Aviation prizes loom worldwide with vast sums
The era of aviation growth accelerates with hundreds of aircraft built in America and Europe and prize money totaling over 6000000 in several countries. Chicago Aero Club and Aero Club of America lead major competitions while USA Japan France England Germany and others host events and tours.
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America
Europe
Japan
France
Chicago Aero -Club
Evolu
Chicago Aero Club
Aero Club of America
Automobile Club of America
Edwin Gould
New York
St. Louis
England
Weachema
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Hawaii
China
Australia
India
South Africa
Miss Dorothy’s “Common” Choice Sparks Yard Talk
In a caustic tale from Youth's Companion a Mrs Hobart remarks that Dorothy Lombard is “my favorite because she’s so common.” A bustling frontier chat follows about Mary’s calm reply and Dorothy’s twinkling gaze, revealing social curiosities and small-town wit.
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Hobart
Dorothy
Misa Mary
Sigumer Courder
Hobart Oret
Rosea
Mies Mary
Ben Yard
Early 20th Century Office Banter on Promotion
A distraint of dialogue shows a firm head boasting of early hours and late nights after promotion. The office boy jokes about courting the boss’s daughter and the difficulty of persuading him to approve marriage.
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Era Eeer
Nations feverishly prepare for aerial warfare and fleets
The article notes global drive to build air power as rivalries match battleship race. It cites U S plans to field 150 airplanes, 125000 dollars congressionally allotted, and aviators becoming officers. Russia orders 200 warplanes. Germany 30 to 50 dirigibles plus planes. Britain arming. Italy potent. France backlog from swamped orders.
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United States
Aerial Corps
Regular Army
New England
Europe
Russia
Germany
England
Italy
France
Payne Was Once a Boy and a Quarter Gift
Representative Serena E Payne of New York gave a dirty-faced newsboy two bits to attend a Washington vs Boston game. The boy hoped to see Walter Johnson pitch. Payne recalled his own boyhood while humorously explaining the gesture and its meaning.
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Payne
Daizell
John
Mr. Payne
The Ordeal by Test in Lower Niger Territory
British traders report ritual justice by natives of the Lower Niger where theft tests use herb decoctionsNo later details clarify the full practice The wise man arranges a poison test to judge murder and may cause blindness in the subject
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Niger
Magsin
Confidence and the Moment Before a Mistake
A fleeting sense of certainty is described as the threshold before error. The quote from Puck frames confidence as a prelude to misjudgment and cautions against overreaching belief.
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Puck
After and Man Marries He Hates Hammock Sitters
A quirky note says after marriage a man detests sitting in a hammock for fear it may wrinkle his clothes. The snippet hints at domestic humor rather than a full news item.
Falls in Coal Hole Wafting Wife a Kiss
Corthell falls into a coal hole while waving a kiss to his wife in the Mayfair window. A crowd watches as porters pull him free from the hotel Portland shaft on West Forty-seventh Street.
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Cortrell
Corthell
Portland
West Forty-seventh Street
Lightning Strikes York Home Lifts Carpet Tacks
A bolt of lightning hit Mrs. Michael G Finchbaugh in York County as she prepared to lift carpets and linoleum. The strike filled the rooms with smoke and pulled every tack holding the floor coverings. No damage to the house was reported.
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York
Michael G Finchbaugh
Rat Day Slaughter Saves Gibson County Vast Sum
In Princeton Indiana Gibson county held the second annual rat day killing about four thousand rats. Government estimates each rat costs two cents daily for maintenance so the slaughter saved nearly twenty eight to thirty thousand dollars per year and ended feared progeny.
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Princeton
Ind
Gibson County
Ice Cream Kills Traveling Man in Charlotte
M. P. Thomas aged sixty four died in Charlotte of ptomaine poisoning after eating ice cream. He was a traveling man and the incident is reported as a death from contaminated dessert.
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Charlotte, Mich
M. Thomas
Rising suicides alarm St. Petersburg figures rise yearly
Russia's public health department reports a dramatic increase in self inflicted deaths in St. Petersburg. Five year total hits ten thousand with yearly counts growing from 966 in 1906 to 9,196 in 1910.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Russian Public Health Department
Cultivate Character And Wealth Through Strong Personal Power
Character is power and influence. the more one has, the greater the capacity to gain friends, funds, patronage, and support, creating a direct path to wealth and happiness.
Changing Hospital Character in Admission Questions
A British Medical Journal item notes a shift in hospital admission criteria from poverty to illness level and need for specialized hospital services. The discussion highlights how patient eligibility now hinges on medical necessity and the hospital’s capacity to provide care.
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British Medical Journal
Aviation Records Highlight Royal Flight Honors
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria becomes the first crowned head to fly in an airplane. The aviator knighted in midair is the first. Prince Henry of Prussia is named the first professional aviator of royal rank. Mr Roosevelt is the first prominent statesman to ascend in a plane. Arthur J. Balfour is noted as the second.
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Czar Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Prince Henry
Prussia
Roosevelt
Arthur J. Balfour
Prosperity Ad Invites Farmers to Visit Saskatoon Trade Board
An agricultural appeal urges farmers to come see the thriving sector in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. The notice promises prosperity for all and invites readers to write the Commissioner Board of Trade Western Canada for more information.
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Samatocs —Shoe Aifes
Board of Trade
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Lead Jn Salt Industry
In 1909 six states Michigan New York Ohio Kansas Louisiana and California led salt production valued at 7714557 dollars. Salt comes from rock salt sea water and natural brine from all known sources.
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Michigan
New York
Ohio
Kansas
Louisiana
California
Beautiful Post Cards Free Gala Exnbossed Flow Motto Card Club
A Topeka Kansas card club advertises free decorative post cards titled Gala Exnbossed Flow Motto. The notice promotes cautious colors and artistic designs by the Art Post Card Club on Jason St. Details include a local address in Topeka and suggests membership or participation in the club's card program.
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Eliesta Art Post Card Club
Jason
Topeka
Kan
No Man Safely Sits Upon Refers to Shifting Claims
Fragmentary item notes a sharp person faced with others attempting to sit on him. Mentions Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c and cigars priced 10e, then a line about the robe of righteousness not shrinking or stretching. Text is garbled and unclear on context or date.
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Lewis
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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