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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1909
Page
7
The article discusses pemmican as a staple for Arctic travel, noting its suitability without salt or sugar, and describes Armour beef-based pemmican cans, fat and dried beef with raisins and currants. It credits an American Indian with the invention and recounts winter camp life under Fiskimo and Caucasian ingenuity.
Sydney waited to welcome explorer Robert E. Peary as rough seas forced Roosevelt to anchor at St Pauls Island. A telegram said the Roosevelt could not reach the harbor, but the Sheelah managed to take Mrs Peary and her children to greet the returning explorer.
A telegraph from St Paul reports Peary departed the telegraph office while the Roosevelt heads toward Sydney. Mrs Peary waits at Hotel Sydney as a civic welcome party prepares to greet the explorer aboard the tug Winch. Two thousand Sydney schoolchildren await on the ferry pier and riverbank.
Washington observers from the coast and geodetic survey questioned Commander Peary's preliminary Nobel-style claim of near the pole. Acting chief Frank Walley Perkins signaled doubts about Peary's method during a noon observation noted at 89 degrees 57 minutes, as the team vets final records.
Experts doubt Peary’s claimed position near 89 57 minutes north, arguing noon determination and longitude accuracy were impractical. They note sun observations hinge on data, refraction, and the limits of nonastronomer explorers, while moon sighting remains doubtful.
General A W Greely, retired U S N, discussed the Peary expedition finds from 1883. He said stores were left by him during the southward retreat and that Peary, wintering at Cape Durville, used them in 1898 after frost injuries to his toes. Conger held books clothing and 25 men’s belongings. only diaries records and clothing were kept.
Peter the Great the monkey amused several hundred marines at the Boston navy yard last night and received a rising vote of thanks from the blue jackets in behalf of the United States Navy.
Daniel Griffin 72 a well known Boston stevedore died at his residence 216 Dorchester Street South Boston Sunday night in an untimely end.
An advertisement extols Van Camp's sterilized vacuum-packed milk as superior Holstein milk. It claims lower cost per quart, reduced water content, and no waste due to sealed cans. Appeals to safety, consistency, and industrial scale with 25,000 cows daily.
The 16 ounce Van Camp’s can sells for 10 cents and the 6 ounce can for 5 cents. Buyers get one third more for their money with the larger cans. Our dairies operate in six states and the milk is sold by grocers nationwide.
Dr. Cook joyfully neared home as the Oscar II lay off Fire Island. The Arctic explorer reported from the Shetland Islands on September 1 that he hoisted the American flag at the North Pole on April 21, 1908. The ship stayed 60 miles offshore to arrange a smooth reception while Cook stood on deck and spoke with reporters via megaphone.
On the Oscar II Dr. Cook expressed anxiety about landing and avoided a tumultuous greeting. Reporters pressed aboard as friends and Arctic Club members planned a Brooklyn welcome, with a large public reception in Bushwick. Cook hoped for peace with his family and prepared to proceed to the Grand Republic for his city entry.
Dr Cook plans to attend a banquet at the Waldorf Astoria and be guest of honor at the Arctic Club of America event. In Brooklyn a triumphal arch rises opposite his former home as cheering crowds greet him and a parade of automobiles leads the explorer to the celebration.
Alexander Begg of Washington arrives in New York to represent the National Geographic Society aboard the Grand Republic and at the Waldorf banquet. Willis L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, cannot attend. Begg stands in as society representative.
Professor Donald McMillan of Worcester will meet contestants for his relics of polar expeditions when he arrives with Peary's ship. Two books left at Fort Conger by Lieutenant Frederick F. Kislingbury are among the relics. John P. Kislingbury of Rochester has a certificate showing he remains administrator of his brother’s estate and will claim any relics related to the Arctic expedition. Douglass E. J. Kislingbury, son of the lieutenant, works as a Rochester salesman.
Miss Katherine C. Washburn wed Harry W. Peyser of Portsmouth at her parents home on Wyoming Avenue Melrose Sept 20. The Rev. Paul Sterling of Trinity Episcopal Church officiated the ceremony, witnessed by family.
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