Wright Conquers Air As Aeroplane Demo Impresses
Wilbur Wright of Ohio conducted a test flight near Le Mans France achieving about three kilometres in roughly one to two minutes. The display drew French aeronauts Russian officers and other experts who hailed the demonstration as a milestone for American aviation.
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France
Aus
Wilbur Wright
Ohio
Wright
Wright Ted
America
le Mans
United States
Specia
Wes
Hart
Berg
Wright Tethers
5000 in gems found in ball of yarn
Detroit officers traced a theft to Ben Bennett who confessed to stealing jewels from Mrs. E. A. Bond of Lansing. A ball of yarn stuffed with the jewels was found after a mail box reveal, with Bennett's mother missing and the hotel guard admitting entry to Mrs. Bond's room at the Normandie Hotel.
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Ben Bennett
United Rates
E. A. Bond
Lansing
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Normandie
Daly
Bennett
Mr. Bows
Seed Law Guardian Hit by Auto
Percy TaM, son of Justice George C. Tatem, aiding enforcement of Nessau County speed laws, was nearly killed when his car was struck by a touring car on the Nassau County Motor Parkway. He was thrown into a corn meadow but uninjured as the other vehicle failed to stop.
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Meadow Brook
Long Island
Percy Ta- WM
George C. Tatem
Nessau County
Sconfield
Tatem
New Motor Parkway
Tug Saves Disabled Sound Boat In Harbor Incident
The Orient, a Bound steamer of the Long Island Company, reportedly became unmanageable on a crossing near Hell Gate while ferrying passengers to Manhattan. A transport tug from New York, New Haven & Hartford towed the vessel to Astoria Marble Company's pier, delaying travelers by about three hours.
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Long Island Company
Sea Cliff
Manhattan
Cathers
Long Island
United States Senator Mills to undergo operation in Baltimore
The Tribune reports Senator Mills of Corsicana Texas will travel to Baltimore Sunday for a necessary operation. His son Charles Mills will accompany him. The excerpt mentions conveys no further details and includes related typographical fragments.
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Hundred Men Buried in Hungarian Factory Collapse
A large factory in Szegedin Hungary collapsed in a hurricane this afternoon burying about a hundred workmen. Four are dead and fourteen seriously injured have been recovered. Seventy are missing. Szegedin lies ninety six miles southeast of Budapest, a major trade center noted for food product manufacturing.
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Hungary
Aug
Budapest
Old Racetrack to Go as Real Estate Deal Advances
Somerville Realty of Brooklyn negotiates with Brigh to Beach Racetrack owner William R Engeman for sale of the Brighton track. Engeman, indicted previously as a common gambler, aims to dispose of the property for a large price. Brighton has cut purses and faced anti gambling pressure since 1879 the grounds span about two hundred forty acres.
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Somerville Realty Company
Brooklyn
William R. Engeman
Brighto Beach Racetrack
Engeman
Old Place
E. C. Somerville
Broadway
Coney Island
Brighton
Christopher Fitzgerald
John Co. Cavanagh
Reynolds Hurdles Death as Trolley Hits Car
William Reynolds aged sixty four of Freeport Long Island narrowly escaped death when his car was struck by a New York and Long Island Traction trolley on Long Beach Road Ocean Side. Reynolds suffered a broken rib and head and body bruises. Ex Senator Reynolds took his father home to Brooklyn. Chauffeur Lounsbury and passenger Lauson injured. motorman bruised. Car wrecked and trolley crowded with passengers including about a dozen women.
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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
Broocklyn
Eric Lauson
St. Mark's Place
Mr. Reynolds
Lounsbury
Duel on Brooklyn Street Ends in Fatal Duel
A mysterious late night duel on President Street and Hamilton Avenue in Brooklyn left one man dead and another dying at Long Island Hospital. The slain man is unidentified while Christopher Catlin is described as the wounded survivor. The cause remains unknown after a running fight drew a mob.
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President Street
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island Hospital
Christopher Catlin
Catlin
Mother's Leap for Life at Belmar Crossing
At Belmar New Jersey Aug 8 Mrs Fred Davison wife of the First National Bank of Belmar assistant cashier and her four year old son Chester escaped being ground to death when a fast express train bore down at the Tenth avenue crossing. She leaped with the boy from an automobile driven by her brother in law Robert Davison landing on the tracks and rolling clear as the train passed. She was unharmed.
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N. J
Fred Davison
First National Bank of
Belmar
Chester
Belmar Station
Davison
Robert Davison
Tenth Avenue
Thug Fractures Skull Near Kings Highway
Ralph Hall a medical student living at 415 Avenue I Flatbush was found with a fractured skull on Eastern Parkway near Kings Highway early today. Patrolman James Travis of Coney Island station helped and Hall identified John Graves of 1842 East 12th Street Sheepshead Bay as the assailant who confessed to striking him. He denies rifling the pockets.
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Avenue I
Flatbush
Eastern Parkway
Kings Highway
Atroliman James Travis
Coney Island
Hall
John Graves
East 12Th Street
Sheepshead Bay
Graves
Auto racer Barney Oldfield escapes injury in practice crash
Lexington reports Barney Oldfield narrowly avoided death after a tire burst on the trotting track during practice. He was hurled through a fence but sustained only bruises as he prepared to race for a world record. He completed a mile in about 6:58 and a half in 29 seconds yesterday.
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Lexington
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Insurance inquiry into Provident Society ordered
Superintendent Kelsey of the New York Insurance Department orders a new examination of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society led by chief examiner Nelson B. Hadhey. The probe, likely lasting three to four days, will review management efficiency and economy as the company seeks to resume new business.
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New York Insurance Department
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Nelson B. Hadhey
Insurance Department
Hadley
the Provident
The
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Hadhey
Superintendent of Insurance
Timothy L. Woodruff
Adirondacks
Woodruff
Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurance Department
Mr. Woodruff
Inter-Southern Insurance Company
Louisville
New York
S. H. Wolfe
Colorado Policyholders
Provident Society
Otto Kelsey
Colorado Committee
Royall Victor
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wires
S. H Wolfe
Colorado
Wolfe
Provident Savings Life Assurance option fails for Inter-South ern
The Inter-Southern Insurance Company could not raise funds to exercise its option on the majority stock of Provident Savings Life Assurance, leading to continued holding by other parties. The report appears on the second page of the Telegraph Tribune dispatch from Louisville dated August.
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Tribune
Louisville
Inter-Southern Insurance Company
Provident Savings Life Assurance
Hughes Favored for Prohibition State Ticket
In Syracuse on August 8 there is strong likelihood Governor Charles E Hughes will be nominated to head the Prohibition state ticket at the New York Prohibition convention to be held next month. Prohibition leaders have formed a movement to place him on the ticket and a delegation reportedly visited Hughes in the Adirondacks. He declined the nomination but proponents persist. If he declines eight other candidates remain in the field for a sharp convention contest.
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Republican National Committee
Mark Hanna
Frank H. Hitchcock
William Hayward
Nebraska
West
Chicago
Hitchcock
Dover
National Committee
Hayward
Senator Hanna
Taft
Syracuse
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
New York State
Adirondacks
Richmond
Westmoreland Club
Virginia
Bryan
J. G Ragt
Gaines
Gaynor
Scott
Judge Taft
Mr. O’brien
Japan
Newport
Rider Ernest Boadwee Killed in Saratoga Steeplechase
Telegraph report from Saratoga New York says Ernest Boadwee a twenty year old Mississippi native jockey died after his horse Rufus fell in front of the clubhouse and crushed his ribs puncturing a lung during the second race. Fellow jockey Henderson escaped injury.
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N. Y
Ernest Boadwee
E. H. Carle S Rufus
Boadwee
Mississippi
Alfar
Henderson
Vanderbilts Begin Pittsburg to New York Rail Link
The Vanderbilt plan to build 310 miles of railroad from Pittsburg to New York aims to tap Central Pennsylvania coal fields and shorten coal shipments. The Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad contract totals 13 million dollars with William J. Oliver Company of Knoxville, Kentucky handling the work. Major H. A. Schwanecke serves as vice president and chief engineer as 33 miles from Canton to Binghamton start immediately. Over twenty-one miles of right of way graded and about five miles of track laid to date.
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Knoxville
Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad
H. A. Schwanecke
E. H. Gay
Clearfield
Penn
Binghamton
N. C
Vanderbilt
Brave Rescue at Owego
Five people were rescued when a 25 foot launch exploded on the Susquehanna River near Owego. C L Rand led attempts to save Mrs. Charles Stone and others, risking his life as passengers drifted toward rapids and a rock where he surfaced and reached shore.
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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 While Bathing at Eastons Beach
Miss Flora Scheer of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts died of heart failure while bathing at Eastons Beach Newport Rhode Island. A beach employee nearly lost his life rescuing her but a beach patrol member saved him. A relative driving to the scene collided with a tally ho on Cliff avenue and Bath Road injuring seven people slightly.
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Newport
R. L
Flora Scheer
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Easton's Beach
Miss Scheer
Cliff Avenue
Bath Road
Arizona picks out her senators
The Arizona Democratic convention in Prescott drew the largest attendance in territory history. It re nominated Mark Smith for delegate to Congress and named him as a potential U S Senator for the southern part of the state, with Henry F. Ashurst slated for the northern section.
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Tribune
Prescott
Ariz
Arizona
Mark Smith
Congress
Smith
Eugene Brady O'Neill
Henry F. Ashurst
Taft hosts reception at Greenbrier Hotel White Sulphur
Judge Taft and Mrs Taft preside over an informal breakfast and a large reception in the Greenbrier Hotel parlors drawing nearly fourteen hundred guests including Vice Governor Forbes and Bishop Bashford. General Watts, a former Bryan supporter, introduces Taft at the horse show fueling Democratic defections toward Taft.
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Tribune
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Taft
Greenbrier Hotel
Gaines
Forbes
Ilam
Joe” Gaines
Mr. Gaines
West Virginia
General C . Watts
Judge Taft
General Watts
Bryan
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Thayer
New Virginia
Greenbrier Valley
Mrs. Taft
Horse Show Association
Dane Haskill
Savannah
J. R Thomas
Charleston
Ewan Johnson
Macon
McMullen
Louisville, Ky
R. €. Bryar
Pat” Currie
John Branch
W. H. White
Holt
John D. Potts
Finch
Newport News
John Middleton
John Lincords
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