08 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
1
Bring Your Shoes offers half sole shoes for 50 cents with best leather and work guaranteed. All shoe mending done by A McLendon at Ww West Dickson Street near the bakery.
New York reports Commander Robert E Peary will publish his account of reaching the north pole within twenty four hours He and Dr Frederick A Cook each claim pole discovery and the world watches as correspondence highlights the race between the two explorers with wives and families spending summer on the Maine coast in a shared coincidence.
The article surveys April to September events as Peary and Cook race to verify the pole discovery. It notes Peary's relief ship Jeanie and Roosevelt, possible simultaneous welcomes, and debates over who first reached the pole. Experts doubt discrediting either explorer and credit perseverance and support funding.
Anthony Fiala, commander of the Ziegler Arctic expedition and Cook ally, argues Peary reached the pole and that both explorers used dogs and Eskimos. He notes similar start times from winter bases and believes Cook’s presence spurred Peary to push on. He says both men achieved the pole with a shared approach.
New York reports that Salomon Auguste Andree of Sweden remains the sole unconfirmed fate among the trio who ventured toward the Pole twelve years ago in a balloon. The expedition proved the existence of seasonal southward trade winds over Spitzbergen and offered potential landing points across Siberia Samoyede Peninsula Alaska and British America if their course faltered.
The Newport society reports a $200,000 diamond necklace arriving soon. It is expected to be bought by Philadelphia millionaire Leonard M. Thomas as an engagement gift for his fiancée Blanche Oelrichs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Oelrichs, though Mrs. Oelrichs says her daughter knows nothing of it.
Coroner Henzel seeks relatives of Albion Newell 60 a machinist killed Saturday night while stopping a runaway team. Letters in his possession note he belonged to a wealthy English family disinherited in youth.
Gen James C Shackleford a Mexican War hero and notable Southern figure died this summer at his Port Huron Michigan cottage. The announcement notes his prominence and longtime service.
Edgar N. Bayliss of Robinson Delaware recounts a two year illness with persistent coughing that improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He credits the product with stopping the cough and gaining twenty eight pounds and notes it is sold by A C Medams.
An old advertisement urges readers not to be persuaded to use any product but Foley's Honey and Tar for chronic coughs bronchitis hay fever asthma and lung troubles. It notes A. C. McAdams sells the remedy.
A notice states that the Ft. Smith Laundry will be represented in this city. The party will gather and deliver laundry. Address listed for contact is C. B. Hickey.
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