Henry Farman breaks distance records in elms flight
Henry Farman, the English aviator, flew 111.78 miles at elms to set new distance records and win the Grand Prix de la Champagne. The item lists other intel, including arrests, bids, and public notices, reflecting a broad telegraphic summary of events.
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Henry Farman
Elms
Albert Newhouse
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Frank X. Riedinger
Delafield
Wis
Fairfield
Neb
J. T. Chase
Edward H. Harriman
United States
Cherbourg
America
R. E. Glenn
North Carolina
Chauttauqua
N. Y
Chicago
New York
Edward M. Dunne
Peoria
Ill
Mgr
Falconio
Col
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
William F. Cooper
William Travers Jerome
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Denver
George B. Moulder
Illinois Central Railroad
American Association of Railroad Gardeners
Philadelphia
Alarming News From Across The Nation In One Report
Reports spread about Howard H. Harriman’s cancer operation. Elvert W. Shirk’s Chicago arrest followed a bank shortage at Tipton Indiana. Coroner Blackwell blamed the auto speedway for Bourque and Holcomb deaths. Melilla fighting left 1000 Moors and 350 Spaniards dead. A Rock Island express derailed near Burlington with no injuries. William Wade’s street battle killer body burned in Monroe Louisiana. Escanaba picnic cannon blast killed Paul Paulson and injured Fred Winchester. Treasury vault access restricted after thefts. Panama editor Chandler killed by Gen Jeffries in a disputed article. Earthquake rumors from Italy continue.
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Howard H. Harriman
Elvert W. Shirk
First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Noah R. Marker
Chicago
Blackwell
Indianapolis
William Bourque
Harry Holcomb
Motor Speedway Commission
Melilla
Rock Island
Burlington
William Wade
Monroe
Escanaba
Mich
Paul Paulson
Escanaba Naval Reserves
Fred Winchester
United States Treasury
Treasury
Herbert O. Jeffries
Panama
William Nicholas Chandler
Panama Press
Presa
Jeffries
Barly
Italy
Ohio State Fan Patch on Race Course at Fair
Banner State Fair showcases grand display this year with night entertainments in the educational and amusement departments.
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Banner State Fair
Aerial Photography in War and Ohio State Fair Highlights
In wartime Europe new aerial photography aims to capture exact enemy dispositions from 400 yards. The Ohio State Fair opens with record attendance, extensive livestock and fruit displays, night illuminations, and a 17 building complex. Dan Patch and Minor Heir racehorses headline the program.
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New York
Europe
Dan Patch
M. W. Savage
Patn
Kopp
Willmine Hammann
Spellman
Oc Ea
Pain
Niagara
Tramp Tamer of Delanco Installs Tree Lock Up
In Delanco New Jersey Constable George F Hahner known as Pooh Bah of morals has driven away tramps by chaining them to trees. Facing shortage of jail facilities he created a tree lock up which deters wanderers and earned the village notoriety for vigilante style enforcement.
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Hahner
Jersey
Doc
Monterey Flood Devastates City and Hinders Relief
A San Francisco Chronicle summary reports Monterey Mexico struck by the Santa Catarina flood. An estimated 15 to 20 million dollars in property loss, 400 bodies recovered with hundreds more feared dead. Rail and telegraph cut, 15,000 homeless, aid appeals from Consul Hanna. relief efforts underway as survivors seek loved ones amid ruined streets and heavy rainfall.
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Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Mex
Santa Catarina
San Francisco
Messina
Zaragoza
Hidalgo
Niagara Gorge
Rio Grande
Hanna
Washington
Five Die in Missouri Auto Train Crash Near Vigus
Five residents of St Louis were killed when a car carrying Theodore F Witte his son Theodore Jr Mrs Carl Klinge Halcyon Campbell and Frederick C Witte was struck by a fast Chicago Rock Island Pacific passenger train two and a half miles west of Vigus station on the Creve Coeur Lake road. The locomotive struck the auto squarely tossing Witte and his brother 40 feet while the boy fell from the front and the woman in the tonneau was crushed.
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St. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Vigus Station
Creve Cover Lake Road
Theodore F. Witte
Carl Klinge
Halcyon Campbell
Frederick C Witte
Market report roundups across regional grain and livestock prices
Cincinnati and other cities report daily market quotes for cattle calves hogs and lambs with price ranges. Wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs apples potatoes and tobacco are listed with varying bids, including hogs at 8.15 to 8.20 in Cincinnati and 9.25 calves in general.
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Cincinnati
Bed-Bound for Months Hope Abandoned After Consult
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington describes years of weakness swollen limbs and sleepless nights. She was bed bound for four months with three doctors giving up. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered and regained mobility. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
One on Johnny and Dolly at Supper
Dialogue reveals a playful exchange where Johnny boasts of his mimicry while Dolly mocks him and looks forward to being taken to supper by another escort. The light banter showcases era speech and flirtatious streetwise humor.
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Dolly
Had awful itching eczema cured by Cuticura
Patient from Northfield Vermont recounts severe eczema starting behind the ear spreading to the face and neck. After three doctors and various treatments, Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the condition in under three months, with a note from Potter Drug & Chem Corp of Boston.
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Miss Ann Pearsons
Northfield
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Maiden seeks quiet as Martha hums psalms at home
A neighboring spinster accuses the cook of harboring a beau but Martha explains she was singing a psalm. The exchange ends with a sly quip about preferring psalms over men.
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Miss Y
Martha
Free Lands in Wyoming Offer For Homeseekers
Free lands in Wyoming described with 320 acres available free of cost and irrigation projects. Booklet explains scientific dry farming and approved methods. Direct train service from Chicago advertised by W B Kniskern P T M Chicago.
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U. S
Wyoming
Chicago
W. B. Kniskern
Pasadena social circles stunned by marriage of Miss Traphagen to Cyrus Davis
In Pasadena California society circles it was learned that Miss Katherine Traphagen has married her stepfather Cyrus M. Davis of Los Angeles. Miss Traphagen, formerly of Altadena, was a prominent YWCA member and director of its short story club.
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Pasadena
Cal
Katherine Traphagen
Cyrus M. Davis
Los Angeles
Miss Traphagen
Altadena
Young Women’s Christian Association
An Escape From the City Taxi Hustle
A Washington Star quotation describes a taxi ride where the driver questions a fare indicator and the passenger jokes about avoiding arrest for scorching. The exchange highlights quick time, luck, and a sly sense of mischief in urban transit.
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Washington Star
Engagement News Darkly Light Hearts in Romance
Fortunate Lady Patience-Pegey beams with happiness over a new engagement. Patrice confirms the match, noting the groom is cross-eyed and discreetly eyes his fiancée, a detail only she seems to perceive.
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Patience—Pegey
Patrice
Surprise bystander recounts street accident interaction
An bystander recalls a near miss as a chauffeur halted his car to allow passage. He explains the shock made the event memorable and seeks further clarification of what happened. The remark appears in Life magazine.
Shake Into Your Shoee Allen's Foot-Base Ad
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Base powder to cure painful swollen feet and sweating, claiming it makes new shoes easy and lists 26c price. It directs readers to buy from Druggists and Shoe Stores and to send sample to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y. The piece ends with a misfit moral line about one man belittling another and experience counting.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N x
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