Pellagra controversy sweeps Elgin echo weekly
The Elgin Echo lists a chaotic mix of headlines. Pelagra blamed as a germ disease. train auto crash near St. Louis with five dead. Bishop Fallows in Chicago on death and communications. Taft to accept resignation of McHarg. Harriman health updates. theft of diamonds from Vendome Hotel. various warily described political and social events across the country with deaths, floods, and strikes.
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Chicago
Earl Grey
Canada
Northwest
Wilds
E. H. Harriman
Mra
Adolph Hirsch
Vendome Hotel
Miystiffles
Johnson
Minnesota
W. A. Stone
Uniontown
Explorer Believed Lost Returns From Polar Quest
Dr Frederick Albert Cook, the American explorer, reportedly reached the north pole on April 21 1908, according to a telegram to the Colonial Office in Copenhagen. His return ends a perilous, largely self funded expedition begun in summer 1907, amid doubt from scientists and financiers.
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Colonial Office
Copenhagen
Frederick Albert Cook
North Pole
Lervik
Norway
Cook
Frederick A. Cook
Arctic
Davis
Baffin
Ross
Franklin
Hoelmshere
Hudson
Plain Jack Bradley
Chicago
Dr. Cook
Elamoreland
Dr Cook Expedition to Reach Pole Faced Harsh Arctic Trials
The 1908 polar chase began north of Utah on February 26 and led to months of radio silence until hints of a planned return in September. Admiral Schley supported the search efforts, while Dr Robert Peary and Norwegian companions prepared eight Eskimos, four sledges and twelve dog teams for the Mort land route from Etah Greenland. Cook, a New Yorker and Brooklyn physician, joined Peary on prior Arctic forays and had built a reputation through multiple expeditions seeking the Pole.
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Pole
Utah
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Winfield $. Schley
American Society For Polar Research
Explorer
Dr. Cook
Etah
Greenland
Hilesmere Land
Cook
University of New York
College of Physicans and Surgeons
Peary
Brooklyn
ANOTHER YANKEE TRIUMPH AT THE NORTH POLE CLAIM
The article lauds Dr. Frederick Albert Cook for allegedly discovering the north pole, claiming 1908 findings extended American prestige and sparking renewed exploration interest. It credits Cook with annexing 30,000 square miles to the United States, notes skepticism on scientific value, and anticipates Antarctic competition.
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Edmund M. Dunne
Peoria
Diomede Falconio
North Pole
United States
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook
America
Maine
Antarctic
Shetland Island
Lerwick
Frederick Albert Cook
Brooklyn
Cook
Engineer Walter White Dies in North Coast Limited Wreck
In a Detroit Minnesota curve mishap the east bound North Coast Limited struck a work train. Engineer Walter D White with fifty years service for Northern Pacific Railroad died instantly. Ten or more people were injured, six seriously. Passengers escaped serious harm as the liner ran about fifty miles per hour two hours late.
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Walter D. White
Northern Pacific Railroad
Detroit
Minn
FF. Bb. Grown
L. C. Roberts
H. L. Upton
Strike on Flameless Powder Sparks Pittsburg Conference
Representatives of coal operators and miners in the Pittsburg district met in a joint conference to adjust a dispute over the use of a new flameless powder ax. The meeting aimed to resolve safety and production concerns amid evolving mining practices.
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Pittsburg
Children die in blaze at Rockaway Park orphanage
Seven young inmates of St. Marys Home for Children in Rockaway Park suffocated when a fire destroyed part of the building Monday night. Firemen found the bodies the next day among smoldering ruins. Most victims were under six. The dormitory over the laundry where the fire started suffered the worst damage. Total loss estimated at $25,000.
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Bt. Malachy
Rockaway Park
L. 1
Sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn
Hooven Country Home Burns. Jewels Stolen in Fire
Fire damaged the Hooven estate near Hamilton Ohio destroying the Hooven Owens Rentschier Company president J J Hooven home valued around 50000 with jewels valued near 7000 missing after a curtain in Hooven’s room on the second floor caught fire from a gas jet.
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Hoovenden
J. J. Hooven
Hooven-Owens-Rentschier Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Colonel Hooven
Idle Miners Struck by Flame Less Powder Effort
In a crash of events, more than 6,000 miners idle as operators push to use flame less powder. A fatal boating accident near Great Egg Harbor Bay leaves Alice Boisnot 15 and Maria Mueller 16 dead, two boys rescued. A trolley bridge incident caused the boat to capsize and catch fire. Theft reported as a mahogany jewel case worth $7,000 stolen during the blaze. Insurance covers part of a $50,000 loss.
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Zuewlin
University of Chicago
Mexico
Illnois
Western
Kansas
Glenn H. Curtiss
Helms
France
Alice Boisnot
Maria Mueller
Philadelphia
Oceanity
Great Egg Harbor Bay
Summers Point
Ocean City
Heaven
Seven Cadets Dismissed From West Point Over Hazing
By order of President Taft seven cadets are dismissed from the United States Military Academy at West Point for participating in hazing of Roland o Sutton. Sutton is reported as a brother of Lieutenant James N. Sutton whose death was recently investigated at Annapolis.
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Taft
United States Military Academy
West Point
Rolando Sutton
Sutton
James N. Sutton
Annapolis
The Helpful Bellboy Confusion at the Water Cooler
A timid guest, four nights of pitchers at a water cooler, asks the bellboy to ring a bell. The hotel man explains the bell beside her bed, which she mistook for a fire alarm and must not touch.
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Success Magazine
Doan's Kidney Pills Sold After 1899 Cure Story
A vintage testimonial notes Doan's Kidney Pills cured Mrs A Heiman of Stillwater Minnesota in 1899 easing back pain and disordered kidney secretions. Sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. A separate humorous vignette depicts a New York lawyer alerting a man about an office scene via telephone.
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Neta
Doan
A. Heiman
Stillwater
Minn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. T
New York
Indiana Man Seeks Divorce Over Ice Cream Spending
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes an Indiana man wants a divorce claiming his wife keeps all his money while she buys ice cream. The reply jokes that she should be thanked for not making him turn the freezer.
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Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grape-Nuts Credited With Restored Digestion and Strength
A Terre Haute woman describes four years of indigestion eased by Grape-Nuts. Her husband improves after switching to the cereal, and their child’s school performance surpasses expectations. The letter touts Grape-Nuts as nourishing, citing its phosphate content and its claim that readers will find it a healthy, medicine-free feeding option for children.
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Terre Haute
Sam
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