Ocean Hop Establishes Record Across Atlantic to Natal
The Sovoid4 seaplane, piloted by Italian aviators, crossed the Atlantic from Montecelio Italy to Natal Brazil in just over fifty hours. En route they traversed the Mediterranean and the Straits of Gibraltar, faced storms near Brazil, and landed at Alfonso Field after a celebratory welcome. The flight marks a long nonstop Europe to South America crossing, with prior Atlantic feats by Coste and Le Brix from Africa to Brazil.
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Natal
Brasil
Montecelio Field
Italy
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Brazil
Alfonso Aviation Field
Alf Rio
Dis
Brasilian
South Atlantic
Europe
South America
Africa
Fiers
Dieudonne Coste
Joseph le Brix
St Louis
Senegal
Port Natal
Fernando de Beronha
U S Air Force Ranked Among World Leaders
F. Trabee Davison, assistant secretary of war in charge of aviation, stated the second year of army air expansion showed progress. He noted more effective planes and better ships, highlighting new attack planes and fast bombing planes. The current fiscal year will add 399 planes including 53 pursuit planes, 10 amphibians, 81 bombardment planes, and 15 transports.
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F. Trabee Davison
Army Air Expansion Bi
Davison
Air Corps
Wealthy Belgian Falls From Airplane in Channel Incident
Wealthy Belgian financier Alfred Lowenstein, famed for a $50 million loan offer to Belgium in 1826, reportedly drowned after falling from a cross channel airplane between London and Brussels. He held extensive investments in Canada and the United States.
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New York
Alfred Lowenstein
World Fawre
London
Brussels
Lowenstein
Consda
United States
Typists Compete in September Typewriting Contest
The twenty third annual world championship typewriting contest features professional amateur and school novice classes. Competitions will take place September 23 at Senrementa Oi with events on September 29.
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Te Tn Tm
Or Senrementa
White Sox Star Lena Blackhar Joins Cubs in Milwaukee 1922
The Chicago White Sox catcher Lena Blackhar, famed as a star behind the plate, moved to the Cubs in Milwaukee in 1922, marking a notable player transition between teams.
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White Sox
BR “Lena” Blackhar
Sox
Cub
Milwaukee
Air Mail Route to C Zone Planned from Key West
Washington opens bids for two long distance air mail routes from Key West to the Canal Zone and to Porto Rico. Pan American Airways and West Indian Aerial Express bid $2 per mile on both lines, with stops across Cuba Mexico Central America and Haiti on the Canal Zone path. Porto Rico line would span Havana Santa Clara Camaguey Santiago San Juan with potential extension to Trinidad and Guiana.
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Washington
United States
W. Irving Glover
Key West
Fla
Canal Zone
Porto Rico
West Indian Aerial Express, Inc
New York
Pan American Airways
Havana
Cuba
Merida
Mexico
Belize
British Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Republic of Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
San Jose
Costa Rica
Cristobal
Guatemala
Salvador
Cartagena
Colombia
Maracaibo
Venezela
Curacao
la Guaira
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Georgetown
British Guiana
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Coolidge Observes Fifty-Sixth Birthday
President Coolidge marked his fifty sixth birthday with a fishing trip on the Brale river. Reporters and press photographers trailed him during the outing.
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Coolidge
Wise
Brale River
Nebraska town name origins and state highway updates
A list explains Nebraska towns named after landowners and settlers including Stewart Bassett Long Pine Ainsworth Johnstown Arabia Wood Lake Thatcher Valentine Merriman and more. The Endicott exchange closed by order, William Hearst to acquire Omaha Bee News, and a state gravel contract of 1776 dollars for 1200 gallons. A Meridian highway gravel project will start with 175 to 200 carloads from Fairbury, contract to Yant Construction. A giant five foot sea turtle aged about 500 years was captured for Hastings Museum, with other sea life and a note on gravel pit policy and bids. Dr R W Emery named new president of University of York College York.
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Stewart
Bassett
Ainsworth
Captain Ainsworth
Johnstown
John Berry
Unian
Arabia
Henry V. Ferguson
Wood Lake
Thatcher
James M. Thatcher
Fort Niobrara
Valentine
E. K. Valentine
Merriman
John Merriman
W. T. Crook
Valentine Irvin
Dennett Irvin
Newman
Endicott Telephone Exchange
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Railway Commission
Nelson B. Updike
Omaha Bee News
William R. M Hearst
Hearst
Meridian Highway
Strane
Fairbury
Yant Construction Company
Omaha
W. J. Kent
Hasting College
Bahama Islands
Hastings
Colum
Kent
Roy Cochran
Department of Public Works
R. W. Emery
York College
York
The
University of
Jersey and Guernsey cattle team to sail on Homeric
The Jersey and Guernsey cattle team will sail on the Homeric from Southampton on July 19. They are not scheduled for further contests at present.
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Jersey
Guernsey
Southampton
Editors Summer Outing for Omaha Editors Plan Voyage
Omaha journalists from Nebraska chambers plan annual summer outing on July 26 27 and 28. A Missouri River voyage and Omaha sightseeing trip are being arranged by the Chamber of Commerce for entertainment.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Chamber of Commercce
Missouri
First sight seeing bus tour begins in Omaha
Omaha's Interstate Transit launches a new daily bus tour leaving at 2 PM for a two hour circuit of the city. The service will call at principal hotels to pick up passengers and will run one trip per day in the initial period.
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Omaha
Interstate Transit Company
Bees Halt Traffic In Red Cloud Swarm
A large swarm blocked a main street in Red Cloud until an apiarist arrived and guided the bees into a hive. Drivers halted, fearing a swarm, as business came to a standstill.
Alliance Plans for Fre-proof Museum Proposed
Plans are being made to erect a fre-proof museum at Alliance to display relics from local residents. Exhibits include items brought from France by ex-service men and prehistoric animal skeletons found in Pine Ridge Dawes county.
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West Near
Alliance
France
Pine Ridge
Dawes County
Eagles push old age pension plan in Nebraska
The national Eagles endorse abolishing public poor houses in favor of state old age pensions. Nebraska convention supported the plan unanimously. P J McCaffrey of Columbus named state president.
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Omaha
National Organization of Eagles
P. J. McGinley
Eagles
Nebraska
P. J.mccaffrey
Columbus
Mill at Orleans Destroyed in Large Fire
Alma The Orleans flour mills burned recently destroying about 1000 bushels of wheat several carloads of flour and various seeds. The total loss ranged from 40000 to 50000 dollars with partial insurance. The mill was owned by H C Smith of Orleans and was an old local landmark. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Orleans
Alma
Mil
H. C. Smith
Gift to Masonic Lodge After Church Purchase
Beatrice contractor R. J. Kilpatrick donated 15000 dollars to the Beatrice Masonic lodge after it bought the First Congregational church for 45000. Kilpatrick bought the property and deeded it to the lodge free of debt to provide a home for the lodge. The church had a small congregation and dissolved its affairs earlier.
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Masonic Lodge
Beatrice
R. J. Kilpatrick
Beatrice Masonic Lodge
Lodge
First Congregational Church
Land records show Dodge County holdings grow for Eggers
Henry Wiggers recalls an early Nebraska episode when Eggers received a deed for 20 acres in Dodge county to settle $75 wages owed by Swabare. That deed began a land portfolio now measuring several hundred acres, none sold despite offers above 290 dollars per acre.
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Fremont
Nebraska
Henry Wiggers
Swabare
Eggers
Dodge County
Norfolk Junior College Plans Drive for First Term Enrollment
One hundred students expected to enroll in Norfolk junior college for the initial term under director P. M. Orr. A publicity drive followed visits to nearby high schools. Tuition is 64 dollars per semester plus lab fees and books. McCook runs the only other junior college in the state.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Junior Colege
P. M. Orr
Orr
McCook
Baby habits and Castoria use outlined
The piece discusses stopping thumb sucking in children and notes risks of continuation. It advises sleeve pins or cuffs to curb the habit and warns about irregular bowel action causing constipation. It promotes Fletcher’s Castoria for various infant ailments and claims 30 years of physician use with a motherhood book and wrapper signature.
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Fletcher
Chase Fletcher
Lizzy Steals the Town's Spotlight in E W Howes Note
A reader praises Lizzy, a woman who overcomes her shiftless family and neighborhood to win praise from her wary kin. Her husband, once deemed worthless, is inspired by her, while Lizzy becomes the town sensation admired for being agreeable, sensible, and worthy. The note from E W Howe's Monthly highlights her impact and compares her favorably to Ethel Barrymore.
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Lizzy
Ethel Barrymore
E. W. Howe
Cotton Finds 1000 Uses For Cotton Fabrics
The Department of Commerce reports over 1,000 uses for the 13 5 base fabrics made wholly or in part from cotton. About 150 farm articles, 100 household items, 43 railroad products, and 20 industrial goods are listed, yet per capita consumption rose only slightly in the past decade.
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Department of Commerce
Mannish Hat Sparks French Buyers Discussion
A quirky exchange notes a hat described as mannish and suitable for a madam, with a shopper insisting the style remains too masculine for its wearer while another calls it a hat fit for a man.
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Philadelphia Lcquirer
Kissing Like Galt Spoils Situations When Excessive
A short reflective note compares kissing to galt, warning that excess ruins the mood or outcome in any scenario. The metaphor emphasizes restraint and balance in intimate moments.
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