Airman Atwood Plans Milwaukee to New York Flight for $10000 Prize
Boston aviator Harry N Atwood maps a Milwaukee to New York flight weather permitting with a ten day target. He will depart Milwaukee next Saturday, tour Chicago, then head to New York using Burgess Wright craft. Spare machines will follow to Toledo and Rochester by auto tow for emergencies.
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New York
Harry N. Atwood
Moston
Boston
Washington
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Vitor J. Evans
Andre Beaumont
Conneau
Brighton
Coney Island
Baltimore
Wright
Otler
Marblehead
Mass
Toledo
Rochester
Mail Thief Rifles Letters at Bloomington Platform
A locked mail porch on a Bloomington Indiana platform was lifted from the Bloomington Louisville accommodation train. Amos Wiggins aged twenty five was arrested and held until the inspector arrives from Cincinnati. The thief rifled a mail sack at Hughes lumber yard scattering money orders and drafts. A flagman on the Chicago train reported the theft and officers tracked Wiggins to a sitter near the depot.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monon
Chicago
Hensley
Wiggins
Injunction Blocks Voting Machine Purchase in Indiana
Weather notes for Indiana and Wisconsin precede a legal notice from South Bend about an injunction halting St. Joseph county’s plan to buy fifty voting machines at an estimated $40,000. Taxpayer J M Chillag challenged the constitutional validity of the state law authorizing machine purchases.
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South Pend
Ind
St. Joseph County
J. M. Chillag
Harry N. Atwood to Start Milwaukee New York Flight
The article states Harry N. Atwood will initiate a Saturday flight from Milwaukee to New York. It notes preparations, crew assignments, and the anticipated schedule, highlighting Atwood's role as pilot for the event.
Brother Fatally Shoots Brother in Newark
Charles Doyle was shot and likely fatally wounded by his brother George Davis who was later captured by police in Newark Ohio on August 10. The incident ended with Davis arrested as the suspect.
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Newark
Chas. Doyle
George Davis
Pearl in clam fetches two hundred dollars in Elgin
A $200 lavender pearl was found in a clam by Wheaton workers Jon Colling James Pucell and Stephen Stuart while buying clams for 35 cents near the Nox river. The pearl weighs eight and three fourths grains and is owned jointly by the three men. Pearl hunters crowd water levels as low water exposes more clams.
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Aurore
Jon Colling
James Pucell
Stephen Stuart
Wheaton
A. Bh
A. Copeland
Elgin Jeweler
Nox
Elgin
Kinin
Vox River
Printers' Convention Considers Universal Wage System Abolishing Piece Work
In San Francisco the International Topographical union laws committee meets during the annual convention to discuss a universal wage system and the abolition of piece work. A referendum favored the change but immediate effectiveness is debated. Arbitration of employer disputes also on the agenda. Edwardsville to get a postal savings bank with business to begin August 21.
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San Francisco
Cal
Laws
International Topographical Union
Thomas N. Gaffney
Syracuse
N. Y
Samuel Hadden
Toronto
Edwardsville
Post Office Department
Washington
Ids
Wardsville
Cragsman
Taft Vetoes Statehood Bill Over Recall of Judges
Washington Aug 10 Taft plans to veto the statehood bill over the recall of judges provision in the Arizona constitution. He opposes any measure placing the judiciary under recall and will push a formal veto message to Congress. Senate support may overcome the veto, but Taft’s position remains firm.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Gecome
Washington
Isident Tait
Whitehouse
Serreturs Hille
Congress
House
Senate
Mr. Taft
Shaw
Taft
Anzona
Representative Flood
Virginia
White House
Oil and buttermilk diet tips from Dr Allen
Diet and health hints discuss using buttermilk with oil as a meal option. It notes ready made tabets from druggists and claims oil can be taken with buttermilk just as with starch or meat. The text explains digestion, sugar meals, and oil slowing gastric fluid secretion to aid intestinal digestion.
13 Die in Ship Collision Near Tarifa
A French steamer Emir sank after colliding with the British steamer Silverton five miles east of Tarifa Spain. Ninety three died. twenty seven rescued from Emir and crew. Silverton returned to port with damage.
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Gibralter
Aus
Tarifa
Spain
Silverton
Newport
England
Taranto
Silverten
Kymir
Virginia Congressmen Favor Recall of Lorimer Judiciary
A report from Lorimer County notes Virginia congressmen debate a possible recall of the judiciary amid calls for accountability. The discussion centers on procedural steps and political ramifications in the state capital.
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Virginia
Tarifa Pirates and the Origin of Tariff Tale
A wreck near Tarifa shows pirates once raiding ships in the Mediterranean. The Silverton crew rescued some aboard, but the doomed vessel sank after two boats fled. The article links Tarifa's piracy to the origin of the modern word tariff.
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Silverton
Tarifa
Mediterranean
Ship blast on Rhine steamer kills two in Rotterdam incident
A boiler on the Rhine steamer Guienterg exploded near Rotterdam. Two falls were killed and the captain and several passengers were injured. Three others are missing, believed blown overboard as debris shattered a riverside building.
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Rotterdam
Perkins Escapes Wrath Over Steel Campaign Probes
A Washington committee drops a probe into campaign contributions involving Jee W Perkins of New York director at United States Steel. The panel plans to press for subsidiary books and contemplates possible contempt actions while weighing further inquiries.
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Steel Probe Committee
Washington
Aug
Jee W. Perkings
New York
United States Steel Corporation
House of Representatives
Steel Corporation
Aly
Priitinir
Missing Indiana Lassies Found Near Fate Mount Week After Leaving Home
Two teen girls from Paty Mount aged twelve and twenty two were arrested after a card led to their capture. The pair were last seen departing their homes in Marton and Uniongo before authorities traced them to a location near Fate Mount. Community officials released little detail beyond confirming the arrests and ages.
Thieves Take All Furniture From City Home
Attorney John A. Kemper reported in Indianapolis that during a two week absence his home at 2029 East Huntington Street was emptied of furniture and household goods. Neighbors recalled seeing men moving items but assumed Kemper was away.
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Tidianapolis
Ind
John A. Kemper
Big-City
East Hington Street
Neis Thors Geld
Weamper
Lorimer committee ends hearings with Holstlaw testimony
The Lorimer committee adjourned in Washington after exhausting witnesses. Holstlaw testified he received 2500 dollars from John Broderick and 700 dollars as gifts but said he did not know the sources' full significance.
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Attornburke
Frederick
Lorimer
John Broderick
Kenyon
Iowa
Dib Linge Han
Conaider
Holstlaw
Lemon County Grand Jury
Creehton
Haneey
Hancey
Sonera
Hundred Witnesses Sought In McNamara Trial
Los Angeles Aug 10 100 witnesses and an equal number of detectives are planned to be sent across the United States to summon those needed for the McNamara alleged dynamiting case. The district attorney's ten detectives are failing to locate many witnesses, with women detectives serving far more subpoenas than the men.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
District Attorney's Offee
San Francisco
Clark backs Lincoln Highway to Gettysburg memorial
Speaker Clark announced support for a Washington to Gettysburg Lincoln Highway as a memorial to Lincoln. He rejected the Shallor monument idea for Potomac park or elsewhere, following a White House meeting with President Taft and a delegation from Congress.
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Washington
Clark
Gettyburg Battle Field
Lincoln
Elopement Surs Newport Social Circles
Newport August 10 social circles are buzzing over the elopement of Miss Julia Steel French daughter of Amos and Mrs French of Tuxedo and Newport and a niece of Mrs Vanderbilt with John Edward Paul Geraghty of this city employed in the Penber garage.
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Newport
R. L
Julia Steel French
Amos French
Tuxedo
French Vanderbilt
John Edward Paul Geraghty
Herbert B. Penber
Dr Anna Shaw and Brothers Meet in New York
For the second time in fifty six years Rev Dr Anna Howard Shaw, pioneer of woman suffrage in the city, gathers with her three brothers in New York. Dr James Shaw of Boston, Capt John Shaw of Washington, and Mr Thomas Shaw of Detroit join the reunion.
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Anna Shaw
New York
Anna Howard Shaw
James Shaw
Bostom
John Shaw
Washington
Thomas Shaw
Detroit
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