Poor flying in Arctic undermines air exploration hopes
The wirering report on Arctic flightcasts disappointment with Amundsen and MacMillan notes planes failed to ease Arctic exploration. Maynard Owen Williams critiques airplane limits for Arctic work while sledging and dog power offer reliability. Eskimo canoes and tupiks remain refuges as dirigibles are favored for future polar travel. Polar exploration may be a fad that will fade with time.
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Arctic
Amundsen
MacMillan
Maynard Owen Williams
NERVE-WRACKED ENGINEERS A CrosSing Problem
A fragment notes nervous strain among engineers facing crossing problems and wear and tear on the nerves. The text hints at professional stress due to insufficient attention to a crossing issue.
Relentless Task Master Locomotive Engineers Face Crossing Harms
An elderly Missouri Pacific Railroad engineer quits after years of watching for careless motorists at grade crossings. He recalls drivers speeding up to beat trains and others laughing at near collisions. He urges equal caution from motorists to reduce crossing tragedies. Also notes Danish students seeking Scottish farm work, a western town voting 60,000 for a jail bond amid no local crime in two years, and Byron’s Don Juan origin of the saying thos who taunt are fools.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Oil City clears typhoid in water supply test
Health officer Brockway reports Oil City water free of typhoid germs after laboratory analysis. Bacteria counts reached 32 000 at room temp and 35 000 at body temp, but no B coli B or typhoid organisms found in standard or special tests. chemists deem samples in satisfactory sanitary condition after confirmation tests.
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Oil City
Brockway
Church Fire Averted By Local Volunteers
Aug 29 at Westons Mills residents formed a bucket brigade to save the Union Church as sparks from a stove touched off a grass field blaze. Volunteers prevented spread, with only the roof burned and plaster scorched. Olean and Portville firefighters assisted, finding the fire extinguished.
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Westons Mills
Union
Sontire
Portville
Twenty Years Ago In The Journal Files August 29 1905
Summary of 1905 notices: an oil train collision near Galena Oil works after a switch was left open injuring several crew members. A theft at the passenger station cash drawer of seven to eight dollars. Planes of Miss Harriet Steen and Miss Zella Powell heading to Pittsburgh for fall millinery. Will O Neil returns from Swissgate on business. Mr and Mrs A G Crowell buy a Marion street lot and will move soon. Miss Edith and Edna Ross return from Findley Shore. Miss Jennie Alexander visits from West Virginia. Gertrude Truesdell begins as assistant secretary for the Agricultural Fair association.
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Will Lewis
Banking by Checks Dominates City Commerce
The article explains that bank clairings measure the total checks and drafts exchanged within a clearing house for daily adjustments. It notes that in large cities over 90 percent of commercial activity is conducted by checks, with cash accounting for less than 10 percent.
Monongahela City Swept By Big Fire
A major blaze in Monongahela Pennsylvania gutted much of the central business district. The Monongahela City Penr Co building housing dentists and doctors offices was destroyed, as was a nearby bank and a frame laceshops structure. Firemen fought the flames but could not prevent spread within an hour, leaving several residents homeless.
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Monongahela City Pa
Monterahela City
Wall Papde
Six Boston Tenement Houses Destroyed in Fire
Fire in East Boston destroyed six tenement houses and damaged others, driving hundreds into the street as flames threatened the district for nearly an hour. Police ordered occupants from several nearby buildings as smoke and urgency filled the neighborhood.
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Boston
Hot Weiner Sandwich Trial Promises Best Weiners
A local ad invites trial of a Hot Weiner sandwich claiming superiority. The message notes sandwiches, pies, milk and coffee, with orders available for homes and parties.
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Gee
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Pittsburgh
Warren Times
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Swissgate
A. G. Crowell
Concord Township
Marion Street
Edith and
Edna Ross
Bla Silney
Shady Side
Findley
Brockport
Jennie Alexander
West Virginia
MS Stultz
Gertrude Truesdell
George Titus
Agricultural Pair Association
Monongahela
United Press
Texas Hot
East Main Street
Corry, PA
Chris Dallas
the Equitable Life
Liberal
Des Moines
John
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