Balloon Record Flight From Duncan Longest Yet
A Dusseldorf and Germania balloon chase spans Canada from La Tuque to Kiskisink near Quebec with both craft blasting past a world distance record. Hans Gericke and Samuel Perkins narrate the Dusseldorf’s perilous landing 17 miles north of Lake Kiskisink as officials in Ottawa and across the U S race to locate the America II crew Hawley and Post believed to be in northern Quebec or Ontario.
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Ottawa
Dusseldorf
Kiskinsink
Quebec
Germania
Helvetia
Lake Temiskaming
America
la Tnque
Nearuebec
Superior Junction
Ontario
N. Parent
National Transcontinental Railroad Commission
la Tuque
Mattawa
North Bay
Ont
Hans Gericke
Samuel Perkins
Kiskisink
Lake Kiskisink
Quebec City
St. Louis
Hawley
Post
Zion City followers pledge homes to back Voliva plan
In Waukegan Illinois Oct 24 Zion City leaders say 71 Voliva followers mortgaged 71 homes to guarantee a 160000 payment unding Voliva will make next year as part of a plan to buy the Zion estate. Authorities report about 100 more are willing to join if needed.
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Waukegan
Zion City
Voliva
Zion
Wright Heads Labor Body in Illinois Federation
Edwin R. Wright of the Chicago Typographical Union was reelected president of the Illinois Federation of Labor for a fifth term. His victory arose from his stance on the employers liability issue and compensation, which won unanimous endorsement at the convention in Rock Island Illinois on October 24.
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Rock Ieland
Eadwin R. Wright
Chicago Typographical Union
Illinois Federation of Labor
Becomes Mother at Eight In Chinese City
Pekin reports Tai Yuan Fu aristocracy records the youngest mother on record a girl eight and her husband a nine year old father. The newborn is healthy and normal marking a rare case under local customary marriage practices.
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Pekin
Chansi
Emai
Tai Yuan Fu
Stand Collapses at Bull Fight in Barajas
During an amateur flight in Barajas near Madrid a stand collapsed killing one person and injuring four badly. Several others were lightly hurt and a bull killed one spectator while a young girl was severely injured after being thrown.
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Madrid
Barajas
Here
Ome
Eight Hurt in Race Car Collision at State Fair Grounds
Dallas Texas October 24 A Packard racing car the Gray Wolf collided with a motor cycle while testing for upcoming races at the State fair grounds, then crashed through a fence into a crowd of about a thousand. Eight persons were seriously injured and three may die. victims were rushed to the Emergency hospital and Baptist Memorial sanatorium for treatment. Three Cooper County Texas youths were shot on Gibbs and Griffin streets after a dispute, with two assailants escaping. White, Roberts, and Clark were injured. White and Clark in critical condition.
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Dallas
Tex
A. White
Otis Clark
J. W. Roberts
Cooper
Della County
Texas
Gibbs
Griffin
White
Clark
Roberts
Fair Grounds
Baptist Memorial Sanitarium
Angell to Deliver Address at History Association Meet
James B Angell former president of the University of Michigan will speak at the American Historical Association meeting in Indianapolis December 25 26. The program features Harvard Yale Columbia Pennsylvania Johns Hopkins Cornell and state universities Michigan Ohio Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Oregon California with sessions on 1860 northern and southern states in honor of the secession centennial. Angell will recount a horseback trip he took just before the war.
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Ann Arbor
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
American Historical Association
Indianapolis
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Oregon
California
B. Coleman
Butler College
Union
Angell
Wilson to Live at Princeton After Campaign Stop
Woodrow Wilson arrived in Princeton New Jersey from Newton where he spoke Saturday night and will reside at his home until campaign permits another house. He was in good spirits and said he was perfectly well. Democrats anticipate his win in the governor race.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Newton
Wilson
Upheaval Signs Signal Popular Upheaval Rising
Phrase captures sense of widespread social shake up as public sentiment hints at forthcoming dramatic change indicated by numerous observable signs and expectations across communities. The passage emphasizes momentum toward a major societal shift.
Prince Francis of Teck Dies After Long London Vigil
Prince Francis of Teck brother of Queen Mary dies of pleurisy in London after King George V and Queen Mary keep night watch at his bedside until their exhaustion. The royal couple had planned a visit to Wood Norton Worcestershire to see Manuel of Portugal and the Queen Mother Amelia but canceled the trip.
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George
London
Prince Francis of
Teck
Mary
England
Queen Mary
Woodnorton
Worcestershire
Manuel
Portugal
Amelia
RATTLESNAKE ATTACK ENDS WITH SELF SURGERY INJURY
Arthur J. Sarventi a Newburgh cigar dealer hunted in Pike county Pennsylvania after deer. He was bitten on the forefinger by a rattlesnake near Eldred when he slipped and fell. He cut the finger opened and sucked out the poison then rode to town for treatment. He and his guide later found the rock where the snakes rested and captured fourteen young rattlers.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Arthur J. Sarventi
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Eldred
Sarventi
Military Aviator Killed by Fall in France
Paris reports Captain Madiot, a military aviator, fell seventy yards from a Bragnet biplane near Douai while attempting to take off. The cause of the collapse is unknown though he was in good form before the accident and witnesses saw the machine suddenly fail and descend.
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Paris
Get
Madiot
Douaal
Athletics Defeat Cubs to Win World Championship
The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs 7 to 2 at West Side Park to claim the world title before a large crowd. Pitchers Jack Coombs and Miner Brown starred through seven innings before Connie Mack’s lineup pulled away with extra hits led by Collins.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Athletics
Cubs
National Commission
Jack Coombs
Miner Brown
Terre Haute
Connie Mack
King” Cole
Athletics
Chicagos
West Side
Collins
Mack
Schultz
Sheridan
Tubs
R.B. Phiadelphia
Coombs
Lapp
Brown
Archer
Cole
Bender
Thomas
Man Uses Dynamite For Suicide In Milan Area
A unemployed man from Millimonte died by self detonation using a dynamite bomb tied to his neck. The blast tore his body and destroyed the house, leaving only a hole in the ground.
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Rome
Millimonte
Wreck on Rock Island Road Calhan Colo
Three men were badly hurt in a collision between a cattle train and a local freight on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line near Calhan Colorado. A car aboard the local was overturned and its contents spilled among the cattle. Sparks from the locomotive started a fire burning 263 head of cattle to death.
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Calhan
Colo
Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacite Road
Here
Urippen guilty. re hearings planned in ensuing case
In Logansport Indiana on October 24 two serious incidents unfolded. Mrs. George Stevens fell while climbing stairs with a lamp and baby causing burns as firefighters evacuated them from a blazing home. George C Victor, a switch lamp tender for Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction, was instantly killed when struck by an interurban car.
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Logansport
Ind
George Stevens
George C Victor
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Older Richmond Man Weds New York Woman in City News
Edward G Vaughan age 86, a wealthy Richmond resident, wed Miss Mary Kelley age 20 of New York on October 24 in this city. The couple’s marriage notes an age gap and ties Vaughan to local society.
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Man
Richmond
Ind
Edward G. Vaughan
Mary Kelley
New York
Market summary of Chicago hogs cattle and sheep Oct 24 1910
Hogs receipts estimated 25000 with market strong to higher for second report. Packers holding off while bulk prices 8 25 to 8 80 and 8 70 to 9 37 for mixed packs. Cattle and sheep receipts around 28000 and 45000 with cattle steady to higher and sheep 5 to 10 higher. Closing hogs market more active with gains around 10 cents.
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Chicago
Grain Market Note From Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Market update furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co Chicago references grain pricing. The fragment mentions a price of $13.00 and provides addresses 544 and 645 Postal Telegraph Building Chicago Illinois.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Mlinoia
Crippen Sentenced to Death in London Trial
Dr Hawley Crippen's murder trial ends with a death sentence after a thirty minute verdict. The court declares the victim Belle Elmore murdered by hyoscine poisoning. Crippen faces possible commutation by the Home Secretary. no appeal is allowed. Clara Le Neve indicted as accessory after the fact. Crippen may seek a rehearing.
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Crippen
Home Secretary
London
Hawley Hasley Crippen
Belle Elmore
Clara Leneve
America
New Bailey
Alverstone
Hyosein
Dr. Crippen
Hall of Fame Names Chosen in New York
Dr John F MacCracken as NYU chairman announces eleven additions to the Hall of Fame by the board. Harriet Beecher Stowe Oliver Wendell Holmes Edgar Allan Poe and others join, bringing total inductees to fifty one.
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New York
John F MacCracken
Ate
New York University
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oliver Well Holmes
Edgar Allan Poe
Re Williams
James Fennimore
Phillips Brooks
William Cullen Bry Frances EB. Willard
Andrew Jackson
George Banecroft
John Lettop Motley
Hall of Fame
Students Honor a Captain in Arbor Michigan
Students honor Captain Caghl Sealby of Arbor Michigan who led a dietety to the Feamer Republic by 1908 and was elected vice president of the junior law class at the University of Michigan. He left a seafaring life after his ship collided with the steamer Florida and was wrecked in collision.
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Arbor
Mich
Weather Forecast for Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin
A fair and warmer day is forecast for Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with lighter winds. Temperature rises expected across the region as a southerly breeze shifts and coastal sunshine returns.
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Tilinois
Indiana
Wisco Fair
Penn
Soulwest Winds
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Messrs. Hawley and Post
Wright
Illinois State Federation
China
Stand
State Fair
Fendh
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Coal Man
TOD
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McBride
St. Louis Republic
Prince OF
Francis
Rattler
Hunter
A.J. Sarventi
Chicago Cubs
Chicago West Side Park
Rock Island Road
Colorado
Urippen
Indiana News
Reister & Son
Eeeer
Washington City
John A. Babcock Commission
U.S. Yards
Illinois
Exech
Board of Electors
N. Y. University
Sealby
Republic
Ocean
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