First Man to Fly Atlantic Seen Possible by Scientists
The article argues fame awaits the aviator who crosses the Atlantic in an aircraft. It notes Alexander Graham Bell’s belief the feat could be done in one day with high altitude flight and reduced air resistance. It discusses routes from Newfoundland to Ireland and stage distances around 500 miles each.
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Atlantic
Columbus
Alexander Graham Bell
Prof. Bell
America
Europe
Newfoundland
Ireland
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Aero Club of America
Atlantic Ocean
North America
South America
Africa
Theatres This Week Listings and Acts
Moore Lyman Howe Travel Festival presents travels while Metropolitan Rose Stahl stars in Maggie Pepper. Seattie presents The Blue Mouse in The Crisis along with vaudeville at Orpheum Empress Pantages Grand Clemmer Melbourne and Alhambra venues stocking motion pictures and photoplays.
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Metropolitan
Rose Stahl
Maggie Pepper
Seattie
Blue Mouse
Orpheum
Empress
Pantages
Grand
Clemmer
Melbourne
Alhambra
Safety devices cut deaths in factories says manufacturers meet
United Press reports from Detroit show safety appliances installed in factories over the past year reduced deaths and injuries among workers. The National Association of Manufacturers opened its annual convention at the Hotel Pontchartrain with talks on compensation acts and calls for apprentice schools. The event marks the first time the gathering is outside New York City and will close Wednesday evening.
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United Prees
Detroit
Mich
National Association of Manufacturers
Poptchartrain
New York City
Ad Men Convene on Pacific Coast in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO May 20 The convention of the Ad Men of the Pacific coast opened here with welcome addresses and a city parade. Delegates from major coastal cities attended including Oregon and Washington groups arriving by special trains. Afternoon trips to Folsom and nearby towns are planned followed by a reception and a tag smoker tonight. The event runs through Wednesday. The Firth anniversary celebration of the Olive Branch mission ends Thursday with open air services at the new hall, 109 Main St, tonight.
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Sacramento
Ad Men of the
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Folsom
Olive Branch
Main
Eye for an Eye on Trial in Turbulent Mining Saga
Tom Kirby and Buck Edwards clash over a mining claim with a fatal misunderstanding. Buck shoots Tom, records the claims in town, and claims Tom killed himself. Tom survives, recalls the incident, and announces Buck by writing on a horse. The tale unfolds amid a sequence of film listings and ads for local venues.
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Tom Kirby
Buck Edwards
Hoth
Tom
Buck
Alhambra
Market Prices and Buying Selling Rates Published for Local Farmers
The list shows average prices paid by local commission merchants to producers and prices paid by retailers to commissioners across meats fruits vegetables and feed. It covers beef lamb veal pork poultry and produce with notes that prices vary by freshness and grade, including specific items like steer round roast tongue hogs and local produce.
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Cseicessaes
Valencia
Weighty Coins Sink Man After Boat Capsize
Edward Ruckmar and Frank Yeager ran a trotline on an Ohio River launch near Evansville Indiana. The boat capsized when both men leaned to reel in a large fish. Yeager was rescued while Ruckmar drowned carrying about 150 dollars in coins proving a heavy burden on his pockets.
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Evansville
Ind
Edward Ruckmar
Ohio River
Ruckmar
Frank Yeagher
Yeager
Parents Must Quit Fight for Children
Sacramento reports that unless Hull McClaughry and Mrs Anita Baldwin McClaughry settle in San Francisco today the district attorney will seek war ds of the court for the couple’s two six million dollar children. Burns detectives guard the Galt ranch with Sacramento deputies watching. The heiress claims the children are held for a million dollar ransom. The other item notes Frank Waterhouse & Co extending service to include Vancouver Victoria and other BC points.
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Sacramento
Hull McClaughry
Anita Baldwin McClaughry
San Francisco
Dist
Atty
Wachhorst
Hughes
McClaughry
Galt
Burns
Ing
Galt Ranch
Sacramento County
Mrs. McClaughry
Puget Sound
British Columbia
Frank Waterhouse & Co., Inc
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
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