Stefansson Alive After Arctic Expedition Finds New Land
Stefansson and two companions find new land in uncharted seas between Alaska and the North Pole, while Stefansson winters at Banks Island with ships ready for further exploration. The Mackenzie delta team reports no mishap except engineer Daniel Blue’s death. multiple losses occurred during the broader expedition. The Ruby’s captain notes Stefansson’s continued push to map the continental shelf west of Banksland and toward the unknown northwest.
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Alaska
Vilhjalmur Stefanssson
Victoria
B. C
Ruby
Herschel Island
Stefansson
Banksland
North Pole
Anderson
Mackenzie Delta
Daniel Blue
Wrangell Island
Mackenzie Country
S. F. Cottle
Banks Land
St. Patrick's Land
Cottle
Martin Point
Mary Sachs
Plot to Force Cabinet Crisis Over Conscription
The London Daily News reports a minority of top cabinet members plan to press for conscription and may resign if no consensus is reached, potentially triggering a cabinet crisis and a general election on compulsory service.
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London
London Daily News
Daily News
Wilson to Confer Privately on Arabic Sinking Reply
Berlin reports indicate President Wilson will offer no formal reply to Germany's note on the Arabic sinking. He will confer confidentially with Ambassador von Bernstorff, a move Germania hails as a sign of American goodwill and intent to reach an understanding with Germany.
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Berlin
Wilson
von Bernstorff
Washington Eyes Higher Paper Money Output
Treasury officials indicate improved business conditions as demand for paper money grows. Secretary McAdoo approves boosting daily output by 250000 sheets to meet the rise in circulation.
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Washington
Treasury Department
McAgoo
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Kendrick shifts stance on prohibition urging unity with neighboring states
Gov Kendrick told Sheridan County teachers he now supports prohibition citing liquor related crime as a main reason. He also praised state institutions management, noting low bonded debt, ample treasury, and reforms at the penitentiary. The governor lauded Worland’s boys industrial school and the Lander home for the feeble minded.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Sheridan
Wyo
Montana
Colorado
Gov Kendrick
Sheridan County
Teachers’ Institute
Kendrick
United States
Gov. Kendrick
Worland
Lander
New Law Basis for Suit in Wyoming Insure Case
Ivan S. Jones as administrator sues Slavonian Catholic Society to compel $1,000 life insurance payment on Julia Cirej. Society refuses, citing a new Wyoming statute barring a murderer from benefiting from a victim’s estate or life insurance. Mrs Cirej was murdered by her husband Matt Cirej, now in state penitentiary awaiting execution.
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Kemmerer
Wyoming
Bankers' Convention Elects Officers in Wyoming
The seventh annual Wyoming Bankers Association convention crowned Sumner Miller as president and George W. Perry as vice president. Boils C. Hart was named treasurer, Harry B. Henderson secretary, with A. K. Lee Thermopolis and Conant Parks Lander on the executive committee. John W. Hay Rock Springs and A H Marble Cheyenne were named to the American Bankers Association committees.
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Wyoming Bankers’ Association
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Pine Bluffs
George W. Perry
Sheridan
Boiis C. Hart
Basin
Harry B. Henderson
Cheyenne
A. K. Lee
Thermopolis
American Bankers’ Association For
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Rock Springs
American Bankers’ Association
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Smith Sentenced to Four to Six Years in State Prison
Douglas Louis Smith, who recently left state prison then thefts across three counties, is again jailed in the state prison after Judge C B Winter sentenced him to four to six years for county thefts. Natrona, Carbon charges remain and may be pursued after Converse term. Capitol Wings Contract Awarded to Cheyenne Contractor
Milk Bisculta and Vanilla Cake Dough Recipe
A fragmented recipe describes mixing one half teaspoon salt with one quart of four and one tablespoon butter and lard, then adding baking powder and milk to form a soft dough. Roll to a sheet, bake in a pan. A separate note mentions heating butter, creating vanilla cake with sugar.
Wyoming News Digest Highlights Fair Openings and Daring Incidents
Reports cover state fairs from Douglas to Laramie with dates, attendance, and incidents. Included are openings, arrests for gambling and bootlegging, drownings in Evanston and Worland, a fatal train accident near Glencross, flood deaths, a sheriff sale at Laramie, a commissioner's murder-suicide in Rawlins, and a fatal oil shop accident in Cheyenne. The roundup notes infrastructure plans, such as a 20 000 bushel grain elevator at Worland and a new M E church in Cody, plus a proposed Panama Exposition omission and 150 000 acres opening for homesteads in Goshen Hole.
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Grand Lodge
Casper
B. A. Erdman
Cody
Oscar Milligan
Worland
Carbon
Hanna
Geo. S. Walker
Cheyenne
Buffalo
Kemmerer
State Capitol
Express
Mike Runser
Fred Runser
Manville
Erie
Burlington
Glencross
Fair
Laramie
Albert Rosin
Thomas Painter
Evanston
City
A. J. Wallace
Big Horn
Andrew Woestenberg
Rawlins
Duncan McClelland
Arminto
John Mechling
Eadsville
Joe Taylor
A. W. French
Burns
Joe Belarde
Columbine
Col
Wm. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
William Kennison
Cowley
Goy
John B. Kendrick
Goshen Hole
Egg batter recipe with milk flour and whisked whites
A recipe describes beating yolks with milk and a few drops of vanilla, then folding in half a pound of self raising flour and stiffly beaten egg whites, mixing for five minutes and baking in a hot oven.
Simple Cure for Cold from old remedy note
A brief home remedy advises mixing one half teaspoonful baking soda with one half teaspoonful aromatic spirits of ammonia in a cup of hot water. Drink and then rest in bed. do not cover up too tightly.
Vaudeville Talk and Primate Fame Debate
A vaudeville manager allows a prima donna to print her fame larger than a trained chimpanzee while a monk stays silent about how his name is printed. The piece ponders why average girls seek love and how wise men learn from observation rather than experience.
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Eaelly
Regiment of Renown and the Arts and Crafts Battalion
The Sizetieth rifles, sought after second only to the Guards, are known better by their old name than as the King's Royal Rifle corps. Sir Herbert Raphael recruits an Arts and Crafts Battalion, adding to a storied list of battle honors and famous names.
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Sizetieth Rifles
Herbert Raphael
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Guards
London Evening Standard
Efficient One Quandary on Quick World Rise
In a terse exchange, Efficient One asks for the fastest route to social ascent. The responder quips that placing a mule on the hind leg would accelerate the ascent, a dry joke reflecting a facetious shortcut to status.
Tune Aids Mastication In Dining Tale
A London Chronicle note recalls Michael Mail in Under the Greenwood Tree praising music at meals as pleasant. He recounts sitting in a kitchen near a brass band while eating fried liver, joking that six eight time made his teeth chew along. The reminiscence links music and eating with a humorous fondness.
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Beecham
Michael Mail
Casterbridge
London Chronicle
Genuine Happiness in Modern Christian Recreation
An Exchange note observes that Christian groups now display more genuine happiness and intelligent pleasure through improved recreation. It notes the cheerful, hearty times at YMCA summer conferences and Christian Endeavor efforts shaping how youth engage in leisure with purpose.
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Student
Young Men's Christian Association
Stenographer Plans Mail Letter For Cash
A jobless stenographer discusses rehabbing his dwindling funds with a friend, who suggests writing a letter begging for money. The stenographer says he has written sixty letters seeking funds totaling three thousand dollars, but cannot think of a recipient to mail the letter to.
Not Free. A Seashore Quip on Ocean Access
A pithy exchange contrasts freedom to swim with access costs at a seaside resort. One speaker insists the ocean should be free to all while the other, a habitual contrarian, hints that hotel sea bathing implies limits to public access.
Languages Speak and Time Pressures Across Americas
A compact note contrasts language fluency with time constraints. It states that the speaker’s wife knows four languages while the speaker herself claims only one. It also notes that North and South America together cover about 15,000,000 square miles, highlighting continental size.
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North
South America
Denison’s Coffee and a World of Odd Wisdom
A fragmented Chicago News quotation mocks social pretensions and motives. It jokes that elder relatives, envy and judgment color views on marriage, money lending, and identity, suggesting many fail to please as they age and that nonentities may accompany people who boast about who they married.
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Chicago News
Helpful Thoughts on Pay as You Go and Virtue
Fragmentary proverbs discuss caution in life and the idea that outcomes reflect actions. The text hints at gendered moral lessons, suggesting men reap what they sow and spouses influence what is sown. The style resembles admonitory aphorisms from historical columns.
Pessimism and Money in a Cynic’s View
In a Detroit Free Press exchange a skeptic notes money as a mere surface. a pessimist comments there is more to life than money, while the cynic retorts that the poorhouse awaits those who overlook value beyond wealth.
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Detroit Free Press
Comparative Banter on a Piano Sale
A playful exchange centers on banter and nerve during a piano purchase. The piece suggests the only way to save $200 on the instrument is not to buy it, contrasting dealers’ claims with the speaker’s view.
Sunset Tale Echoes From Carney City
A Chicago Herald anecdote relays detective Carney’s quip about sunsets. A visitor praises a Lake Michigan sunset but Carney retorts that the sun sets only about a mile from where he lives, highlighting local color and wit.
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Lake Michigan
Carney
Chicago Herald
Dance Lesson Ambiguity Sparks Quick Retort
A dialogue in a staged moment features a debutante pressing Mr. Gayboy for dance steps. He replies that he knows them when he sees them, signaling he does not offer instruction but can recognize movements. The exchange captures social performance and wit in a historic ballroom setting.
European News Quip Pokes At Global Dispatches
A brief comic line from the Louisville Courier Journal jokes about mixing distant Russian, German, Timbuctoo, and Tokyo news in a single inquiry. The quip reflects wartime or global reportage humor, implying a quick wrap of international items for readers.
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Timbuctoo
Tokyo
Louisville Courier- Journal
Resolution on aviation meet adopted by rising vote
In the United States last year 10 175 new books were published and 1 833 new editions of old works reported.
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United States
Women in History and Verse Reflections
A selection of quotations on women from Confucius to Lamartine praising female virtue intellect and influence. The lines weave themes of motherhood dignity civility and heroism across eras and authors.
People Read Congressional Record as Serious as Advertising Lines
Newspapers nationwide print more agate advertising lines than any other content, a statistic shows. The remark notes readers moving lips while reading the Congress Record and suggests high perceived importance in political pages.
You Can’t Win Alone in a Lone Battle
A terse moral about isolation and effort contrasts experience with education and warns that higher positions do not lessen work. It urges staying with the job and avoiding lone paths, noting success requires collaboration and continued effort.
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