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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
4
Rainy days kept many women away but hundreds still visit the Tunnel Bargain Basement daily. Today a large turnout is expected as unadvertised lots attract shoppers, including a noted corset sale.
Commander Peary releases his 1909 statement and Eskimo testimony to contest Dr. Cook's polar claim. The narrative details the Eskimo boys I took a shoe and Ah pe lah, their father Panikpah, and Peary's party reviewing routes from Aronatok to Ellesmere and Sverdrup lands, with questions about travel, caches, and provisions.
The narrative outlines Peary and companions tracing a lengthy Arctic march from Cape Thomas H Hubbard across Ringnes Island Crown Prince Gustav Sea Heiberg Land Norwegian Bay and Nor folk inlet to Cape Vera with fresh eggs and a walrus. They describe spotting open water near Hell's Gate and Simmon's Peninsula, later crossing Jones Sound to Cadogan Fiord and ending at Payet Harbor near Cape Sabine where a seal was cached for them.
Commander Peary asserts Eskimos with Dr. Cook claim Cook’s journey was physically and mathematically impossible. Eskimos mapped routes, denied caches or dog losses, and suggested Cook would need 570 miles in 27 days to reach the pole. They reported fresh eider duck eggs at Cape Vera, a point Peary uses to support his claim.
The document summarizes Eskimo observations disputing Dr. Cook’s polar claim. It notes the island positions near Heiberg and Ringnes Lands, the absence of game and caches, and the impossibility of a 1040 mile trek with limited supplies, arguing the pole claim is physically unlikely.
Dr Cook declares it is the same old story and says he has answered Peary’s points a dozen times. He notes the Eskimos kept their word not to reveal details of the polar voyage and refused to discuss the expedition, while Peary’s map is challenged as misrepresenting facts and questions from cross-examination.
A vintage ad describes Dr Sabourand and Prof Anna linking microbes to baldness and praising Rexall 93 Hair Tonic. It recounts tests with 100 druggists and 93 reporting positive results, with two skeptics, and promotes availability at Rexall Stores in Boston via Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
A vintage advert promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a cure for bilious symptoms. It claims the pills purify blood, restore stomach and liver harmony, and prevent illness with two to four doses at bedtime. Physicians endorse them and insist they form no habit.
This line offers a medical remedy claim promising rapid relief from constipation biliousness and a sick headache within a single night. It reads as an old advertised remedy style with a bold health result.
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