Wellman and party sail Atlantic in airship America
Reports from aviators indicate thick fog hampers the America voyage from Atlantic City toward Europe. Wellman and five companions, plus wireless operator Jack Irwin, send word all is well as Nantucket and Siasconset stations relay updates. Local backers maintain optimism while Washington monitors the journey amid weather concerns and hurricane reports. Bayard airship voyage in Britain proceeds smoothly with crew of seven.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Folke
Coamo
Walter Wellman
America
Europe
Bob Miller
Million Dollar
Nantucket
Miller
Siasconset
Nurtheast
Nantucket Island
Saga- Pont
Bib Miller
Well
Jack Irwin
Wellman
Grand Ks
Joseph W. Salas
Ess
Es Columbus
Outlook Not So Favorable Message From Woodshore
A fog bound broadcast from Siasconset narrates engines shut down and heading east. The message notes making knots with no engines and asks for wireless juice. Dynamos not working and observation blocked by thick fog. Later, a second message says the outlook is not favorable but the fight continues from Wellman.
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Woodshore
Mass
Siasconset
Wellman
Balloon Flight From France to England Reaches Milestone
London October 17 reports a rigid balloon voyage completing the crossing from France to England with seven aboard. The airship Clemen Bayard circled St Pauls Cathedral during the long flight of about 259 miles, marking a historic aerial passage.
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Bayard
Channel
Lamotte Breuil
Parle
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Wormwood Scrubbs
Daily Mail
Clement
Clemen-Bayard
St. Paul's
Cathedral
Rance
England
King Leaves Gibraltar in Royal Yacht Embarkation
Ex-King Manuel and his mother ex-Queen Amelie and Manuel’s uncle Dom Alfonso left Gibraltar on the British royal yacht Victoria and Albert for England. The embarkation featured full ceremony with military honors and the Portuguese anthem played ashore. Manuel’s grandmother Mesquita Pia sailed on the Italian ship Regina Elena to Italy.
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Gibraltar
Manuel
Amelie
Dom Alfonso
Victori
Albert
England
Mésica Pia
Regina Elena
Italy
Young widow Mary Richards marries fourth husband in Huntington
Mrs Mary E K Richards aged under 21 from Huntington Ind wed William B Huston of Huntington in Kalamazoo Mich The ceremony surprised County Clerk Wes burg who heard she had three prior marriages The first husband was Zell The next was Blaine Deerwester with divorces and remarrying in between.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mary EK. Richard
Huntington
Ind
William BE. Huston
Wesburg
Zell
Blaine Deerwester
Senator J P Dolliver Dies Suddenly at Fort Dodge Home
Senator J P Dolliver is reported dead suddenly at his Fort Dodge residence. The loss shocks local residents and state officials as tributes pour in for the longtime lawmaker. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by his family.
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Fort Dodge
John E Redmond Visits Chicago on Home Rule Tour
Irish leader John E Redmond spoke to Chicago Irish-Americans at the Congress hotel, declaring home rule in Ireland never faced a more favorable outlook. He cited a Commons majority and US support, and said he would visit many American cities while soliciting funds for the cause, accompanied by his wife.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
John FE. Redmond
America
Ireland
United States
House of Lords
House of Commons
England
Four Indiana Boys Stolen in Sullivan Kidnapping Case
Four missing boys aged 10 to 18 ere feared kidnapped after two men and two women attracted them in Sullivan Indiana. The party drove off in a Chicago driven car and the women left it before the ride. Parents are distressed and police in neighboring cities are alerted. One woman was found in Terre Haute but the two men remain at large.
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Sullivan
Ind
Chicago
Terre Haute
Grand Stand Falls Injuring Twenty At Missouri Fair
A grand stand at Aux Vasse Missouri collapsed during the street fair. More than 300 spectators, mostly women and children, were seated when it fell. Twenty injured, ten seriously and two fatally likely, including BE Boyd and J T Atkinson with internal injuries.
Taft Ends Beverly Vacation Heads Back to White House
President Taft’s vacation ends as he leaves Beverly for New York City. He’ll return to the White House in good shape except for a sore foot from overdoing the golf course. He weighs several pounds more than on arrival, and will stay with brother Henry W. Taft, with Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Helen Taft accompanying him.
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Beverly
Macs
Taft
New York City
White House
New York
North Shore
Henry W. Taft
City
Helen Taft
Wife Held as Slayer in Life Insurance Murder
Indiana woman, about 40, charged with killing husband George S. Johnson with carbolic acid to collect $12,500 in life insurance payable to her. Mrs Htta Young Johnson arrested at Spreland home near Newcastle. She allegedly sought to marry Clarence Porter after planning the murder, with evidence from a Wabash College analysis and her son’s testimony.
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Newcastle
Ind
George S. Johnson
Crawfordsvile
Htta Young Johnson
Sprceland
Johnson
Clarence Porter
Crawfordeville
Porter
Brothers of
Garner
Wabash College
Michigan Society Formed By Chicago Residents
Former Michigan residents in Chicago formed a society named for their state at the Stratford hotel. It merges the Detroit Society and Grand Rapids Society with others applying to join. The new group plans a banquet next month.
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Chicago
Michigan
Stratford Hotel
Detroit Society
Grand Rapids Society
Scarlet Fever Closes Schools and Churches in Fremont
In Fremont on October 17 public schools and churches have shut down due to scarlet fever with forty reported cases. Health authorities urge precautions as the outbreak spreads among residents.
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Fremont
Cayman Islands Devastated by Hurricane Pass
Kingston Jamaica October 17 The steamer Prinz Eitel Friederich reports Cayman Islands were hit by a hurricane last week. The storm raged between the Cayman Islands and Cuba for twenty hours with winds around eighty miles an hour.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Prinz Eitel Friederich
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Posse Kills Four Thieves Near Guadalupe y Calvo
Advices from Guadalupe y Calvo report a posse of officers and citizens attacking a band of outlaws near the town. Four thieves were killed and a large amount of stolen cattle and horses recovered.
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POSSE
Chihuahas
Tuadalupe Y Calvo
Primary Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Springfield Ill Oct 17 The supreme court sustains the primary law and dismisses the petition of Charles M Espey and Joseph A McInerney for a writ of mandamus to compel the state canvassing board to certify three candidates for the house of representatives in each senatorial district. The decision is read as upholding the primary law.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Charles M. Espey
Joseph A. McInerney
House of Representatives
Deer Hunter Guide Is Shot Near Hartwood Club
Monticello N Y Oct 17 Harry Purdy guiding a party of New York deer hunters through forests near St Josephs Sullivan county had one side of his neck and head shot away by an accidental discharge. The hunters had alighted from a train moments before the accident and were on their way to the Hartwood Club camp. Purdy's wounds are considered fatal.
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Monticello
N. Y
New York
St. Josephs
Sullivan County
Harry Purdy
Hartwood Club
Purdy
United States Senator Culliver Dies Suddenly
Mexico City reports the murder of English mining man Valentin e Wilson near his home at the San Cayetano mine. He arrived from South America years ago. the foreign colony at Guanajuato is aroused by the stabbing.
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Mexico City
Guanajuato
Valentine Wilson
San Cayetano
Wilson
Mexico
South America
Market Recap Chicago 1910 Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Chicago markets report opening day October 17 1910 with hog receipts about 30000 and mixed group price ranges from 8 to 9 for light hogs to 8 95 for heavy shipping grades. Cattle and sheep show broad declines with cattle down 10 to 15 and sheep 10 lower. totals itemized for beef and stocker categories.
Grain firm furnishes telegraph building address list
Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company of Chicago, listing postal telegraph building numbers 544 and 645 in the city.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Washington City Market Prices Listed for Hay Straw and More
Market quotations show hay by load at 12.00, hay by bale around 1.60 to 1.70 per sack flour, bran and shorts priced per hundred and corn meal per sack. Butter and eggs noted with typical regional values, geese and egg markets marked as weaker. Produce broker Relister & Son provides the current quotes.
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Washington City
Iowa Solon Dolliver Dies During Wisconsin Campaign Tour
Jonathan P Dolliver, progressive Republican senator, dies at Fort Dodge after acute indigestion. He had just finished a campaign speech tour through Wisconsin for La Follette and Roosevelt, staying active despite illness. He is survived by his sister Margaret Gay Dolliver and brother Rev R H Dolliver.
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Ye Rt Dodge
United ‘'O
Jonathan Prentiss Dokliver
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
BE. M. van Patten
Senate
Iowa
Col. Roosevelt
Omaha
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Margaret Gay Dolliver
Moringside College
City
R.H. Liver
Redfield
President Taft Sends Sympathy to Mrs Dolliver
Beverly Massachusetts October 17 President Taft sent this message Mrs J P Dolliver Fort Dodge Iowa Mrs Taft and I extend to you our heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow The senate has lost one of its ablest debaters and most brilliant Statesmen The county has lost a faithful public servant William H Tap t
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
J. P. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Towa
Actress Virginia Sothern Granted Reno Divorce
Reno Nevada October 17 Virginia Sothern actress was granted a divorce from Ward Sothern actor on grounds of desertion and non support the suit was not contested
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Reno, Nev
Virginia
Ned Sothern
Bé@ward + Sothern
Man tarred and feathered in Morristown punishment
Residents of Morrisville Pennsylvania across the river from Trenton tarred and feathered Amos Wright as punishment for giving liquor to a minor. Wright was smeared with tar and feathers and taken to a shed before being released on the street.
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Trenton
Morrisville
Amos Wright
Wright
Will
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