Billboard advertising (Sept 1910)

SEPTEMBER 24,1810. nrtie Billboard 41 MUNICIPAL PARKi Preparing for Next Season—Park Manager Weds Employee—New Record Attained by Glenn H. Curtiss PARK GIVEN TO CITY. ■tort Scott.. Kan.. Sept. IT.—Ciniin Park, tli* 180,000 Bleunre iMort wUeb wu teeenUT glnn to the city, li nnder tbe control of tb« (allowiDK fuk tMud: Dr. w. 8. McDonald, ebalrman: tank H. Beads, aecrataix and Capt. I. 8. Bahniy. Chairman Dr. McDonald U already making actlTe preparations for tbe 1011 eeftaon and baa a landacape cardner In cbarge of a force of men, buntlfylnK the place and laying out pUni for new dnres and walks. Frank Beeda is also In correspondence wltb namerons parties wbo are aegotiatlDg {or tbe Tarlous concessions. ROMANCE OF SUMMER PARK ENDS AT ALTAR. Brie, Pa.. Sept. 17,r-nie marriage of Herbert T. roster, manager and proprietor of Four- Mile Creek Park and Theatre, and manager and Sroprletor of the Waldameer Park Theatre, to tayme W. Cherry, of 183 Bast 21st street, took place on tbe erenlng of Sept. 12 at 8 P. M. In the rectory of St. Peter's Cathedral, Bct. John jr. P. DoDDellao, oOcIatlog. Mr. Foster and bis liride left the same even- lug for New York and other Eastern points. To receive this sum Cortlas waa to return to the point of starting. Be rested over sight at Cedar Point and on tbe following morning pre- pared for tbe second trip OTer tbe lake. Cur- tiss waa iolned at Cedar Point by Mrs. Cartlss who came from Eaclld Beach Immediately upon receiving Information of tbe safe arrival of ber husband. Before learing Cedar Point, Curtiss made a test of tbe machine and when he landed announced his intention to retnrn to Cleveland. Mrs. Curtiss prepared to take tbe first train leaving tbe city and Join ber husband upon bis arrival. Tbe train bearing Mrs. Cnrtlsa left the city at 2:42 o'clock and Curtiss prepared to race this fast train to tbe city 60 miles away. He atarted at 2:47 o'clock In a light rain and In the face of a wind from the east blowing eighteen miles an hour. Be ran BOO feet on tbe beach gradnally rising to BOO feet. It was a race to Cleveland between tbe bird man and the train. Whirlpool winds Interfered with the speed of the aviator, while cross currents and pockets necessitated great caution In the navl- gatlott of the air. It waa the hardest flight nrtlsa ever experienced. Curtiss maintained a speed of 40 mues an hour and reached Enclld Beach at 4:28 o'clock, or In 1 honr and 41 min- utes after starting. Be arrived at BncUd Beach 10 minutes before tbe train carrying Mrs. Cnr- tlss rolled Into the Union Station at Cleveland. Tbe thousands wbo greeted him gave tilm an ovation in keeping with bis recepuon at Cedar AT CEDAR POINT. Crowd watching Glenn B. Cnrtiss finish his record-breaking Bight from Cleveland. O.. Cedar Point, p. They will be at home to their friends after October IS. The bride waa formerly of Conneant. O., and came to Erie, together with her parents, abont 8 year ago. She baa been emidoyed aa trcasunr or Mr. Poater's Waldameer nieati* tUs past CURTISS' NEW RECORD. What a dangerous vocation, thooght OImn H. Cnrtiss. one of the foremost aviators of the world, sailing at an altitude of BOO feet as be flew through the air over workmen applying tbe flnlihing touches to a brick smoke stack ISO feet above the ground. It was only a fleeting thonght, this dangetoos position of the bricklayers high sbove tbe earth, tor this daring and speedy aviator soon thought of bis own dangerous calling. The above remark was made by Glenn B. Cnr- tiss upon his srrlvsl at Cedar Point on Lake Brie Immediately following the successful con- summation of the first lap of the longest over the water trip through tne air ever made by any akyman In tbe world. Cnrtiss sailed from BucUd Beach. Cleveland, to Cedar Point on I<ake Brie, tiM well known great lakea summer resort, August SI, covering a serpentine dis- tance of 71 miles. The distance from point to point In a straight line Is 03 miles. It was the longest over tbe water flight ever attempted and a new world's record far that distance was made by Curtiss. His time waa better than In the Albany to New Vork filRbt made May SB. Cnrtiss flew from SucUd Beach to Cedar Point It the rate of BS miles an hour. At times he was 700 feet In the air and again only 200. He flew lowest -over tbe lake where the off shore breese did not Interfere. Curtiss left Euclid Beach at 1:00 o'clock In the atterneon of August 81, and arrived at tbe bathing beach of Cedar Point at exactly 2:24, Ma actual sailing time being 1 honr and 18 minutes. Thirty thousand wlldiy cheering people welcomed Curtiss ss he stepped from his famous Hudson flier, the Il- lustration accompanying this srtlcle being re- produced from a photograph taken Immediately upon the arrival of the aviator. Willing arma TilNd the lithe and alert bird man high above the heada of tbe enthusiastic assemblsge and carried bim to the office of Mr. O. A. Boeckltng, pretldent and general inanager of the Cedar Point Resort Company. The prise offered for thla-longeat over tbe water flight was tlO.OOO. Point and worda of cheer npon bis departure. Thus ended the longest over the water flight of any aviator la the vrotld. Glenn S. Cnrtiss accomplishing what no other bird man ever attempted, PAR K NO TES. nceirle Park. , at Waterloo^ Iowa, closed the ■eaaOB on Ubor Day, and broke alt previous records in attendance for the day. Dnder the management of H, B. Parker the park haa had tha greatest success of anj year since its open- ing, and the paid admissions this, year has been IS per cent. larger than last year or any pre- vlona season. GlUIland's Black Bnasar Band closed the sum- mer season at Bdgewobd Park, Shamokln. Pa., Sept. 11. Manager Augustus Fllltez, of the band ssys the seasan has been sncessful In every way. THIS FRAME ONLY $1.18 A QROSS Ocomplete witt Plna. Plate* for all cannoa ma- chines. ««.S0 per 1.000: less than 1,000, 70 cenU per 100. All other anp- plles for mlnnts pleture machines at a ent-rats price. It yoo want the beat goods at the lowest prices and prompt ahlp. ments, addieaa yo ur o rder onr-BATz PHOTO Bopnr ooiEPAaT. Bapt. e. 1H7-UM & Halsted Bt. OUoago, TO. IncandBscent Lanps W« k*n Mn4 h Mr SM MAii IS MICHIGAN AVE. Lampa at same old priest eiaar, to.; ottlorMI, T*. SAnXT XIXOTBIO OOw. It xiahlgaa Aveane. CBiIaage. If yen as* it in Xha BiUboaid, taU them so. 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