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Thursday, November 4, 1926
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page of:Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

"Mystery Plane" Is Capable of N. Y.-London Hop

Context - explained by ACL:

A large single-engine airplane known as "Cyclops," described as the greatest single-engine airplane ever built and designed as a bomber, has been completed at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

A newly completed all-metal bomber named "Cyclops," built at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., November 4, 1926, page 2]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--A gigantic airplane capable of flight from New York to London, or from San Francisco to Hawaii, was recently completed by the Huff Da-land Company at Bristol, Pa., for the United States Army Air Corps. This great machine, known as "Cyclops," is the greatest single engine airplane ever built, and was designed as a bomber. Until recently it was known as the "Mystery Plane," but specifications of it now are published in "United States Air Service." "Cyclops," in service will weigh 17,000 pounds and will carry a useful load of 9,000 pounds. The span is 85 feet, length 65 feet, speed 135 miles per hour, with fuel capacity for 24 hours. The machine has mountings for ten machine-guns and racks for either one 4,000-pound bomb, or two 2,000-pound bombs, or four 1,000 pound bombs. The structure is entirely of metal, the material being chiefly chorme molybdenum steel. When completed "Cyclops" was equipped with a Packard 800 horsepower engine. Later, however, this will be replaced by a new twenty-four cylinder, air-cooled 1,200 horsepower engine, now being constructed by Air Corps engineers. "Cyclops" is the result of protracted experiments during and after the war. Improved anti-aircraft guns and pursuit planes necessitated high-flying capacity ' for bombing-planes and also capacity to carry heavy bombs.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.

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November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 5 Thursday, November 4, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page of:Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

"Mystery Plane" Is Capable of N. Y.-London Hop

Context - explained by ACL:

A large single-engine airplane known as "Cyclops," described as the greatest single-engine airplane ever built and designed as a bomber, has been completed at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

A newly completed all-metal bomber named "Cyclops," built at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., November 4, 1926, page 2]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--A gigantic airplane capable of flight from New York to London, or from San Francisco to Hawaii, was recently completed by the Huff Da-land Company at Bristol, Pa., for the United States Army Air Corps. This great machine, known as "Cyclops," is the greatest single engine airplane ever built, and was designed as a bomber. Until recently it was known as the "Mystery Plane," but specifications of it now are published in "United States Air Service." "Cyclops," in service will weigh 17,000 pounds and will carry a useful load of 9,000 pounds. The span is 85 feet, length 65 feet, speed 135 miles per hour, with fuel capacity for 24 hours. The machine has mountings for ten machine-guns and racks for either one 4,000-pound bomb, or two 2,000-pound bombs, or four 1,000 pound bombs. The structure is entirely of metal, the material being chiefly chorme molybdenum steel. When completed "Cyclops" was equipped with a Packard 800 horsepower engine. Later, however, this will be replaced by a new twenty-four cylinder, air-cooled 1,200 horsepower engine, now being constructed by Air Corps engineers. "Cyclops" is the result of protracted experiments during and after the war. Improved anti-aircraft guns and pursuit planes necessitated high-flying capacity ' for bombing-planes and also capacity to carry heavy bombs.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.

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Today's paper

November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 5 Thursday, November 4, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page of:Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

"Mystery Plane" Is Capable of N. Y.-London Hop

Context - explained by ACL:

A large single-engine airplane known as "Cyclops," described as the greatest single-engine airplane ever built and designed as a bomber, has been completed at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

A newly completed all-metal bomber named "Cyclops," built at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., November 4, 1926, page 2]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--A gigantic airplane capable of flight from New York to London, or from San Francisco to Hawaii, was recently completed by the Huff Da-land Company at Bristol, Pa., for the United States Army Air Corps. This great machine, known as "Cyclops," is the greatest single engine airplane ever built, and was designed as a bomber. Until recently it was known as the "Mystery Plane," but specifications of it now are published in "United States Air Service." "Cyclops," in service will weigh 17,000 pounds and will carry a useful load of 9,000 pounds. The span is 85 feet, length 65 feet, speed 135 miles per hour, with fuel capacity for 24 hours. The machine has mountings for ten machine-guns and racks for either one 4,000-pound bomb, or two 2,000-pound bombs, or four 1,000 pound bombs. The structure is entirely of metal, the material being chiefly chorme molybdenum steel. When completed "Cyclops" was equipped with a Packard 800 horsepower engine. Later, however, this will be replaced by a new twenty-four cylinder, air-cooled 1,200 horsepower engine, now being constructed by Air Corps engineers. "Cyclops" is the result of protracted experiments during and after the war. Improved anti-aircraft guns and pursuit planes necessitated high-flying capacity ' for bombing-planes and also capacity to carry heavy bombs.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.

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Today's paper

November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 5 Thursday, November 4, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page of:Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

"Mystery Plane" Is Capable of N. Y.-London Hop

Context - explained by ACL:

A large single-engine airplane known as "Cyclops," described as the greatest single-engine airplane ever built and designed as a bomber, has been completed at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

A newly completed all-metal bomber named "Cyclops," built at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., November 4, 1926, page 2]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--A gigantic airplane capable of flight from New York to London, or from San Francisco to Hawaii, was recently completed by the Huff Da-land Company at Bristol, Pa., for the United States Army Air Corps. This great machine, known as "Cyclops," is the greatest single engine airplane ever built, and was designed as a bomber. Until recently it was known as the "Mystery Plane," but specifications of it now are published in "United States Air Service." "Cyclops," in service will weigh 17,000 pounds and will carry a useful load of 9,000 pounds. The span is 85 feet, length 65 feet, speed 135 miles per hour, with fuel capacity for 24 hours. The machine has mountings for ten machine-guns and racks for either one 4,000-pound bomb, or two 2,000-pound bombs, or four 1,000 pound bombs. The structure is entirely of metal, the material being chiefly chorme molybdenum steel. When completed "Cyclops" was equipped with a Packard 800 horsepower engine. Later, however, this will be replaced by a new twenty-four cylinder, air-cooled 1,200 horsepower engine, now being constructed by Air Corps engineers. "Cyclops" is the result of protracted experiments during and after the war. Improved anti-aircraft guns and pursuit planes necessitated high-flying capacity ' for bombing-planes and also capacity to carry heavy bombs.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.

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Today's paper

November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 5 Thursday, November 4, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page of:Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

"Mystery Plane" Is Capable of N. Y.-London Hop

Context - explained by ACL:

A large single-engine airplane known as "Cyclops," described as the greatest single-engine airplane ever built and designed as a bomber, has been completed at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

A newly completed all-metal bomber named "Cyclops," built at Bristol for the United States Army Air Corps.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., November 4, 1926, page 2]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--A gigantic airplane capable of flight from New York to London, or from San Francisco to Hawaii, was recently completed by the Huff Da-land Company at Bristol, Pa., for the United States Army Air Corps. This great machine, known as "Cyclops," is the greatest single engine airplane ever built, and was designed as a bomber. Until recently it was known as the "Mystery Plane," but specifications of it now are published in "United States Air Service." "Cyclops," in service will weigh 17,000 pounds and will carry a useful load of 9,000 pounds. The span is 85 feet, length 65 feet, speed 135 miles per hour, with fuel capacity for 24 hours. The machine has mountings for ten machine-guns and racks for either one 4,000-pound bomb, or two 2,000-pound bombs, or four 1,000 pound bombs. The structure is entirely of metal, the material being chiefly chorme molybdenum steel. When completed "Cyclops" was equipped with a Packard 800 horsepower engine. Later, however, this will be replaced by a new twenty-four cylinder, air-cooled 1,200 horsepower engine, now being constructed by Air Corps engineers. "Cyclops" is the result of protracted experiments during and after the war. Improved anti-aircraft guns and pursuit planes necessitated high-flying capacity ' for bombing-planes and also capacity to carry heavy bombs.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Imperial Valley Press, November 4, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.

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Today's paper

November 4, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Askov American, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Indianapolis Times, New Britain Herald, Seward Daily Gateway, Evening Star, Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press, and Daily Kennebec Journal.