Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1893 — $100,000 PRIZE FOR AIR SHIP BUILDERS. [ARTICLE]

$100,000 PRIZE FOR AIR SHIP BUILDERS.

Senator Cockrell has Introduced a bill to promote anrlal navigation. It authorize* the appropriation of SIOO,OOO for payment to any Inventor from any part of the world who shall at any time prior to the Ist of January. 1900, construct a vessel tnaP wIl! demonstrate the safety of navigating the air at a speed of thirty miles an hour and capable of carrying passengers and freight to tho extent of five tons. Ho—l havo loved you so lon#. Will you bo mine? She—Oh, Mr. Smith, this is so sud-den-such asuprrise! He—Yes, I know, dearest; but your father and mother keep writing to know my intention