How Man Has Achieved Voyaging by Air Route
J A Edgerton surveys early aviation history from Wright brothers to Curtiss, Lilienthal and others. He explains balloon limits and the rise of the aeroplane with engines and propellers, then details Mineola field stunts by Charles K Hamilton and notable flights by Bleriot Paulhan Farman and Curtiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Edgerton
American Press Association
EWN
Heaven
Onar
Paradise
Earth
Charlies K. Hamilton
Mineola
Lark
Brother Lark
Wright Brothers
Langley
Chanute
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Hills
Gowan
Dayton
Buzzard
Scar
Santos-Dumont
France
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Glenn Ii
Curtiss
Albany
New York
Wright
Terra Firma
Long Island
Charles K. Hamilton
Ile
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Alexandria
Orville
Wilbur
Grant
Thudson-Fulton
Wrights
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Rolls
Louis Paulhan
London
Manchester
Paulhan
Los Angeles
Rheims
Henri Farman
the Air
Glenn H. Curtiss
Notice of Quiet Title Action in Washington County Iowa
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Anton Weber plaintiff files a petition claiming fee simple title to land in the North Half of the South East Quarter and North East Quarter of the South West Quarter Section Three Township Seventy Six North Range Six West with unknown claimants named as defendants. The suit seeks to quiet title and bar any adverse claims and warns defendants to appear by September 6 1910. The notice includes publication details in the Evening Journal and lists counsel Wilson & Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Court House
Washington
Wilson & Wilson
Evening Journal
Northfen
Sale Auarter
Seeventy
Fifth P. M
Second Avenue
Jackson Street
Third Avenue
County Land Dispute Filed in September Term 1910
Oliver M. Gray and Edgar W. Gray sue Jonathan Wilson and related defendants in Washington County Iowa claiming ownership interests in described real estate starting at the Northeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter Section 20 Township 75 and detailing boundary lines along Jackson Street Third Avenue South and adjacent tracts with multiple Grays Moores and Walkers named among claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
Oliver M. Gray
Edgar W. Gray
Jonathan Wilson
J. H. Wilson
Alice Wilson
Alpheus B. Dicken
Allice Wilson
A. B. Dicken
BE. W. Dicken
Isaiah G. Moore
Esther W. Dicken
I. G. Moore
Kelle B. Moore
C. A. Lewis
Evanna Lewis
Thos. P. Moore
Annette Moore
Bell B. Moore
B. B. Moore
Robert Walker
B. R B. Moore
James A. Walker
Mary Walker
Joel Gray
George Brokaw
Sarah D. Brokaw
Leonard Smouse
Winfield Smouse
Alice A. Smouse
Laura Mott
Henry M
Gray
Laura A. Gray
Henry Gray
Fifth Principal Meridian
Third Avenue
Jackson Street
Old Time Punishment Foe or Farce in Stocks
A library of Congress file recounts Hubbard’s punishment in Boston as the stocks for a temper flare. A stream of animals and an intoxicated Indian figure in a chaotic scene taunt and threaten the prisoner, with an old bull yielding a chaotic roadside interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Tubbard
Boston
Marper
Hubbard
Proprietary Medicine Frauds Should Be Exposed
A 1908 plea argues proprietary medicines are condemned by the medical profession yet Eckman’s Alterative has cured tuberculosis. An affidavit from Arthur Webb praises the remedy, urging exposure of frauds and listing Washington vendors and a Philadelphia Eckman Laboratory booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Kenny Clay
Weldon
Texas
Colorado
Kman
Arthur Webb
Washington
McElhinney Drug Co
North Side Pharmacy
Eckman Laboratory
Phila
A Course of Dinners From The Economical Housekeeper
In a 1840s guide the Economical Housekeeper offers a week of dinners with daily menus from Monday to Sunday. The piece notes popular reception, editions, and suggests peas roasted and ground as a coffee substitute, with brief commentary from Youth's Companion.
Gould's Horse Wins Prix Maintenon at Maisons Lafitte
Frank Gould's Jarretiere won the Prix Maintenon over about 800 meters at Maisons Lafitte. Dona Dien owned by Murats finished second and Komombo belonging to Mariners came third with seventeen starters in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maisons Lafitte
Frank Gould
Jarretiere
Murats
Dona Dien
Komombo
Raffe
Stern
Barat
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Cure
An old testimonial letter from Anna Anperson of Jack Duck Minn extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure and tonic for female ailments. It urges women to try the unproved remedy and seek advice, claiming it restored energy and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Duck
Minn
Lydia
Pinkham
Pound
Anna Anperson
Jack Duck
Mina
Lydia ER. Pinkham
United States
E. Pinkham
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Aeroplane Boys
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Said Court
Gould
Trt Nang
Lydia E. Pinkham
T Lynn
Mass
Geo.peck
Kota
Juanet
Sil
DR. Shall
Wberger
Ed Washington
Plenso Hotel
Bea
Chicago
PGUST
Shallenberger
Sicians
Kright
W. E. Shallebergere
Lake Ave
Drexel 8
Bank
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