Wright brothers first flight reported from Kitty Hawk
Dated May 1903 report from Mar Teo North Carolina recounts D Bruce Salley copying a Wright brothers dispatch to indicate a 1,000 foot first flight in a heavier than air machine. The piece describes observers, tree perches, and life savers guarding secrecy as the brothers make multiple flights and push toward longer distances with growing skepticism from other papers.
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D. Bruce Salley
Norfolk
United States Weather Bureau
Marteo
N. C
A. W. Drinckwater
Wilburn
Orville Wright
Europe
Salley
Manteo
Dispatch
Wrights
Dayton
Kitty Hawk
N.C
New York
Elizabeth City
Metropolitan
Roanoke
Pamlico Sound
Banks
Wright
Kill Devil Hill
Rask
Thomas
Missouri
Washington
Cleveland
Kill Devil Alls
Real Poverty as a Variable Concept
The passage argues poverty extends beyond hunger and cold to include unmet mental and spiritual needs. It contrasts physical deprivation with deeper deprivations of the mind and heart, citing Laure Spencer Porter in the Atlantic to illustrate persistent spiritual chill and dissatisfaction alongside bodily want.
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Laure Spencer Porter
Atlantic
Sailors Collar Design Honours Nelson Victories
The article explains that sailors collars feature a border of three white lines, with regular navy lines straight and Naval Volunteer force lines wavy. Experts say the lines symbolize Nelsons three major victories at the Nile Copenhagen and Trafalgar to perpetuate British naval triumphs on the sea.
Wisdom of Murano Glass Tradition Cites Venetian Law
The piece notes Venetian dominance in glassware from Murano and praises a medieval law banning child labor in heat during summer. It highlights the era’s foresight and humane governance as evidence of wise rule.
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Venice
Queen of the Adriatic
Murano
Apt Comparison of a Spendthrift and a Buzz Saw
A terse comparison likens a spendthrift to a buzz saw, noting how he scatters dust while running about and leaves nothing to show for his board.
How Mrs Boyd Avoided an Operation
Canton Ohio woman recounts relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound instead of surgery. She credits the remedy for enabling her to work and avoid hospital operation. The ad urges other women with complications to seek advice at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Marin Boyp
6Th St. N. E
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
W A Kroll Faces Suit Over 40000 WashingtonLicenses
In a seven year span W A Kroll issued forty thousand marriage licenses in Washington D C drawing scrutiny from officials and residents who question processes and record accuracy amid growing demand for matrimonial paperwork.
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W. A. Kroll
Washington, D. C
Soothe Itching Skin With Cuticura Ointment Ad
Advertising copy for Cuticura says to bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry and apply the Ointment to relieve itching. Mentions free samples from Cuticura Dept X Boston and prices for Soap and Ointment by druggists or mail.
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Dept. X
Boston
War Humor and Last Poker Hand Amid Trench Death
Captain Leonard Wells of Baltimore recalls trench fever after being bitten by a louse and quips about war’s grim humor. A New York doughboy poker tale in a dugout during bombardment ends with a dead man and a jokey four kings hand. A general remark notes men feel wrongs begin after marriage.
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Leonard
Wells
Baltimore
New York
East Side
Bill
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