Five Hours Lacked Navigation On Zeppelin Flight To Berlin
An expert notes balloon navigation is very difficult at height. Count Zeppelin reportedly spent five hours circling when unsure of position during a Berlin bound voyage. Modern aids include compasses and precisions instruments to fix location and guide the Clement Bayard along the French coast to Wormwood Scrubs.
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Count Zeppelin
Berlin
London
Paris-London
Clement Bayard
France
Litterfeld
Clement-Bayard
Paris
Wormwood Scrubs
Mesrs
Kelvin
White
Faris
French
Treport
Clement
Lieut. Osborne
R. N
Bar
Bristol Man Reunited With Spanish Relatives After 40 Years
Joseph Kesiah of Bristol discovers long lost Spanish kin in Seron Almeria after 40 years. Drafted in the Spanish navy at 17 he left family in sheep business, later worked in New York and Clifton Heights before settling in Bristol to run an oyster business. American consul in Malaga arranged communication with Garcia family. Kesiah’s brother Jose Quesada Garcia confirms identity. Two brothers and one sister deceased, others wish to meet him. Kesiah plans visit to Spain.
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Bristol
Joseph Kesiah
Spain
Seron
Almeria
Havana
Cuba
New York
Kesiah
Clifton Heights
Noow
Malaga
Garcia
Jose Quesada Garcia
Lemons Said to Cure White Plague in 12 Days
A Sioux City woman, Mrs. Charles S. Banse, claims lemon therapy cured her tuberculosis after doctors gave up. She boiled and drank 12 lemons daily for over 12 days and reports marked improvement with fully healthy lungs.
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Sioux City
Charles S. Banse
Raiffeisen Banks Aid Holland Peasant Farmers
In Holland local Raiffeisen loan banks aid peasant proprietors with low interest loans and cooperative buying. Father Raeffelsen started small cattle cooperatives and expanded to village banks funded by modest salaries, government subsidies, and central cooperative networks across the Netherlands.
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Hague
Holland
Father Raeffelsen
Germany
Raiffeisen Banks
Raiffeisen Bank
Board of Directors
Committee of Control
Raiffeisen
Netherlands
Holand
Plague Germain Milk Washington Health Officer Warns
Health Officer Woodward reports fifteen percent of tuberculosis deaths in DC attributed to milk. Agriculture inspectors last week found many cows infected in district herds. 154 animals tested, 57 diseased.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Woodward
Department of Agriculture
New York Tuberculosis Hospital Set for 2.35 Million Build
A new tuberculosis hospital on Staten Island will cost 2.35 million and serve over 1,000 patients. City voters had approved 1 million for the site, with an additional 1.35 million for completion.
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New York
Staten Island
Orchid with Seven Tails Wins Special Prize in London Show
An orchid with seven red and white tails elongated six inches to needle precision, tipped by speckled petals, earned Sir Trevor Lawrence a special prize at the Horticultural Society Flower Show held at the Horticultural Hall in London.
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London
Sir Trevor Lawrence
Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Americans Abroad Face Hurdles in Marriage Under Diverse Laws
An Italian marriage law dilemma surfaces as American citizens abroad seek wedlock. cases like Homer Edmiston of Cambridge illustrate conflicts between US and foreign rules. The Edmiston wedding, including Protestant Catholic dispensation, shows how consular or religious steps fail to create legal marriage in Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Homer Edmiston
Cambridge
Mass
Signorina Emma Maria Maggiorani
Edmiston
American School of Classical Studies
Prof
Norton
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Lugano
Switzerland
Signorina Maggioranii
Papal States saga delays British ruler wedding
Inquiry traced papers from the vicariate to the holy office, which could not find them, revealing obstructionism. The bride’s patriots exiled in 1863 and Garibaldi links led to a private ceremony at the Maggioranta house with witnesses including Prof T F Crane of Cornell. Attendees included Prof J B Carter and Eliffa Vedder and Miss Vedder.
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Holy Office
Papal States
Garibaldi
Rome
Signorina Imma
Iietor Emmanuel
Maggiorant House
Edmiston
T. F Crane
Cornell University
Kingdom for sale over Rogue River empire of R D Hume
A Portland report describes the estate of the late R D Hume known as the king of Rogue River. It spans about 17 000 acres with fisheries canneries steamer lines live stock mines timber and property including a newspaper and racing stable. Sale will occur after court order authorizes disposition, offering a chance to rule a Pacific coast empire.
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Portland
Ore
R. D. Hume
Rogue River
Hume
Oregon Coast
Curry County
Oregon
Lower
Bogne
Wedderburn
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
California
Pacific
Frag
Dog Saves Boy Skater in Chester Ice Rescue
In Leiperville, 12 year old John Grant Jr. fell through the ice while skating near his home. His dog Rubber alerted by barking and led helpers to the scene. Joseph Foley Neil McLaughlin and Daniel Foley formed a human chain to pull the boy from water.
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Chester
John Grant, Jr
Leiperville
Rubber
Joseph Foley
Neil McLaughlin
Daniel Foley
Return of the Old Flame to Bucks County Wedding
Benjamin Garvin of Rising Sun Maryland aged 63 and Miss Mary Rhyner aged 62 of Sellersville Pennsylvania renewed their courtship after decades. Garvin divorced, remarried, wife died, then traveled to Bucks County to wed Mary Rhyner in Maryland where the ceremony was held.
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Sellersville
Benjamin Garvin
Rising Sun
Mary Rhyner
Garvin
George Kailer
Romeo
Bucks County
Maryland
Washington Tree Split for Firewood in Bloomfield
The historic Washington oak in Bloomfield New Jersey where Washington and his staff held a war council en route to Morristown has been felled and is being cut up for firewood after repeated lightning strikes made preservation impossible. The authorities could not save the tree.
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Washington
Bloomfield
N. J
Morristown
Chautauqua Handkerchief Salute Under Fire
Hygienic critics attack the Chautauqua handkerchief salute as spreading germs like pneumonia and tuberculosis at crowded events. Proponents counter with double handkerchiefs: one freshly laundered for display and a second for ordinary use.
Post Office Considers New 12 Cent Stamp Design
For the first time in 40 years the post office department may print a design other than a national hero. Designs submitted for the 12 cent stamp feature a spread eagle from the national coat of arms with stars stripes on the breast. The text adds a philosophical note about prison and freedom.
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Washington
Post Office Department
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Grand Trunk
Skeena River
British Columbia
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Iowa
J B Carter
School of Classical Studies
Carter
Eliffa Vedder
Miss Vedder
Edward VII
Kingdom
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