Peary Sees Food as Key to Polar Success
Harper's Weekly interview with Commander Robert Peary portrays his eighth north pole quest as likely to succeed. He stresses pemmican and hardier supplies, rejects alcohol and smoking, and emphasizes crew fitness, morale, and readiness to endure extreme cold as essential to a safe expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Boyd Stevenson
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Harper's Weekly
Peary
Far North
Pole
Arctic
Limburger
Cligar
May Sutton Wins All England Tennis Championship
Miss May Sutton of California wins the all England women’s tennis title at Wimbledon for the second time, beating Mrs. R L Chambers to reclaim the championship. The 20 year old American earns a standing ovation and bouquet as fans note her historic feat and Pasadena family tennis dominance.
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May Sutton
California
England
America
Miss Sutton
All England
Wimbledon
Miss Sears
D. K. Douglass
R. L. Chambers
Chambers
Pasadena
Cal
Potter's tale reveals duty as a job in church note
Harper's Weekly recalls Bishop Potter telling a story about a country house on the Hudson. A boy reading in a library declines church attendance and answers, that's your job, highlighting a pointed view on duty and obligation.
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Bishop Potter
Harper's Weekly
The
Hudson
Indiana's Beauty Queen Miss Ura Shoaf Wins Honor
Indiana names Miss Ura Shoaf of Wallace as beauty queen after her Crawfordsville High School graduation and first prize in the Indianapolis Star contest. Her photograph by Nicholson of Crawford is shown courtesy of the Star in the national contest to crown America's prettiest woman.
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Ura Shoaf
Crawfordsville High School
Indiana
Wallace
Hoosier
United
Notable Americans and Foreign Figures in Early 1900s News
Long profile touches on H. A. Du Pont as powder trust defendant and Henry Du Pont’s Civil War heroism. It notes Abdul Aziz and Raisuli in Morocco, Congressman Jenkins’ rail policy stance, actor Richard Mansfield, and Charles Francis’s Austrian tariff anecdote. Also details John Armstrong Chanler’s insanity history and current legal fight over his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Algernon du Pont
Senate
Powder Trust
Edward F. Addicks
du Pont
West Point
Winterthur
Colonel du Pont
First Masons In America and Virginia Lodges History
Embers of the Masonic order visit Jamestown and Williamsburg and note the oldest Masonic hall in Virginia now standing. The two story weathered frame house served as Masonry’s first Virginia headquarters and the first grand lodge was organized there. It recalls Patrick Henry and Washington era rites, with later connections to McKinley and Roosevelt.
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Masonic Order
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Virginia
Francis Street
Old Town
Masonry
Patrick Henry
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Lord Botetourt
Washington
New York City
Arthur
Yorktown
Richmond
America
George Washington
General Lafayette
Lafayette
McKinley
Winchester
Lodge of
Masons
Canton
Fredericksburg
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Garfield
Ohio history before statehood and early statehood highlights
The article traces Ohio from exploration by La Salle in 1669 through French and British control, pioneer settlements like Pickawillany, and early conflicts with Native tribes. It covers Fort Laurens, Wayne’s victory at Fallen Timbers, and the path to statehood with Marietta, Cincinnati, and Chillicothe as early seats of government leading to Columbus as capital in 1816. It notes notable figures such as George Washington, Rufus Putnam, Arthur St. Clair, and Edward Tiffin, along with Ohio’s presidents Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley.
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Hio
Union
Ohio
Robert la Salle
Ohio River
Louisville
la Salle
Great Mississippi Valley
Paris
Great Britain
Shelby County
Great Miami River
Pickawillany
England
Virginia
Ohio Land Company
Ohio Valley
Ohio Company
Dinwiddie
George Washington
Fort Laurens
George Rogers Clark
Williamson
William Crawford
Upper Sandusky
United States
Mississippi River
Congress
Arthur St. Clair
Rufue Putnam
Connecticut
Marietta
Clair
Cincinnati
Mathias Denman
St. Clair
Hamilton County
Chillicothe
Cleveland
Franklinton
Steubenville
Williamsburg
Zanesville
Anthony Wayne
Wayne
Greenville
Fallen Timbers
Edward Tiffin
Ross County
Willam Henry Harrison
Northwest Territory
Indiana
Harrison
Thomas Worthington
John Smith
Senate
Smith
Aaron Burr
J. Meigs, Jr
Columbus
Chbto
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
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Peary’s
Explorer
Wonderful May Sutton
Miss May Sutton
Miss Ura Bhoaf
H. A. DU Pont
Abdul Aziz
Morocco
Raisuli
Ion Perdicaris
Pag Rs
Kaid MacLean
Robin Hood
Mohammed
John James Jenkins
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
North Carolina
Ouida
Mr. Jenkins
Baraboo
Wis
Sixth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Richard Mansfield
Helgoland
North Sea
Chicago
Mansfield
Daudet
Mr. Mansfield
Denver
Charles S. Francis
Troy
N. Y
Austria
Storer
Troy Times
John M. Francis
State Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vienna
A. Chanler
John Armstrong Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Amelie Rives
William Astor Chanler
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
New York
Supreme Court of New York
Bloomingdale Asylum
Thomas T. Sherman
Chanler
Sherman
Roanoke Mills
Federal Court of the District
New York State
United States Court
Charles& Francie
OLD Masonic Hall
Masonic Lodge
M’kinley
Statehouse
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