Arctic Expedition to Explore Ellesmere Land Returns to Cape Sabine
Dr Robert Stein of the United States Geodetic Survey leads a four member Arctic expedition from Silay to Ellesmere Land aboard the Hope. The party will establish a station at Alexandria Urgent near Cape Sabine to study natural history meteorology and Requinian remains while collecting plants fossils and bones. They aim to ship supplies for two years and plan to sail spring 1990 using rubber pneumatic boats and dog sleds before returning in September.
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Espcead
Selentific
Ivestigandus
Robertstein
United States Geodetic Survey
Eniudek Fran Silay
N.S
Tubag
Ilosmere Land
Yel Suorlee
Peary
Bewildv Bay
Stein
Cape Sabine
Drum Cornell University
Alexandria Uegent
Chey Inye
Nestlere Laird
Batuny
Greenland
Dr. Stein
Bjovling
Kallstenius
Arctic
Ellesmere Land
Preferred American Goods in Russian Water Pipe Bid
A Moscow report notes international politics and business in Odessa. United States consul Heenan cites a French request via the St Petersburg embassy to secure American pipe for a Russian project, but Odessa officials uphold an American firm’s contract for higher quality pipe. The consul shares Nicolaiey waterworks specifications and invites American bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
Gansul Heenan
Odessa
Russia
St. Petersburg
Iniurance
Nicolaiey
Navy salary fixes under naval personnel bill
The Navy Department sets pay for flag officers and captains under the naval personnel bill. Admiral Dewey gets 14,600 whether on sea or shore. Senior rear admirals receive 7,500 at sea and 6,876 on shore. Admiral Schley appears but gets the minimum for shore duty. Junior rear admirals get 5,500 at sea and 4,677 on shore. Rear Admiral Sampson at sea would get the maximum pay. If Schley served at sea his pay would rise by 2,000, yet it is only 875 more than Sampson’s. Captains receive 3,500 at sea and 2,975 on shore.
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Navy Department
Amiral Dewey
Schley
Penne Sampson
Lst
Sampson
Landgrave Jony Lwndgrave Hosts Paris Reception
The landgrave of Heese, a blind accomplished violinist and gracious host, performed in a Paris hotel on Rue Requion. His audience included royal highnesses and great ladies from the Pauberg, described as the cream of formal BaEYs.
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Melo
Jony Lwndgrave
Heese
Rue Requion
Paris
Pauberg
Sapsnces op American Railways bt hundred
Workmen now employed in track work and related duties. The report notes a sizable labor force on the Oregon line with emphasis on ongoing repairs and maintenance amid resumed operations.
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American Railways
Oregon
Deep Sea Explorations Dispatch From San Francisco
The United States commission plans an August departure from San Francisco led by Prof. Alexander Agassiz of Harvard to explore depths beyond prior reach. The Abbatross will sail to Tahiti and then to the Paumotas and Gilbert islands, covering about twenty thousand miles to collect specimens for science.
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San Francisco
United Staas &Sh
McKindey
Heish Commission
Aac
Alexander Acassiz
Harvard Universitys
Ib.c
Been
San Franciseo
Tahiti
Soviety Islands
Agassiz
Sosivty Islands
Tpaumota
Friendly
Isl
Marshall, Eile
Gilbert Islands
Albuteoss
Tlawali Islands
Rancher seeks bride from New York to Montana
John Noordam a Montana rancher with a white sombrero and a colt's revolver travels 2500 miles from the Little Rosebud to Hoboken in search of a wife. He advertises in De Telegraa t and will marry a European descent woman of good character, needing no dot or heavy work, to share life on a ten square mile Montana ranch.
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John Noerdam
Montana
New York
Hoboken
Little Rosebud
East
Greater
Mr. Noordan
Mr. Noordam
Cate Amsterdam
Cate Amsterdam, #14 Inison street
Ile
de Telegraat
Paterson
Romance of War Endows Soldier Shares in St Louis Hotel
Samuel Scull and Al Smith of the Twelfth U S Army, wounded at Santiago, received $40,000 hotel bequests from Annie E Thompson a Red Cross nurse who died after nursing them. Thompson, once a Boston volunteer, later owned Kansas property. Scull, a milk dealer at Migls Landing, plans to travel to St Louis to claim his share.
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Samuel Scull
Migls Landing
N. J
al. 8 Smith
Utah
Twelfth Regiment
U.S. A
Santiago
Fort. McPherson
Annie E. Thompson
Red Cross
Boston
Ture
Miss Thompson
Kansas
Seull
Smith
St. Louis
Mays Landing
Sounds Heard In a Hailoan Balloon Over London
A Strand Magazine writer recalls riding a balloon above London at over half a mile high and hearing the city’s roar clearly none of it could be heard on the ground. The air proved a perfect sound conductor as the balloon drifted toward a wooded area where distant wind whispers were audible.
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Strand Magazine
London
Oldest Athenian Maj Mavrogenis Celebrates 100th Birthday
The oldest of modern Athenians Maj Apostolos Mavrogenis turns 100. He studied medicine in Italy before returning to participate in the Greek War of Independence. He settled in Athens in 1827 and lived through pivotal early Greek history.
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Maj
Apostolos Mavrogenis
Italy
Byron
Mgnt
Athens
Wartime Patent Remedies and Panaceas Advertised in Algona Paper
A garbled 19th century style listing seeks cures for kidney trouble in men and women and for incontinence. It touts patent medicines and salves from Sheetz and De Witv’s Witch Hazel, promising relief for wounds burns and skin eruptions. The item reads like a catalog ad with far ranging claims and insufficient readable context.
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Angle
Chicago
Ehlers
English Spavin Liniment Wonders in Horse Cure
An old advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a solution for flava soft or calloused lumps and blenishes blood spaving curbs splints swesney ring bone bufles sprains and swollen throats coghs. It claims wondrous blemish cure and is sold by A Sheetz druggist Algona.
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A. Sheetz
Algona Ip
Grain O Brings Relief From Coffea Effects
A fragmented reminiscence praises Grain O as a remedy for coffee’s stomach upset heart strain and digestive discomfort. The text contrasts Grain O with coffee, touting stomach relief and improved digestion while noting the risks of excessive caffeine-like consumption.
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Rastian
One Minute Cough Cure Claims Instant Relief
A fragmentary testimonial asserts that the product named One Minute Cough Cure provides instant relief from a severe cough and pneumonia like symptoms. The snippet mentions individuals Belen, Mo Henry, and Bybee Ghyes in a Bismark context.
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Belen
Mo Henry
Bismark
Bybee Ghyes
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Romance OF War
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Tilia
Ipl
Scholars' Companion
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Corecatt
Laos
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Sant Hostenid
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Hameed
Arhuckies
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Ilesis
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Mine JeNnin Vianyas
A. Kane
Sileiref Moore
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Studd
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Joe
OLL
Arbuckle Bros
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Arbuckles
EPT
New York City
N.Y
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