12 hour non stop flight from west to east coast possible
Major R W Schroeder argues a 12 hour west to east coast flight could be achieved soon requiring ascent above 30600 feet to ride anti trade winds of 100 mph while plane travels about 160 mph His airtight oxygen compartment design is tested with a glass walled chamber and automatic oxygen systems to handle low internal air pressure and maintain crew safety
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Associated Press
Chicago
East Coast
R. W. Schroeder
San Francisco
York
Major Schroeder
Schroeder
Tved
Cuticura Heals Pimples and Itchy Skin Tale
Miss Lucille Sampley of Harding Grove Indiana reports skin trouble lasting about six months. She describes widespread pimples with intense itching and sleepless nights, improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and complete healing within a month. Ad copy urges Cuticura products for skin care.
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Lucille Sampley
Harding Grove
Ind
Mall
Wonderful Results From Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs Monson of Beloit Wisconsin says heavy work caused female trouble and doctors offered little relief She tried the Vegetable Compound again after months and took it for a year gaining 93 to 110 pounds and now keeps house Friends notice her improved health and she offers to answer letters from other women about the remedy.
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Bethel
Wis
Lydia Pinkham
W. G. Monson
Ark Ave
Beloit
Forecast of West to East Coast Flight by Trade Winds
The speaker contemplates a future transcontinental flight aided by prevailing anti-trade winds that blow west to east. He asserts the feat is possible and believes the nation will soon be startled by such an actual accomplishment.
Local Drive Aims to Fund Road Travel and League Support
Dodge and Ira D Daniels outline an effort to raise funds between 1500 and 1600 dollars through the locality to support road transportation as part of a five year plan. Directors will serve without pay with Charles City named in the Atlantic Pacific Yellowstone high way project. The organization seeks funds to promote travel through the area and assist necessary work.
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Exway
Charles City
Boy Thought Dead Writes Letter Home From Eldora
Cedar Rapids Aug 16 A Iowa family mourned the death of Ralph Saxon 16 after a June State Center train tragedy. A letter from Omaha reveals he is alive and seeks a pardon from a distant industrial school at Bidora. Officials suspect the escaped William Kiddie of Boone wore Saxon's jacket.
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Cedar Rapids
David Saxon
Ralph
State Center
Omaha
Omus
Bidora
North Western
Ralph Saxton
Troy Mills
William Kiddie
Boone
Saxon
Kiddie
Daughter Bertha Tremker Dies After Illness
In New Hampton Iowa on August 16 Miss Bertha Tremker, 22, daughter of the late John and Mrs Hemker, died at Joseph's hospital after relapsing post surgery for appendicitis. She had been improving prior to a sinking spell Sunday and passed away Tuesday afternoon. The bereavement follows the recent deaths of her mother and father, drawing much sympathy from the community.
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New Hampton
Bertha Tremker
Joseph's Hospital
John Hemker
Good Roads Association Forms in Charles City
Charles City Iowa Aug 16 final meeting to organize the Cedar Valley Good Roads association at city hall completed plans and elected directors G M Wodtke G Gray Carl Magdsick WW Eddington (unfinished) to serve as officers and board members for the new organization.
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Charles City
Cedar Valley Good Roads Association
G. M. Wodtke
G. Gray
Carl Magdsick
WW. E
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Carl C. Bickley
Leavitt and Johnson
Pickone
DRS
Eldora
School of Business
Dez
Waterloo
Argest Clothiers
St. Paul
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