Aerial Feats Highlight Rheims Flight Records Set
Bleriot shatters speed on the six and a quarter mile track at Rheims with 44 mph flight as Paulhan pushes a Voisin bi plane through gusts. Daring Paulhan also sets duration and distance marks amid a crowd and the president's presence.
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Bleriot
Rheims
Louis Pavilian
France
Big
Bileriot
Orville Wright
Curtiss
Nationis
Paul Paulhan
Fallieres
Paulhan
Ater
Daring — Paulban
Bethany Plain
Roger Sommer
Mourmelon
Wilbur Wright
Wright
America
One Hundred Fatalities In Canadian July Industrial Accidents
The labor department reports 358 injured workers in Canada during July with 100 deaths and 253 serious injuries. Fifteen strike disputes occurred, affecting 73 firms and over 4,000 employees, with 118,740 days lost. Western homestead entries rose to 4,205 in June, and six month totals reached 17,314, up 3,563 from last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prince to Visit South Africa for Union Parliament
The Prince of Wales has agreed to visit South Africa to open the union parliament on May 31. He may be joined by the princess and travel later in the year, possibly visiting Victoria Falls. Sir Francis Hopwood will accompany as a senior official, with transport undecided between warship or chartered liner.
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London
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Victoria Falls
Wzambesi
Francis Hopwood
King Alfonso’s whiskers vanish in Madrid tale
In San Sebastian and Madrid a king’s beard saga unfolds. King Alfonso shaved his side whiskers after Queen Victoria Eugenia teased him, saying he looked like an English butler, and returned whiskerless and younger.
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London
Alfonso
Spain
San Sebastian
Madrid
Miracle on Great Northern train wreck in Canada
A Grand Forks to Kane train plunges through a burning bridge into a gulch about forty feet deep. The locomotive mail car and coaches fall, but no one is killed or fatally injured. The wreck totals over $25,000 in loss yet survivors escape serious harm.
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Victoria
B.C
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Kane
Australian Navy to field mixed squadron in sector
The Australian Navy announces a squadron composition including one armored cruiser three other cruisers six destroyers and three submarines for deployment in the near term.
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London
Torture of Tangier Prisoners Reported Under Sultan Order
Advices from Fez say prisoners captured at El Raghi’s defeat were brutally tortured under a sultan’s special command. Right hands were severed and burned, women’s teeth drawn, leaders’ hands and feet damaged, in a deliberate display before troops and residents. The British consul protested. Preparations for war in St. Petersburg note a Harbin report of a China Japan secret treaty amid border fortification changes.
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Tangier
Fez
el Raghi
Babelhamis
Rez
St. Petersburg
Harbin
China
Japan
Far East
Canadian warships to be loaned to Canada for Pacific and Atlantic
The Canadian Associated Press says Canada will receive two third class cruisers for its Pacific and Atlantic fleets. Refits will occur in Canada at Canadian government expense, and officers will be loaned and paid by Canada. Canada plans Bristol type cruisers built domestically, with a shipyard site to be selected in the near future. Vancouver is favored for a Pacific yard, with Esquimalt also possible if a dock is needed.
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London
Associated Press
Pacific
Atlantic
Canada
Dominion
Vancouver
Esquimalt
Canada’s Naval Plans Revealed to Press
The report outlines the fleet disposition with two Apollo class cruisers in the Pacific and a cruiser plus four destroyers in the Atlantic. The Admiralty will send two cruisers under construction and Canadian cadets may train at Osborne and Dartmouth. Dock projects could host the largest warships and may be built on the Pacific Atlantic or St Lawrence.
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London
Associated Press
Pacific
Atlantic
Admiralty
Osborne
Dartsmouth
St. Lawrence
Camorra Chief Arrested at Supper in Milan
Milan dispatch reports Marquis Affairati, new supreme head of the Naples Camorra, and 23 of 34 Grand Councilors arrested by carabinieri during a celebratory supper for his succession to Arricone’s chiefship.
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London
Milan
Daily Chronicle
Marquis Affairati
Naples
London Faces 44 458 Empty Houses Steady Build
Rt Hon John Burns told the House of Commons London has forty four thousand four hundred fifty eight vacant houses and tenements. He cited overbuilding and especially rapid transit improvements drawing residents to suburbs as the main cause of the vacancy.
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London
John Burns
House of Commons
Remarkable UK Rail Safety Record for 1908
London statistics from the Board of Trade show no passengers killed in train wrecks in 1908, though many died on or near tracks by crossing, trespassing, and other railway incidents.
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London
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Ieet
Women and Children Stocking Grain Harvest Work
Scarcity of labor in the Radisson Sask district forces women and children to stack the grain. Crops are better in the district though harvesting is delayed by the shortage. A two month delay is anticipated before all fields are cut.
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Radisson
Sask
Paul at Miletus Farewell Addresses Elders of Ephesus
The lesson reviews Paul's three years with the Ephesian church and his farewell at Miletus. He urges humility, readiness for suffering, and faithful teaching, stressing repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. He warns of wolves, covetousness, and the duty to feed the church, with Christ as the living bread and motive for generous giving.
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American Preas Association
Ephesus
Paul
Macedonia
Greece
Syria
Troas
Luke
Philipp
Lord
Pat
Assos
Brazil
Miletus
Jerusalem
Damascus
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Timothy
Church of God
Goda
Jesus
North Pole fever as Peary and poles loom in 1909
Commentators expect Peary to reach the North Pole this summer though no word has come since his Far North disappearance. Shackleton advances toward the South Pole with Jean Charcot in Antarctica as explorers press ambitious polar aims for the season.
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Washington
Commodore Peery
North Pole
Far North
Peary
New York
Roosevelt
Pole
Poles
South Pole
Shackleton
National Geographical Society
Jean Charcot
Antartic
Northern Fur Catch Shows Strong Early Season Trade
H J OToole of Revision Bros reports fair fur catches in Edmonton due to beaver season opening and rising fur prices. Hudsons Bay Co and Revision Bros each see larger catches than last year, aided by the beaver season liberalization. Rabbits, key food for fur bearers, are returning, signaling higher fur supply.
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Edmonton
Alta
H. J. O'Toole
Revision Bros
Hudson’s Bay Company
Imperial Defence Conference praised by Morris before voyage
Premier Morris said the Imperial Defence Conference was a wonderful success and will be seen by historians as the most effective step to preserve world peace. He noted unanimity among British colonies to share burdens and contribute to a central fund for the empire.
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Lorslon
Morris
Newfoundland
England
Wellman Will Try Again From Spitzbergen Camp
Walter Wellman announces plans to renew the north pole airship project from Camp Wellman on Danes Island Spitzbergen via Christiania. He vows a longer narrower ship, higher speed, and improvements learned from the previous disaster. Crew members back the leader and seek to join the next voyage.
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Wellman
Camp Wellman
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Christiania
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Ten Million For Aviation
London eyes a major push in air power as an English investigation sparks a plan to spend ten million dollars to match Germanys aerial supremacy. King Edward supports aviation after seeing Wilbur Wright in France and urges progress with influential backing.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
King Edward
Wilbur Wright
France
Fires Rage Across East Kootenay Crow's Nest District
In Nelson British Columbia fires sweep the East Kootenay and Crow's Nest district causing serious damage to timber reserves. Small towns report no menacing situation despite widespread blaze.
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Nelson
B. C
East Kootenay
Crow’s Nest District
Manitoba Wheat Crop Yield Estimation Declares Short Season
Manitoba Grain Growers Association reports 147 townships estimate wheat yields with hot Aug winds cutting 4 bushels per acre. Estimated totals: Manitoba 36 668 498 bushels, Saskatchewan 3 912 497 acres. Alberta adds 5 000 000 bushels for a three province total around 107 180 947 bushels.
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Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie
Seven Airships In Flight At French Exhibition
In Rheims seven airships crowded the sky as Wright’s machine led a six mile circuit with a figure eight. Latham soared on a monoplane while Sommer, Cockburn, de la Grace, Fournier, and Lambert piloted others. A rainbow appeared as crowds cheered Wrights’ apparent triumph.
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Rheims
France
Wright
George Gould
Lefebre
Latham
Sommer
Farman
Cockburn
de la Grace
Fournier
Cellular Voisin
Wrights
Lambert
Tribune
Disastrous Gas Explosion in Geneva Causes Severe Damage
A gas explosion in Geneva destroyed gas reservoirs and wrecked the works. Seven people were killed and sixteen injured with many more possibly. Windows shattered within half a mile, streets littered with glass, and buildings damaged or vacated. Fissures appeared in walls up to three quarters of a mile away. Over fifty passersby were cut by falling glass.
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Geneva
Letter Sorters Dangers Highlight Tuberculosis Risk
London report to a postal commission in Sydney New South Wales quotes Mr Phillips vice-president of the Letter Sorters association noting that twenty years show 80 percent of deaths among letter sorters due to tuberculosis. disease contracted after entering service and infected mail from around the world could contaminate a whole room as consumptives licked stamps and envelopes.
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London
Postal Commission
Sydney
Phillips
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