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Peary Sets Sail For U S As Crowds Cheer In Nova Scotia
Commander Peary and his party traveled aboard the Intercolonial express from Truro toward the U S border at McAdam after a farewell visit to the Roosevelt. Crowds gathered at several stations in Nova Scotia to glimpse him while he read mail and avoided statements. An invitation to lecture in London followed a Scottish Geographical Society note, with Peary to reply later.
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Truro
N. S
Intercolonial Express
Robert E. Peary
Land of the Stars and Stripes
McAdam
Robert Bartlett
Peary
Commander Peary
Edinburgh
London
Scottish Society
J. S. Keltie
Lond
Royal Geographical Society
William E. Hubbard
New York
Alpha Phi Delta Kappa Epsilon
New Glasgow
Explorer
Stellarton