Polar Sea Explorations From Cabot to Jeannette Record
A historical survey chronicles northern expeditions from Sebastian Cabot in 1406 to the Jeannette tragedy of 1881. It traces northwest passages, Arctic winters, and key figures like Hudson, Parry, Franklin, and De Long, noting discoveries, routes, and the shifting belief that the North Pole might be reachable.
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G. W. DE Long
Jeannette
Lena
North Pole
England
John Cabot
Bristol
Sebastian Cabot
Henry , VII
India
Cape of Good Hope
Hal
Robert Thorne
Henry VII
Cabot
Samson
Mary
Newfoundland
William Barents
Holland
Sea
Kars
Novaya Zemlya
Davis’s
John Davis
Baffin
Northwest Passage
Muscovy Company
Poly
Hudson’s Bay
Canada
Grosselier
Hudson's Bay
Hudson’s Bay Territory
Prince Rupert
Charles I
Hudson’s Bay Company
Peter the Great
Behring
Siberia
New World
Hudson’s Strait
Phipps
Lord Mulgrave
Trafalgar
Cook
Pacific
Atlantic
Sandwich Islands
Owhyhee
Clarke
America
Asia
Scoresby
Buchan
Franklin
Ross
Parry
Baffin’s Bay
North
Lancaster Sound
Barrow Strait
Melville Island
Coppermine River
Jury
Hecla
Southampton Island
Spitzbergen
Ige
Ole
Stith Sound
Stlth’s ‘Sound
Atella
Weyprecht
Paget
Theorthwest Passage
Novaya
Zemlya
Sibérian
Tegelhofft
Wilczek Land
Franz Josef Land
Norway
Markham
Arctic
Gulf of Boothia
Discovery
Nares
Smith
Leigh Smith
Hira
Franz Josef
William
Barents
H.van Broekhuysen
Orange Islands
Hammerfest
Siberian
Washington
Herald
Hoffman
United States
St. Petersburg
O. S.1
Melville
de Long
Department of State
Pandora
James Gordon Bennet
San Francisco
Micolonk Station
Oonalaska
St. Lawrence Bay
Russia
Polar Basin
Epidemic on Bank Cashiers Triggers Odd Treatments
The New York Sun reports a banking epidemic causing cashiers to misplace ownership of funds. Newark method uses court bail and reeducation. Kansas method advocates forceful, lethal intervention with a noose. A correspondent from Zionsville, Indiana cites veterinary use of spavin cure for horses, seeking agent pricing. The note preserves period humor and distant dates.
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New York Sun
Newark
Kansas
Zionsville
Ind
B. J. Kenball
One and three wheels defy simple naming rules
A Science American note observes that naming by wheel count is imperfect. It points out that a one wheeled thing is not necessarily an icicle, and humorously cites a four wheelbarrow as counterexample.
Denver letter from 1882 on dust, building boom, and crime
A Denver letter reviews an Indian summer, dust and dry air, rapid construction including circle railroad and opera house, and a new Episcopal cathedral. It notes the Guiteau trial waning in interest and Stickney’s Chicago case in local courts, with mining stock caution and family news from Freeport residents.
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Colorado
Denver
Enittok
Freeport
New Circle Railroad
Tabor
New York
Boston
Guiteau
Stickney
Chicago
Champau
Léonard Swett
H. C. Hutchinson
Smythe
Mr. Hicks
Alonte
Story With a Moral Read Your Bible
The Syracuse Herald notes a county treasurer report since 1874 showing four thousand dollars in unpaid bonds. Hidden by a famed Baldwinsville businessman Payn Bigelow, the bonds were found tucked in the leaves of his Bible last July. The tale emphasizes the moral: much can be lost by not reading the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Payn Bigelow
Baldwinsville
Bigelow
Fraud Suspicion Over Potspaner Attache Poses as Official
A reader warns against a man claiming to be a Potspaner attache, labeling him a fraud. The note contrasts with regular reporters and editors, who are described as practical and capable of work, implying the impostor lacks credibility.
Ex-Mayor Endorses Follows Syrup for Chest Ailments
Earle Jr M D former mayor of St John New Brunswick states there is no hesitation in declaring Follows Syrup of Hypophosphites as foremost among remedies for incipient phthisis chronic bronchitis and other chest affections.
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Earle
St. John, N. B
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Nan Roc
Aenino
Behring Strait
North Devon
Cornwallis Island
McClure
Investigator
Enterprise
Collison
Banks Land
Resolute
Kellett
McClintock
Dr. Ross
Simpson Peninsula
Pergong
Graves
Great Fish River
Tox
Leopold McClintock
Lady Franklin
Point Victory
King William's Land
Sir John Franklin
Hall
Cincinnati
Congress
Stepherson
Journa
Kendall
Journal
Inter Ocean
Freeport Journal
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