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...third, an army entry, came down after 350 miles) were competing in the national elimination contest for the honor of representing the U. S. in the Gordon Bennett cup race. This cup has been held by Belgium for two years. Starting from St. Joseph, Mo., the men sailed southeastward with many adventures, trying to cover the greatest possible distance before being driven down. W. T. Van Orman in the Goodyear III succeeded in beating his only competitor, Capt. H. E. Honeywell in the St. Joseph, by 40-odd miles, covering a distance of almost 600 miles. The winner thus became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Balloon Races | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

...portion of the U. S. and Canada the sun will be partly eclipsed by the disk of the moon early on that morning. The area of complete eclipse?the area where the complete shadow of the moon will sweep over the East?brings in Minnesota at sunrise, thence moving southeastward in a gentle curve. It will cross northern Minnesota, nipping Duluth with its southern edge, cross the western tip of Lake Superior, include much of Wisconsin and Michigan on both sides of their joint border, skim over the northern third of Lake Michigan and the northern portion of Southern Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing of the Shadow | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...southeastward course of the excavations for the Cambridge subway, the southwest corner of the original "Harvard College," built in 1638, has been unearthed. On December 8, 1909, about forty feet of the wall of Edward Goffe's House, which stood on an adjoining lot, was discovered a little to the west of Wadsworth House, running parallel with the street. The piece just discovered is about 40 yards below Wadsworth House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Original College Wall Discovered | 1/20/1910 | See Source »

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