Arctic explorer hints at Franklin mystery and Icelandic colony links
Stefansson writes from Barrow, Alaska, describing a winter camp and travels east of the Colville river. He notes Eskimo huts, ventilation issues, and plans to push farther east toward the Coppermine river while linking his observations to the Franklin disappearance and Greenland Icelandic migrations in a speculative context.
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World’s Largest Wireless Antenna Erected in New York Tower
A 700 foot high umbrella shaped antenna rises from the Metropolitan Life building as a new wireless telephone and telegraph service expands between major Atlantic coast cities. Two wires were raised during a storm with toy balloons sent aloft for airflow tests. French navy Lieuts. Colin and Jeanice report 100 mile radio communication between the cruiser Conde and the Toulon arsenal.
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Beaton A Harvard Professor Endorses Flirting Among Students
Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard, aged sixty seven, advocates mixing flirting into student life at Harvard and Radcliffe. He says a little flirting can be a welcome vacation from study and that social life should be valued alongside academics, with occasional lectures at Radcliffe. He notes some students overemphasize study and underutilize social pleasures.
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Shipbuilding output falls to 1898-era lows in fiscal year
Washington reports the American shipbuilding industry produced its smallest output since 1898 in the year ending June 1909. A total of 1,363 merchant vessels of 232,616 gross tons were built in the United States, far below the 1,666 vessels of 688,627 gross tons in fiscal 1908, the record year.
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City to Build a Crematory on Hospital Grounds
Philadelphia officials plan a city crematory on the contagious diseases hospital grounds to replace the potter’s field. The old crematory on the field was abandoned years ago. 1500 bodies were cremated after sale of the Meld. The plan aims to identify remains before cremation and end the older burial practice.
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Carthage Student Keeps 12 Year Perfect Attendance
Pauline Roach daughter of Con B. Roach of Kansas City Missouri achieved a perfect attendance record spanning twelve years. She spent eight years in ward schools then four years in Carthage High School with no absences or tardies.
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Maryland Cookhouse Preparations Through Diverse Dishes
A long diet section lists fried chicken, ham slices, biscuits, and desserts with Maryland flavors. It includes planked shad, soft shell crabs, baked rock fish, oysters, and clams, plus mint juleps and fresh fruit desserts. Also notes portable irons and Marmalade and provides several simple recipes and a fish salad preparation.
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Fine Old Historic Pitcher Linked to Champlain Centennial
Boston reports Charles H. Sherman of Glens Falls New York owns a rare 11 inch high English pitcher from Middleeboro Yorkshire. It bears a Lake George Prospect Mountain scene and gold and white decoration. The piece is unique with one other ordered by Lake House owner Mr Tucker and passed to a relative. the Lake House site near Fort George is now ruins.
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Lake House
England
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Glens Falls
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Fort Ticondercroga
Statue of American Indian wins salon gold medal
Boston readers learn of the statue by Mr. Dallin that won the salon gold medal for sculpture. The enlarged Paris photo reproduction accompanies the piece, noting the artist’s rare recognition and limited Boston viewership at his National Gallery studio.
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Boston
Paris
Readiness of Low Form to Adapt Shows Trainability
Scientific note discusses how low forms adapt to environments, suggesting potential for training. It notes that their quick adjustment indicates a capacity for learned behavior and responsiveness to environmental pressures.
The Money Gate
A fragment from New York Week shows a tense exchange between a man named Neely Dillent and a lawyer over payment terms following a failed transaction. The lawyer reassures the client while hinting at partnership.
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New York
Round Trip Homeseekers’ Rates to New Mexico and Texas
Special Round Trip Homeseekers Rates advertised by Colorado and Southern Railway. Tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month all year to numerous points in New Mexico and Texas at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Final limit twenty five days with liberal stopover privileges. Details from local agents or T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
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Colorado & Southern Railway
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