Polar data en route for National Geographic Society review
Dr Frederick A Cook's polar data from Copenhagen on December 21 is headed to Washington DC for examination by the National Geographic Society. Prof J H Gore Rear Admiral Pillsbury and Dr W M Hayes of the geological survey will review the papers and report early this month. Prof Willis S Moore says he will not seek re election as polar controversy stirs society politics.
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Grew
Moore
National Geographic Society
South Pole expedition funded as public gifts rise
The Scott Arctic expedition gains $100,000 from the government toward an estimated $260,000 cost. Public subscriptions, previously $55,000 to $60,000, are now boosted to cover the balance. Captain Herbert F. Scott leads the venture amid renewed Arctic exploration interest.
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South Pole
Scott
Smintly Pole
Herbert F. Scott
Traction Cars Crash Near Greenfield Injuring Five
A head on collision between the New Castle Limited and Dayton Limited on the Terre Haute line near Philadelphia Indiana left five people seriously injured and two in likely fatal condition. The crash occurred in fog as the southbound Dayton Limited entered a switch siding. Both motormen remained at their posts in a vain bid to avert the crash, with telescoping of the cars reported for ten to twelve feet.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Greenfield
Ind
New Castle
Dayton
Wabash Freight Train Burned Near Logansport
A fast freight train on the Wabash railroad consisting of oil tank cars and merchandise cars burned near Logansport Indiana after derailing. Several cars exploded and flames spread to the remainder while the fire department struggled to contain the blaze threatening nearby areas.
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Wabash
Logansport
Ind
Ely
Indiana Governor Seeks Contentment as State Need
Governor Marshall of Indiana argues the state's greatest need is contentment. He defines this as a civic ethic of fair work for fair pay, rejection of exploitation, and belief in the common good guiding opportunity and justice for all citizens.
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Interior States
Marshall
Indiana
Multiple sensational crimes and notable deaths reported
The bulletin details a Black Hand murder in Chicago linked to a $5,000 demand, a daring Brooklyn bank robbery with fatalities, Flora Adams Darling founder of the D A R dying in New York, Gen Daniel H. Rucker’s death in Washington at 98, a grounded wire electrocution of Fire Chief Louis Hensel and injuries to Howard Garman in Fort Wayne, a Rock Island wreck near Minooka with few injuries, and the death of David W Gerard supreme chief of the Tribe of Ben Hur in Crawfordsville.
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Chicago
B. Seneni
Flora Adams Darling
The
Daughters of the Revolution
United Daughters of 1812
New York City
John Quincy Adams
Dan Rucker
Daniel H. Rucker
United States Army
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Michigan
Louis Hensel
Boseman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wolf & Dessauer
Howard Garman
Hensel
Ben Hur
David W. Gerard
Tribe of
Ben’ Hur
Crawfordsville
Hir
Ardening
Blizzard Snowbound Chicago Faces A Severe Cold Wave
The winter storm cripples Chicago with sleet and zero temperatures. Trains run late across the Midwest as coal shortages threaten regions from Rock Island to Nevada. Western cities idle electric plants. a freight halt and telegraph outages spread nationwide.
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Albuquerque
N. Mi
New York City
Chicago
Western
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Federal Arsenal
Rock Island
New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Wall Collapse Kills Four Firemen at Milwaukee Bridge Plant
A wall at the American Bridge Company plant in Milwaukee collapsed during a blaze, burying engine company No. 4 and causing four deaths. Several firefighters were injured and frostbitten, and about $250,000 in damage occurred before the fire was brought under control.
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Milwaukee
American Bridge Company
Engine Company No. 4
Woman halts a lynching in Wisconsin labor clash
Mrs. Sarah Andell, wife of boarding-house keeper Join Andell, stood against about 150 enraged men at Twin Lakes Wisconsin and cut the rope that dangled Sam Roberts a cook at Knickerbocker Ice Company camp icehouse. The botched lynching followed union labor strife and mass discharge of workers.
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Sarah Andell
Join Andell
Twin Lakes
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
Sam Roberts
Roberts
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Chicago
Cook
Dia
Canada West Harvest Drives Hope and Population Shift
Canadian West enjoys record wheat yields and vast settlement, with Taft and James J Hill praising growth. American farmers migrate, Canada expands railways and grain elevators, and experts predict rising land values as Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta advance toward wide farming and livestock expansion.
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Taft
Canada
James J. Hill
Canadian Club
Winnipeg
Northwest
United States
Iowa
Minnesota
Las Night
St. Paul
Europe
Alberta
Canadian Mounted Police
Thomas Shaw
American Farm Journala
West
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alxileth
Rocky Mountains
Fort William
Port Arthur
Great Lakes
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Western Provinces
Rce
Trial Kidney Remedy Free. The proprietors of Dean's Remedy offer
A fragment notes a trial of a kidney remedy called Dean's Remedy offered free by its proprietors. Details are unclear due to the damaged text.
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Proprietors of
Dean
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