Still Plan Feats of Daring in Aviation
Avia tion pioneer Eugene Ely plans to fly from California shore to the battleship Pennsylvania marking a sensational ship boarding feat The San Francisco meet hosts the stunt amid warnings of risks to crews and the sport as aviation enters a cautious era with past fatalities shaping the outlook.
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James A. Edgerton
Eugene B. Ely
San Francisco Aeronautical
California
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Ely
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Mr. Ely
Uncle Sam
Birmingham
Virginia
Glenn HW
Curtiss
Albany
New York
Wright
Bly
Navy
Eleanor Sears
Boston
Newport
Aviating
Miss Sears
America
Europe
France
Baldwin
Connecticut
Havana
Key West
Fla
Panama
Canal Zone
Henry VIII as a complex hero in a farmer's tale
A traveler recalls a farmhouse conversation where a farmer defends Henry VIII as a prudent husband who faced many wives with a tender conscience. The dialogue treats Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, and others as strategic moves, while contrasting royal schemes with broader views of women's nature and power.
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England
Henry VIII
Waal
Henry
Widder
Anne Boleyn
Wimmin
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Katherine
Llenry
O' Leavin
Bloody Mary
Elizabeth
Aaron Burr
Benedict Arnold
Bluebeard
Courageous Moisant Wins Flight After Risky Buy
The race saw Moisant triumph with a $10 000 fifty horsepower machine after entering without a prior trial. He led to the statue at speed, rising to 2 500 feet, then returning to win by a minute over Claude Grahame White. Moisant later died after a crash while preparing for the Michelin prize in New Orleans.
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Moisant
Paris
London
English Channel
America
Belmont Park
Statue of Liberty
Tie
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hoxsey
Charles
Willard
Springfield
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Claude Grahame- White
England
New Orleans
Méisant
Arch Howsey
Los Angeles
Mount Wilson
Servian Teacher Uses Chocolate Alphabet Method
A Servian teacher M. Medakovitch has devised a popular teaching method. Each pupil receives a chocolate alphabet and may eat it once they assemble their name correctly. Word making follows the same approach and pupils average fluent reading in three days.
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M. Medakovitch
M. Medakoyiteh
Hat Inspires Proposal in Bohemian Studio Scene
In a dim studio, bohemians quarrel over art and critics while a bachelor poet asks a maid to marry after admiring her self sewn hat. She chides him for needing to pay fifty dollars for hats, declaring she expects a husband who will fund her hobby.
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Gilad
New York Press
Fighting Life's Battle
The article extols self discipline and prompt action as keys to success. It cites Orison Swett Marden on doing what benefits advancement, argues moods hinder achievement, and urges tackling hard tasks first to build strength and reach one’s potential.
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Lfe
Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Elkins of West Virginia a Pioneering Senator and War Secretary
Elkins born in Perry County Ohio in 1841 built a legal career in New Mexico and West Virginia. He served in the Union army, helped free enslaved peons in New Mexico, fostered railroad and coal interests, and became secretary of war under Harrison before being elected senator in 1895. He allied with Henry Gassaway Davis and aided Blaine nominations before serving in the Senate until his death.
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Enator
Stephen RB. Elkins
West Virginia
Harrison
Duke of the
Perry County
Missouri
University
Quantrill
Mr. Elkins
Cole Younger
Younger
Jesse James
Senator Elkins
Elkins
Plains
New Mexico
Johnson
United States
General Grant
Congress
Europe
Henry Gassaway Davis
Virginia
National Committee
Washington
Allegheny Mountains
Cumberland
James G. Blaine
Chicago
Maine
Blaine
Florence
Italy
War Department
Soldiers’ Club
Senate
Aldrich
Davis
Walker
Too Public For Him
In a Boston Street scene a mild man with gray hair and glasses is pushed through a crowd on Washington street. A well dressed woman and her boy seek to cross, and she mistakenly clasps the man’s hand, prompting a startled rebuke about wanting her son.
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Washington Street
Littl
Boston
The New and Old Geology
A summary of geological thought contrasts catastrophism with uniformitarianism. The article notes catastrophists saw abrupt planet changes while uniformitarians argued nature’s laws and processes have always operated the same. It credits uniformity with displacing catastrophism in the field.
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New York American
Proposal Set at Ball Next Week in Kansas City
The Kansas City Journal notes a planned marriage proposal at the ball next week. A sister knows the young lady, and the event has been arranged, making the proposal likely to occur during the party tonight.
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Kansas City Journal
Restaurant Repartee Echoes in Brooklyn Life
A busy waitress back and forth with a customer prompts a playful exchange about tea or coffee. The man answers in calm, knowing tones, inviting curiosity while the scene captures urban dining humor.
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Brooklyn
Where the Shoe Pinched Crawford and Crabshaw Dialog
A courtroom exchange centers on conscience and lost money. Crawford jokes it was his wife’s money, prompting a judge to chide about accountability in a light legal proceeding.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Horned Man-Monkeys Found Near Santa Monica in California
Skeletons of a horned man monkey tribe exhumed from an ancient Topanga canyon burial site near Santa Monica. Forty four skulls and nearly complete torsos and ribs recovered along with primitive weapons and stone mortars. Legend claims Aztec invaders exterminated the tribe in southern California.
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California
Jackrabbit Lodge
Topanga Canyon
Santa Monica
Cal
Raising Fish on Farms Says Warden Iowa
State Fish and Game Warden George A Lincoln urges Iowa residents to raise fish for food to combat high living costs. He argues a pond of a quarter acre or more can yield excellent results with proper management and provides starter instructions for small farmers.
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George A. Lincoln
Iowa
Hair Growth From Frigid Professions Says Shackleton
The Arctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton claims extreme cold strengthens hair and cites experiences of his South Pole crew who returned with thicker hair. A London cold storage official adds that no bald employees exist, noting 20 degrees frost as a working condition.
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Arctic
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest
South Pole
London
Coffee consumption by country ranks U S first
The United States leads world coffee consumption with several European nations following in order Germany Holland France Belgium and Austria-Hungary, listed after the United States in the sequence.
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America
Germany
Holland
France
Belgium
Austria-Hungary
United States
Plague Claims Four in Suffolk Village
Plague deaths strike a Suffolk village with four fatalities marking the first English cases of the disease in about 250 years. Authorities warn residents as health measures are considered to prevent spread.
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England
Suffolk
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Cortland Field Bishop
Aero Club of America
Wilbur Wright
Pacific
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SIOC
JR MO/SANT
American Press Association
Arch Hoxley
Hubert Latham
Molsant
Wright Brothers
Life
Bandit Cole
Maxwell Land Grant
Territory of
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