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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
15
Dr Frederick A Cook arrives at South Station at 1 45 PM and goes to the Hotel Touraine to tell his North Pole discovery story. No welcome ceremonies or scientific delegates will attend, per his wish, as he prepares for a solo talk at Symphony Hall tonight.
An account of survival amid a brutal Arctic blizzard. After freeing from trapped gear and settling in a sheltered igloo, the party resumes travel under steadily clearing skies. They observe land briefly, note possible Crocker Land, document lat long readings, and describe advancing eastward with shifting ice, long marches, and a lone encounter with a lifeless subpolar world.
Rev Benjamin Trueblood of this city secretary of the American Peace Society has been chosen to preside at tonight’s meeting and introduce Dr Cook the pole discoverer. Mayor Hibbard declined to introduce due to his physicians not permitting it.
In Brewster on a carriage ride near the Orleans line late today John Mulaney and John Green of Brewster were thrown after a speeding automobile struck the conveyance. They suffered numerous cuts and bruises and were taken into a nearby store. Witnesses said the driver fled the scene.
The next instalment of Dr Cook's story is scheduled to appear in Sunday's Post, continuing the serialized tale and promising further developments for readers.
A Melrose man, recently unemployed, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid in his room. His body was found by his wife who went to call him. He leaves a widow and parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Tice, and two sisters Florence and Bertha, all of Melrose Massachusetts.
Three veteran firemen were badly hurt when struck by brakes at the muster during the Amesbury fair. Fred Hooke of Haverhill suffered a severe facial laceration and lost teeth. Richard Senior of Georgetown and Joan Forsaith of Newburyport also had facial cuts. Hooke was carried from the field in serious condition. The event drew thousands as teams competed and results list Eureka Portsmouth winning with 188 ft 111 in, followed by Red Jackets Cambridge and others from Salem Lawrence Somersworth North Andover Marblehead Newburyport and Berwick.
Yale University shows a net addition of 1,204,050 to funds for the year ending June 20, with total assets rising to 10,835,673 and endowments up to 6,119,320. Increases come from alumni and endowment funds, anonymous gifts, several large bequests, and mortgage investments rising to 8,787,747.
Judging from this season’s games colleges and high schools will lean toward straight football. The shift in rules lowers field goals by one point, pressuring teams to develop new kickers as talent departs. Historical feats like Harvard Yale and Princeton Dartmouth highlight the field goal’s past impact.
A meagre catch reported at Long Wharf with six vessels from South Channel and shore grounds. Thursday receipts totaled 96 700 pounds of mixed fresh fish including haddock cod hake and pollock with prices noted. Cargoes included 161 barrels of apples on the Prince Arthur and two albicore plus a swordfish on board.
A maritime items digest lists sun and moon rise times, high waters, and ship arrivals and clearances. It tracks steamers Iberian Jago A. W. Perry Prince Arthur and many others with coal cargoes, plus schooners and tugs sailing to and from ports like St John New Brunswick Portland and Belfast amid a busy harbour schedule.
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