The Flying Age Arrives in the Twentieth Century
James A. Edgerton surveys the rapid ascent of aviation from Marconi to Bleriot, Farman, and the Wrights, predicting a vast era of aerial navigation. He notes England’s fear, cries of “An Kogisheman’s home,” and Curtiss’s role in a growing international aviation contest at Rheims with a light 550 pound craft.
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James A. Edgerton
Lacross
English Channel
Marconi
Atlantic
Louis Bleriot
Wright Brothers
Forxample
Henry Farwn
Halons
Suippes
France
Bleriot
Etampes
Orleans
Wrights
Marconiin
England
John Bull
Ile
Dobbin
Mr. Ull
Bull
Rheims
Daredevil Bleriot crosses the English Channel in monoplane
The article praises Louis Bleriot for crossing the English Channel in a single flight using a lightweight monoplane. It highlights his nerve and repeated near-accidents, notes the craft's folding wings and higher speed than biplanes, and discusses the Channel's historic peril and British reactions to this aviation milestone.
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Louis Bleriot
Calais
Dover
English Channel
Gloriot
Alte
Heny
Wright
M. Sieriot
Jalais
France
England
Meriot
Henly
Perky Bleriot
London
Channel
John Bull
William the Conqueror
Napoleon
J. Bull
Wonder Rosebush Dream Of 100 Rose Varieties In Berkeley
California magnate George Shima, famed as the potato king, aims to grow a single rosebush harboring 100 varieties in red, yellow and white. Berkeley horticulturist Hugo Lilienthal leads grafting to realize the plan.
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George Shima
California
Shima
Hugo Lilienthal
Berkeley
Cal
Juvenile Horticultural Society
Lilienthal
Tariff Leaders At Odds In Senate House Clash
Washington reports show Senator Aldrich clashing with Chairman Payne over tariff duties as talks stretch to avoid delay. Carter and Warren pressed New England concerns on free list hides while Tillman’s illness complicates attendance. Cannon plans careful DC committee picks amid prohibition debate and census delays. Brownsville inquiry heads to Texas for more facts. report due by November under Foraker act. Charles W. Arthur.
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Warren
New England
Tillman
Washington
Aldrich
Senate
House
Payne
Ways and Means
Rhoie Island
Mr. Payne
White House
Taft
Carter
Montana
Wyoming
United States
South Carolina
Brownsville
Army
Noiseless Vienna Typewriter Soon on Market
A Vienna con struction noiseless typewriter will be sold soon. The inventor guarantees that in rooms with fifty or more machines in operation not a sound will be heard except the typists talking.
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Vienna
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Osteopath
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West Washington Street
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Cook & Sherman's
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drag Ca
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J. B. Orall
Dry Goode
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Macon
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