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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1909
Page
3
Peary’s crew praises the voyage and the dogs as they prepare for the pole dash. The August 13 1908 letter from Etah describes his plan to winter near Cape Sheridan and transport supplies by dog teams toward Point Barrow, while detailing the ship Roosevelt’s Arctic scene and readiness for a potential pole reach.
Thousands formerly prone to hay fever report immunity after using ascatco. Begin treatment weeks before expected attack to prevent symptoms and endure the season without distress. Available at Riker feynen drug stores and Houghton & Dutton's Drug Pip in Boston in fifty cent and two dollar sizes.
Harvard astronomer Professor E C Pickering argues the North Pole cannot be located exactly with portable instruments. He notes readings near the pole could be imprecise due to moving ice and water areas. Pickering says both Peary and Cook may have neared the spot and hopes for more details on how observations were made.
In New York on September 6 a man named B. Rose was murdered in his room on West 28th Street. He was stabbed during a violent struggle after an intruder climbed through a window. The body, found by his landlady, showed slashes and a torn night shirt with no weapon recovered.
A group of Alexander Adams friends from 65 Clayton Street Dorchester surprised him with a gold watch and chain at his home last night. Attending were Misses Anna Mercer May Connolly Eliza Magrath Lulu Burns Perseus Haley Rose McKenna Mary Parsons Alice Shaughnessy and others including Daniel Cahill William Mullin John Powers William Burns Martin Maguire Peter McCue John Holleran and John Cahill.
The Rexall 93 Hair Tonic offered by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores guarantees a free trial if not satisfied. It is promoted as highly effective for dandruff scalp irritation and hair loss with two sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Lieutenant Peary bids farewell to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on July 8 1908 as the expedition begins the Roosevelt reaches Etah Greenland August 1908 with 200 dogs 30 Eskimos and a crew led by Robert A Bartlett and George Borup aboard the 614 ton three masted steamship built Bucksport Maine in 1905.
Walter S. Bond of New York climbs Mount Blanc from Chamonix in nine hours breaking the previous nine and a half hour record set by an Englishman Morehead in 186. Bond has prior climbing experience in the Rockies and the Andes. Tickets from Chicago to the Pacific coast on the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line priced at 33 dollars with return, stopovers allowed. further details and Folders available from W. W. Hall, 368 Washington Street, Boston.
In New York Herbert Bridgeman of the Peary Arctic Club reads a coded message suggesting Peary may have reached the pole, with terms sun and moon indicating success or failure. Captain Osborn remains doubtful and calls for stronger confirmation of Peary's achievement.
New England's Gale & Kent at 96 Court Street report record July and August business with no fall price changes. They tout ready made suits priced 15 to 25 dollars, made to fit individual figures, and a strong guarantee of satisfaction or money back. They emphasize exclusive patterns, direct-from-mills fabrics, and the 1909 style lineup.
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