Arctic Explorer MacMillan Returns After Four-Year Ice Trek
Daniel B. MacMillan completes a four year stay in northern Greenland. The expedition cost about 250000 dollars and yielded new mineral and biological finds. Bartlett led the relief, the first to reach Etah after three failed attempts.
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New York
Daniel B. MacMillan
Globe
Greenland
MacMillan
American Museum of Natural History
North
Utah
North Pole
Sydney
N. S
Diana
Barge Point
Labrador
St. John’s
Erik
Etah
Neptune
Peary
Bartlett
Far North
Ellesmere Land
Smith’s Sound
Crocker
Smith
Sound
Denver Sends Pershing Smokes
Denver volunteers raise nearly 600 dollars worth of tobacco for Samn ies. The Navy League chapter collected cigars cigarettes and tobacco during Sacrifice Day with girls at cigar stands and swift donations. The best box of Den ver made smokes will be shipped to General Pershing in France.
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Denver
Pershing
Colo
John J. Pershing
France
Navy League
Two Generals Pershing and Sibert Compared in War Tactics
Washington profile contrasts Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing and Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert. It notes Pershing as quick on the trigger and Sibert as deliberate yet capable, highlighting Sibert’s frontline engineering skill and rapid action under fire.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
France
John J. Pershing
William L. Sibert
Pershing
Sibert
Custer
War Department
Lake Lanac
Philippines
Theodore Schwan
Schwan
Reilly
Peking
Woodbridge Geary
Orderly Work by Miss Patterson Aids National Defense Council
Miss Hannah Patterson of Pittsburgh, a noted suffragist and civic worker, serves as executive secretary pro tem for the women’s section of the Council of National Defense. Arriving in Washington she organized the committee’s plan in two days and secured suitable quarters.
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Hannah Patterson
Pittsburgh
Council of National Defense
Washington
Miss Patterson
Five Machines Patrol as German Raid Engulfs Skies
A Royal Flying Corps flight nicknamed the Lark leads five aircraft on a dawn patrol over the lines. They engage and outmaneuver German scouts and a large German formation, with one aircraft lost on the return leg. The leader notes a late arrival and awaits the call from the commanding officer.
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France
C. O
War shortages and new inventions headline 1898 notes
Africa is three times larger than Europe while war cuts bird supply and drives canary prices up. A jewelry firm recycles cartridge sheds into vases. A minnow pail water swap with a bicycle pump proves useful. New farm cart loads corn shocks itself. A dial up bathroom scale and a single person moving freight car device are announced. Spanish war losses tally 23 officers and 257 men killed and 4 officers and 61 men wounded in Cuba between May 1 and Oct 3, 1898.
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Africa
Europe
Canary
Cuba
Franklin on Peace and War Costly
Benjamin Franklin argues that lasting peace benefits mankind and that resources spent on war could fund public works. He imagines wide improvements like roads canals bridges and aqueducts transforming England into a paradise by redirecting war funds to constructive endeavors.
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England
Benjamin Franklin
His Claim and Exemption Arguments
A reader questions the man’s basis for exemption and whether he has dependents. The speaker argues he is supporting many points in favor of his claim.
Embezzlement definitions and distinctions
Embezzlement is a fraudulent appropriation of another's property by a person who has lawful possession or trust. It differs from larceny because the initial possession was lawful or with consent, while larceny involves the intent to steal at the moment of taking.
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Porsiid
Ekblan
Godhaven
Greenland
Baffin Bay
Porsild
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American Museum
Museum
American Geographical Society
University of Illinois
Pole
W. Elmer Ekblaw
Morton P. Porsild
Disco Island
Ekblaw
Porslid
Libert and
Royal Flying Corps
New York Herald Magazine
Archies
Earth
Franklin
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