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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
8
Notice of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
The Geo H Paul Company of Washington Iowa held a special meeting on August 1 1908 and amended its articles to raise capital with 3000000 dollars in stock 75000 preferred 225000 common and issue 50000 more preferred at 16 2 3 percent for six years and adjust voting rights for common and preferred stock The amendments also alter article three five and six to reflect new stock and voting provisions Witness George H Paul President August 10 1908 The document closes with prose on future aeronautics referencing the Wright brothers and early aviation developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Paul Company
Washington
Iowa
A. D
George H. Paul
George H. Paul v
Wright brothers lift flight to the world stage
James A. Edgerton and Enri Farman discuss the Wright brothers and other early aviation milestones. They note the U S war department buying the Baldwin air ship, Wright tests underway in the United States and demonstrations in France, and German interest. The piece foresees aviation transforming transport and warfare, with inventors setting limits for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Edgerton
Enri Farman
United States War Department
Baldwin
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Wilbur
France
Wright brothers and Baldwin the pioneers of flight
The article profiles Wilbur and Orville Wright as young, dedicated inventors who built their aeroplane from pennies and scrap. It compares them with Captain Thomas Baldwin, a veteran balloonist and parachute developer, noting Baldwin's forward design and achievements in airship technology and the U S balloon program. It reflects on the shift from heavier than air to lighter than air craft and foresees aerial navigation's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Wright Brothers
Niagara
Wrights
Dayton
North Carolina
Kitty Hant
Kill Devil Hills
Paris
Fort Myer
Washington
Stevenson
Fulton
Morse
Wilbur
France
Orville
Thomas
United States
Old Cliff House
San Francisco
California
Lahm
Congress
Thomas Scott Baldwin
Oakland
Cal
America
Balloon Society of
Great Britain
Mount
Vesuvius
Captain Baldwin
Wheeling
W. Va
A Mexican laborer hero on a railroad track
Philip Ortiz a Mexican laborer and section hand on the Santa Fe line saved passengers by removing a jack from beneath a rail before a heavy vestibuled limited struck him. He died instantly, leaving a wife and children in Mexico. The piece honors his courage and calls for recognition of his sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Ortiz
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Limited
Ortiz
Mexico
Reward Offered for Van Dyck Theft From Vienna Gallery
Notices issued in New York offer 1000 crowns for the discovery or return of the Van Dyck titled Kort Eines Kinder Head of a Child stolen from Count Marrach's Vienna gallery on Aug 24. A photograph and public notice have been circulated, the painting valued as many thousand crowns and measuring 12 by 14 inches with a W. F. 229 signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
van Dyck
Vienna
Count Marrach
Astrach
Astronomers Launch South American Star Survey
Professor R A H Trekker of Lick Observatory leads a Carnegie Institution expedition with Robert Varnum and Professor Lewis Ross to observe and catalog about 25000 southern stars. A temporary observatory will be built at San Luis Argentina for a four to five year vigil in a remote clear site on the Andean plateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lewis Ross
Robert Varnum
Dudley Observatory
Albany
N. Y
R. A H. Treker
Lick Observatory
South America
Argentine Republic
San Luis
Andean Plateau
Carnegie Institution At
Washington
Fire DESTROYS bags at New Haven rail station
Fire in the New York New Haven and Hartford station at New Haven Connecticut caused about ten thousand dollars in damage. It is believed baggage belonging to the Richmond Blues a Virginia military company visiting the Second company of Governor's Foot Guards was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Crack Military Company
Virginia
Richmond Blues
Governor's Foot Guards
Clever hat box made to fit trunks and save space
Women travelers face bulky packing as hat boxes occupy trunks. A milliner proposes a compact solution a box only one and a half inches high that can be forced upward and laid away at the trunk bottom.
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Edison
T. H. Chilcote
Iowa Ave
Washington, Iowa
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Parliament of Man
Hague
Thomas S. Baldwin
HE Wrich
Machia
Capt
Thomas. S. Baldwin
Pvil Leowiight
Natural Inventors
Edwin A. Nyf
Edwin A. Nye
God
Syars
Frank Rogers
Via
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
San Diego
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Colorado
Big Horn Basin
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Omaha
Wyo
Yellowstone Valley
J. E. Kunath
F.B
THE
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Masatic
Detroit Mich
CopvricutTs &c
7Th Pea
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Washington, D
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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