Peary Becomes North Pole Reach Attainable Record
Commander Bert E. Peary sails home after reaching 87 degrees 6 minutes north, the farthest latitude any explorer has attained. News from Hopedale confirms the feat amid details of hardships, sledges, and the Roosevelt crew including Matthew Henson and Dr Louis Wolf.
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Bert E. Peary
North Pole
Arctic
Nansen
Aly
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Duke of Abruzzi
Peary
Pole
New York
Bert L. Bridgman
Y Arctic Club
Morris K. Jesup
Hopedale
Labrador
Twillingate
New Foundland
Herbert L. Idgman
Roosevelt
Grant Land
Alert
Heckla
Columbia
Greenland
Grant Lani
Meridia
Peary’s Roosevelt Damaged by Ice in Arctic Voyage
From Hopedale on the Labrador coast comes news that Commander Robert E. Peary’s steamer Roosevelt struck ice during its Arctic voyage. The extent of the damage is unknown and the ship reportedly needs coal as it remains at the Moravian mission station.
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Herbert L. Bridgman
Cretary
The
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Bridgman
Commander Peary
Labrador
I Peary
Sydney
Capereton
Robert BE. Peary
the Plover
Ted
Hopendale
Jtr
Prder
Chateau Bay
Eary
E.e
Sydney. Mr. Tigman
Twillingate
Bridgman Lastight
Sam Bartitt
Diana
Aptain Bartlett
Moses Bartlett
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Moses
Pmnevelt
Hopedale Dam Piast
Captainartlett
Brigus
Ewfoundland
Believe
Hopedale
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New York
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Roosevelt
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Falcon
Philadelphia
Cross
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West Chester
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E. Vincent
George H. Carr
George Clark
E. B. Baldwin
J. W. Davidson
Mr. Peary
Frederick W. Stokes
Henson
Emil Diebitsch
Emil Diebitsch, Mrs. Peary's Brother. of All the Party Peary
Lee
Death
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Cape Louis Napoleon
Bobbit Bay
Milesmere
Buchanan Bay
Payer Harbor
Smith Sound
Iglefield Gulf
Godhaven
Cape Haven
Baffin Land
St. John’s N. F
Robert E. Peary
Arctic
Explorer
Indiana YWCA names officials for coming year
Mrs. F. F. McCrea of Indianapolis was unanimously re-elected state chairman of the Indiana YWCA at Franklin. She will be aided by first vice chairman Mrs. Northstrom and second vice chairman Mrs. Jenckes. Miss May Van Wye of Franklin College becomes secretary.
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Franklin, Ind
F. F. McCrea
Indianapolis
Young Women’s Christian Association of
Indiana
Northstroms
Jenckes
May van Wye
Franklin College
Carrier Gets Promotion for Postmaster Hanna
Postmaster R. B. Hanna received word from Washington this morning that carrier Ernest G. Stubnatzy has been advanced from the $600 annual salary to $850 per year.
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R. B. ‘Hanna
Washington
Ernest G. Stubnatzy
Naughty Utes Cleverly Raid Government Supply Train
Sheridan Wy Nov 2 A hundred Utes suddenly charged from a hill defile and raided a government wagon train bound for Tenth and Sixth cavalry camps near Arvada. They looted three thousand pounds of flour and vanished, leaving troops short of supplies as reinforcements move toward Moorhead. The Utes reportedly withdrew to Wyoming’s Powder River, possibly awaiting Cheyenne contact. Bear Creek Utes remain still per reports.
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Wyo
Arvada
James Forgen
Fort Keogh
Ashland
Tenth
Moorhead
Wyoming
Powder River
Montana
Ashlard
Bear Creek
London Reformers Win Out in Municipal Elections
London borough elections yield a sweeping victory for municipal reformers over progressives. Up to noon 610 reformers, 222 progressives, and 77 labor/independents across 1,362 seats. Provincial results show liberals lose ground, conservatives gain, labor up modestly.
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London
Unionist
Progressives
Independent
Liberals
Labor Party
Progressive
Marquis Ito to retire as Japan trims garrisons in Corea
Victoria B C Nov 2 Marquis Ito resident general for Japan in Corea will retire in December and Count Katsura to replace him. Japan plans recalls half garrisons in Manchuria and Korea to nine divisions total with two divisions in place. Also reports on British steamer Oldhamia seized by Japan without cost amid Baltic era controversy and damage claim by Manchester Steamship Company.
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B. C
Marquis Ito
Japan
Corea
Katsura
Tokio
Manchuria
Korea
Imperial Guards
Tokyo
Rojestvensky
Formosa
Oldhamia
Sea of Japan
Strup Island
Kanachio Murakawa
Manchester Steamship Company
Murakawa
Beens
Bank cashier dies in vault accident in Salem
Charles B Williams bookkeeper and acting cashier at Citizens bank was found dead in the bank vault with shotgun wound to the heart. The gun, kept in the vault, allegedly discharged accidentally during a position change. He was the son of former county Auditor J L Williams.
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Salem
Jud
Charles B. Williams
Citizens’ Bank
Willams
J.L. Wiliams
Supreme Court Reverses Manslaughter Conviction in Hack Driver Case
Indianapolis November 2 The Indiana Supreme Court reversed Baston Weston’s manslaughter conviction for striking a passenger in Huntington. Weston testified he acted under apparent or actual danger after a Decatur lodge banquet dispute when one man threatened to strike him. The court ruled the driver might be justified by apparent danger, not only imminent peril.
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Indianapolis
Baston Weston
Huntington
Ind
Supreme Court
Decatur
Weston
Notable Indiana Deaths and Local Incidents
A roundup of obituaries and local misfortunes across Wabash to Huntington counties. Reports include the sudden deaths of Mrs. 5. L. Hostetter and Richard Elward, the drowning of a baby in Decatur, and a boy found dead by hanging near Columbia City. Also notes on a land deed signed by Monroe, a senseless injury at a broom factory, and a ready-for-burial list of other community casualties and oddities.
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5. L. Hostetter
Wabash
Richard Elward
Wabash County
Lagro
Dora Alice Steele
Decatur
Will Lester
Bluffton
Lew Jacobs
Monroe
Joshua N. Anderson
Troy Township
Whitley County
Edward A. Smith
Logansport
George McLain
Dick Hankey
Waterloo
Cyrus E. Briant
Huntington
New York Life Insurance Company
Ellen Wheeler
Detroit
Burrell Northam
South Bend
Dixon Hunter
Hanna
Lyman W. Ubeck
Valparaiso
Ubeck
Homer Knisely
Emanuel Knisely
Columbia City
Differences Are Adjusted In Fort Wayne Retail Clerks Deal
At a Thursday morning conference East Main street merchant David Frosh and a city labor union committee settled their dispute. Frosh will close his store at 6 pm daily except Saturday and the pickets near his store were withdrawn. Other Main and Barr street stores indicated they would close if Frosh signs, and organizers hope for a citywide retail clothing clerks union.
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David Frosh
East Main Street
Fort Wayne
State Librarian's Report Details Indiana Additions
The report by D. C. Brown shows 5,194 books added to the Indiana state library in the past two years. Expenditures for the last year totaled $20,181.44, supplemental to the earlier report by W. E. Henry and filed with Governor Hanly.
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Indianapolis
D. C. Brown
W. E. Henry
Hanly
Amby McGarry Forfeits Bout. Russell Wins Twelve Round Fight
In Baltimore on November 3 the fifteen round main event did not occur as Amby McGarry forfeited due to hand injuries. Kia Sullivan stepped in from Washington to face Unk Russell for twelve rounds. Sullivan was knocked down four times and the referee stopped the bout in the tenth, awarding the decision to Russell.
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Baltimore
Amby McGarry
New York
Unk Russell
Philadelphia
McGarry
Kia Sullivan
Washington
Russell
Sullivan
Crowhurst
Western Australia Gold Boom of the 1890s
The first discovery of gold in western Australia occurred in 1891. By century’s end mining had produced about $44,000,000 in gold. Today mining machinery is valued around $20,000,000 and about 18,000 miners earn good wages.
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Western Australia
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