Ten years of aviation progress and future hopes outlined
A retrospective on a decade of flight notes dramatic gains from Wilbur Wright’s Kitty Hawk flight to sustained trips of 14 hours. It surveys aviators, expanding mail service, and potential cross continental uses while stressing ongoing safety gains and the rise of aerial commerce and mapping, with reference to global programs and pioneers.
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Olina
Jedge
Kitty Hawk
N. Co
Mother Earth
Wilbur Wright
English Channel
Alps
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Amazon
Alaska
Desert
Henry Woodhouse
Things Aeronautical
Flying
Aeropost
Arizona
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Nevada
Philippines
Canada
Central America
Oasis
Casa Blanca
Europe
America
Morocco
Algeria
Tripolitania
Congo
Soudan
Zambest
Arctic Circle
A. 8
Burleson
Woodhouse
Arc
Tripoli
Balkans
United States Army
Oware
Army
Mexico
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
Great Britain
Italy
England
Andreadi
Nieuport
Sebastopol
St. Petersburg
Telegraph One
Far West
C. P. Rodgers
Robert Fowler
Revenue Cutter Service
Irrigation Service
Life Saving and
Lighthouse Service
Bureaus of Fisheries, Forestry and
E Gological Survey
South
Richard C. Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Orville Wright
Green Hi
Wrights
Wilbur
Orville
Wright Brothers
Samuel P. Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Hiram Maxim
M. Clerhent
Ader
Otto. Lillienthal
Octave ‘Chanute
Bogus Proclaimed: Early Recruiting Officer Inquiry
Fragmentary report describes an officer questioning a recruit about a false claim and urging the young man to appear or enlist. Names are garbled. context hints at a military recruiting inquiry and possible verification concerns.
Broadway's Great White Way and its money making world
A dated tour through Broadway New York describing its blend of night life, theatres and commerce. The piece notes Broadway's shift from office towers to a commercial, flirtatious glow especially around Forty second Street and the "White Light" district while warning of pickpockets and taxi operators. It highlights churches and old streets nearby and ends with a commentary on the economics of gaiety.
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York
Broadway
Bowling
Yonkers
America
America.It Also Is the Headquarters of ‘the Forty-Second
Forty-second Street
Hoboken
Bowling Green
Wall Street
Trinity Church
St. Paul’s
Astor Place
Grace Church
Mystery street singer fills Indianapolis with aria
A hunchbacked street sweeper near Meridian and Ohio streets in Indianapolis drew a crowd as he sang arias from Il Trovatore and Lucia. Police halted the impromptu concert, warning the man to quiet down and the throng dispersed back to work.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Meridian Street
Ohio Street
Board of Trade
Christchurch
Il Trovatore
Board of Trade Building
Christ Church
Trovatore
Remarkable Kangaroo Cat Sees Off Burglars and Guards Milk
Spokane police Sergeant Fred Pearson recounts his cat’s strange feats over the past year. The feline woke him to drive away burglars, stamped out a kitchen fire, woke him to garden damage, and recently acted as a milk inspector by diving into a milk crock and pulling out a small minnow.
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Pokane
Wash
Serst
Fred Pearson
Spokane
Pearson
Sergeant Pearson
Goats Eat House As Brady Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge
Robert Brady of Langley Avenue faced a disorderly conduct charge after goats ate his belongings and even children’s gingham aprons. The judge pressed for relevant remarks as Brady claimed the animals caused the loss.
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Robert Brady Balks
Robert
Brady
Langley
Philippines Sees Record Rice Crop and Hemp Exports
The report from Manila states a bumper rice harvest and 100 percent rise over last year, with imports dropping by over 176 million pounds valued above 2.5 million dollars. Hemp exports reached a record 144,576 tons valued at 23,044,744 dollars.
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Philippine
of Agriculture
Manila
Philippines
Otterbein man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills cure
R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana recounts long kidney trouble lasting 26 years. After failing at work and poor results from doctors he used Dodd's Kidney Pills, took two boxes, and became sound and well. He endorses the remedy and invites others to write for details and other free offers.
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R. M. Fleenor
Otterbein
Ind
Dodd
Mr. Fleenor
Dodd's Medicine, Co
Buffalo
N. Y
To Bed With Drum and Shot at West Point
A cadet quarter at West Point faces a domestic disruption when Sallie a colored maid explains she must leave. She loves the family and children but cannot stay because she is awakened by taps and the sunrise gun each morning.
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West Point
Failing birth-rate sparks historic proposals for large families
The piece recalls statesmen schemes to boost birth rates through incentives. Pitt urged relief in big families as a right and honor, not shame. Napoleon supposedly offered to adopt a member from seven male-child families, while Louis XIV exempted those marrying early or with many legitimate children from taxes.
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Pitt
Napoleon
Louis XIV
Probable Fear and a Journalistic Lion Metaphor
A fragment quotes fear of approaching a formidable journalist likened to a lion and recalls that the man was once a cub. The stray lines suggest a metaphor about exposure to sharp reporting.
School teachers also have things to learn
A veteran schoolteacher recalls years of chronic coffee poisoning after heavy coffee use and how trial of Postum, once dismissed, led to improvement. The account stresses effects like constipation and nervous symptoms and notes initial prejudice against substitutes before benefit was seen.
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