Longest Alaska Canada boundary completed after seven years
The 1507 mile Alaska Canada boundary line from Mount St. Elias to the Arctic Ocean was finished after seven years and 75 men, cost shared by the United States and Canada. Engineers faced tough terrain, conflicts with weather, and the danger of arctic blizzards. Skeletons of long-deceased explorers, Eskimo sites, musk ox, caribou, and dense mosquito plagues marked the perilous voyage.
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Alaska
Canada
Mount St. Elias
Arctic Ocean
United States
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Amundsen
South Pole
International Boundary Line
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Vanea
W. B. Raeburn
W. B. Gilmore
W. C. Guerin
F. 8. Ryus
C. V. Guerin
D. W. Eaton
Asa C. Baldwin
EB. C. Guerin
J. D. Craig
Thomas Riggs
Eldorado
Northwest
Pacific
Raeburn
Herschel Island
Belvidere
Cottle
Shakespeare First Folio Pedigrees Amid Scarce Surviving Copies
The London Chronicle notes about 600 first folios printed with around 200 surviving. Fewer than 20 in perfect state, roughly 160 damaged. Featured pedigrees include the Duke of Leeds first folio with Killigrew and Congreve inscriptions, Garrick's folio at Queen's College Oxford, Irving's second folio with Theobald Johnson and Ireland, and a South Kensington third folio bearing autographs of Hunt Dickens Browning Wordsworth Knight Lewes.
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Shakespeare
Duke of Leeds
Charles Killigrew
William Congreve
Garrick
Queen’s College
Oxford
Henry Irving
Lewis Theobald
Shakepeare
Dr. Johnson
Samuel Ireland
South Kensington Museum
Leigh Hunt
Charles Dickens
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
Charles Knight
George Henry Lewes
London Chronicle
Foot Down Conversation Over Daughter’s Hand Proposal
A clipped exchange shows a suitor asking for consent and the father replying with firm resolve. The dialogue captures a clash of generations as personal autonomy confronts parental authority in a domestic negotiation.
Pa Defines A Receiver As One Who Winds Up A Failing Business
The exchange frames a receiver as a man who winds up a business after it has run down, illustrating a father's lesson on how a receiver operates during a firm's decline.
Imitation Jack-O'-Lantern Attracts Attentive Crowd
An electrical exhibition featured a life size imitation jack-o'-lantern mounted on three glass pillars with porcelain insulators. The pumpkin answered questions and jokes via a hidden dictograph linked to a distant operator, using concealed wires and fine conductors through the setup.
Novel Little Rocket Trick
A simple trick uses two matches placed between the sides of a box with a third wedged at the ends. Pull the middle match free without touching it. Apply flame to shoot the removed match as a tiny rocket into the fireplace.
Elephant Music Lover Delights in Tunes
An elephant at Buffon’s Jardin des Plantes displays musical interest. Simple violin melodies please him, while variations do not. a horn tune excites him, prompting dancing and grunts. He reaches with his trunk to draw out the music and then caresses the musician in gratitude.
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Buffon
Jardin Des Plantes
Playin and the Rainy Afternoon at Home
A Youngstown Telegram item recalls Bennie and Mabel making noise indoors while father tries to read. The children insist they are playing as mother notes it is too wet to go out, with the kids correctly pronouncing their "ings."
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Bennie
Mabel
Father
Youngstown
Obligations of a Naughty Boy at Bedtime
A domestic exchange shows a stern mother denying supper to a boy and the boy asking about medicine after meals. The dialogue highlights parental authority and child health routines in a domestic scene.
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Johnny
Mechanism of the Human Heart Beats and Lifespan Totals
The article notes average heart rate for adult males about 70 bpm with higher rates in youth and women. It compares ranges across species, cites heart work equal to lifting five tons one foot per hour, and presents Dr. Richardson’s mileage estimate: 168 miles daily, 61,320 miles yearly, and 5,150,886 miles over an 84 year lifetime with 2,869,776,000 beats in that span.
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Richardson
Farmer Divides Land Into Four Equal Fields
A square field has one quadrants planted, leaving three quarters to be split. The farmer divides the land outside the square in the upper left corner to create four equal shaped plots. The puzzle asks how to partition the remaining area into four congruent fields.
Indiana Enacts New Tenement Housing Law Effective Today
Indiana's new housing law takes effect today governing construction alteration and maintenance of tenement houses. It sets yard and court size rules, limits wooden two story multi family buildings, and authorizes the board of health and building inspection to enforce sanitation design and construction with misdemeanor penalties for violations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
General Assembly
Board of Health
Building Inspection Department
Riddles From a Dizzy Page of Wit
A collection of pun filled questions and answers about drinking, dogs, ashes, clouds, jeweler jailer watches, Adam's children, a pugilist with a cold, back seats, and a watch with a face but no head.
New Haven Factories Burn In Fire Losses
Two New Haven factories Wayne Chair works and Elastic Plaster company burned to ground with losses about 75000 dollars. Wayne Chair worth 45000 and Elastic Plaster 25000. Sperry Handle factory also suffered damage. Fort Wayne sent auto apparatus to aid fire fighting by local volunteers. Fire blamed on spontaneous combustion amid extreme heat. Insurance coverage was partial.
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New Haven
Fort Wayne
Wayne Chair Works
Elastic Plaster Company
Sperry
Lad Escapes and Is Recaptured in Five Minutes
Richmond July 1 William Doefer seventeen year old burglar held for postal authorities for robbing a branch post office escaped from the city jail but enjoyed liberty for five minutes. Two firemen spotted him leaving the patrol shed and recaptured him after a chase. The turnkey left keys in the door as he fetched more water, allowing Doefer to slip out briefly. Doefer has prior terms in several Illinois institutions.
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Lad
Richmond
William Doefer
Deefer
Illinois
Road Supervisor Burns in Gas Fire Work Incident
Petersburg reports Henry Thompson, Monroe township Pike county supervisor of roads, severely burned by gas flames from a broken pipe on a township pike. He was grading with assistants when the traction engine ignited the gas as he tried to escape. Other workers jumped clear. Thompson expected to recover.
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Petersburg
Henry Thompson
Monroe Township
Pike County
Thompson
Drowning at Flintlake Claims Gary Man Howard Pridgton
In Valparaiso on July 1 a crowd of about 2000 watched as Howard Pridgton, 22, of Gary, drowned at Flintlake after cramps struck him while swimming in water about ten feet deep. Despite attempts, no one could render aid.
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Valparaiso
Howard Pridgton
Gary
Flintlake
Fire Devastates C W Rowlette Block in Muncie
Fire of unknown origin swept the C W Rowlette department store building at Charles and Mulberry streets in Muncie causing about $100,000 in damages. The four story brick Rowlette block housed stores, flats, and suites including ex congressman George W Cromer and W D Kutz. The blaze threatened adjacent businesses as firemen fought to prevent spread through the alley. Tri Kappa Sorority closes its LaGrange convention with known officers and a dance at Howe Military College.
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Scott & Scott, Grocers
Kubner Bros
George W. Cramer
W. D. Kutz
Bigge
Naughton Department
Tri Kappa
LaGrange
Tri Kappa _ Sorority
Howe Military College
Howe
Ind
Owing
Morna Wan
Spencer
Presia
Mary Hicks
Bloomington
Alice Dryer
Sballou
Bess Kinsley
Greenfield
Cross Key
Lydia Vert
Union City
Declared Legally Dead In St. Joseph County Farm Bequest
Walter Ivins of New Carlisle in St. Joseph county has been legally declared dead by Circuit Judge Walter Funk after no word from relatives since 1880. Carrie DeVeaux, Ivins sister and sole heir, filed the petition and now owns a farm near New Carlisle valued at about $10,000.
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South Bend
Walter Ivins
New Carlisle
St. Joseph County
Walter Funk
Circuit Court
Carrie DeVeaux
Rochester Farmer Matthias Pearson Hangs Himself
Matthias Pearson fifty six a Rochester farmer died by hanging at his home after failing to answer breakfast his wife found him suspended in the barn tied to a rafter Ill health was blamed for the act He left a widow and four children. 4 Must Face Another Trial. Sullivan Samuel W Woodsm the Shellburn attorney convicted on a conspiracy charge in circuit court here several months ago whose case was recently reviewed by the supreme court must face a like charge again Prosecuting Attorney Bays small is jailed here and his bond set at 1500 Woodsmall will likely furnish bond
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Sir John Franklin
McKenzie River
Smithsonian Institution
Rochester
Matthias Pearson
Sullivan
Samuel W. Woodsm
Shellburn
Supreme Court
Bays
Small
Nesbit
Woodsmall
Lightning Strikes Farmer Near Carmel
Charles Williams a 70 year old farmer three miles from Carmel was struck by lightning during a severe storm. Found unconscious in a barn he recovered consciousness and is expected to recover though he is at present partially paralyzed. Vera Grimes 22 of Mishawaka attempted suicide by carbolic acid and chloroform after a broken engagement. She is in Joseph Hospital in critical condition with poor prospects for recovery.
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Carmel
Charles Williams
South Bend
Vera Grimes
Mishawaka
Joseph Hospital
Miss Grim
City Planation
Relief Corps Reunion Across Hamilton City Area
Seven attended the Noblesville relief corps reunion with delegates from Lapel Fishers Westfield Shecadia and Atlanta. Officers listed include president vice president and secretary Burton duties noted.
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Surveyors
the Talking Pumpkin
Huge Elephant
HOUSE
Muncie
Rowlette Department Store
George W. Cromer
Farmer
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