Mrs Scott Questions Amundsen Claim on Pole Discovery
London dispatch reports Mrs Scott, wife of explorer Robert Scott, doubts Amundsen reached the South Pole or met Scott’s party on the return. Amundsen reportedly told King Haakon of Norway first about his success, with naval-style secrecy surrounding scientific notes and honors.
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Probe urged into Woolen Co. by government inquiry
Washington March 7 The government urged an investigation of the American Woolen Company its organization capitalization labor conditions and status as a corporation. Continued on Page 13 First Column.
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Man Found Dead in East Boston Room
Nicola Delasandros aged 38 was found dead on the floor of his lodgings on the second floor of a tenement at 148 Everett street East Boston at 8 o clock last night by his landlady. A doctor said death was instantaneous and the wound was a self inflicted revolver shot. Medical Examiner Magrath will view the remains in the morning. He had lived there several weeks and recently worked as a railroad laborer.
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Four Killed and Dozens Injured in Wa Bash Rail Derailment
At Redwood Bridge near West Lebanon Indiana four people died and about sixty were hurt when the Continental Limited derailed on the Wa Bash line. Cars left the rails, some overturned. a broken rail is blamed. Rescue trains rushed from Peru and Decatur to aid, and wounded were moved to Danville in a special train.
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Panic in London as suffragettes disrupt city events
March 8 in London reports widespread fear as Parliament closes to the public and the palace restricts access. A suffragette meeting at the Opera House draws anti-suffragists, a protective crowd, and mounted police. A speaker cites a hammer shortage, blaming suffragette action for store embargoes on tools larger than a pin.
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Amundsen Reaches South Pole and Plans Tour
Special cables report Captain Amundsen reached the South Pole December 14 to 17 and remained four days. His party is well and a lecture tour in Australia and Europe is planned before a North Pole expedition. Fram will sail to San Francisco for 1913 rendezvous. Critics question whether Amundsen or Scott was first.
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Weather and time markings from a daily almanac entry
The fragment notes local time 2:42 A M and references day 11 hours 84 minutes long with 68th day of year, Day’s increase, 2 hours 30 minutes, and the seventy eighth day of winter. It appears to be a date time almanac style record with celestial and seasonal markers.
Birth anniversaries and historic events noted in brief
Birth anniversaries listed for Joseph Lee social worker Roxbury Rev James H Holden First Universalist Roxbury Mary Boland Pequiduot hygiene lecturer and author Alvan Clark Cambridge optician who made first US achromatic lenses 1808 1887 Events include Leesburg captured by Federal troops 1862 Niagara suspension bridge opened 1855 and a Billerica resident tarred and feathered by British soldiers as an early Tory punishment 1775
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Fair to snow mix forecast for New England
Weather forecast for New England on Friday and Saturday calls for generally fair conditions Friday, with Saturday likely snow in the north and snow or rain in the south. Temperatures show little change and winds become moderate from the north.
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