Wrights test new stabilizing device for gliders at Kill Devil
Reports from Kill Devil Hill NC describe Orville Wright preparing tests of a new automatic stabilizing system for aeroplanes. The device, a pendulum actuated balance using an aileron system, aims to maintain fore aft and lateral stability. Aero Club of America members express strong interest, predicting a major safety advance, while a separate fatal aviation accident is reported near Hamburg with aviator Tacko killed.
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Orvidel Welatt
Wrights
Dayton
Ohio
Orville Wright
New York
Aero Club of America
Kill Dall Hil
N.C
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Q. F. Campbell Wood
Agro Club of America
Fivat
Kitty Hawk 9
France
Jasna
Evies
Cliffaré
Haymen
Wright
Director Plans Free Training School for Playground Instructors
Washington educators announce a winter program to teach children’s playground instruction. Led by Martin, the director, the school opens around January 1 at the Byringsium provided by the Church of the Epiphany. Courses include gardening, apparatus use, cooking, sewing, basketry, and outdoor games. Inauguration Week committee led by C C Lancaster announced to promote the institution.
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Martin
Washington
Church of the Epiphany
Summary of disciplinary reports and whipping cases text
A historical record notes disciplinary actions and alleged abuses in a prison or institution. It cites surgeons sent to New York, measures against brutal discipline, and multiple whipping incidents with high death rates in a year. Names and dates are fragmentary, but the focus is on management and health impacts.
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Carrington
New York
Tarkington Sued for Divorce by Wife in Indianapolis
Louisa Fletcher Tarkington filed for divorce and child custody in Indianapolis arguing five years of cruelty and seeking custody of their five year old daughter Latrel. The suit follows failed reconciliation efforts and Tarkington’s reported ultimatum to initiate divorce if she did not act.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Newton Booth Tarkington
Louisa Fletcher Tarkington
Carter
Superior Court
Indianapolia
Marion County
Latrel Louisa Fletcher Tar Kington
Unio
Gofd
Tarkington
Virginia Penitentiary Surgeon Reports Fewer Punishments
Dr Charien V Carrington surgeon of the Virginia penitentiary has submitted his twelfth and last annual report detailing fewer punishment cases and noting authority changes after Dr Herbert T Mann defeated him for the post.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Richmond
Charien v. Carrington
Virginia Penitentiary
Herbert T.mann
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