Aviation Meet Ends With Record Flight Time
Grahame-White flew a passenger 23 miles in 27 minutes on the Boston meet's closing day. Burgess swam England to France in 22% hours, a feat rivaling Captain Webb. The New York legislature plans recess till Sept 18 after talks with the governor.
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Grahame-White
Boston Aviation
W. T. Burgess
England
France
Webb
Bailey
Texas
New York City
Prouty
Chicago
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York State
Tix
Canada Reciprocity Confidence Ahead of Vote
Both sides show confidence in Canada with betting favoring a reciprocity victory. An aerial postal service opened between Hendon near London and Windsor about 20 miles apart. The Transvaal gold output for August reached 14 757 852, a monthly record. Governor Harmon of Ohio criticizes Taft tariff policy in Boston Democratic clubs speech. Rodney Diegle, ex sergeant at arms of the Ohio senate, received a three year sentence for aiding bribery.
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Canada
Hendon
London
Windsor
Transvaal
Boston
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Taft
Rodney Diegle
Ohio Senate
Fourteen Die As Whistler Goes Down In Gasoline Blast
Reports from Chicago say the Whistler schooner sank after a gasoline explosion with fourteen dead. Other items note opposition to a strike on the Illinois Central railroad and investigations into Albany conditions led by James W. Osborne counsel for the legislative committee.
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Whistler
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
James W. Osborne
Legislative Committee
Albany
Steuben
Wyoming
N. Y
William F £Ohmer
China
Paris
Morocco
German army maneuvers feature aerial scenes in planes
Aerial scenes in aeroplanes and dirigibles form a feature of the German army maneuvers. Canada may face another election if the government wins only a small majority for reciprocity at the polls. Chinese delegates bearing a protest against railroad nationalization expect to meet death, says a cable from Hong Kong. Taft friends say Hughes will not be an opposing Republican candidate. Mt Etna eruption in Sicily grows more serious with earthquakes, villagers panic and abandon homes.
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Canada
Hong Kong
Taft
Justice Hughes
Mt. Etna
Sicily
Notable Cyclone Losses Hit Pacific Coast of Nicaragua
A tropical cyclone swept the Nic aragua Pacific coast causing multiple deaths. Across U.S. news, George E. Roberts asserts Iowa supports Taft amid Cummins opposition. Mexico presidency crisis reports denied by the State Department. In Dilboa Spain violence disrupts work as troops clash with mobs. The Ramona steamship ran ashore near the Spanish islands but all aboard were saved by passing ships off the Alaska coast.
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Pacific
Nicaragua
George E. Roberts
Mint
Iowa
Taft
Cummins
State Department
United States
Mexico
Dilboa
Spain
Ramona
Skagway
Seattle
Spanish Islands
Alaskan
Aged Man Lives on 75 Cents a Week in Philadelphia
An elderly man named Everard Star, 70, told Karl De Seeweinitz he survives on 75 cents weekly. He spends 71 cents on basic food like potatoes onions bread and milk, with extra pennies used for newspapers. He receives room support from Rev Edward Yates and a 75 cent allowance from the Home Mission Society.
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Philadelphia
Karl de Seeweinitz
Pennsylvania Society For the Preventors of Tuberculosis
Everard Star
Edward Yates
First Presbyterian Church
Home Mission Society
Pastor Carries A Hod In Brick Church Construction
The Rev. W. S. Pohzhel, pastor and architect, carries a hod six days a week under two congregation members while bricks rise for the Evangelical Lutheran church at Madison avenue and West Fightymonth street. He designed the church, ordered materials, and kept services at the old church. Ground was broken a month ago and bricklaying began with the pastor volunteering to carry a hod. Trustees estimate a $2,000 savings by workers handling the task.
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Cleveland
W. S. Pohzehl
New Evangelical Lutheran
Madison Avenue
West Fightymonth Street
Pohzbel
Punishment for Lynchers
Governor Tener arrived in Philadelphia from Harrisburg and after a talk with Attorney General Bell pledged to use all state powers to locate and try the lynchers who burned Zack Walker in Coatesville. Chester county officials lack evidence, the grand jury failing to identify suspects. The governor intends to press the case until the guilty are brought to trial.
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Philadelphia
Tener
Harrisburg
Bell
Zack” Walker
Coatesville
Chester County
Bar of Justice
Jilted Love Saga Ends in $10,000 Breach Suit
Lawrence Kansas. James D. Faxon 69 and Mrs L J Sperry 65 a widow and local pioneers. Sperry sues Faxon for 10000 alleging breach of promise after plans for a Aug 30 wedding and a proposed prenuptial agreement. Faxon is a wealthy merchant. Sperry also is said to hold substantial wealth.
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Kansas
Lawrence Kan
James D. Faxon
L. J. Sperry
Boasting Long Life, Dies in Lodge Speech
Lawrence Mooney aged 83, noted as one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the country, collapsed and died from apoplexy in a Century building lodge after declaring his long life and his ties to the order before about 500 members. He said he expected to live 25 more years and that he was proud to be among the oldest members.
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Pittsburg
Lawrence Mooney
Order
Mooney
Railroad Penalties for Train Card Playing Enforced
Harrisburg Sept 14 The Pennsylvania Railroad began penalizing employees who fail to stop money gambling on trains The Middle division discipline bulletin notes the suspension of a passenger conductor for allowing gambling on the train.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Middle Division
Girl goes mad after shoe shop murder and fire
Myrtle Smith, sister of Harry Smith killed in an Italian shoemaker shop last Saturday, raved at Mt. Olivet cemetery as the body was lowered. She was restrained, sedated, and sent to Washington asylum hospital where doctors fear permanent insanity. Nearby Toney Malino, the shoemaker charged with the murder, remains confined in a cell.
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Lad
Washington
Myrtle Smith
Mt. Olivet
Washington Asylum Hospital
Toney Malino
Shdemaker
Harry Smith
Maine election undecided as returns trickle in
In Portland on September 14 Maine voters faced an unresolved outcome on the prohibitory amendment. Secretary of State Davis foresees full returns today, but final results may take days amid surprise shifts. The latest tallies favored drys by 275, though an Express Advertiser report claimed a wets victory by 546.
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Portland
Maine
Davis
Augusta
Pine Tree State
Express Advertiser
Threading a Needle Causes Separation in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 14, Mrs. Alender testified before Judge Kennedy that her husband Edward Alender ordered her to sew a button, asked him to thread the needle due to poor sight, he failed, became angry, threw the garment at her, and left with their child to his mother’s home.
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Cleveland
Edward Allender
Rattler Captures Letter File In Arkansas Plant
Jonesboro Arkansas September 14 Miss Hall a bookkeeper at Hit Manufacturing Company found a four foot rattlesnake occupying a letter file in the office. She did not scream but fetched a wagon spoke and dispatched the reptile after a brief struggle.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Fatal Ring Curse Ties Generations To Deaths
Count Zborowski wore a family ring seen in Nice in 1908 before a fatal car crash. Each generation head died violently while the ring remained with them. A Paris morgue veteran recalls rings found on five dead bodies bearing a design and the warning May whosoever wears this ring die a miserable death. Maca, former head of the Paris police, backs the tale.
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Count Zborowski
Nice
Paris
Plain signature styles deter forgers in check security
A Chicago bank employee advises a high income depositor to use a plainer signature to thwart forgery. The teller explains that simple handwriting is harder for crooks to imitate, while flourished scripts are commonly forged. A friend who recently changed his signature avoided a forged check subsequent to the switch.
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Blank
Chicago
Chicago News
Camels and their peculiar dislikes profiled in humorous piece
The article humorously details camels dislikes including mimosa thorns and red color. It recounts an English officer chased by a camel in blue pajamas and shaving brush, and notes camels advantages as mounts for long slow journeys with practical gear aboard.
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Camel Corps
Long Arrow Flights in Archery History
A Pall Mall Gazette excerpt recalls Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey’s archery feat at Le Touquet with a Turkish bow reaching 367 yards. It notes later limits with yew bows from 320 to 400 yards and cites a 1794 Turkish embassy secretary’s arrow at 463 yards with wind, 415 against, measured by the Royal Toxophilite Society.
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Ralph Payne Gallwey
le Touquet
Neade
Charles I
England
Royal Toxophilite Society
Pall Mal! Gazette
Old Ephraim Seeks a New Trial for Marriage License
A St Joseph judge declined to grant a marriage license but asked Ephraim if he had ever been married before. He answered yes once, and quipped that he wanted a new trial, in a brief humorous exchange reported by the St Louis Republic.
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St. Joseph
Ephraim
Jes
St. Louis Republic
Look Out Dog Bite Threat Sparks Food Handout Retort
In a Washington Star snippet a woman with a determined look warns, Look out, or that dog will bite a piece out of you. Plodding Pete retorts recalling a handout last week and suggesting the dog seeks better food.
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Pete
Washington Star
Pessimistic. Optimist Debate on National Debt
The London Sketch notes a grudgingly negative view from a misanthrope about the state of the national debt. A glimmer of brightness appears as the characters consider economic prospects.
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London
Bear Attack Ends With Death of Intruder on Bark Load
A Western tannery teamster feeding a bear from his dinner bucket on the road near his wagon prompts the animal to climb the bark load. After a desperate chase and dwindling pork, a friend arrives with a gun and shoots the bear as the man escapes, vowing never to fool with a bear again.
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Brain
Bruin
Harper’s Weekly
They Bumped Cartoon At London Golf Club
A social golfer met a peppery lord at a London golf club and asked if he was the caddy master. The lord replied he was not and knew the caddy master would not be needed that afternoon, leading to a delayed recovery for both.
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London
Lord
Boston Transcript
Tongue Could Tell as Brother Heard Love Confession
A quip turns a love confession into a joke as a brother overhears the admission. The dialogue has one character claiming deep affection but clarifies the sentiment was overshadowed by the younger sibling. The exchange hinges on a playful misunderstanding about what words convey.
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George
Patterned Ills Prompt Stricter Adherence to Rules
A brief quotation attributed to Locke notes that ill patterns tend to be followed more than good rules, highlighting a caution about consistency, behavior, and governance in public conduct.
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Locke
The Coast Defense Battery Rooms And Their Comforts
The article describes modern seacoast fort batteries built in stone caves with magazines and operation rooms. It notes the precision plotting of naval movements, the need to keep these rooms comfortable, and the moisture problem in U S batteries built after the Spanish War with summer humidity causing drips and pools.
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Seacoast
United States
Spain
Falls Rise Perpetual Motion Experiment Demonstrated
A Spokane Spokesman-Review item describes a glass beaker of water heated to 170 175 F with 2.5 3 ounces of aniline. The aniline sinks then rises and forms a detached drop that falls and rises repeatedly. The cycle continues as long as the temperature remains high.
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Spokane
Royal jewels and borrowed diamonds in grand crowns
The passage cites Mary of Modena and Queen Caroline praising jeweled regalia. It notes their crowns glittering with gems, pearls, and diamonds borrowed or provided by jewelers and peers, illustrating regal splendor and social display in their eras.
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Mary of
Modena
Fountainhall
Caroline
George II
Lord Hervey
The Polar Bear Feats of a Formidable Brute
A polar bear killed weighed about 1000 pounds and measured nearly thirteen feet. The creature showcased immense strength, feeding on a white whale fifteen feet long weighing about three tons, dragged onto the ice from the water.
In These Degenerate Days Cartoon Exchange
A humorous exchange between a yardstick and a bolt of cloth from the Chicago Tribune cartoon shows the yardstick quipping about not being all wool and the bolt replying that the yard is not a yard long. The gag plays on measurement and material contrasts.
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Chicago Tribune
A Jolt to Romance
A Pittsburg Post note quotes a playful exchange about a lock of hair. The couple jokes about matching the strand in puffs when they go downtown, illustrating light domestic humor from the era.
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Pittsburg Post
One of Them Figg as a Talker
A brief exchange notes Figg and Fogg with Brown’s wife described as a wonder. The Boston Transcript quips that wonders never cease.
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Figg
Brown
Fogg
Boston Transcript
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Hayti
Elcuador
Alfaro
Brooklyn
Lodge
Ker
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