Polar exploration justifies costly expeditions and air routes
Historian John Tilghman Rowland argues polar ventures serve strategic and economic aims beyond curiosity. He envisions an Arctic gateway reshaping trade and military power, with air routes shrinking world distances and enabling bases, while noting U S Canada cooperation and Byrd led expeditions financed by major patrons.
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John Tilghman Rowland
American Geographical Society
New York Herald-Tribune
North America
Columbus
Magellan
Atlantic
Mr. Rowland
Hemisphere
Arctic Ocean
Russia
Siberia
Canada
Alaska
Norway
Sweden
Mediterranean
Europe
Asia
America
Arctic
Suropean
Suez
Panama
Cape of Good Hope
Greenland
Spitsbergen
Pole
Behring Strait
Korea
China
Japan
Rowland
England
Gorilla Study Marks Gorillas As Sharpest Apes Yet
Dr. Robert M. Yerkes at Yale tests Congo the mountain gorilla, weighing about sixty five pounds and five years old, finding the animal calm, deliberate, and capable of long focus. The study compares gorilla and chimpanzee intelligence and shows Congo solving rope puzzles while motion picture records capture the experiments.
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Robert M. Yerkes
Yale University
Yerkes
Jacksonville
Fla
Benjamin Burbridge
Burbridge
Belgian Congo
Africa
Belgium
Congo
United States
Yale Institute of Psychology
Cleaning Rifles With Mercury And Soda Soak
To clean a rifle barrel of lead after ordinary methods fail, wash with caustic soda then fill with quicksilver to cover the leaded section. Shake periodically for three to four hours, drain the mercury, and wipe away the lead with a rag. acetic acid works but risks damage to expensive barrels.
Calf Rescued After 32 Days Hidden in Straw Stack
On a Bowdle farm, calf found after 32 days of fasting and no water. The animal had entered a straw stack and continued eating, finally being dug out and brought to the barn for a warm meal. Owner John Bolinger reported the rescue and the calf’s remarkable persistence.
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John Bolinger
Bowdle
Bollinger
Welcome Relief Professor Comments On Popular Magazines
Professor Matthews comments on the rise of trashy and sentimental magazines as a natural result of our high pressure era. He recalls a child named Johnny who preferred fairy stories because they require less belief and offer respite from daily burdens.
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Matthews
Johnny
Recipe for Success from a Century Ago
The passage notes that success hinges on taking reasonable risk at career start. It emphasizes a mix of brains, common sense, courage, and grit as key to achievement.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Bassett
Mrs Bassett of Lansing Michigan reports chronic fatigue and weakness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring strength after months of tiredness and says she recommends it to others including a sixteen year old neighbor girl who felt better and returned to school. The ad notes the product's long history of use by women.
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Lansing
Michigan
Lydia
Pinkham
Mars
BE. F. Bassett
South
Hayford Avenue
Lydia B. Pinkham
Diamond Dyes Color It New In Every Garment
An advertising snippet promotes Diamond Dyes at 15 cents a pack. It claims simple directions for tinting and dyeing luxury fabrics such as silk and linen, urging buyers to specify wool silk linen or mixed materials to their druggist. The quote from Tacitus notes liberty of dumb animals.
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Proehl Haller Jakson
Polar
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Richard Bk. Byrd
United States Navy
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Vincent Astor
Thomas F. Ryan
Richard Hoyt
New York
Peary Land
King’s Bay
North Pole
Greenland Sea
Mrs. Bassett
Lydia E. Pinkham
Winslow
Aristotle
Tacitus
Bellars
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