Stability in the air underlines risk in early flight
Kent the English aviator survived a 2000 foot loss of control after four somersaults and a graceful recovery. French aviator Pegoud showed deliberate inverted maneuvers, prompting renewed focus on aircraft stability and the dangers of flight. Some inventors tout novel designs, but past attempts failed due to power transmission limits and weight constraints.
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Kent
France
Pegoud
England
New England
Schoolroom drama and city politics in the Wilson era
The piece likens President Wilson’s currency reform push to a classroom scene with Congress as unruly students. It traces how steering committee members were persuaded to stay for swift currency action, notes countervailing finance fears, and frames New York politics with Murphy Tammany, Whitman, Mitchell, Gaynor, and Sulzer as pivotal figures amid a broader battle between reform and entrenched interests.
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Wilson
Democratic “Steering Committee
Congress
McAdoo
Wall Street
Inventor Seeks Stable Flight to End Aviation Danger
An unnamed foreign inventor may have discovered a principle to give aircraft stability and an even keel during distraction. If confirmed, this could revolutionize flight and end the era of dangerous, manned aviation limited to experiments.
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Eign
New York's Quandary and the Murphys in Politics
An editorial laments Tammany Hall's enduring grip on New York City affairs including offices finances and police backed by the Murphy faction. It notes repeated election defeats followed by continued control through vote counting and machine politics, urging cleansing of the system.
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New York
Tammany
Mighty
Barles F. Murphy
May Hit Them Both
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a ruling that could undermine railroad tied express services. Public suspicion grows that railroads are burdened with express duties via middlemen and costly offices. The commission may illuminate a long unclear issue about necessity and pricing in express shipments.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Fly Protection for Colts Improves Growth
Protect from flies and provide a dark daytime stable and pasture at night to reduce stress on foals. Excessive exercise for fly fighting harms growth. proper feeding with fly protection enables quicker, healthier development and better daily exercise.
Catholics Enlistment in Britain Surges in 1912
A British home office report says 1334 aliens were naturalized in 1912. Russians led with 493 new Britons, Germans 899 sought allegiance to King George V., with 23 Frenchmen abandoning their republic. Of the total, 1223 settled in England and Wales, 623 in London.
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England
British Home Office
Russia
George V
Republic
Britain
Wales
London
Japs Are Sensible and Trade Ties Strong
A Houston Post editorial notes that anti alien land laws in California have not harmed U S Japan trade relations. It cites fiscal year exports from the United States to Japan reaching a record high, surpassing exports to all other Asian nations combined. The piece praises Japanese prudence and friendship.
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Japan
California
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Asia
Houston
Mladen's Last Stand for Militza in Vardak War
In the Serbian village of Vardak near the Timok River, Mladen, bold yet fatherless, dreams of Militza while war tears the region. A blizzard and surge of battle send him to Zajecar, where a shell wounds him as he proclaims his love to Militza.
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Timok
Servia
Bulgaria
Vardak
Ljuba
Mladen
Arsen
Jezdimir
Father
Militza
Miaden
Jesdimir
Janko Vilutin
Belgrade
Zadecar
Jerdimir
Wilf
Zajecar
Silvetza
Zarnrod
Pirot
Simple blouses for school wear with chic cuffs and belts
A fashion note suggests wash silk lansdowne or cotton blouses for school wear, featuring a cuff and vest trimming. The beltless look pairs with high topped skirts, while other excerpts describe a romantic scene, a heated embrace, and a medical discussion of petrol haze in Lancet noting health implications and poor odors from unburnt fuel.
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England
America
Lancet
The Dancing Mania Reflections On Ragtime Epidemic
The article compares a current dancing epidemic to medieval mania, noting wide spread across continents. It links neurasthenia and social unrest to the behavior, cites Le Bon on crowd psychology, and suggests ragtime tunes revive quasi religious emotion while the dancing mania represents an abnormal phase.
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Turkey
M. le Bon
Panama Triumph Reported From Panama Canal Progress
The Panama Canal shows first boats may transit ocean to ocean on October 10, ten days earlier than predicted. Landslides in the Culebra cut delayed work, but the worst is thought over as the final level is blasted and ready for dredges. The United States government nears completing this major engineering feat.
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Detroit
United States
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Croker
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McAneny
Mitchell
Independence League
Gaynor
Mr. Whitman
McClellan
the Light's Daily Story
Panama
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