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[[top third of front page of the Boston Journal]]

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TODAY FAIR
Tomorrow Partly Cloudy; Light Southwest Winds.
(See Page 6 for details.)
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The Boston Journal

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Turn Now and Read These Funny Election Songs on Page Four.
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VOLUME LXXVIII.. NO. 25,499  BOSTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911.  PRICE ONE CENT

AIR DERBY FOR MONOPLANES WON BY OVINGTON
LIEUT. MILLING, IN BIPLANE, GUIDED TO VICTOTY BY BONFIRE

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WITH THE JOURNAL CARTOONIST ON THE JOB AT BOSTON'S GREAT AIR MEET YESTERDAY—By SID GREENE
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[[series of cartoon drawings]]

[[image: crowd mayhem scene, people struggling, "GET OFF MY SANDWICH" "HELP" "I GOT MINE" captioned: WERE YOU IN THAT BUN STRUGGLE]]

[[image: man walking and speaking through a megaphone, captioned: JOHNNY HALLAHAN WAS ONE BUSY ANNOUNCER]]

[[image: man holding stop watch, caption: JOHN SHEPARD TIMED THE AVIATORS]]

[[image: woman and man in walled tent, arrow points to woman, man says "OVINGTON LANDS AT PROVIDENCE]]

[[image: man waving hat in the air, captioned: MAYOR FITZGERALD STARTED THINGS]]

[[image: Uncle Sam, hat off, shaking the hand of Ovington figure, saying: "OVINGTON - THAT'S ONE TIME THE BAND DIDN'T PLAY 'GOD SAVE THE KING'"]]

[[image: caption: SOCIETY WAS OUT IN THEIR BEST. Woman in back of open topped car, two other fashionably dressed women nearby, portly man in bowler hat holding bottle, cups and plate of sandwiches saying "RIGHT THIS WAY FOR FRESH CERTIFIED MILK YES? NO?" Caption: SOCIETY NOTE — CLARENCE W. BARRON POURED]]
[[artist's cartouche: Greene]]

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BEATTIE IS GIVEN SEVERE GRILLING
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Prosecutor Hammers at Weak Points in Prisoner's Story of Wife's Murder [[cut off]]
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SALIENT POINTS IN BEATTIE'S STORY

Asserts total lack of confidence in Cousin Paul, and denies asking him to buy shotgun.

Admits relations with Beulah
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OVINGTON HAILED AS A CONQUERING HERO
Mrs. Ovington giving him a rose. Grahame-White (on left), and Mayor Fitzgerald.
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ATWOOD AND STONE ARE FORCED OUT IN MEDFORD

Ovington Wins $10,000, Covering 160 miles in 3h. 6m. 22 1-5s.—Army Man Gets $5000, Doing Course in 5h. 22m. 37s.
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THE RACE IN OUTLINE

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Transcription Notes:
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/es/node/1953