Roosevelts Arctic Expedition Officers Honored in New York
A telegram from a dinner at the Union League Club greeted Commander Robert E Peary in New York Oct 6. It praised the Roosevelt expedition officers and scientific staff and welcomed Peary as a fellow man of science. Signatories included C F Cox Henry Fairfield Osborn H C Bumpus and BE O Hovey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union League Club
Roosevelt
Robert E. Peary
C. F. Cox
New York Academy of Sciences
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
New York Zoological Society
H. C. Bumpus
American Museum of’ Natural ‘History
BE. O. Hovey
Typewriter Troubles Prompt Quip From Boarder and Clerk
A literary boarder laments the typewriter’s ailment saying it needs a new hat. The ribbon counter clerk offers a playful price suggestion to fix the machine. The exchange captures a lighthearted, era-appropriate humor about office equipment.
Melrose case hears expert on Russell letters and handwriting
In a Melrose court proceeding the defense and witnesses debated the authorship of letters alleged to connect Daniel Blake Russell to James D. Russell. Hayes testified that handwriting matched James D. Russell and discussed the sparse post offices at Sand Creek and Medora and other testimonies about witnesses, deadlines, and a capias request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Blake Russell
William C. Russell
Hannah Lynde
Berry
James P. Keating
Hayes
James D. Russell
Mr. Simpson
James Rousseau
Messina
Yor
Simpson
William Rousseau
Rousseau
Lawton
Ferdinand B. Almy
Court House
St. Paul
Boston
Almy
Melrose
Theodore Hayes
Russell
Johanna S. Russell
Jessie Cardineaux
Charles Rousseau
James
New York State
H. W. Smith
Worcester
Father Degnan
Proctor
Attorney Sampson
Medora
West
Mr. Proctor
W. C. Russell
Letters Reveal Family Tensions Across Melrose and Russell
A 19th century letter saga shows William C Russell and Hannah Lynde receiving notes from a man claiming kinship. The writer, once estranged after trouble in 1906, recalls a $50 gift and asks Lynde to help resolve confusion with Willie, while detectives and a lawyer probe potential secrets. Russell and his wife visited his home after hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Thomas
Willie
Father
Russell
Simpson
Bridgeport
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Hilton
United States
The
Hilton Co
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Washington St. and
Temple Place
Blake Building
PEARY
Gret
Capias
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Jimmy
North Dakota
Daniel Russell
Schwartz
Napoleon
Etree
N. BE
N. H
Mass
James A. Houston Company
P. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
Harry Lauder
Kreet &F
Repp
American Woolen Co
Navy
Brown
Little Wonder
William
Dickinson
Whittemore
Traxler
Attorney Berry
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