Schley urges independent verification of Peary North Pole claim
Rear Admiral W S Schley calls Peary to submit proof of reaching the North Pole to a respected scientific body beyond the National Geographic Society. He suggests Copenhagen’s University consistory review Peary’s data, arguing for equal testing as Cook’s, and notes his own Arctic experience and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Schley
Copenhagen
Peary
National Geographic Society
University of Copenhagen
Cook
North Pole
Thetis
Maryland
Schley
Greeley
Danish Cook Phantasmagoria Shocks Copenhagen Society
Commodore Jensen reports in National Tidende that three weeks of revelations about Captain Cook unsettled Danish confidence. Notes in diaries show latitude and longitude claimed by Cook without reliable time checks using sun or chronometers, implying serious questions about his astronomical methods and measurements.
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Jensen
Copenhagen
Commodore Jensen
National Tidende
Cook
Dr. Cook
Explorer's compass claims questioned in Arctic voyage notes
The article argues Dr. Cook showed no knowledge of compass variations or control methods in Arctic travel. It asserts his course to the pole by the compass is fantastical, noting large southward deviations near 180 degrees and the needle's misdirection without proper correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cook
Arctic
Muscatine Grows Monster Lemons
Florist J. E. Kranz displays three gigantic lemons from a nine year old grafted tree in Muscatine. The largest weighs about 1.75 pounds with a 15 inch circumference. eleven fruit appeared this year after seeds planted in a greenhouse nine years ago. He expects more large crops as grafts mature.
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Florist
Muscatine
J. E. Kranz
California
Florida
Iowa
Mr. Keran
Kranz
Cedar and
Parhams Streets
Young Girl’s Plea Frees a Convict
Harry Davis, serving life for manslaughter in the 1898 shooting of deputy marshal Jesse Baker, received a Christmas pardon from Governor Harmon after intervention by his 17 year old Chicago niece. Davis plans to move to Chicago to live with a son he funded through college by overtime in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harry Davis
Harmon
Chicago
Davis
Bob Curry
Thos
Jones
Jesse Baker
North
Baltimore
Wood County
Warden Jones
Bryan Resumes Travels After Illness
William J. Bryan leaves Jacksonville for Miami then Cuba amid a severe cold. He has been ill for days at the home of his cousin former Governor William S. Jennings. Bryan plans to sail to Cuba and then continue to South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Cuba
Fila
William J. Bryan
William S. Jennings
Miami
Fla
South America
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt Receives Ivory Gifts From Uganda King
In Kampala 12 year old King Dadi Chwa presented Colonel Roosevelt with valuable ivory pieces as the Roosevelt party prepared to depart Uganda for Lake Nyanza after two days in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy
Uganda
Kamala
Roosevelt
Lake Nyanza
Dadi Chwa
DeWitts Early Risers Liver Pills Ad
The best pill is DeWitt's Little Early Risers the safe easy pleasant and sure little liver pills. DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is the original good for cuts burns or bruises and especially for piles. Sold by Frank S. Shriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Frank S. Shriner
Pankhurst Praises American Women and Suffrage Views
Mrs. Pankhurst reports on her American tour noting kindness and keen interest among American women. She observes a shift from viewing suffrage as a fad to linking it with social reforms and court pressing for political power. She mentions future visits by Mrs Saint John Blatch and an American suffragette committee, while omitting specific names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Sainto Blatch
House of Commons
Pankhurst
Belmont
Clarence Mackay
Grange Declares For Suffrage For Women
At the Pennsylvania State Grange annual meeting Miss Frances Broomall of Delaware County urged equal suffrage. A resolution supporting the movement was adopted unanimously after her speech and she called for Grangers to sign petitions to Congress for a woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution.
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Pennsylvania
State College Pa
Pennsylvania State Grange
Committee On
Frances Broomall
Delaware County
Miss Broomall
Grangers
Congress
Bonaparte’s Grandchild Teaches in Paris School
Paris reports Napoleon’s grandchild serving as a mistress turned teacher at a leading Paris school. She is the daughter of Count Leon, the emperor’s natural son, who lived a secluded life in the Vuvarigard area and kept a guard of aggressive dogs. She later married and continues in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Napoleon
Leon
Prussia
Vaugirad
Mlle
Bride Reunited With Lover After Christmas Surprise
Des Moines reports Edmund Gray from southern Iowa found his 17 year old fiancé Marie Henderson in a local department store. Police reunited the pair at the station and they left together for their old home to spend Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Edmund Gray
Iowa
Marie Henderson
Gray
Boy Receives Reward for Returning Lost Check
In Ottumwa on December 23 Ralph Ward a messenger boy found a lost check for 505.55 on the post office steps. C L Wilson state manager of the American Book company presented Ward with five dimes a Lincoln penny and a cigar. The boy plans to have the reward framed.
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Ottumwa
Ralph Ward
C. L. Wilson
American Book Company
Wilson
Woman in Santa disguise burns from Christmas beard
In Charleston, Ill, Miss Clara McClory wore a Santa mask and heavy false beard for children. The beard near the tree caught fire. she suffered serious burns and may die as fire could not be controlled quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ill
Clara McClory
Corn Show Next Year Opens Monday in December
Des Moines reports the Iowa corn show for next year will start on the first Monday in December. The executive committee met at the Felming building to set the date and discuss finances. Treasurer Fred McCulloch notes strong space requests and premium donations signal better profits, while former President John Sundberg backs a public school day on the Saturday before opening. Weather disrupted the school parade planned for the recent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Orn Growers
Felming
Fred McCulloch
John Sundberg
Whiting
Spank Elsie Janis Warned By Church Committee
Boston December 26 Dainty Elsie Janis the child actress famed as the only actress advised by a US president to go on stage is featured in Human Life for January. The piece recounts her early mimicry and a committee’s remark to her mother to spank the child and follows her rise to a vaudeville engagement worth 3000 dollars weekly before twenty. It includes unpublished photos of her as a child and views of El Jan home.
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Boston
Mass
Elsie Janis
United States
Janis
El-Jan
Man Declared Not A Warming Pan In Court Ruling
Chicago Municipal Court ruled that a husband is not a human hot water bottle when a wife placed cold feet on his back to keep warm. Paul Gella testified he did all he could to be mean and tore up pillows. judge Crowe dismissed the assault charges.
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Chicago
Municipal Court of
Paul Gella
Crowe
Ill Health Costly. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Endorsed
An article condemns neglect of colds causing throat and lung trouble across the country. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a dependable cure to avoid serious illnesses and costs, sold by J W Jericho & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. W. Jericho & Co
Indicted Lawyer Sues For Libel Over Sugar Trust Article
Thomas B. Harned sues International Magazine Co for 75000 alleging libel from Cosmopolitan article Tragedies of the Sugar Trust. The piece also reproduces Attorney General Wickersham to Henry Wise letter tied to sugar cases.
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New York
Thomas B. Harned
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court Today
International Magazine
W. R. Hearst
Cosmopolitan
Sugar Trust
Wickersham
Henry A. Wise
United States
Wises
Harned
Federal Grand Jury
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Dennison
Federal Grand
Thomas Doyle
Arbuckle Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
Cuba
Doyle
Leaps From Coffin At Old-Time Wake In Pensacola
Florida woman Jessie Miller rose from her coffin on the eve of burial in Pensacola after doctors had declared her dead. Her husband Captain E J Miller had left to arrange the funeral when she suddenly toppled the coffin lid and was only slightly hurt as mourners reacted with alarm. The event is described as suspended respiration.
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Florida
Pensacola
Fla
Jessie Miller
E. J. Miller
Poe
Sewing machines and stocking darners advertised
See Jim Hughes for sewing machines and stocking darners. Singers store, No. 111 W. Broadway. 134.
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Jim Hughes
Singers Store
W. Broadway
Names Carved On Oregon Trail Wall At Fort Laramie
Historical account notes hundreds of pioneers who traced the Oregon trail left records on a sandstone bluff east of Fort Laramie. Names scratched with knives or nails endure on a wall that runs along the old route, with a later artist carving a horse thirty feet up the cliff.
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New York
N. Y
Europe
Fort Laramie
Oregon Trail
Suicide at Mining Site Near Oskaloosa Iowa
Joe Little aged 24 a mine worker living near Qojivet near Oskaloosa Iowa committed death by own action this afternoon by shooting himself with a shotgun He left town around 3 pm after borrowing shells Despondency over a relationship is cited as the cause He left a note for his father warning friends to remember him when in town and that their amusement worsens his disgrace.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Dee
Joe Little
Qojivet
Here
Fair Grounds
Silas Little
Olivet
Eight Die In Oil Lamp Explosion In Hillsville
An oil lamp dropped from a shelf in a Hillsville home and exploded causing eight deaths. Santano Cierbro his wife three children and three boarders perished. Two boarders seriously burned as burning oil coated the hallway and trapped occupants. The house was then destroyed.
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Hillsville
Santano Ciebro
Cierbro
Santana Cierbro
Missing Hungarian Boy Found On California Ranch
Stephen Sumegi a Hungarian boy kidnapped from Cleve land Ohio two years ago was found at G W Han ford’s ranch near Modesto California He was located after information from Chas Stovick a boy removed from Han ford’s ranch by probation officers Investigations proceed under Hungarian consul and Mrs Elsie Sumegi the boy’s mother
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Modesto
Cal
Stephen Sumegi
Cleveland
Ohio
G. W. Hanford
Here
Elsie Sumegi
Chas, Stovick
Hanford
Stovick
Sumegi
Kodol Digestive Aid Endorsed for Stomach Care
An advertisement urges readers to use Kodol to digest all food, claiming each tablespoonful digests 2 percent pounds of food. It promises relief or money back and lists Frank S. Shriner as the seller.
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Frank S. Shriner
Not A Bob Sled Left
Factories and implement men are unable to meet the sled demand as prices rise and stock runs dry. In Fairfield no sleds for sale and only one cutter last night. Turney wagon works sold about 1,200 sleds and could have sold 10,000 more if supply existed. Demand from Florida growers and others outpaces production as dealers struggle to obtain runners and parts.
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Fairfield
Turney Wagon Works
Florida
R. H. Spence
Bob
Real Estate Transfers Registered in County Ledger
Summary of multiple deeds transferring parcels from James Wells to David Walker and others, including Gust Larson to William Lynn, William Lynn to Emel Lindgist, and Benjamin Gossick to Frank Witoskey with varying parcel descriptions and sums from $200 to $5600, plus transfers involving Pleasant Plain Packwood Lockridge Fritz and Brown properties. Names include James Wells Gust Larson William Lynn Emel Lindgist Benjamin Gossick Frank Witoskey Thomas Turner C. Shaner John Boos J P Mullenix Lucinda Ryan Henn Williams Co Harry Baker William Kann John Kann Charles Robierson John Louden Clifford Brown and others with parcel identifiers and consideration amounts.
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James Wells
David Walker
Gust Larson
William
Carrie Lynn
William Lynn
Emel A. Lindgist
Benjamin L. Gossick
Frank P. Witoskey
Packwood
F. J. Barnes
J. P. Mullenix
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Amercan
Grange
Bonaparte
Santa
Spank Elsie Janis
Sue Hurst
Wise
Department of Justice
Department
Taft
the Treasury
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