Arctic Explorer Is Caught In Ice Floe
Captain Ronald Amundsen aboard the Maud is trapped 20 miles off Cape Serge on the Siberian coast and may abandon the pole attempt. Dr. James H. Condit reports the vessel wedged between ice floes, in danger of being ground to pieces, with a four man crew and a few Eskimos aboard.
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Seattle
Ronald Amundsen
Maud
Cape Serge
Siberian
Pole
James H. Condit
Presbyterian Missions
Alaska
Victoria
Nome
Condit
Amundsen
Behring Strait
Cape
Prince of Wales
Arctic Sea
East Cape
Siberia
Wrangell Island
Veterans Oppose Prohibition Amendment at Encampment
Veterans of foreign wars voted down a resolution opposing the adoption of a prohibition amendment to the constitution at the closing session of their annual encampment in Washington. Few votes were cast against the resolution.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Glass substitute cellon promises bendable, heatable form
A new material called cellon acts as a substitute for glass and lacquer. It can be cut with shears or a knife and becomes kneadable above 100 degrees Celsius before hardening again on cooling. Produced under Dr Eichelgrun’s patents, it comes as solid or liquid acetyl cellulose solutions in xampor and is available as slabs tubes putty varnish and flexible films.
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Eichelgrun
Tanks in Peace Use Highlight French Innovation
The French lead in repurposing tanks for peacetime tasks. Small tanks serve as yard transports and farm tractors while larger models replace horses on canal towpaths. A new tourist use removes armor to carry ten to twenty passengers up steep grades and across streams.
Year of the Monkey in Japan Affects Marriages and Cards
The 12 year cycle marks 1920 as the monkey year. Couples rushed marriages in December 1919 to avoid the superstition linking monkeys to broken vows. Millions sent New Year cards flooded post offices as the year began.
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Japan
Resourceful Traveler Ole the Bear’s Snowshoe Ride
Ole the Bear, a mail carrier between Revelstoke and Downie Creek in British Columbia, built circular birch snowshoes over a foot wide for his horse. Despite deep snow and a frozen crust, he covered 45 miles in three days, reaching Revelstoke without harm to horse or rider.
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Ole the Bear
A. R. Westerberg
Revelstoke
British Columbia
Downie Creek
Big Bend
Ole
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
True University Life Outdoors and a Soldier's Strain
The piece argues for outdoor life as essential to education, citing Milton Burroughs and Muir as examples of experiential learning beyond academics. It contrasts arid scholasticism with real-world studies and mentions a soldier's long march and a shouted halt during fatigue, illustrating discipline and endurance.
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John Milton
John Burroughs
The
Hudson
John Muir
Yosemite
Henry Dyke
Humorous Ad for a Cow by Bill Nye Reporter
An 19th century humor notice features Bill Nye selling a cow named Rose for health reasons. The quirky ad describes the animal as one-fourth short-horn and three-fourths hyena, mentions a stay chain, and includes a matching double-barrel shotgun. Nye prefers a resident buyer.
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Bill Nye
Rose
Practical Christianity in India by Mission Farms
Four model farms linked with the Scotch Presbyterian mission at Chingieput South India train native Christians to support themselves.
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India
Scotch Presbyterian
Chingieput
South India
Breadstuffs Supply Hints From Berlin Report
Berlin dispatch reports Germany will receive grain by 1920 crop prospects. Imperial officials note breadstuffs imports tied to harvest yields and stock levels. Public statement stresses securing allocations for the nation amid economic strain.
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Berlin
Germany
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Aarei Theony
Paca Messe Creer
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G. A. Loasby, J. W. Krirkwood
J. A. Lowry & CO
Grand Hotel
Big Timber
Mont
Douthett and Williams
Sullivan
Rocky Mountain
United States
Globe
Reiteree
Mountain West
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph
Compa
America
Shel
States Cartridge Company
New York
Jet D'engy
U.S
Eblen Hardware Co
Big Timber, Montana
N. R.A
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