MacMillan Party Plans Three Year Northern Quest For Crocker Land
The Din a expedition led by Donald B. MacMillan sails in search of Crocker Land. The Diana carries a scientific crew including Tanquay the mineralogist and Ekblow the botanist. A U S government wireless system will keep daily contact, with the ship able to endure icy waters and icebergs.
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Macmillan
Diana
Fitzhugh Green
Tanquay
W. Elmer Ekblow
H. J. Hunt
Donald B. MacMillan
Jerome L. Allen
MC. Tanquay
United States Navy
Winter Quarters
United States
Civilization
Expedition plans Crocker Land voyage from Cape Thomas Hubbard
Records indicate a party will be redistributed among Eskimos to push across sea ice toward Crocker Land from Cape Thomas Hubbard. If Flagler bay clears by Aug 20 the ship will reach and discharge cargo then return to St Johns. Dawn will mark the February 1914 start from base.
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Crocker Land
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Flagler Bay
St. John's
N. F
Girl Motorbus Conductor Miss Hillie Mills
Miss Hillie Mills aged fifteen serves as a bus conductor between St Johns and Working England. She is praised as capable and skilled, assisting with engine repairs and tire fixes, and she is noted as one of the youngest women in the field while passengers admire her deft handling of duties.
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Hillie Mills
Miss Hillie Mills
London
Gliding Operational Mount on Rapid Bus Ride
A description portrays a woman mounting winding stairs with ease and grace as a bus speeds along. She remains on duty, appears calm, and maintains composure despite the fast motion. The passage emphasizes steadiness and professional presence in a moving vehicle.
American envoy praised for first English speech
London editorials praise Ambassador Walter Hines Page after his first speech in England at a Pilgrims Society banquet. Westminster Gazette lauds his public speaking and bond building between the nations. Pall Mall Gazette and Evening Standard echo warm, reciprocal sentiment.
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London
England
Walter Hines Page
Court of St. James
Pilgrims’ Society
Westminster Gazette
Ambassador Page
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
Evening Standard
Money to Lend on Athens Real Estate Loans Offered
Money to lend totals six thousand dollars on Athens Improved real estate in a single loan over one to five years. An additional fifteen hundred dollars is available on the same terms, on either city or farm property. tf M. Stern.
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Athens
Crippled Soldier Granger Reunites With Old Cadet
A veteran colonel recalls meeting Ward Granger and Miss Towne in New York. Granger lost his legs in Cuba and faced social stigma from his engagement, but later marries Towne. Years later, Granger appears healed, his wife defending their choice and joking about the colonel's harsh past verdict.
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New York
Cadet Gray
Granger
Ward Granger
West Point
Ward Leighton Granger
Helen Arline Towne
B.—Ward
For the Children and Other Tiny Tales in a Wood
A cobbled collection of children’s vignettes and fables told through playful verse and brief prose. It covers six mice outsmarted by an owl, a dog named Romp paying for meat with slippers, a tiny elephant shrew described with curious facts, Betty’s Visit and Aunt Anna, George asking how Aunt Jennie will know, and Paul’s quip about oiling teeth.
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Betty
Anny Sethere
Gene Wyone
Anna
Bali
Tor
Smith
Tom
Aunt Ann
Picnic Stove From a Sheet Iron Travel Cooker
A practical note from Woman's Home Companion on picnics and camping explains that a stove need not be carried. By placing a thin sheet iron thirty by eighteen inches between two earth banks or logs, with the fire between, cooking becomes easier and safer as flames cannot reach the food.
Riddle in Verse Sees Pears Shared By Knights
A riddle verse features twelve pears hanging high and twelve knights riding by Each knight takes a pear yet eleven remain The answer hinges on the knight named Each delivering the split Turned on wordplay where Each is a knight’s name rather than a quantity or other figure
Clairvoyant Madam Paulini Returns to Athens Office
Madam Paulini Clairvoyant and Scientific Palmiai has returned to Athens for a short period. Office hours are 10 a m to 3 p m daily except Sundays. Located at 293 Clayton St Wear.
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Scientific Palmiai
Athens
Clayton St. Wear
Risky Gambler Dies Broke After Fast Fortune Ride
New York's Ed Gaines, famed bookmaker, died broke after a life on the odds. He woke with pennies and a stamp one day, then earned $50,000 by noon and $30,000 more at the races that afternoon. He traded a diamond pin for luck, then pawned the token a week later.
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New York
Gaines
Whisky sales without license lead to fine in Kansas City court
Henry Hunt, a blacksmith turned pool hall operator, was fined $50 in the South Side court for selling liquor without a license. Patrolman Peterson testified Hunt sold whisky from behind a pool rack to a customer. Hunt appealed to the criminal court after denying the charge. Martin Triebe said he bought a half pint for his cow and was served.
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Kansas City
Henry Hunt
South Side
Peterson
Hunt
Martin Triebe
Safest Laxative for Women Ad
Dr King's New Life Pills are promoted as a gentle laxative for women. A testimonial from Mrs. M. C. Dunlap of Leadill Tennessee claims great help. The ad cites a 25 cent price and endorsements from W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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Phoetos
American Press
M. Stern
THE
Athens Savings Bank
M. Stern, Prest. T. Smell
Deupree Hunnicutt Aaron Cohen G A. Mell
G. Michael
W. T. Bryan
J. A. Hunnicutt
L. F. Edwards
Cashier
Rexall
Ancaster
Rexall Pile
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Clayton St
Prince Ave
Mousie
Romp
Emamne Tor
George
Wats House
Aotuhe
Ayimma
Jennie
Paul
Woman's Home Companion
Madam Paulini
Ed. Gaines
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