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Journal Topeka Kan.
7 Mar 1907.

"When airships are a fixed fact," begins a contemporary. But if airships are fixed will they be a fact?

Corriere della Sera
8 Mar 1907. Milan
Il nuovo aereoplano di Santos Dumont
Ci telef. da Parigi. 8 marzo, mattina: Santos Dumont doveva riprendere ieri la serie delle esperienze col suo aereoplano che egli ha rifatto di sana pianta. Ma i preparativi non erano terminati e l'esperienza è stata rimandata al primi giorni della settimana prossima. Per essere più libero e meno assediato dai curiosi. Santos Dumont ha preso in affitto un vasto tratto di terreno in piena 
alcuni giornalisti hanno potuto visitare la sua nuova macchina per volare.
L'apparecchio è stato costruito con lo stesso sistema dell'<> che servì alle esperienze dell'anno scorso; ma ha un aspetto molto diverso. Il timone anzichè alla parte anteriore, come era nell'apparecchio precedente, è posto alla parte posteriore ed il canestro di vimini in cui siede l'aereonauta, si trova nel centro. Le ali sono formate ancora di cellule o aquiloni giapponesi. L'apparecchio è munito d'un motore di cento cavalli, perché non può volare se il motore non gli dà la forza di settanta chilometri all'ora. L'elica posta sul davanti è capace di fare 1200 giri al minuto.

Post Dispatch
8 Mar 1907 St Louis Mo.
MONEY FOR AIR SAILORS.
This ought to be an exceptionally active year in aeronautics, because there is plenty of opportunity for the enterprising air sailor to win both fame and money.
Beginning with March 1, any aeronaut can compete for the Lahm cup. He can start from any point in the United States, having first given notice of this intention to the Aero Club of America. He must exceed Lieut. Lahm's record of 402 miles. The cup is valuable and, of course, the gate receipts would be worth while.
The great Bennett Cup contest, to be held in St. Louis next October, will enable some aeronaut to make money and win honor. The cup is valued at $2500, the entry fees are estimated at $2000. These constitute the first prize. The second prize is $1000, the third $750, the fourth $500 and the fifth $250. But without waiting for this contest, the aeronaut, especially if he be the inventor or owner of a successful aeroplane, can keep profitably busy. The president of the Aero Club of America has announced that a millionaire will put up the sum of $200,000 to aid in the solution of the aeroplane problem. If this is too indefinite, he may go to Europe and compete for one of the following prizes: 
London to Manchester; $50,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail for a type heavier than air.
Paris to London in 1908; $20,000 offered by the Matin, and increased to $50,000 by public subscription.
The Archdeacon prize of $10,000 for aeroplanes over a distance of half a mile. 
Hedges Butler Challenge Cup, offered by Mr. Frank Hedges Butler, for the longest distance covered by aeroplanes or balloons starting from London on a given date.
Howard de Walden prize, offered for a type heavier than air.
Montague challenge prize; 500 guineas, offered by Lord Montague of Beaulieu.
Ten thousand dollars offered by Adams Manufacturing Co. (who own the British rights in the "Antoninette" engine), provided the Aeroplane be made entirely in England.
Two thousand five hundred dollar auto car for engine made in England.
Five thousand dollars prize Graphic for the first aeroplane that flies between two given points not less than a mile apart. 
Sir David Salomons' cup, offered 1905 for a type heavier than air. 
The list seems to show that Europeans are more interested in aeronautics than Americans. But this does not prove that they will solve the problem first. 
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Petite Gisoride [[?]] 
7 Mar 1907. Bordeaux.
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AEROSTATION
Record de distance et de duree.
La magnifique performance aerienne de M. Paul Léglise, -- Bordeaux a Charny (Yonne). solt 450 kilomètres à vol d’oiseau, en 22 heures. -- ne bat pas seulemente le record de distance et de durée des aéronautes de l'Aero-Club du Sud-Ouest dont noua avons parlé, record qui était détenu par M. Ch. de Lirac depuis avril 1906, avec 300 kilométrés en 12 heures -- Bordeaux à Villepinte (Aude).
Elle bat également le record de tous les aéronautes qui se sont élevés de Bordeaux, aussi loin qu'on remonte dans l'histoire de l’aérostation, ce qui n'est point une constation sans valeur pour un centre qui fut toujours si fameux dans cette histoire.
C'est, en effet, M. Balsan, l’aeronaute parisien bien connu, qui détenait ce record depuis 1901, époque à laquelle, en prenant part à un important concours de ballons organisé a Bordeaux, il réussit à aller atterrir entre Montpellier et Aiguesmortes, au sud de Lunel, soit à environ 400 kilomètres à vol d'oiseau.
M.M.

Herald New York
8 Mar. 1909
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AERO CLUB SPEAKERS
James M. Beck and David R. Francis, of Missouri; Colgate Hoyt, Burgess Johnson and Willis L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, and Anthony N. Fiala will be the principle speakers at the dinner of the Aero Club of America to be given on March 14 at the St. Regis. More than one hundred acceptances have been received to invitations to attend the dinner. The International and the Lahm Cup will occupy the centre of the table. Mr. Fiala, who led the last Ziegler Polar expedition, will illustrate ballooning in the Arctic by stereopticon Slides. 

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Saratopian Saratoga NY
7 Mar 1907 
PAULINE TAKES BOYS ON TRIP IN BALLOON
Amuses Another Big Audience In Town Hall Theater--Imaginary Baseball Game.
When half a dozen young men, several of them well known residents of this village, can be made to think they are taking a ride in a balloon and can be made to think it so intently that they become seasick by the motion there's the best of evidence that a mesmerist of no mean ability is at work. This was but one of the many amusing "stunts" that Pauline, the hypnotist, who is showing at the Town Hall Theater this week, put his subjects through last night.
There may have been those in the audience last night who were a bit sceptical as to the science of mesmerism, but none doubted the ability of Pauline as an entertainer.
As a laugh producer Pauline demonstrated that he was all that he claimed for himself, for from the time he began his fun making part of the entertainment until it closed, every one in the good sized audience was convulsed. He also succeeded wonderfully well as a mystifier.
His experiments last night were the most entertaining of any yet tried here. This he explains is possible because the greater number of times he has a subject under his control the greater becomes his power, with consequent greater facilities for entertainment. Last night his mesmeric power seemed complete over a dozen local young men and the antics they were forced to go through kept the audience in roars of laughter.
His first test was one in telepathy. For this a committee of six residents was selected to watch him. Three ribbons, one red, one white and one blue, were given by members of this committee to women in the audience, who concealed them in their gloves, in their pocketbooks and in the sleeves of their coats. "Pauline," meanwhile was under the surveillance of the remaining members of the committee. He was then blindfolded by another member of the committee with a black muffler obtained from the audience. By causing the members of the committee to concentrate their minds on where the ribbons were concealed, he walked to the