R. MacMechen
St.Louis
Farman
Mr. Edison
Farman Aeroplane Offered for Sale to U S Government
A New York call to Gen. Allen reports an American friend offering a Farman aeroplane to the U S Government. Allen says the invitations are closed for planes meeting specific specs and cannot be considered now. Farman may visit Washington for a Fort Myer flight, with tests and possible congressional funding if it meets army requirements.
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Washington
Farman
United States
New York
Allen
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Congress
Army
Illness Ends Estrangement of Habirshaw in Saratoga
Dr. William M. Habirshaw, famed analytical chemist and Habirshaw Wire Company owner, is gravely ill at his Saratoga summer home with a stroke and no hope of recovery. His wife, estranged for 25 years, joined him. he has been unable to return to New York City due to illness and is under constant nursing care. He previously directed investigations as Peru’s official chemist and worked for the New York Produce Exchange.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
William M. Habirshaw
Madison Avenue
New York
Habirshaw Wire Company
Yonkers
Union Avenue
Habirshaw
Dr. Habirshaw
New York Produce Exchange
Peru
Mr. Habirshaw
America
Equitable Trust Company
Lincoln National Bank
Five Die as Trolleys Crash Near Sidney Ohio
Dayton Ohio August 10 five persons are dead and twenty five injured when two Western Ohio Traction Company trolley cars collided between Sidney and Piqua. Motorman Batley among those killed and several fatally hurt. wreck blamed on orders mix and high speeds.
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Sidney
Ohio
Dayton
Piqua
Western Ohio Traction Company
William Bailey
William McQuillen
Lockington
James Kohl
Detroit
Mich
George Robinson
C. M
Batley
Linderman sent to jail over Rathbun estate debt
Garrett B. Linderman former South Bethlehem banker was committed to Lehigh County Jail for failing to refund 51 164 68 to the Rathbun estate. He confessed embezzling 53 000 in U S Government bonds from the estate fourteen months ago. Judge Trexler had given a week to raise funds. Linderman offered no settlement.
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New York Times
Allentown
Penn
Garrett B. Linderman
South Bethlehem
Lehigh County
Robert P. Rathbun
United States
Linderman
Frank Jacobs
Trexler
Harvey
Ashe
Rathbun
Lirderman
Mary Cummings
Mauch Chunk
Asa Packer
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Hypnotist Accused of Fraud Over Grave Illusion
Florence Gibson allegedly revived from a staged grave in Cedar Point Ohio as investigators discovered a false coffin bottom and a hidden tunnel beneath the tent where Hindu mystic Bundha Kupparaw and his manager operate. Reporters ran to the tent crowd as police and town attaches halted a backlash.
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The
New York Times
Cedar Point
Ohio
Florence Gibson
Bundha Kupparaw
Haan's Restaurant Ad: Luncheon Dinner Music on Park Row
Ad copy for Haan's Restaurant in Park Row Building promoting luncheon and dinner offerings with music. Indicates available dining options and ambiance without specific dates or prices.
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Haan’s
Park Row
Ady
Mrs Leroy Dresser Granted Divorce for Desertion
Sioux Falls fate. An absolute divorce was awarded to Mrs Daniel Leroy Dresser formerly of New York City by Judge Frank B. Smith of Mitchell in Sioux Falls on the ground of desertion. The hearings were private and alimony was not considered in court records.
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New York Times
Sioux Falls
Daniel Leroy Dresser
New York City
Frank B. Smith
Mitchell
Joseph W. Jones
Europe
C. W. Gould
New York
E.R. Winans
Dresser
Caan
Flora Bigelow Dodge
William Rhinelander Stewart
South Dakota
Boiler Blast at York Rolling Mill Kills Eight
A massive boiler explosion at the York Rolling Mill in York Pennsylvania at 3 pm collapses the plant, kills eight workers and injures many others. Rescue crews from the Northern Central Railway and city patrols pull bodies and aid the wounded as debris scatters across the area. A horse 300 yards away dies and boxcars on the adjacent siding are torn apart.
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New York Times
York
Penn
Northern Central Railway
Young Elopers Found in Baltimore Boarding House
A mail card for Albert Tillinghast led to the discovery of elopers Bessie Edwards and her companion. The pair, living in a Mount Royal Avenue boarding house for four days, admitted they ran away from Long Island seeking marriage. They returned tonight saying they failed to secure a wedding.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Albert Tillinghast
Long Island
Bessie Edwards
Mount Royal Avenue
New York
North Avenue
Francis Wink
Miss Maloney to Wed Soon in Asbury Park
In Asbury Park on August 10 friends expect the marriage of Helen Maloney daughter of the Papal Marquis Martin Maloney to Samuel B Clarkson the young Englishman she eloped with to Montreal months ago. The Maloney home in Spring Lake declined comment while intimates say the wedding could occur within two weeks and note the annulment period ending next Thursday may be a formality.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Samuel B. Clarkson
Miss Maloney
Montreal
Maloney
Spring Lake
Arthur Herbert Osborne
Mamaroneck
Special Train To Lunch With Miss Wright In Lenox
Mrs G Granville Wright of New York chartered a two car special train from Cambridge to Lenox about sixty miles, to lunch with Miss Anne E Wright at Curtis Hotel. The trip cost about 200 dollars and generous tips were given to staff including engineer John Daly fireman Bartley Daly station agent Frank Daly conductor Charles Thompson and hotel bell boys.
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New York Times
Lenox
Mass
G. Granville Wright
New York
South View
Cambridge
N. Y
C. H. Wright
Anne E. Wright
Curtis Hotel
Choate Seeks His Child in Des Moines Case
Fred M. C. Choate claims to be the son of ex judge William Gardner Choate and seeks custody of Mary a five year old girl. A habeas corpus writ was issued but he was charged as a disturber and later released. Mrs Choate denies any relation and says he has visited Des Moines seeking a claim.
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Choate
Wife
Des Moines
Iowa
New York City
Fred M. C. Choate
William Gardner Choate
New York
Mary
United States
Wallingford
Slayer Seitz Dies After Brooklyn Murder Suicide
Ernest Seitz a young mechanic who shot Mrs Bertha Hood and her 2 year old daughter at 382 Bergen Street Brooklyn and then killed himself died in Brooklyn Hospital after not regaining consciousness Police have not yet identified him Mrs Hood and child will be buried in Greenwood Cemetery tomorrow No one has claimed Seitz’s body
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Ernest Seitz
Bertha Hood
Alice
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Postal Robbery at Bridgehampton
Burglars entered the Bridgehampton post office last night and stole $40 in cash and a quantity of stamps. They gained access by climbing the front porch and breaking a second story window pane. The safes holding substantial cash and many stamps were not touched.
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Bridgehampton
L. I
Mrs. W. J. Cornell Shot by Highwayman in Magnolia
Mrs. W T Cornell of New York, 70, was found unconscious with a bullet wound after a robbery on the Magnolia shore near Slume and Rafe's Chasm. A diamond ring and her jewelry were taken. she survived the attack and identified a young male suspect later pursued by Gloucester police.
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New York Times
Magnolia
Mass
W. T. Cornell
New York
Rafe
Mrs. Cornell
Marchant
Gloucester
Michael J. Sullivan
Joseph J. Collins
Hesperus Avenue
J. Harry Coulter
Man Regains Sight on Birthday After Ten Years
Ephraim Baylis of 342 Shelton Avenue Jamaica Long Island lost his sight after a stroke ten years ago. On his eighty ninth birthday he suddenly saw again as his daughter Ella heard him cry joyfully. Doctors say the recovery may be due to absorption of a blood clot on the brain.
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Ephraim. Baylis
Ella
Shelton Avenue
Jamaica
J. I
George K. Mengon
Long Island Railroad
Baylis
Miss Baylis
Mr. Baylis
Forest fires threaten Calaveras big trees grove
Forest fires near the famous Calaveras County grove have started again and reached the south grove. Officials fear the main grove could come under attack as smoke and flames spread.
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Stockton
Cal
Calaveras County
Red Taxicabs Ad From New York Taxicab Co Adv
An old classified style notice invites callers to contact Columbus at phone 660 for Red Taxicabs. It references the New York Taxicab Co Adv.
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Speeq
Columbus
New York
Peary Makes Good Headway on North Pole Quest
Commander Peary writes from Hawke's Harbor dated July 21 aboard The Roosevelt. He reports favorable weather ship and crew, finds abundant whale meat, and with Erik begins moving north. He expresses optimism and promises further updates as progress allows.
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the Times
Commander Peary
Roosevelt
North Pole
Hawke's Harbor
Peary
Erik
Objects to Fales's Divorce
Mrs. Warren R. Fales formerly Katherine Harris, a show girl with Edna May, files in the Rhode Island Supreme Court a bill of exceptions to Justice Sweetland ruling, seeking a divorce from Warren R. Fales of Fales & Enks cotton machinery, alleging new evidence of his conduct and that his aim is to wed housekeeper Mrs Minnie Fitz who appeared in court proceedings.
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New York Times
Pawtucket
R. I
Warren R. Fales
Katherine Harris
Edna May Opera Company
Supreme Court
Justice Sweetland
Fales
Fales & Enks
Harris
Prank Leaves Singer In Critical Condition In Massachusetts
A. Griffith Hughes, a New York tenor who performed in the Berkshires, lies in critical condition at Great Barrington after a friend startled him from behind with a wrench post appendectomy. Complications threaten his life.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
A. Griffith Hughes
New York
Berkshires
Great Barrington
Hughes
Minneaplis Rock Pile Sentences For Mashers
Judge Waiter sentences Carl Amquist and Lawrence Lindholm to ten days breaking stone on the Camden Place rock pile as Minneapolis river area deals with mashers overrunning the county. The youths were arrested after leering at two young ladies at Minnehaha Falls. The Roosevelt Club pledges police support in the effort to curb such harassment.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Anable
Waiter
Carl Amquist
Lawrence Lindholm
Camden Place
Minnehaha Falls
Roosevelt Club
La Follette Plans Weekly Paper To Back Wisconsin Campaign
Milwaukee Aug 10 A v corre special says Senator Robert M La Follette seeks 10000 readers for a weekly paper to be his personal organ in Wisconsin He will edit the paper himself and backers include Senator Isaac Stephenson former owner of The Milwaukee Free Press The move is aimed at boosting La Follette during the campaign and may shift Wisconsin political dynamics
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Neto Yor Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Bryan
Commoner
la Follette
Isaac Stephenson
Milwaukee Free Press
Lawson's son in auto crash near Quincy
Arnold Lawson, son of Thomas W. Lawson, narrowly escaped grave injury when a touring car he drove struck a loaded dray. He was thrown into bushes after a near miss as the chauffeur William Jaycock fainted, and the auto collided with the dray leaving the chauffeur with a severe gash.
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Quincy
Mass
Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
William Jaycock
Recall of Turkish Ministers as Constantinople reshapes government
Reports from Constantinople say the government reorganization may remove ambassadors and ministers at Paris St Petersburg Berlin Washington Madrid and Belgrade. Mehmed Ali Bey the Turkish minister in Washington is recalled and Izzet Pasha is denied to be hiding in Washington.
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London
Mehmed Ali Bey
Constantinople
Paris
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Washington
Madrid
Belgrade
Aue
Izzet Pasha
Maurentania
Hughes summons Saratoga Sheriff in removal demand
Governor Hughes faces removal call from Anti Race Track Gambling Campaign Committee over alleged neglect to suppress gambling at Saratoga Springs. Sheriff John Bradley Jr. is summoned to Albany Aug 17 to answer eight charges, while supporters plan a mass Liberty League rally at Convention Hall.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Springs
John Bradley, Jr
Saratoga County
Ben Smith
Hughes
Walter’ Laidlaw
East Nineteenth Street
New York
Bradley
Albany
New York City
Agnew-Hart
Bradley, Jr
Saratoga Association
Grams
Stillwater
Ballston
Senator Brackett
Brackett
Sheriff Bradley
Quiet secret gambling resurfaces in Saratoga cottages
In Saratoga on August 10 proprietors of clubhouses and gambling interests report a quiet return to play. After a police shut down and a temporary closed season, private games resume in vacant furnished cottages with select players. Reopened houses operate modestly amid talk of brace games and crooked gambling.
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New York Times
Saratoga
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d’Osmay
Gren
City of York
Great Bear
Clarketon
G.G. Wright
Cambridge, N. Y
Seitz
W. J. Cornell
Magnolia, Mass
California
Hawke’s Harbor
Anti-Gambling Committee
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