Amundsen Reaches South Pole Plateau Name Haakon VII
Roald Amundsen recounts the 1911 1912 Antarctic expedition culminating at 89 68 minutes south on December 14 with the Cobra flag at Polheim near the King Haakon VII Plateau. He details depot construction, dogs weather and observations, and notes discoveries linking South Victoria land and King Edward VII land with Queen Maud's Range.
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Edward VII
Fve
Pals
Victoria Land
Ernest Shackleton
Beardmore
Slaventh
Ross Barrier
King Edward Viiland
Framheim
Pic
Shackleton
Furtheat
The
Polo
Haakon VII
South Pole
Polheim
Pole
King Edward VII
Antarctic
Queen Maud’s Range
Scott
King Edward VII, Land
Presatnd
Bay of Whales
Barrier Dome
Prestand
Fram
The Natural Thing Prohibition Questioned by Lawyers
A dialog debates prohibition with lawyers arguing it threatens the bar and legal practice. One figure asks why lawyers would oppose prohibition, prompting the other to reply that it is a direct menace to the bar and legal work.
Dialogue Fragment Between May and Percy Visit West
A brief dialogue literarily notes May recounting a trip to visit her father and mother with Percy reacting in exclamations. May explains she knew where they lived, while Percy interjects with a playful “Percy-By Jove” and “Judge.”
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May
Percy
Jove
A Financier. The Napoleon of finance in parody
A fragment portrays a financier as a notorious moneyed figure who unexpectedly supports a large family on meager wages. The remark contrasts wealth with a modest lifestyle, suggesting rumor and satire about his true riches. The passage hints at public judgment of wealth and charity in a terse exchange.
First Tea Brewed In Eliot New Hampshire Estate
The story notes that the first cup of tea in this country was brewed on the Shaplaigh estate in Eliot New Hampshire in the early 1600s. Nicholas Shaplaigh of England funded an expedition in 1623 placing his son in law in charge who landed at Kittery Point. Two years later the family settled at what became Milot. The estate remains in the descendants' ownership.
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Eliot
N. H
Nicholas Shaplaigh
England
New World
Kittery Point
Nicholas
Hmilot
Loan Sharks Debate By State Legal Department In Iowa
Iowa officials discuss usury laws and possible indictments for charging unlawful interest. Special counsel G A Robbing cites code sections on maximum rates and past cases to support indictments where usurious interest is proven. September county fairs list events and secretaries. agrarian societies gather across multiple counties. A white grub life cycle explanation from Ames outlines control methods. Des Moines mustering out of Company F prompts reorganization. several incorporations and amendments filed with the secretary of state.
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Atrte of
Iowa
York
Big Four Fair Association
Nashua
C. L. Putney
Payette County Agricultural Society
West Union
EB. A. McIlroe
Hancock County Agricultural Society
Fritz
BR. L. McMilan
Hardin County Agricultural Society
Eldora
Martin
Wright County Agricultural Society
Clarion
Charles Retzer
North Fair
Mason City
Bremer County Fair Association
Waverly
D. A. Long
Kossuth County Agricultural Society
Algona
T. P. Harrington
Worth County Agricultural Society
Northwood
H. Miller
Franklin County Agricultural Society
Hampton
E. D. Williams
E. C. Bishop
Ames
Logan
Iowa College News and State Highlights
Iowa College students report a nine percent rise in scholarship by the state university amid grading of thousands of papers. Women again show higher averages than men, with 23 percent of women in the top two grades. Also notes fruit crop conditions, pension grants to Iowans, a call for higher state pay for legal staff, bank charter notice rules, weighing abuses probes, and state contracts for meat supplies to institutions.
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Universlty
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised by Michigan Mother
Mrs G Johnson of Scottville Michigan shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound kept her energetic on a farm raising thirteen children. She credits the remedy with preventing backaches and easing care of her family, and notes her daughter uses it for painful periods and irregularities.
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Pinkham
G. Johnson
Scottville
Mich
B.D
Lydia E. Pinkham
Afraid to Look Up Family Tree Cites Monkey Jibe
A remark questions why he would search his ancestry implying he might uncover "monkeys hanging from the branches" in a mocked family tree. The blunder reflects insensitive humor, illustrating how lineage inquiries can provoke racialized taunts.
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Cmaes Bacans
Afrald
Prodigal Son Tale Sparks Tiny Injuries Joke
A Sunday school joke has Tommy retelling the prodigal son story with a twist. The teacher asks where the hurt came from and Tommy explains the father ran to meet him and fell on his neck, joking it would hurt to fall on your neck.
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Tommy
Tt Boosts a Young Man Remarkably in Romance Nickname
A girl compares a young man to a hero in a romantic novel, noting that his front name bears a striking likeness to that of the story’s lead figure. The remark underscores the social impact of perceived charisma and literary echo in courting.
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Davenport
Scott County Mercentile Company
Brown-Corley- Ells Company
Des Moines
Brown-Corler Motors Company
Iowa College
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George Cosson
Nels J. Lee
Estherville
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Mr. Cosson
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Chicago
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