Aviator Wood Fails to Break Four Records Flight Ends Near Gaithersburg
C Marvin Wood, racing a New York to Washington non stop record, landed near Gaithersburg Md after engine trouble and heavy smoke over Baltimore. He led early but fell off course, citing fog and misdirection before contacting mechanics to resume toward Fort Myer. The train reached Washington ahead at 9:50 a.m.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marvin ‘Wood
New York
Gaithersburg
Baltimore
Gaithersburg Pike
Wood
Fort Mayer
Aero Club
Hempstead
Long Island
Jersey City
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
Potomac
Thomas de W. Milling
United States Army
Texas City
San Antonio
Tex
Havre de Grice
New York Harbor
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Pennsylvania’s
Poee River
Ten Buffalo Calves Born in Government Herd at Wichita Farm
Washington reports ten bal buffaloes added to the government herd at the Wichita forest and game refuge near Lawton. The herd now totals 48 head with 27 bulls and 21 cows and is in excellent condition. They were placed in 1907 by the Bison Society and later moved from New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wichita National Forest and Game Refuge
Lawton
Ohio
Forest Service
An Bison Society
New York
Oma
Woman Dies After Lynbrook Train Crash Kills Host
Mrs William Laimbeer wife of a prominent social figure lies in Nassau Hotel Long Beach with slight chance of recovery after a Long Island train collision near Lynbrook on Sunday. Husband S Osgood Pell and Pell family were involved.
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New York
William Laimbeer
S. Osgood Pell
Cmete Es Pell
Long Island
Lynbrook
Nassau Hotel
Long Beach
Governor Cox Retracted Post Office Site Corruption Charge
Dayton manufacturer C F Marshall, member of the National Association of Manufacturers, wrote Governor Cox retracting his charge that Cox as a congressman delayed approving a Dayton post office site for speculative reasons. The retraction followed a Mulhall statement in Washington and a libel threat from the governor.
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Sky Associated Press
Columbus
Oate
Sal C. Marshall
Dayton
National Association of Manufacturers
Cox
J A. Emery
Martin M. Mulhall
Senate Lobby Committee
Mulhall
Washington
Deposed Manuel pawned his father’s jewels in exile
The deposed King Manuel of Portugal and his mother Queen Amelie live in Richmond. He is said to have pawned jewels and decorations once worn by his father. He had been receiving a $50,000 yearly allowance from King George of England and is to marry Princess Auguste Victoria of Hohenzollern in September.
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Associated Press
Bondon
Manuel of
Portugal
Amelie Lves
Richmond
Manuel
George
England
Auguste Victoria of
Hohenzollern
Dr Sun Yat Sen Arrives in Japan in Disguise
Dr Sun Yat Sen former provisional president of the Chinese republic arrives in Japan from Formosa traveling in cognito. He has not decided whether to stay in Japan or travel to America. Ammoy reports a clan dispute settling soon as Mosmans were killed, with 700 troops from Chang Chow reinforcing the garrison.
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DR. Sen
Naoji
Formosa
Associated Press
Japan
Sun_ Yat Sen
Provisional
Chinese Republic
America
Amoy
Chang-Chow
Eagle seizes four year old child near Amber village
A large eagle reportedly carried off a four year old near Amber as the father worked. Hunters with dogs searched the area but found no trace of the eagle or the child.
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Geneva Switsgerhind
Amber
Birmingham Physician Heads Osteopaths Assoc
By Associated Press Kirksville Mo Aug 8 Philadelphia won in its contest with New York for the 1914 convention of the American Osteopathic Association in Birmingham Ala, wiringham was elected president.
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Associated. Press
Kirksville
Philadelphia
New York
mAmmerican Eee Association
Ercy Oodall O Wiringham
Ala
Purified by a New Process Prevents Sunburn and Discoloration
The product’s soft velvety appearance lasts until powder is washed off. Purified by a new process it prevents sunburn and return of discolorations. Increasing popularity noted. Sold by toilet counters or mail for 50 cents. National Toilet Company, Paris Tennessee.
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Wirre,Fiesu
Wational Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
Japanese Hire Press Agent for Campaign Education
California Japanese hire Kiyo shi Kawakami a journalist with Pacific ties to lead a campaign educating Americans about Japan and conduct a parallel publicity effort in Japan. He aims to correct misperceptions and counter anti American sentiment while explaining Japanese settlement and aims in America.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
California
Japan
Kiyoshi Kawakami
Pacific
United States
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin
Kawakami
America
Four Killed and Five Injured in Unusual Collision
In Poughkeepsie New York a motor handcar carrying track laborers speeding forty mph crashed into a freight train on the Central of New England near Pleasant Valley. Four were killed outright and five were mortally injured.
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Associated Press
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Central of New England
Pleasant Valley
O Neal and Scully to Review First Infantry in Mobile
Emmet O Neal and Adjutant General Joseph B Scully will review the First Infantry Regiment in Mobile on August 15 The governor and his staff plan to remain several days and may go into camp, with Scully detained in Birmingham causing the date change
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Emmet O'Neal
Mobile
O'Neal
Joseph B. Scully
Riot in Hell's Half Acre Ends in Blue City Violence
In St Louis on August 3 two white men were shot and three others cut by glass and stones in a race riot between black and white communities. The disturbance began after a drunken black man cursed in front of a white woman and extended for several blocks along the Wabash tracks with a suspect taken to the police station via the city hospital.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Hell's Half Acre
Tow Steamers Reach Port After Eight Days
Two steamers Parley and Jim arrived after an eight day tow across the Atlantic. The Parley left Barry on July 15 and lost her propeller nine days later about 270 miles southeast of Bermuda. After six days adrift the Farley spotted and towed her in. Farley departed Cardiff July 7.
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Associated
New York
Atlantic
Parley
Jim
Kim
Barry
Bermuda
Farley
Cardiff
Coffey Confirmed as Internal Revenue Collector
Washington August 8 The Senate confirmed James Coffey of South Dakota as internal revenue collector for the North and South Dakota district after a delay caused by Coffey's political affiliations and held up by South Dakota senators.
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Coffey
Washington
James Coffey
South Dakota
Internal Revenue
North and South Dakota
Senate
Call for Good Roads Days by County Board
The Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners announces Good Roads Days following the governor's proclamation. Meetings will be at noon in Citronelle on the 14th, Wilmer on the 15th, and Irvington on the 16th with Hon. John Craft and other leaders discussing local, state, and federal road aid. Citizens near each location are urged to attend and participate.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Citronelle
Wilmer
Irvington
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
John C. O'Connell
the Item
L. C. Irvine
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Knights of Columbus Retain Headquarters in New Haven
The Knights of Columbus voted to keep headquarters in New Haven for the near term and selected St. Paul as the 1914 meeting city. The failed move to Washington halted plans for a million dollar home there, and changes to insurance laws were postponed until 1914.
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Ity Associated Press
Boston
Order
New Haven
Electrical storm damages National League Park in Chicago
A wind and electrical storm at midnight blew down part of the Chicago National League base ball park fence. The wreckage carried dawn trolleys and telephone wires and caught fire from sparks. Lightning and flooding also caused extensive city damage downtown.
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Lv Associated Press
Chicago
Saxo Salve touted as eczema miracle cure
An advertisement claims Saxo Salve relieves severe itching from eczema and related skin ailments. It features a testimonial from A L Morgan of Indicott New York and offers a money back guarantee if the product fails, with credited distributors in Mobile Alabama.
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A. L. Morgan
Indicott
N. Y
Hey Antwerp Drug Corp. Inc
Mobile
Ala
Vinci
Wife Witnesses Husband's Death Near Power Tower
Anniston Alabama August 8 Howard Dill 22 died after climbing a power company tower to shut it off. The broken bijection tower energized and Dill hung from the arm for an hour while his 17 year old wife, wed a week, watched in alarm. Family and electrician removed him as power was restored.
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Anniston
Ala
Howard Dill
Power Company
Coldwater
Here
Dill
Meteor Shower Dazzles German Aviators Over Berlin
Victor Stoeffler reports his biplane encountered a shower of meteors last evening while flying at about a mile with Lieutenant von Brederlow of the Prussian army. Meteors passed so close the aviators felt the rush of air.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Victor Stoeffler
von Brederlow
Dr Milton Roseneau Wins American Medicine Gold Medal
Boston honors Dr Milton J Roseneau professor at Harvard Medical School with the gold medal for service to humanity. He advanced infantile paralysis research proving the stable fly a chief transmission method through his experiments and public health work during the past year.
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Associated Press
Boston
Milton J. Roseneau
Harvard Medical School
Attorney C. Russell Wyatt Dies After Street Car Fall
Huntington West Virginia August 8. C Russell Wyatt 46 an attorney here fell from a street car last night sustaining injuries later causing his death He was a prominent Mason and brother in law of former Lieutenant Governor J E Willard of Virginia who was United States minister to Spain
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
C. Russell Wyatt
J. E. Willard
Virginia
United States
Spath
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