Toledo Man Leads in Airship Race at World Expo
Alan son Wood of Toledo emerges as a top contender in the airship show tied to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The article details his completion of detail work on an airship, rival plans by Stevens in New York, and comparisons to Santos-Dumont’s famed designs. It notes Wood's claimed advances such as a two-balloon setup with water ballast and stabilizing fins to improve control and safety.
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St Towle
Sentee Dermont
Dy St
M. Santos-Dumont
Bobby
Hivel Tower
Monaco Bay
Oujetans Purchane
M. Santos
Santos-Nument
Alammon Wood
Oto
Mr. Wood
Lap Stevens
Loos
Eighth Avenue
New York City
St Lal
New York
Santes-Dunant
Bir
Dhietty
Stevens
Megma
Gerfpet
Whitey
Dumont
Unclear Crowds Aim for St Louis Witness Santos-Dumont
By June at the latest the inventor predicts a working machine in good order with most metalwork done and the gas tank being made at Lah Brinch. He hopes to be a successful competitor in St Louis and to have MM Santos-Dumont witness his best effort. He speaks of learning from Santos-Dumont's victories and defeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lah Brinch
St. Louis
MM. Santos-Dumont
Tam Frank
St Tetuks Wells Fair
Wodd
Mr. Wood
Pioneering Dirigible Talk by Santos-Dumont Rival
An early report notes Alvin M. Van Dorstan and Gustav Whitelead tout rival airship ideas aiming to lift a single traveler, with plans to test in Milford and a projected New York flight in May. Santos-Dumont seeks Paris discussions and a US exposition tie-in.
Schwab Summer Home Rental At Seashore Estate
The president of the Stee? Trust rents one of the finest seashore residences in the country for a monthly $1,000.
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Stee! Trust
Charles M. Schwab
U_ 5
Stee Trust
Americas
Atlantic City
N. J
Sehwab
Plans for Aeronautics and Personal Scandal Revealed
The narrator vows to stay away until he fully investigates the American aeronautics question and signals confidence in St Louis trials for his airship. He discusses a wife incident involving Daisy Rubridge, a desertion, elopement, a sensational divorce, and an inheritance scheme tied to Dr Lansing, with details of arrests and financial settlements.
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Daisy Rubbige
Pradford
Gotere
Laneing
Lapelny
Grand Funyne Mich
Avine
Sie
Lansing
Beerpets
Rubridge
Lansley
Agni
Burton
Divorced From Lansing After Two Year Suit
Mrs Lansing of Bumble New York secured a divorce and $9000 alimony from Dr L A Tainging of Sioux City Iowa after two years pursuing her faithless husband. The couple’s separation followed a ruse to serve him at Emerson Nebraska and two years of marital strife.
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Buffalo
Geta & Decree
Sioux City
Zerve
Emerson, Neb
Saranit. Lansing
Bumble, N.Y
Tir. L. A. Tainging
Lansing Becam
Choked by an Oyster in Baltimore Fatal Scene
A Baltimore incident reports Anne e-Choloat dying after an oyster caused a blocked windpipe. Aston of Lentel Massachusetts died suddenly, with others nearby as a plate and chain of events led to a fatal outcome. Witnesses describe a crowd rushing as the oyster misfortune unfolded and authorities confirmed Ayton’s death.
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Baltimore
Anne
E .Aston
Lentel
W. A. Petwenson
My. Ayton
Eli
Pesirson
Una
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James S. Kirk & Company
G. Schmidt
Kansas Avenue
Los Angeles
Rock Island
A.W. Lacy
Worth
Topeka
A. M. Fuller
Central National Bank
Gr Topera
Kansas
United States Depositary
Board of Education
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific RR
Post Office Dept
P. L. Bowengaxx
Downine
E. Exones
P.M. Bowmenage
Santos Dumont
St. Lous
Toledo
Alanson Wood
Mule
St. Fasts
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicaro
Boston
St. Louie
United States
de Paul I
Alvin M. van Dorstan
South Bend
Cwen Dorstan
Charles Island
Milford
Sentor-Dumont
Paris
America
Schwab
Oxford
Frank Long, Mer
Esanexo Gavitt
W. W. Gavitt Medical Company
U. S.A
St Louis
Msinckes
Sorenta
ST. Jacobs Oil
Carey Mundreds
Pein
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