Belgian aviator soars over Philadelphia in night flight
The Belgian flyer M. V. de Jonckhere piloted a 50hp Bleriot monoplane from League Island naval base at 6:30 pm, reaching about 5000 feet above the Delaware and circling South Philadelphia for 45 minutes before landing under the Massachusetts battleship lights. Multiple searchlights tracked his path as he descended.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Rd
M. V. de Jonckhere
Marine Barracks Parade
Delaware
South Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Man Claims Near-Miss With Battleship Before Sighting
A man asserts he was within two minutes of the Massachusetts battleship when spotted and says he could have destroyed the warship with a single blast. He describes a close proximity encounter and argues his potential impact.
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Massachusetts
Taft Seizes Lead With Delegates In Iowa Convention
Special to The Light Des Moines Iowa April 6 Taft secured 597 delegates instructed and 122 uninstructed by county conventions, with 29 more Taft delegates from other counties totaling 748. Only 741 needed to control the state convention.
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Taft
Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
William Howard Taft
Arkansas for Clark near Mitch Clark for president in Baltimore
Arkansas for Clark details from 34 Democratic conventions show 28 instructed for Speaker Champ Clark and six uninstructed. Returns indicate Clark is practically Arkansas' choice for president at the Baltimore national convention with strong opposition from Wilson and Unarm on factions in south and central Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Champ Clark
Clark
Arkansas
Wilson
Royal travel under assumed titles reveals incognito range
Nearly every royal family member uses a pseudonym abroad. The duke and duchess of Connaught travel as Earl and Countess of Sussex while Princess Louise and the Duke of Argyll go as Lord and Lady Sunbridge, using Argyll minor titles for anonymity.
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Duke
Duchess of
Mighty Wall If Water Goes Very Lowland Flood
Two breaks in the St Francis levee opposite Memphis threaten a 20 foot crest sweeping across the St Francis lowlands. Thousands flee as Marion Arkansas and Wyanoke flood. authorities warn the crevasse may widen to a mile by Sunday. Memphis cut off from west as levees breach and river rises.
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ST. Louis
St. Francis
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Crowley's Ridge
Hollybush
St. Claire
Marion
Ark
Great Lake
Wyanoke
Crowley’s Ridge
Helena
Crittenden
Lee, Phillips, Cross
St. Francis Counties
O. N. Killough
Poplar Avenue
Cairo
Mississippi
Hickman
Reelfoot
Obion
St. Francis Levee
Quincy
Hurlburt
Ind
Missouri
Hannibal
Grafton
Booneville
Herrman
Kansas City
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Evansville
Divorce Granted to Nora De Forrest in Interlocutory Decree
Nora b. De Forrest has been granted an interlocutory divorce from Lee De Forrest, the wireless telegraph inventor, who had claimed she called him a biological factor. Flood warnings rise along the Wabash and White rivers with hundreds of homes surrounded by high water and feared loss of life. New Madrid reports river rise and rain. local option voters used boats to reach polls as flood reshapes Illinois geography.
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Nora B. de Forrest
Lee de Forrest
Wabash
White
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Cache River
Illinois
Mississippi
Ohio
Cairo
Missouri
Hotel Arrivals and Civic Request From Newport
A list of hotel arrivals includes multiple guests from major cities such as Boston Dallas Los Angeles and Chicago plus others in Mexico and abroad. Newport civic leader Mrs Ellen F Mason seeks $2000 for a woman protection officer to aid unemployed girls, visit homes and assess suitable amusements.
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St. Anthony
J. D. Thyng
Boston
John G. Campbell
Dallas
Paul G. Villaret Jr
Austin
T.F. Rehbach
Los Angeles
C. F. Spencer Jr
Henderson
J. E. Phillips
St. Louis
W. C. Richy
Mexico City
J. W. Copeland and Son
Joe Cohn
New York
Henry Braden
Gunter
D. P. Hanes
Kansas City
John W. Felix
A. J. Epple
Oscar Wolk
Des Moines
W. M. McKinney
Big Wells
Crockett
H. F. Rittmour
Chillicothe
F. P. Mills
Terre Haute
8. Saunders
Val Giles Jr
Houston
C. A. Bloebaum
W. Pindun
Paul Lunkenheimer
Elmendorf
Ellen F. Mason
The
Civic Reauge of
Newport, R. I
Poteet
Sartolin Method Claimed to Heal Consumption in Berlin Tests
United States Consul General cites Berlin Medical Association reports on Sartolin treatment that uses vaporized chemical compounds to cleanse and renew air passages. No internal medicines or injections required. patient may continue work and sleep in same room. The method allegedly starves bacteria and speeds recovery, with founder presenting from Chicago in room 454, Northwestern Bridge.
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Europe
Isell
Medical Association of Berlin
Frank H. Mason
United States
Germany
Sartolin Company
Northwestern Bridge
Chicago
Ill
Trials of Sun Yat Sen in Kobe and Canton Reflections
Sun Yat Sen recounts fugitive years from Hong Kong to Kobe, Honolulu, San Francisco, and Canton. He recalls disguises, dangers, rewards on his head, and a pivotal moment arguing with officials. He lists Manchu grievances and insists on peaceful and, if needed, violent action to achieve justice and reform in China.
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Kobe
Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen
Honolulu
Japan
Yokohama
Sun Wen
Reform Party
Kaolao-hui
San Francisco
America
Washington
China
Canton
London
Nankinga
Sun
Tszehi
Mandarins
Jin
Pacific
Far East
Self Made Dresses Entertain Sewing Circle Girls
Washington Irving high school girls who graduation exercises in gymnasium suite will attend a dinner for a sewing circle of young girls. Invitations asked for no style and the girls plan to wear dresses made by themselves, proving they can sew and have fun in self made attire.
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Washington Irving High School
New York Tribune
Six Hundred Tokio Story Tellers Move House to House
In Tokio six hundred professional storytellers roam from house to house earning 20 cents an hour. They learn new tales as soon as the old ones grow worn.
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Tokio
Freud's Repression Theory and Hysteria in Early Psychology
The article outlines Freud's view that hysteria stems from forgotten painful experiences stored in the subconscious. It explains repression and conversion as key mechanisms, with symptoms arising from unresolved memories. The piece notes techniques to uncover and discuss memories to relieve symptoms, and briefly mentions a new scientific cane for naturalists.
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Sigmund Freud
H. Addington Bruce
Metropolitan
Freud
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