Copenhagen Gambit on Cook Polar Claim Again Questioned
The Danish commission at the University of Copenhagen concluded the Cook North Pole claim is utterly unproven and branded him a swindler. They examined 61 pages of Cook’s papers and found his observations worthless, while noting the public and officials face disappointment and renewed disbelief.
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Copenhagen
Mer
University of Copenagen
Frederica
Cus
North Pole
Denmark
Cook
Hhontmomt
Rasmussen
Dr. Cook
Torp
Gustav Holm
Piof. Olufson
Danish Geographical Society
National Tidende
America
Commission of
Theniversity of Copenhagen
Walter Lonsdale
Lanadale
Svartevog
Polar
Axel Heiberg Land
Lonsdale
Europe
Wie University
Lonadale
Spectacular rise of Gen Wood to Army Chief of Staff
Washington Dec 15 Major General Leonard Wood now commanding the Department of the East is named next chief of staff of the army. Secretary Dickinson announced Wood will succeed Gen J Franklin Bell whose term ends next spring. Wood rose rapidly from assistant surgeon in 1886 to head of the army by next April at age 49. He earned a Medal of Honor in 1898 for campaigns against hostiles, led the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War, and later served as Governor General of Cuba and commander of the Philippine division.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Army
Dickinson
Wood
J. Franklin Bell
War Department
Gerontsis
Rough Riders
Las Guasmas
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Philippines
Christmas Bird at the Bastile Overrules Jail Inmate’s Release
Horace Dobbins, a jailed Black man indicted for illegal liquor dealing, is freed on own recognizance after a congested docket and judge’s intervention. He will face trial in March while the county continues to bear his board costs and the jail’s expenses.
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Jaller Harmon
Horace Dobbins
Dobbins
Illeiliquor Welling
Gordon
ICE CUTTING PROFITS IN COLDER WEATHER MAURY TALES OF FORTUNE TELLER DEATH
The piece notes ice cut ters storing several tons of ice from thick, fine ice on farms like John M. Gray's as cold snaps aid preservation efforts. It then shifts to a macabre scene in Indianapolis where Algernon Wintermute, an elderly fortune teller, dies amid a bizarre cluttered room containing remnants of a magic business and suspicions of money buried in rubbish. In New York, Ocey Sneed murder case arrests unfold as three sisters face charges and family members go on the run.
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John M. Gray
Indianapolis
Ing
Wee
South Tremont Avenue
Algernon Wintermute
Law
Wintermute
Winter Mute
New York
Ocey Sneed
East Orange
N. J
Martha Wardlaw
Fletcher Sneed
St.Catherines
Ont
St. Catherines
Caroline W. Martin
Mary Sneed
Santa Claus Doubts Prompt Taft to Intervene
At the White House a boy challenged Santa Claus belief, prompting President Taft to advise writing a letter to Santa. Taft asked the boy to present his Christmas wishes, then judged Santa’s existence by outcomes if gifts arrived as asked. The boy agreed to decide after soliciting Santa through letters.
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White House
Mhe Ciifer
Taft
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Visits Mr Taft From Admirers Far and Wide
Washington December 21 President Taft and members of his family begin to receive Christmas presents from across the country. Many gifts come from admirers who have never met him. Two large express packages contained crude paintings. One depicted a bust of the president and the other a full length portrait of the president and his family. The crude works were painted by a young Italian in New York.
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Washington
Taft
Mébsters
Express
New York
Head of Colony Jane Cowan Dies in Kentucky
Sister Jane Cowan aged 80, for forty years leader of the ir colony at South Union near Bowling Green Kentucky, has died. She steered a once flourishing community as it faded to a small remnant and maintained control of colony affairs. The colony owns 10,000 acres of prime land valued high in this region.
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Bowling Green
Jane Cowan
South Union
Six Die In Shrack and Sherwood Factory Fire
Philadelphia dispatch reports the disappearance of five girls after a deadly factory blaze. authorities confirmed all five bodies found on the third floor, badly burned, making positive identification by remaining jewelry difficult. Fireman Joseph Toner also perished from suffocation, bringing total fatalities to six.
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Philadelphia
Shrack & Sherwood’s
Joseph Toner
Insane Die in Fire at Central Hospital for the Insane
Fire at the Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville Illinois destroyed the north wing and caused officials to move inmates to the south wing. Several firefighters were injured by falling walls as the blaze raged until near midnight. A few patients may have escaped during the initial outbreak.
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Jacksonville
Central Hospital For
Fiorcely
Poultry Prices Affecting State Inmates Dinners
Albany December 21 report that high poultry costs, especially turkey, hinder the State Lunacy Commission in allocating Christmas meals for inmates of insane and charitable institutions. Turkeys would be distributed only to the sick and those acutely affected.
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Albany
N. Y
See State Lunacy Commission
Remains of Sam Walker to Stay in Arkansas
Sam Walker slain Monday in Scottsville Ark will not be buried in Columbia Tenn his former home. A wire from A B Gherry Columbia Tenn states burial will be in Scottsville with remains not moved to Columbia. Relatives are unsure why burial plans changed.
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Arkansas
Sam Walker
Maury
Scottsville
Ark
Columbia
A. B. Gherry
Columbia, Tenn
T. Walker
Whites To k eep Women and Savages Revolt
In Victoria on December 3 to 6 reports describe a revolt led by head hunters against white men who marry native women. Two white children aged five and nine, their father the planter, and another mother were attacked. the children were mutilated beyond recognition. The notorious chief Sito vowed to exterminate whites who wed natives and their offspring.
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Victoria
Solowon Isinn
Newa
Mall
Aorangt
Sito
Thay
Christmas Tree Plans Across Columbia Churches
Churches in Columbia announce Christmas tree events and offerings to benefit children and orphans. Major churches list times for trees, cantatas, songs, and Santa visits, with donations supporting Tennessee Orphan's Home and local programs.
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Columbia
First Presbyterian
Coldest Night of Winter Drops Thermometers Further
Citizens faced a record cold spell as temperatures slipped to around ten degrees above zero, surprising many inured to the chill. Water pipes froze across the town, challenging residents and warming concerns as the spell continued through Monday night.
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Boes
Bradley
Peary
Gwindler
Norway
Cose
Stromgren
Gen. Wood
Polly
Bradly
New York City
Woldridge
Harmon
Squalor
Algernon
CUPES
Sant Chaos Real
Nquces
Mam
MR. Lar T
Barren County
L. Barker
Hersia
Ill
Sneed
Columbia Pete
Rewgy
Beabon
Nto
First Methodist
First Cumberland
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
First Baptist
First Ba
Tennessee Orphan's Home
Boag
First Christian
First Christian Church
Ten Besser Orphan's Home
Prierson Memorial Church
South Columbia Methodist
South Columbia Methodist Church
P. D. Freeman
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