Aviator Drops Letters on Liner During Flight
Tom Sopwith, flying a Howard Wright biplane with passenger Sinclair, dropped a bundle toward the Olympic liner as it left New York. The plane traced a path from Nassau Boulevard to the Narrows, passing over Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach before wheeling toward Coney Island and Crescent Athletic Club grounds. Passengers cheered while the ship continued on its course with the wind varying from west to calm.
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Olympic
Howard Wright
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Manhattan Beach
Sinclair
Coney
Crescent Athletic club
Aviator Tom Sopwith Drops Load Over New York Harbor
An imperfect report describes aviator Tom Sopwith circling a steamer in New York Harbor. It notes the aircraft dropped a bundle of missiles or cargo, with debate over whether it landed in the Narrows or the water, then turned toward Fort Hamilton before returning toward the club bounds.
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Fall Downstairs Kills Millionaire Car Manufacturer
John Dobson, eighty three, prominent car manufacturer, died after a fall at his home on Thirty fourth Street and Allegheny. He was found conscious and bleeding, with a five inch scalp wound. Dr Eli Beary treated him, but his age and shock led to fatal complications.
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Philadelphia
John Dotson
het manufacturer
Thirty-fourth street
Allegheny
Dotson
Dobson
lity Beary
Mr Dobson
Padson
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Dolson
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Colorado man uses toads to quiet garden fires
Creeley Colorado June 24 a local garden boasts J Crone’s toad project as a pest control measure he claims toads are the worst enemy of flies and will rid his premises of pests he reports hundreds of toads kept on his property have cleared flies from his yard and neighboring entries though the story details are fragmented.
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J. Crone
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Senator Lea Hospitalized After Bleeding Condition
Disjointed report notes Tennessee Senator Lea weak from a medical episode and hospitalized. The piece references attempts to rally support from committee members and colleagues, with unclear details about dates or locations and mentions buying at a store called SHORV.
Arbitration Pact Agreed Upon After White House Talk
Washington June 8 The White House announced that an arbitration pact has been agreed upon between the state department and Britain. A tentative draft broadens arbitration to all justiciable differences and proposes a Hague tribunal or a commission of inquiry with binding outcomes. Arbitration would require Senate consent and a one year diplomatic delay option to seek settlement.
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TApOrline PIOICU
midy
state department
Great Britain
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Woman Found Dead in Norristown Home After Dispute
Norristown June 29 a woman, Mrs Sitmey W Steiner, was found with a gunshot wound in her home on Marshall street. Her ten year old daughter Katharine found the body. Police fear murder rather than suicide as admirer Charles Wayne, recently rejected by Steiner, is being sought. Wayne allegedly spoke of self harm and bank plans linked to Steiner. Officers check his alibis and city haunts while the case unfolds.
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Sitmey W. Steiner
Katharine
Charles Wayne
Warne
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Wayne
Mra. Steiner
Oliver Keisen
nsmith
Steiner
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Katharine Steiner
Cashier reports sixty three thousand dollar shortage at bank
In Utica a cashier at Earlville National Bank, Guy H. Clark, wrote to the bank from Utica stating he was short about $43,000 in his accounts and turned over his stock and real estate to the bank to help liquidate the shortage.
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N.Y
Guy H. Clark
Earlville National bank
Saranac Lake
Utica
Clark
Woman jumps to death from San Francisco hotel window
A Boston woman, M. Isung of Heston, leaped from the seventh story of a San Francisco hotel and was killed. The tragedy occurred in her hotel room and was confirmed by her brother C. E. Cushing of Massachusetts. The incident follows a local ad for Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, advertised by druggists.
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Chamberlains Co
Lightning Strikes Man Underground in Wilkes-Barre
James Condoy of Kingston was struck by lightning 1300 feet underground at the Kingston Coal company Courtdale tunnel. He suffered burns and severe injuries. he is not expected to recover. The mine foreman installed a telephone alert system so workers can be summoned to the surface during storms.
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James Condoy
Kingston
Condoy
Courtdale
Kingston Coal company
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