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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1909
Page
49
Observers document a dramatic aviation gathering featuring monoplane and biplane trials. Notable pilots like Curtiss, Farman, and Latham discuss power, weight, and future transatlantic flights while witnessing record flights, crashes, and evolving machine designs amid a crowd of engineers, royalty, and enthusiasts.
Samuel Ross, head of Spinners International Union, spoke at a New Bedford Labor Day banquet about grim humor. He recounted a voyage anecdote where a mother joked her baby was thrown through a porthole, and described other grim tales from explorers and writers amid Roosevelt hunting expedition chatter.
A Labor Day talk by Plate Printers' Union head T. L. Mahan recounts Whistler the printer and a friend who aided him. Whistler jokes about France and manners while a police reporter notes District Attorney Jerome’s witty courtroom flashes and a quiz about a woman’s occupation.
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ApropOR of Labor Day, Mrs. O. H. Belmont leases a floor of a Jog RIA avenue building for a suffragette meeting. She cites Pepys to critique gender roles and laments men who think the labor and woman questions are settled, recalling a 1660 diary anecdote about a maid and broom.
A New York gallery showcases a remarkable restoration where a 300 year old painting with decayed canvas is rebuilt on fresh material. An expert method uses vegetable glue and Manila paper to remove rotten fibers and apply a new canvas plate, then detach the old backing and reattach the artwork to revive the image.
Wright pupil Paul Tissandier and fellow aviators Delasrange Leblanc and Lefebvre debate the dawn of air travel. They express belief that flying will become common, with machines and engines evolving beyond present limits and people eventually traveling by air as routinely as by road.
A Washington firm employee recounts a July vacation spent in town with a plan to improve health. He abandons alcohol, smoking, and excess meals, practices daily exercise, swims, and visits the gym. By week’s end he feels renewed, noting better mood and renewed interest in work, though colleagues on vacation remain unavailable.
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