News of the Week A world brief from fires to rail and sport
A train plunged into a burning bridge near McNeil Texas killing a fireman and injuring eight others. Kansas Supreme Court tests rail trooper transport law at one cent per mile. Braun Health Institute fraud order in Bloomington Illinois. Wrights and Curtiss paid large prize sums. Championship series attendance and receipts tallied. A. H. Forbes wins Lahm cup distance 731? miles at 38 mph. Kansas elevator owners report grain car shortage. Woman’s Home Missionary society set for Buffalo. Parcel post favored by National Paint Oil & Varnish. Blackhawk sword recovered and to be given to Iowa Historical Society. George Stone wrecks, six drowned. Sunflower Refining receiver appointed. Missouri Pacific–M E T train crash near LeRoy Kansas. one death, many injured. North Carolina frost damages crops. Secretary Knox discourages Crane’s China posting. Oklahoma cotton yield estimated at 525000 bales worth 40 million. Detroit wins world series game four. 5–0. Pittsburgh leads two games each. Topeka wrecks blamed on conductor and engineer. San Angelo race riots threaten blacks. Census tests for 3000 temp posts in progress. Los Angeles socialist meeting denounces Taft. riot dispersed. Point Pleasant monument unveils for 1774 battle. Kansas Supreme Court rules state can seize joint property for fines. St Louis streetcar accidents injure 34. Oklahoma banking liquidates Columbia Bank. Central State Bank to replace. Fort experiments cause injuries and explosions.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Braun Health Institute
Bloomington
Wilbur Wright
Hudson-Fulton
Glenn H. Curtiss
Pittsburg
Detroit
A. H. Forbes
St. Louis
Richmond
Kansas
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Buffalo
National Paint, Oil & Varnish Association
Blackhawk
Andrew Jackson
Iowa Historical Society
George Stone
Point Pelee
Ont
Upper Lake Erie
Pollock
J. B. Adams
Sunflower Refining Company
Missouri Pacific
Woody Station
LeRoy
Kan
North Carolina
Knox
State Department
Crane
China
Oklahoma
Topeka
San Angelo
Census Bureau
Los Angeles
Cal
Taft
Point Pleasant
W. Va
K Kansas Supreme Court
Oklahoma State Banking Board
Columbia Bank & Trust Company
Central State Bank
Ena
Monenees
Fort
Peary Eskimo Testimony Challenges Cook North Pole Claim
The Peary Arctic Club releases a signed statement by Peary Bartlett McMillan Borup and Henson, with Eskimo witnesses I took a shoo and Ah pe lah, contending Dr. Cook did not reach the north pole. They recount voyage details from Anoratok to Jones Sound and Etah, asserting no bear or musk oxen caches en route and questioning Cook's reported travels.
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Peary
Bartlett
McMillan
Borup
Henson
Roosevelt
Congress
Peary Arctic Club
Librarian of Congress
Washington
New
York
Robert E. ‘Peary
Cook
North
Pole
Dr. Cook
Jones Sound
Etah
I-took-a-shoo
Ah-pe-lah
Anoratok
Panikpah
I-took
Mr. Whitney
Billy Pritchard
Commander Peary
Francke
Smith’s Sound
Cape Sabine
Sverdrup
Ellef Ringnes
Amund Ringnes
Amund Ringes Land
Amund Ringnes Land
Eskimo Boys
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Cape Tennyson
Clarence Head
Cadogan Fiord
Cape Isabella
Payet Harbor
Pankpah
Smith Sound
R. E. Peary
Robert A. Bartlett
D. B. M'Millan
George Borup
Matthew A. Henson
Landor plans small South Pole expedition with airship
English explorer A Henry Savage Landor says Shackleton failed from a large, cumbersome layout and advocates a light caravan approach. He hints at aeronautic means for the journey and notes starch advances as a separate market item.
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South Pole
A. Henry Savage Landor
Lieut. Shackleton
Mr. Landor
Asia
Africa
Young Man Warned About Peach Who May Prove A Lemon
A cautionary note warns young men to beware a woman described as the peach and the apple of their eye who may turn out to be a lemon, reflecting a cautionary moral about sought after lovers.
Allen's Lung Balsam Remedy Ad
Clearest pitch urges readers to be just to themselves and rely on Allen's Lung Balsam a harmless efficient cough remedy available at druggists in 25c wc and dollar bottle sizes.
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Allen
Red Cross Ball Blue and Lewis' Single Binder Ad Snippet
An old style newspaper snippet promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product 2 oz package for five cents and Lewis' Single Binder cigars as part of an annual sale. It also contains aphorisms about generosity hearing and seeing.
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Lewis
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