Race for Food Across Arctic Ice Fields
A slow painful trek unfolds as teams race for food supplies across harsh Arctic ice. Resilience and endurance mark this grueling journey amid extreme cold and shifting snow.
02 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
1
A slow painful trek unfolds as teams race for food supplies across harsh Arctic ice. Resilience and endurance mark this grueling journey amid extreme cold and shifting snow.
An excerpt from Captain Bjnur Mikkelsen recounts the perilous trek in Greenland where hunger drove them to search endlessly for 17 Kilometer Naesset. The pair endured cold, fatigue, and phantom sightings as they pressed on to find food tins and fuel that would end their life threatening ordeal.
In Tuscany bare winter evenings around village fires peasants and neighbors improvise poetry and stories. A local doctor duel of lines soon draws a crowd as a colleague prods with verse and a wager fuels a three hour poetic contest. The tale notes peasants’ quick measure and respect for poetic form.
The oyster is praised as a very ancient and honorable institution cited by poets and sages across ages. From Juvenal to Hadrian, its charms are celebrated as cosmopolitan and widespread, long before the American shores were known. The passage notes the oyster’s enduring appeal and global presence.
Pearson's Weekly recalls Turner the landscape painter, Dr. Johnson, Carlyle, Tennyson, Fitzgerald and others as slovenly or grotesque in attire. The piece notes their unkempt clothes, wrinkled wigs, and odd habits, framing sartorial care as inconsistent with genius.
In Uskub Macedonia after the Balkan war began the Servian army completed an electric street lighting system that was nearly finished before capture. The occupation turned to an unusual task as the invaders finished and put the network into working order.
A brief note recalls Gustave Dore who bought a Paris outskirts villa and marked its entrance with a musical rebus Do mi at la do re meaning Domicile Dore or Home of Dore. The excerpt also cites quips about names from literary figures and a reflection on chimes.
The piece urges every union member to attend meetings, arguing absence dulls personal growth and the movement’s momentum. It stresses the educational benefits of participation and the morale boost from shared presence.
Historians may note a new chapter on trade unions rising to a place of honor and efficiency. The piece credits unions with advancing labor, promoting peace between workers and employers, and improving industrial and social welfare despite obstacles. It also cites a federal grand jury report criticizing mine operators and camp marshals for biased enforcement and assaults on miners, causing widespread fear to voice grievances.
James M. Duncan of New York City elected president of the International Typographical Union after serving as vice president since May 1912. He previously worked as a proofreader for the New York Herald and led Local Union No. 6, with prior work in Philadelphia Pottsville Chicago and other cities. He has served two terms as president of Local 6 and participated in major union committees and conventions.
A column notes the demanding process singers endure to record for phonograph wax, detailing the specialized instruments, careful precision, and repeated takes. It also cites historical British premiers who dueled, recalling the decline of dueling and a quip about Premier Peel.
A historical note argues 1800 produced many notable figures including Abraham Lincoln Edgar Allan Poe Oliver Wendell Holmes Charles Darwin and Mendelssohn. The piece also mocks local letters about village water in ditches and includes ad hoc fragments on doctors sharpening tools and travel anecdotes.
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