Word: mineola
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mineola, N. Y., at a "freak animal show," Jack Johnson, "monkey-faced mule," kicked Rosie, cow, in the throat. Rosie was a freak because her heart was located in her throat, its pulsations plainly visible. Kicked in the heart, she died...
...race was reserved for the last day of the race, but the events leading up to it were full of interest and excitement. Trophies and prizes aggregating thousands of dollars were awarded in various events. The "On to St. Louis" prize of $500 fell to "Casey " Jones of Mineola who flew from Mineola, L. I. The race for the Liberty Engine builders' trophy fell to the Army, which carried off all the cash prizes (amounting to $1,500), Lt. C. McMullen coming in first in a Fokker engined plane. Other events tested general efficiency and commercial value as well...
...Mineola, L. I Sept...
...report from Mitchel Field, the Army Air Service station at Mineola, L. I., advocating more pay and earlier retirement for Army pilots states that eight out of every 100 pilots have been killed in the line of duty each year from 1919 to 1922. Such casualties are largely due to the special hazards of army flying, such as formation flying, " dummy " bomb dropping, practice combats and similar dangerous work...
After a test flight in a Curtiss single-seater pursuit airplane at Mineola, Brigadier General William Mitchell, Assistant Chief of Air Service, met with an accident on landing which might have had serious consequences. The landing gear or undercarriage of the plane struck a rut and broke; the machine did not overturn, however, and the General, with the promptness of a cavalryman, released his safety belt and jumped out, escaping with a severe shaking...