Aviation pioneer Earl Ovington and his bold flight feats
The article profiles Earl Ovington, MIT alumnus and aviation innovator. It traces his boyhood dream of flight, his endurance through tuberculosis to regain health in France, and his ascent as a daredevil aviator. It notes his Dragonfly machine, the 1911 Tri-State monoplane race win, his first aerial mail run, and his ongoing work in high frequency electricity and aeronautics.
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Earie Ovington
Tree
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ovington
New England
France
America
Alfred
Boston
Nashua
N. H
Worcester
Mass
Providence
R. L
Tom Sopwith
Rene Simon
Frank Hitchcock
Mineola
Mr. Vail
Mr. Bell
Telephone Fame
Technology must get Massachusetts aid campaign urged
A national Endowment Fund drive stresses Technology Institute's crisis and urges strong New England support, especially Massachusetts, to meet the $3,000,000 goal by January 1, 1920. The appeal notes most alumni and benefiting industries are in New England and warns that losing Mr. Smith's $4,000,000 pledge would imperil the school's leadership.
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Curtis
New York
Atlantic City
National Endowment Fund
Tech
New England
M. L T
Mr. Smith
New
M. L
Massachusetts
Tech Endowment Drives Industry Contracts With MIT
The American International Corporation leads signatories to MITs new contract drive linked to the 8 million Endowment Fund. Companies commit amounts from 1 000 to 10 000 a year for five years to gain consultation access and use of library and lab facilities, with a national industrial committee led by William C. Potter promoting the program.
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The
American International Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Campaign Tech
American International
E. P. Badger & Sons
Simplex Wire & Cable Co
Chile
Utah Copper Cos
Saco-Lowell
Massachusetts Breweries
Munroe Felt & Paper Co
Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co
Tube Winding Co
Todd Shipyards Corporation
William C. Potter
Guggenheim Bros
Potter
Edmund Hayes
Buffalo
Henry Morss
Boston
Matthew C. Brush
American International Shipbuilding Corporation
Hog Island
Theodore N. Vail
American Telegraph & Telephone
Tiburon Island Women Rule Indian Community
A San Francisco Chronicle account describes Tiburon Island, aka Shark Island, where Seri women govern men in a matriarchal system. Newlyweds endure a year of servitude to their bride’s family before setting up house, while men, meek in demeanor, keep distance and work for wives.
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Tiburon
Gulf of California
Father
San Francisco
Shark Island
Marriade
Tikuron
Man Power Abundant In Draft Records
A study of selective draft records fixes U S potential manpower at 19 000 000 with almost 90 percent deemed physically fit for service. The healthiest zone runs through the central United States from north to south.
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United States
Dying Boston Woman Sends Christmas Message to Son
The Reston Transcript published a dying woman Jennie K Palmer's handwritten letter to her nine year old son. She urges honesty, faith, churchgoing, study, and a Christian life, hoping he grows to be a good man and finds happiness through God and a future in heaven. The article notes Palmer, 63 Park Ave Winthrop, wife of William E Palmer, lived in Winthrop and belonged to the First Methodist Church. The piece ends with a fragment about access to hospital care for incurable cases and a related project.
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Reston
Winthrop
Jennie K Palmer
Park Ave
William E Palmer
Pinckney St
Boston
Greater Boston
Pope
God
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Fler
Maclaurin
Tiburon Island
F. P. Taylor Winthrop
D. Spector & Co
Wain
Winthrop Street
Thornton Station
Shirley ST. Winthrop
B. F. Schreiber
Economy Grocery Stores CO
Walden ST
Ingalls Station
Tel
Winthrop Gao
Hershey's
Income Tax Division
E. S. Freeman
George
Paramount Artcraft
Winthrop and Dream
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