Wright Conquers Air Aeroplane 4 Success
Wilbur Wright of Ohio completed a flight near Le Mans France lasting about three kilometres with a 1 minute 46 second official time. Spectators included French aeronauts and Russian officers as Wright demonstrated mastery of the aeroplane amid cheers and cautious European skepticism.
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le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Ohio
Fae
Wright
America
Europe
Paris
Wright Brothers
United States
Hart
Berg
Diamonds Hidden in Ball of Yarn Revealed in Detroit Case
Detroit police learned a ball of yarn hid five thousand dollars worth of stolen diamonds after a knitting needle was passed through it. Ben Bennett confessed, leading to the yarn ball and a jewel theft from Mrs. E A Bond of Lansing. Night watchman Jay Wand Bennett admitted entering the hotel room and taking the jewels.
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Detroit
Aug
Ben Bennett
United States
E. A. Bond
Lansing. Midh
Normandie
Jay Wand Bennett
Mrs. Bond
Seed Law Guardian Hit By Auto on Nassau Parkway
Percy Ta Mm son of Justice George Tatem narrowly escaped death on Long Island when his small auto was struck from behind by a touring car on the new motor parkway. He was thrown to the field but not seriously hurt as the larger car failed to slow and struck the rear of his vehicle.
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Long Island
Aug
Percy Ta
George
Tatem
Nassau County
New Motor Parkway
Orient steamer towed after steering gear failure at Hell Gate
The Bound Steamer Orient of the Long Island Retirens Company malfunctioned steering near Hell Gate last night. Passengers crossed ferries to Manhattan or boarded trolleys while the ship was towed to the Astoria Marble Company's pier by tug No. 3 of the New York New Haven Hartford line, delaying travelers three hours.
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Orient
Long Island Retirens Company
Sea Cliff
Cist Street
Manhattan
Astoria
Long Island
34Th Street
Great Beck
SPS
Hell Gate
Kelly
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Astoria Marble Company
Senator Jess Mills to undergo operation in Baltimore
Telegraph reports former United States Senator Jess Mills will leave Corsicana on Sunday for Baltimore to undergo a necessary surgery. His son Charles Mills will accompany him. The trip will be by express or freight, with the company of Dewer's Wines.
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Morston
The
Tribune
Roger Tex
United States
Jess Mills
Corsicana
Baltimore
Charles Mills
Hitchcock
Fall of Hungarian Factory Buries One Hundred Workers
A large factory collapsed in Szegedin Hungary this afternoon trapping about a hundred workmen. Four dead and fourteen injured were recovered while seventy are still missing. Szegedin lies ninety six miles southeast of Budapest and is a major city noted for food product manufacture.
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Szegedin
Hungary
Aug
Budapest
Old Brighton Beach Racetrack Aims for Sale
The Somerville Reality Company of Brooklyn nears purchase talks with William R. Engeman owner of the Brighton Beach Racetrack. Brighton faces gambling law pressure, cutting purses and losing money, amid Engeman’s prior indictment. The track sits on about 240 acres and Engeman built it in 1879.
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Somerville Reality Company
Brooklyn
William R. Engeman
Brighto Beach Racetrack
Engeman
Old Place
E. C. Somerville
Broadway
Coney Island
Brighton
Christopher Fitzgerald
John Co. Cavanagh
Reynolds Hurt In Collision With Trolley on Long Beach Road
William Reynolds aged sixty four father of ex Senator William H Reynolds was riding with chauffeur George Lounsbury and Eric Lauson when their automobile was struck by a New York & Long Island Traction trolley car on the Long Beach Road Ocean Side Freeport. Reynolds suffered a broken rib and facial injuries the car was traveling about forty five miles per hour and the motorman and several passengers were bruised or cut. Ex Senator Reynolds had his father taken to his Brooklyn home for care.
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Freeport
Long Island
William Reynolds
William H. Reynolds
Brooklyn
New York & Long Island Traction Company
Long Beach Road
Ocean Side
Reynolds
George W. Louisbury
Fifth Avenue
Eric Lauson
St. Mark's Place
Lounsbury
Duel On President Street Ends In Fatality In Brooklyn
Two Italians fought in a running duel late last night on President Street and Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn One man died instantly and the other Christopher Catlin was wounded and rushed to Long Island Hospital The cause of the quarrel remains unknown The mob pursued them after the initial running fight
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President Street
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island Hospital
Christopher Catlin
Catlin
Mother's leap for life at Belmar crossing
Mrs Davison wife of the Belmar bank cashier saved herself and her four year old son Chester from being crushed by a fast express at the Belmar station crossing. In an auto driven by her brother in law Robert Davison she leaped onto the tracks and narrowly escaped injury as the train thundered by.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Fred Davison
First National Bank of
Belmar
Chester
Belmar Station
Davison
Robert Davison
Tenth Avenue
Thug Fractures Skull in Brooklyn Assault
Medical student Ralph Hall was found with a fractured skull on Eastern Parkway near Kings Highway after being struck by a blunt instrument. He later identified John Graves as the attacker to police. Graves confessed to striking Hall after Hall hit him but denies stealing from Hall.
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Ralph Hall
Avenue I
Flatbush
Eastern Parkway
Kings Highway
Atroiman James Travis
Coney Island
Hall
John Graves
East 12Th Street
Sheepshead Bay
Graves
Oldfield narrowly escapes injury in practice crash
Barney Oldfield, the automobile racer, was hurled through a fence when a tire exploded during a practice run on the Lexington trotting track. He escaped with bruises after the mishap while preparing for a race against the world record on Monday. He had earlier posted a half mile in 29 seconds.
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Lexington
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Insurance probes Provident Savings Life again ordered
Superintendent Kelsey orders a fresh three to four day examination of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society led by chief examiner Nelson Hadhey. The probe will focus on management efficiency and economy as the company seeks to regain ability to issue new business after December restrictions.
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Kelsey
New York Insurance Department
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Nelson B. Hadhey
Insurance Department
Hadley
the Provident
The
Provident
Hadhey
Superintendent of Insurance
Timothy L. Woodruff
Adirondacks
Woodruff
Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurance Department
Mr. Woodruff
Colorado Policyholders Committee
Provident Society
Otto Kelsey
Colorado Committee
Royall Victor
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wires
S. H Wolfe
Colorado
Wolfe
Inter-Southern Insurance Fails Provident Savings Life Bid
Telegraph reporting that the Inter-Southern Insurance Company could not secure funds to exercise its option on the majority stock of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. The failure ends any immediate bid and leaves Provident Savings Life Assurance in current ownership.
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Tribune
Louisville
Aug. S
Inter-Southern Insurance Company
Provident Savings Life Assurance
Hughes Favored for Prohibition State Ticket in New York
Syracuse Aug 8 Strong likelihood Governor Charles E Hughes will be nominated to head the Prohibition state ticket at next month’s convention in Syracuse. Prohibition leaders operate from here as a central headquarters and a delegation reportedly urged him to accept. Hughes declined but party leaders insist. If he refuses eight other candidates remain in the field.
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Hitchcock
Dover
New York
William Harward
National Committee
Nebraska City
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hayward
Colorado Springs
Chicago
West
Syracuse
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
New York State
Adirondacks
Chase Rider Killed in Saratoga Steeplechase
Ernest Boadwee, twenty, died from injuries suffered when his mount Rufus fell before the clubhouse at Saratoga. The crash crushed his ribs, punctured a lung, and caused internal bleeding. He never regained movement as spectators cried out. he was from Mississippi and had been riding only a short time.
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the Tribune
Saratoga
Ernest Boadwee
E. H. Carle
Rufus
Boadwee
Mississippi
Alfar
Henderson
Vanderbilts Open Pittsburg to New York Line Bid
The Vanderbilt group closes a major contract to build 310 miles linking Pittsburg and New York amid coal-field access. The Pittsburg Binghamton & Eastern Railroad project, funded by E H Gay & Co, aims to begin 33 miles of work from Canton to Binghamton, with Oliver Co of Knoxville as contractor and Major Schwanecke as chief engineer. Over twenty miles of right of way graded and five miles of track laid so far.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Vanderbilts
New York
Pennsylvania
William J. Oliver Company
Knoxville
Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad
H. A. Schwanecke
E. H
Binghamton
N. Y
Vanderbilt
Brave Rescue at Owego Near Susquehanna River Explosion
Five people were rescued after a 25 foot launch exploded on the Susquehanna River near Owego. Captain C. L. Rand ferried survivors to shore, saving Mrs. Charles Stone as she clung to him. Misses Bessie Waterman and Vesta Barton and James Young also escaped. Rand and Stone drifted into rocks. he kicked free and reached shallow water.
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Tribune
Owego
Susquehanna River
C. L. Rand
Charles Stone
Bessie Waterman
Vesta Barton
James Young
George Young
Rand
Mrs. Stone
Woman Dies Bathing at Easton Beach in Newport
Miss Flora Scheer of Jamaica Plains Massachusetts died of heart failure while bathing at Eastons Beach. A beach employe nearly sacrificed his life attempting rescue. beach patrol aided in saving him. A relative in a car accident near Cliff avenue and Bath Road then caused injuries to seven people in the carriage, though none seriously.
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Tibure
Newport
R. L
Flora Scheer
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Easton's Beach
Scheer
Cliff Avenue
Bath Road
Arizona picks out her senators at historic convention
At Prescott Arizona the Democratic territorial convention set Mark Smith as delegate to Congress and backed him for a Senate seat along with Henry F Ashurst. Smith defeated Eugene Brady ONeill, brother of the late Hockey ONeill. Delegates planned for Senate seats when statehood arrives.
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Tribune
Prescott
Ariz
Arizona
Mark Smith
Congress
Smith
Eugene Brady O'Neill
Hockey” O'Neill
Rough Rider
Henry F. Ashurst
Nnorthern
Taft Receives Warm Reception at Greenbrier Hotel
At White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Judge Taft and Mrs Taft hosted a large informal breakfast and reception in the Greenbrier Hotel parlors with about fourteen hundred guests including Vice Governor Forbes and Bishop Bashford. A later horse show reception featured General Watts introducing Taft to about thirty five hundred attendees while Democrats who previously backed Bryan expressed shifting support for the Republican candidate.
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Tribune
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Taft
Greenbrier
Gaines
Forbes
Philippines
Bashford
China
Edwards
Joe” Gaines
Mr. Gaines
West Virginia
C. C. Watts
Judge Taft
General Watts
Bryan
Messrs. Gaines
Thayer
New Virginia
Greenbrier Valley
Mrs. Taft
Horse Show Association
White
Dane Haskill
Savannah
J. Thomas
Charleston
Ewan Johnson
Macon
McMullen
Louisville
R. C. Bryar
Pat” Currie
John Branch
W. H. White
Holt
John D. Potts
Finch
Newport News
John Middleton
John Lincords
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WM. Reynolds
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Thug
Philadelphia
NEW Jersey Central
William Hayward
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
Mark Hanna
Frank H. Hitchcock
Senator Hanna
S. H. Wolfe
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Inter-Southern
Provident Move
Vanderbilt Line
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Richmond
Westmoreland Club
Virginia
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Scott
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