Cook Drops Lain Blames Praation for Yarn and Isolation
Dr. Frederick A. Cook confesses in a forthcoming magazine piece that he may not have reached the north pole. He writes of months in isolation and hunger, calling himself the greatest liar while seeking to explain his mindset and quest, with his wife and children in Europe and his exile ongoing.
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Praation
Yarn
New York
Frederick A. Gook
Brooklyn
North Pole
Br. Cook
United States
Dr. Cook
Pole
Wally
Copenhagen
Explorer
Europe
France
Cook
London
Arctic
Lightweight boxer Curley Gerhardt Dies After Bout
Detroit lightweight Curley Gerhardt dies after collapsing in ten round bout with Jack McHenry in Lima Police and coroner investigate cause and details of death.
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Lima
Curley Gerhardt
Detroit
Jack McHenry
Eight Die In Ship Collision Off Gravesend
In Gravesend England five men and three others died when the bark Gratitude collided with a coal steamer on the Thames river. The Gratitude sank within two minutes.
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Gravesend
England
Gratitude
Thames River
Balfour Leads Raid On Liberal Thunder
London dispatch reports A J Balfour endorses tariff reform referendum in a future vote. The move energizes Unionists, pressures radicals, and signals a tight race with 100 seats decided by Saturday night including 25 Liberal-held constituencies. Shane Leslie contesting Londonderry City amid Irish nationalist dynamics. Donald MacMaster secure in Chertsey.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Lords
Manchester
Ireland
Shane Leslie
Londonderry
Donald MacMaster
Chertsey
Surrey
Honor Aids Lost Hero in Navy Reward Search
The Navy department seeks William W. Spurrier, a former bluejacket, to award a medal and cash prize for saving Lieut. M. E. Smith of the U S S Pennsylvania in 1908 in the Mediterranean. A New York donor invites Spurrier to Naples for a substantial reward, with Anderson, Indiana reporting he may be the man in question.
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Washington
Navy Department
William W. Spurrier
M. E. Smith
U. S
Pennsylvania
Mediterranean
Anderson
Ind
William Spurrier
United States Navy
New York
Naples
Spurrier
Japan to Send More Trees for Riverside Drive Planting
New York dispatch reports Japan will ensure 2,000 dwarf cherry trees donated by Japanese residents for the Hudson Fulton memorial are free from taint on arrival and planting along Riverside Drive. An entomologist’s letter accompanies a bronze tablet, saying the cherry tree symbolizes the land’s ever living spirit and spring blossom.
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New York
Hudson-Fulton
Riverside Drive
Japan
Woman to Run Wireless on Mohawk Ship
New York December 1 Miss Packer of Jacksonville is the first woman to run the wireless room aboard a steamship coastwise. The Clyde line Mohawk sailing for Charleston and Jacksonville will be commanded by this twenty two year old operator. Her appointment marks a milestone for women in maritime communications.
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New York
Clyde Line
Mohawk
Charleston
Jacksonville
Missa Graynella Packer
Miss Packer
A E Dickey Dies Suddenly in Minneapolis
Alfred B. Dickey vice president of Wells and Dickey company and De Pauw trustee died suddenly in Minneapolis on December 1. He was a prominent figure in social and financial circles.
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A. E. Dickey
Minneapolis
Minn
Alfred BE. Dickey
Wells & Dickey Company
de Pauw University
Edison No Atheist Is Ready To Take Chances
New York dispatch reports Thomas A. Edison answering clergy who attacked his denial of a soul. He denies being an atheist, says he believes in a supreme intelligence yet doubts an afterlife, and mocks fashionable ministers for insincerity. He advocates the Golden Rule and cites medical miracles to question religious certainty.
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New York
Thomas Aison
Menlo Park
Hell
Heaven
Aked
Theman
Rockefeller Institute
Prospectors Find Gold on John Groat Farm in Antrim County
In Boyne City Michigan on November 30 a discovery of paying quantities of gold is reported on John Groat’s Antrim county farm. Samples have been sent to the College of Mines and a plan to develop the property is under way with local prospectors leading the effort.
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Boyne City
Mich
John Groat
Antrim County
College of ‘Mines
Mexican Rebels Gain Ground Across Northern Mexico
Dispatches from Madera Chihuahua and El Paso report insurgents led by Madero control territory between Minaca and Guaynopita west of Pearson’s Northwestern railroad near Sapuaripa. Reports note supply shortages in Madera and disrupted rail and telegraph lines into Matamoros, with fighting persisting as the government fails to push back the insurgents.
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Douglas
Ariz
Madero
Minaca
Guaynopita
Pearson
Sapuaripa
Moctezuma
Sonora
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Madera
Mexico
Pearson Lumber
Laredo
Matamoras
Mexican Federal Telegraph System
Mier
Victoria
National Railways of
Jem Mace Dies Ring Hero of Prize Fights in England
London reports the death of Jem Mace at Marrow on Tyne aged about seventy nine. Once valued over a million dollars he later relied on friends. He briefly appeared in music hall shows after a boxing era marked by his 1862 victory over Tom King following Tom Sayers retirement.
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London
Jem Mace
Marrowon-Tyne
Mace
Tom Sayers
Tom King
Taft Orders Further Cuts After Cabinet Meeting
Washington reports Taft received a $14,000,000 reduction in government running expenses for the next fiscal year. He was gratified but urged department heads to push for deeper cuts beyond the cabinet conference ultimatum.
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Washington
Taft
Gale Strikes Spain Shipping Dense Coastline Losses
A severe gale swept Corunna and along Spain’s coast causing heavy shipping damage. A jousting vessel capsized and 16 people drowned in the blustery storm that began December 1.
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Corunna
Spain
Rebels Seize Macao Town With Demands for Pay and Rights
Portuguese troops and the Patria crew revolted in Macao. Rebels took government buildings, expelled nuns, and demanded higher pay, suppression of Vida Nova, and redress of wrongs. The governor reportedly yielded and resigned under threat. Hongkong anxiously monitors the crisis as foreign citizens flee.
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Macao
China
Patria
Portugal
Santa Clara Convent
Hongkong
Government House
Vida Nova
Long
Gaynor Attacker in Dock for Assault Charge
James J Gallagher, shooter of Mayor William J Gaynor on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse last August, was arraigned in Jersey City before Judge Blair on charges of atrocious assault with intent to kill Street Cleaning Commissioner William H Edwards and carrying concealed weapons. Edwards, present during the attack, was slightly wounded while protecting the mayor. Gallagher pleaded not guilty with reservations and was returned to the Jersey City jail.
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New York
James J. Gallagher
William J. Gaynor
Jersey City
Blair
William H. Edwards
Edwards
Gaynor
Gallagher
Lorimer Report Due By End Of February, Senate Probe
Washington December 1 The final report of the senate investigation into Lorimer of Illinois is expected by the end of February. Senator Burrows chairman of the committee on privileges and elections announced the schedule for completion of the inquiry into charges of corrupt methods in Lorimer's election.
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Washington
Senate
Lorimer
TH Nols
Burrows
Tug sinks after collision near Idme Island
Three crewmen of the tug General were drowned when it collided with the Canadian Pacific steamer Athabasca off Idme Island in St. Mary's passage near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
General
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Iowa State News highlights from early 1900s events
Various Iowa items report suicides, accidents, and deaths including Rev J G Kindstrom at Alta and Mrs A Frelick near Low Moor. Appointments: rural carriers at Cedar Rapids Ridgeway and West Union. postmasters Max Hathaway Ridgeway and W H Brown Hamburg. Notables: Colonel Jed Laka turns eighty. Page county institute at Clarinda. Marshalltown Tama conference. and memorials for Mrs Mary Utsets Logan.
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J. G. Kindstrom
Himeself
Alta
Willis A. Neubar
Cedar Rapids
A. Frelick
Canton County
Low Moor
Waterloo
Peter Johnson
Harcourt
Frank Moreland
Colesburg
Marine Corps
Max L. Hathaway
Ridgeway
Winneshiek County
J. J. Aga
James Manley
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Adair
Anthon
Garner
Harlan and
Lamont
Jed Laka
Independence
Marshalltown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tama
W. H. Brown
Hamburg
Page County Farmers’ Institute
Clarinda
Adrian Hart
Mason City
Mary ‘Uatsets
Logan
Order of the Hastern Star
Sidney
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Pearl Kearns
Geo. Q’malley
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Illinois Central
Burlington
John G. Herrill
May Herrill
Remsen
Henry Deitermann
John G. Schneiders
West Union
Henry C. Bemisa
Ursula, Yeager
Estherville
Rock Island
J. C. Caldwell
Ernest Baughman
Rock Creek
Monticello
Baughman
Walter Voss
D. T. Martin
Pomeroy
Keokuk
David Arnold
Isaac H. Berry
Robert Bigham
John Burns
George Ellars
John FP. Filloon
Jourdan Gillham
John Gordon
Philip Hahn
Thomas Hayes
John Heblanthal
Liza McGraw
Jacob Marings
Manuel J. Perce
Mary A. Prindle
Lucas Rogers
Geo. H. Stevens
Henry Terry
Henry Turnbaugh
William B. Witty
John Rothrock
Albion
L. G. Berry
Hazel
George Eckerot
Council Bluffs
George Hirechéey
Tle
Will Antham
Pinard
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