SAY COOKS POLE DATA 5 A FAKE AND FRAUD
The New York Times presents affidavits from Captain August W Loose and George H Dunkle claiming Dr Frederick A Cook hired them to fake Arctic data for acceptance by Copenhagen. They describe promises of $4000, payment of $260, and Cook’s disappearance after receiving work.
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George H Dunkle
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New York
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Tolin
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Andrew H Lewis
Polar Calculations, Giving Them To Dr Cook
Crook
Copenhagen
Sheriff Jacob Bell Killed in Holmes County Shootout
Roy Lee, described as possibly insane, surprised at Shreve Ohio and fatally shot Sheriff Jacob Bell of Holmes County as the officer attempted to arrest him after holding his family at night. The incident marks a violent confrontation in a rural Ohio community.
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Shreve
Ohio
Roy Lee
Jacob Bell
Holmes County
Global Postal Savings Banks Growth Report
The Comptroller of the Currency report by Lawrence O Murray outlines a table of postal savings banks worldwide. It notes 34 countries with such banks, near 100 percent growth in depositors over the last decade, and deposits rising from about 1.14 million to 184.3 million dollars, with average deposits per depositor falling from 60 to 49 dollars. The United States leads in depositors and total deposits among these banks, while Canadian postal banks show high total deposits with lower depositor counts, and Japan Austria Russia and the Netherlands show varying figures. The report cites 25,000 banks with over 25,000 deposit accounts totaling about 1.86 billion in capital and over 14.09 billion in individual deposits.
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United States
Thott Thort
United Hitatdeam
Ramver
Japan
Italy
Austria
Russia
Netherlands
British India
Aitinga
Gas Tank Explosion Kills Dozens At Hamburg
An explosion at Kleine's Grasbrook on the Elbe in Hamburg followed by a large fire. Twenty five workmen near the gasometer vanished in flames, nineteen confirmed dead and fourteen missing. The 200000 cubic meter gasometer exploded, the largest in the world, after a leak allowed escaping gas to feed the blaze. The city has allocated 14,000,000 marks for its construction.
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Grasbrook
Elbe Front
Hamburg
Germany
Auto Victim Found in River Believed to Save Fiancée
The body of Max Cohen was recovered from the Chicago River near Loomis street bridge, confirming the fatal duo with his fiancée Beatrice Shapiro. Police think Cohen died trying to free Miss Shapiro as Ernest Camp drove the car into the river at Jackson boulevard bridge. Cohen’s coat and overcoat were arranged about his head, suggesting a failed attempt to remove them while he aided Miss Shapiro. Shapiro’s body has not been located.
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Chicago
Loomis Street
Ernest Camp
Jackson Boulevard
Cohens
Beatrice Shapiro
Miss
Cairo lynchers to escape trial in Illinois
States Attorney Alexander Wilson states Arthur Alexander, the Black man linked to the Cairo murder of Anna Pelley, will not be brought from Urbana to face trial this term due to local sentiment. No indictments are expected against those involved in the recent double lynching.
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Arthur Alexander
Anna Pelley
Cairo
Urbana
Circuit Court
Crash Injures 35 As Train Strikes Indianapolis Street Car
Thirty five passengers were injured when an inbound Pennsylvania train hit a street car at the South Street crossing in Indianapolis. The car was hurled about thirty feet onto a cement sidewalk and lay blocking the track. No deaths reported and most injuries occurred in the ensuing panic. The engineer stopped the train before a second collision.
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Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
South Street
Chicago to build 250000 dollar motor speedway claim
Local Chicago capitalists back a company to construct a 250000 dollar motor speedway in Chicago. The report accompanies wide data on 1909 tobacco production in Kentucky and corn losses in the Huron area from heavy snows, with farm-storage and yield figures supplied by the Agriculture Secretary James Wilson and Louisville banks.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Louisville
Calhoun Named Minister to China by State Department
Announcement at Washington DC on Monday disclosed William J Calhoun of Chicago as minister to China. Born in Pittsburgh in 1848, Calhoun has long been a commanding Illinois and national figure and backed McKinley in 1896. In 1900 he could…
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State Department
Washington, D C
William J Calhoun
Chicago
China
Calhoun
Pittsburg
Illinois
McKinley
Calliing's Career and Plays in National Politics
The article outlines Mr Calliong’s broad influence from Duanville to Chicago. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, joined the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1898, served until 1900, then moved to Chicago. In 1905 he acted as special commissioner to Jedeguga assessing an international issue central to the core doctrine.
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ate-Duanville
Chicago
Calliong
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jedeguga
America
Deputy Sheriff Shot Defying Striking Mob at Steel Plant
In Mona ca near Pittsburgh, Deputy Sheriff Conway Crowley was shot and fatally wounded after he defied a mob of striking foreign workers threatening with a black flag near the Colonial Steel Company plant. The attack occurred amid tense labor unrest and protests surrounding the strike actions.
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Pennsylvania
Sherif
Colonial Steel Company
Monaca
Pittsburg
Conway Crowley
Farmers of Central Canada Reap Wheat and Riches
A Provincially rooted tale shows James Bailey near Regina doubling wealth by buying 640 acres near Grand Coulee. After two years with 600 acres wheat and 40 oats, he sold grain for 17 550 dollars and land value rose by 10 880 dollars. Wheat 33 12 bushels per acre, oats 118 7 per acre. Government agents can provide rates and guidance.
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Gentral Gamada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Bed Clash Over Bad Night in Scottish Inn
In gray dawn a traveler complains to a Scotland inn night clerk that he was given the worst bed. The clerk insists all beds are similar. The man notes a sleeper on the floor and claims the other occupant keeps “maximum capacity” hours of noise, challenging lodgings for a better rest.
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Scotland
Nan
A Lesson from Nature Portrait of a Flower Habitat
A delicate flower grew two feet high between a horse path and wheel track. Minor shifts in its position could have doomed it, yet it flourished as if its range were vast. The piece reflects on small vulnerabilities and a resilient life, quoting Henry D. Thorean.
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Benry D. Thorean
Coffee Dreamed Away by Postum Change
A letter from an Indian town recounts lifelong coffee addiction and dyspeptic suffering. The writer credits Postum with restoring health and breakfast routine, noting coffee was abandoned and Postum became essential. The tale contrasts mental willpower with the need to break habits.
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Y. Hysele
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