Army Aviator Crushed in California Aerial Tragedy
A military biplane crashed into a gulley near Olive, California, killing Lt. Joseph D. Park US 3 M during an experimental long distance scouting flight from San Diego to Los Angeles. He was trying to navigate through morning mist when the craft tumbled, crushing his skull beneath the radiator. Spectators, including schoolchildren, witnessed the wreck. Park had warned them away moments before.
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Ieutenant Park
Los Angeles
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Olive
Here
Joseph D. Park
Army
San Diego
Park
Fourteenth Calvary
Army Aviation Corps
Hazel Greenleaf
Aviation Headquarters
Santa Ana
Bryan Urges Forgiveness Over Revenge In Baltimore Speech
W J Bryan argues revenge is the poorest business and urges understanding over anger. He cites Christ’s prayer for forgiveness and laments lack of information shaping judgments while praising a worldwide reform movement and the income tax as just. He notes President Wilson’s leadership and urges unity before completing a major Senate reform.
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W. J. Bryan
Baltimore
Fen
Tom Oor
Tom
Newbraska
Nebraska
Home Poles Get to Work in the South
A Southern campaign urges immigration and work, warning against loafers both white and black. It argues natives hinder progress, cites a Georgia contractor and Uncle Jake to show idle labor harms communities, and calls for education to spur employment and self-reliance across the region.
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North
Georgia
Jake
Maree William
South
Mother Takes Her Own Life After Sending Children Away
In May near Waynesville North Carolina Mrs Newt Leatherwood a well known farmer family wife killed herself in a mental decline. She dressed her two youngest children and sent them to a field where two older children worked. At noon the children returned missing their mother, and she was traced to Richmond Creek where her clothes were found. The body was recovered late Tuesday afternoon. The report notes a final mention of a sweet girl graduate ready for the stage.
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Asheville
N. C
Newt Leatherwood
Waynesville
Richmond Creek
One Man Killed and Sheriff Wounded in Georgia Tragedy
In Dooly county near Pilkington's still two farmers, Oscar Blow and P. P. Sangster, are linked to a Wednesday shooting. Sheriff Bennett and deputies killed Blow after he fired on them while they attempted to arrest him. The sheriff was wounded in the stomach and taken for medical care.
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Vienna
Pilkington
Still
Dooly County
Oscar Blow
Bennett
Blow
P. P. Sangster
Mantly
Sangster
We Will Find Senate To Rise As People's Prize
The passage extols the Senate becoming the world’s highest legislative body. It contrasts predatory wealth and public service with earning honor through public duty. The speaker suggests rewarding capable leaders, urging patience to win this victory.
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United States Senate
Senate
Ten Year Old Boy Injured by Hay Hook at Griffin Yard
Emmett Griffin, ten, was pierced by a hay hook at the rear of BE M Griffin & Co. stables. The prong pierced the side, broke his hip, and narrowly missed the spine. He survived the accident, underwent surgery, and is recovering, with doctors cautions about infection.
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RC. Griffin
Emmett Griffin
Mgr
CL Griffin
Mr. Griffin
BE. M. Griffin & Co
Griffin
Emmet
Helping a Brother Among W. O. Wis of Mill Grove Camp
A May 1, 1912 report describes W. O. Wis from Mill Grove Camp No. 15 aiding bedridden farmer T. L. Blackman by planting 13 acres of cotton and fertilizing his field. The letter extols brotherly charity, cites scripture, and urges broader goodwill beyond the order. It also notes two local printers, J. W. Clay and Auburn H. Selzer, preparing for missionary work in Brazil and Africa, respectively, and ends with a folksy joke about Jack Steiner.
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The
Journal
W. O. Wis
Mill Grove Camp No
Vance Township
T. L. Blackman
Blackmon
W. O
Newton
Menory
J. W. Clay
Brasil
Methodist Missionary Committee
Auburn H. Selzer
Africa
Presbyterian
Methodist
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