Curtiss Wins Scientific American Cup With June Bug Flight
G H Curtiss of the Aero Experiment Association succeeded in two flights with Curtiss No 2 the June Bug at Hammondport New York on July 4 The first flight lasted 54 seconds covering 2 8 feet the second exceeded a mile in straight flight and a half circle landing easily The June Bug a double decker weighs 720 pounds with 42 foot wings and an eight cylinder 40 HP motor Officials witnessed the event and Curtiss plans further experiments to defend the cup
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New York Times
Hammondsport
N. Y
G. H. Curtiss
The
Aero Experiment Association
Curtiss No
Curtiss
Experiment Association
Scientific American
Stanley Y. Beach
Aero Club
A. M. Vierring
Miss Herring
S. Moll
Augustus Post
Alan R. Hawley
Thaddeus Gray
George H. Guy
J. C. Lake
T. S. Baldwin
E. L. Jones
Bell
Capitaliss
Aero Club of America
Farman to Tour U S With Public Airplane Fights
Paris July 4 Henry Farman the aeroplane expert signs with Frank R Lahm for an American syndicate to tour the United States for three months and stage public flights with his aeroplane on at least fifteen days. The syndicate includes members of the Aero Club of St. Louis.
Nine balloons off in rage. 10 coast test ends early
A test of Ludlow's balloon machine failed as the front wheels lifted and a coupling snapped. Repairs will be made and a more powerful engine installed before another trial. The design features dihedral planes for stability.
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Ludlow
Eighty School Gardens Now Running in New York
The Times reports that eighty city school farms attached to public schools have sprouted since 1902, led by De Witt Clinton Park. Mrs. Parsons and associates credit the Park Department and donors for support, while debates continue over authorship of the school garden idea and its expansion to Newark and other schools.
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Casey At
Homer
van Evrie Kilpatrick
Public School 32
Bronx
Haney
Board of Education
Luther Gulick
Henry Parsons
School Garden Association of
New York
Kilpatrick
School Garden Association
104Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
East Fourth Street
Avenue A
Newark Board of Education
Newark
Dean Russell
Teachers’ College
Parsons
Evangeline Whitney
Park Department
R. Fulton Cutting
Grace H. Dodge
Department of Parks
Manhattan
Richmond
International School Farm League
de Witt
Times
Gustave Straupenmuller
New York City
John Griscom
Balloon Set Boat Ablaze Off East Twenty-Sixth Street
A large paper balloon from a Fourth of July celebration fell on the Charities Department boat Thomas S. Brennan at the foot of East Twenty-sixth Street setting the roof ablaze. Six Bellevue nurses aboard were frightened as the balloon burned, narrowly missing injury. Fireman Thomas Maloney aboard extinguished the flames. the boat had just returned from dry dock after a collision off Greenville, New Jersey.
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Thomas S. Brennan
East Twenty-sixth Street
Bellevue
Fourteenth Street
Second Avenue
Charities
Thomas Maloney
Greenville
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Balloon Race in Big Fourth of July Celebration
A July Fourth balloon race in Springfield featured the Greylocke and North Adams No. 1 traveling about thirty miles each. The Silver Cup from the Independence Day Association remained unawarded as of evening. Greylocke piloted by Dr. R. M. Randall with passenger William Van Fleet landed near a North Prescott farmhouse. North Adams No. 1 piloted by N. H. Arnold with passengers R. Ju. Gardner and G. A. MacDonald landed between Shutesbury and Pelham.
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North Adams
N. H. Arnold
R. Ju. Gardner
G. A. MacDonald
Shutesbury
Pelham
Sleep Dream Dives From Window In Bayport
Miss Marion Sheridan sleeping by the bay in Bayport on July 4 fell from a second story window while dreaming of a new dive. She was found unconscious on the grass with a broken nose after dawn.
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New York Times
Bayport
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Marion Sheridan
Poisoner Eludes Police As Letters Point Outside City
Philadelphia July 4 Despite police missteps in the Dr William H Wilson murder investigation authorities traced the killer to West Philadelphia and Bristol. A stalking suspect a stenographer and former printer is sought after sending letters to coroner Jermon and fleeing from Torresdale aboard a New York bound train. Investigators network with New York Boston police for a matching description and a letter carrier says the man wore a black derby and carried a letter.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
North Seventh Street
Jermon
Wilson
Cornore Jermon
Taylor
James Herron
Bristol
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Herron
Torresdale
New York
Trenton
Drake
Man Kills Insane Father in Norwalk Home Duel
Adelbert Abbey 22, crippled, faced his armed father who rushed him with an axe. Abbey shot the man in the face, killing him instantly and then alerted neighbors. Authorities released Abbey on recognizance after inquiry. family history notes prior threats and past violence by the elder Abbey.
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New York Times
Norwalk
Ohio
Adelbert Abbey
Abbey
Aberty
Adelbert
Robbers shot contractor after interrupting watch theft
Frank Desthers, a contractor from 543 West Fifty-fourth Street, was shot in the chest on his steps after he stopped a group from stealing a boy's watch nearby. He identified Matthew Ferkin of 513 West Fifty-second Street as the shooter at Roosevelt Hospital, where Ferkin was also held.
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Frank Desthers
West Fifty-fourth Street
Desthers
Roosevelt Hospital
Lavey
West Forty-seventh Street
Matthew Ferkin
West Fifty-second Street
Wilbur Wright Scalded in Aeroplane Test at Lemans
Wilbur Wright suffered a scalding injury to the chest and both arms when a water tube burst during testing at his Lemans experiments. The accident occurred in the shed, a tube connection blew, water splashed over him, he fainted briefly, and recovered after aid, insisting he was not badly hurt and walked a mile to his hotel.
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Wilbur Wright
Wright
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