Farman Flies Heavier Than Air Craft at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman piloted an early heavier than air flying machine at Brighton Beach to cover 660 yards in a practical test. The craft rose 12 to 15 feet, reached speeds near 85 miles per hour against a light breeze, then landed softly after a 500 yard run. Crowd of 3,000 cheered as progress toward passenger transport was noted.
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New York
Henry Farman
Hrighton Beach
Farman
Fugeus
Uglly Aoman
Barman
Fatal shooting ends romance on Rock Hill porch
In Rock Hill South Carolina a father shot and killed J L Williamson after discovering his daughter Miss Mary Garrison with Williamson on the porch at about one o clock Sunday morning. The Gar rison family a prominent local clan. The couple was engaged to be married and the incident has caused a local sensation.
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Williamson
Garrison
Air Line to Connect Eastern Cities by Aerial Route
The article notes a tentative plan to link several large Eastern cities with an aerial transportation line. It emphasizes Captain Baldwin's dirigible flights at Fort Myer as the key test for success influencing the project.
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Washington
United States
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Mission aims to convert Americans to Catholicism
The Rev. A P Doyle rector of the Apostolic mission house in Washington informs the Vatican of progress in America. The mission seeks to convert Americans to the Catholic faith with the hope that the entire English speaking population will be converted.
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Rome
Cable
A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Washington, D. C
Vatican
America
Father Doyle
Auto Concerns in Big Combine in New York
The first major car industry merger plans a company named International Motor Company with 25 million dollars capital. It includes 11 million dollars in common stock and 14 million dollars in preferred stock.
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New York
International Motor Company
Woman Dies After 19 Years Suffering Elephantiasis
Mrs. Anna E. Lynch of near McKeesport Pennsylvania dies at home weighing 510 pounds after long illness. She had weighed 165 pounds years earlier and suffered from elephantiasis for 19 years.
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Pittsburg
Anna E. Lynch
McKeesport
Miners Trapped After Crow's Nest Pass Mine Cave-In
A coal mine incident on the Crow's Nest Pass section of the Canadian Pacific Railway leaves 23 miners buried in the workings with uncertain chances of survival as rescue efforts proceed.
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Coal Creek
B. C
Crow’s Nest Pass
Canadian Pacific
Political Murders in Poland Shock Warsaw
In Warsaw a socialist vice president of the National Bakers' Union was shot dead by socialists. Nationalists then retaliated by killing two socialist leaders, escalating political violence in Poland.
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Warsaw
National Bakers’ Union
Canadian bush fires wipe out nine towns in British Columbia
Massive forest fires in the Elk River Valley threaten Fernie and nine other towns on the Crows Nest line. Fire raged from a west wind, destroying Fernie and leaving 3,000 people fleeing with shelters of brush and blankets. Rail lines and bridges along the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern routes are crippled as crews struggle to rescue survivors amid a rapidly advancing blaze.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Crows’ Nest
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Great Northern
Ilko Valley
British Columbia
Montana State Line
Fernie
Michel
Coal Creek
Sparwood
Kiko
Olsen
Morrissey
Losmer
McGillivray
Yeo
Elk River
Fence For Horse Thieves In Richmond Riot Rumors
Richmond Indiana police and neighboring Ohio and Indiana towns struggle to recover stolen horses amid reports of local participation and a fence operating near the city as thieves run riot in the area.
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Richmond
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Yankee Clothes Row Sparks London Garment Debate
The Tailor and Cutter editor notes American visitors in London and concludes American made clothes are less objectionable, though he criticizes raised seams and turned-back cuffs with aggressive buttons placed wrongly.
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London
Aeronaut Falls to Death in Parachute Drop
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a parachute drop at Hague Park in Jackson Michigan. The parachute filled on one side, the lines snapped, and he plunged about 2000 feet to his death.
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Jackson, Mich
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Lolie O'Neil Surprised by Police at St Agnes Academy
In Memphis Tennessee a Texas girl named Lolie O Neil attempting escape with her sweetheart climbed the back wall of St Agnes Academy and was caught in the arms of two police officers. The incident reads as a startling local tale of romance and authority.
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Lolie
Memphis
Tenn
St. Agnes’s Academy
Lolie O’neil
Texas
Poison Findings Deepen Gunness Case Across Indiana
Coroner Mack reports Dr. Walter Haines finds strychnine and arsenic in the stomachs of Mrs Belle Gunness and two children. The evidence supports the theory that Gunness murdered her children and then died by suicide, affecting defense strategy and prevailing public opinion in Laporte Indiana.
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Tigines
Andrew Hebedein
Aberdeen
S. D
Andrew Dielgelein
Alys. Gunness
Jail Birds to Garner Crop in Canadian Northwest
Winnipeg reports a government plan to release prisoners serving minor offenses from Manitoba jails to hire out as harvest laborers. About thirty thousand men are needed to harvest the grain crop, with as many as 100 million bushels projected. Prisoners expect to earn two to three dollars a day for several weeks.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Northwest
Mystery murder uncovered in Williamsburg blaze
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a half charred young woman was found in an isolated area. The killer cut her throat and wrapped the body in an oil soaked mattress, poured oil on her clothes and set the bundle ablaze. An acid had been poured over the face to erase identification.
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New York
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Brothers in a Triple Play at Riverside Park
In Sioux City Iowa a unique trio, Harry Earl and Clyde Cummins, brothers on the Mayflower Congregational team, executed a rare three brother triple play. With runners on first and second, Harry fielded the line drive and threw to Earl at second, who relayed to Clyde at first for the out sequence.
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Sioux City
Riverside Park
Mayflower Congregational
First Presbyterian
Harry
Earl
Clyde Cummins
The
Mayflowers
Clyde
Vanderbilt's Step-son Killed In Automobile Crash
Paris dispatch reports G Winthrop Sands stepson of W K Vanderbilt killed when his car overturned near the Chateau St Louis de Poissy twenty miles from Paris. The auto reached seventy five miles an hour before a tire burst, crashing into a tree and burying him beneath the forward section while Mrs Sands and her infant daughter were at the country home.
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Vanderbilt
Paris
Cable
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Chateau St. Louis de Poissy
Harriman Is King Bee in Railroad Tangle
The Gould railroad tangle east of the Mississippi has been eased by a conference including E. H. Harriman and George Gould. Harriman left New York by special train for his Oregon cabin as the dominant force in seven eastern and five western rail systems, controlling or guiding far reaching lines with vast mileage and capitalization.
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New York
Gould
Mississippi River
IE. HW. Harriman
George Gould
Wall Street Journal
KE. HE. Harriman
Oregon Woods
Harriman
Great Eastern
Prince Joachim's Infatuation Leads to Scandalous Marriage
Berlin reports Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia wed Marie Sulzer, the baroness once known as the Baroness Biebenberg. The Kaiser banished him to Africa after public scandal. Sulzer married in Zurich amid ongoing court controversy and the prince vows to reside in America.
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Berlin
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Marie Sulzer
Europe
Sulzer
Biebenberg
Prince Joachim
Germany
Africa
Paris
Zurich
America
Young beauty frees lover in New Jersey wood outlaw tale
In Flemington New Jersey deputy sheriffs capture Bert Ulmer a longtime horse thief after a clash at a deserted barn. Miss Mabel Able a twenty year old from Hunterdon county admits living with him for a month and aided his escape by sending a duplicate key hidden in tobacco. Ulmer was previously jailed for ten years in Philadelphia and later feigned insanity to move to Norristown asylum before escaping with her help.
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New York
Flemington
N. J
Bert Ulmer
Unitariaus
Upper New Jersey
Pennsylvannia
Mabel Able
Thunterdon County
Ulmer
Philadelphia
Norristown
Miss Able
Playful Whale School Delays Hamburg Line Steamer
The Patricia of the Hamburg American Line arrived after encountering a large school of whales patrolling the Northern Atlantic. To avoid collisions with the playful creatures, the ship reduced speed for several hours.
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New York
Atlantic
Europe
Patricia
Annette Kellerman Swims 12 Miles From Charlestown Bridge
Australian swimmer Miss Annette Kellerman attempted and completed a 12 mile swim from Charlestown Bridge to Boston Light in about six and a half hours.
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Boston
Annette Kellerman
Charleston Bridge
Boston Light
Rehearing Sought in Standard Oil Case
Attorney General Bonaparte and government advisers decide to move for a rehearing of the Standard Oil case at the earliest possible moment.
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Standard
Lenox
Mass
Bonaparte
Standard Oil
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