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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1909
Page
2
The Georgetown Rifle Guards receive civic support as guardians of the commonwealth. Completion and dedication of their armory will occur about November first with modern equipment and facilities for military training. The armory is praised as a city credit and a boost to local prosperity and prestige.
A Danish physician Dr Norman Hansen, who visited Greenland with Dr Frederick Cook, claims Cook revealed Peary took possession of Cook’s store house at Annatok Greenland. Hansen says he will publish the story now that Cook is gone, describing events recalled from Egedesminde.
Dr Frederick A Cook reached Annatok in 1909 to find his house occupied by a Newfoundland boatswain placed there by Peary. The boatswain claimed the structure and provisions, while Cook and his Eskimos endured hardship until a settlement allowed Whitney to use the house during his hunting trip and the boatswain to remain on watch.
The article debates Peary and Cook as two men whose character and conduct intrigue readers. It notes Whitney and Dr. Cook using Peary’s ship and junk notebooks kept during and after Melville Bay expeditions, emphasizing the value of personal records in understanding their true nature.
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