Polar claim and Cook voyage stir Arctic controversy
Reports recount Captain Robert Peary’s backers awaiting proofs for a pole claim tied to a potential rear admiralcy. Dr. Frederick A. Cook returns to New York aboard the George Washington amid debate among passengers about his polar certainty and public reception. He reiterates no interviews and outlines travel and writing plans while seeking rehabilitation and countrymen’s goodwill. The article also notes the U.S. postal savings bank experiment in Grafton aimed to aid the public without disrupting existing banks.
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Wasshlington
D. C
Robert K. Peary
North Pole
York
Frederick A. Cool
George Wshington
Dr. Cook
United States
Quebec
Troy
Newburg
Poughkeepsie
Halifar
Europe
America
Freel
Postal Savings Bank In Gratton Due Jan 1
Dr. E L Love postmaster returns from Washington after conferences with Postmaster General Hitchcock and 47 postmasters from as many states. Grenton will host the first postal savings bank in the state opening January 1 with Assistant Postmaster George W Pollock in charge to ensure a smooth start. The system, an experimental federal program, will allow public deposits starting January 3.
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Grafton
United States Postal Bank
Postal Savings Banka
E L. Love
Washington
Hitchcock
Postal Savings Bank
Gratton
Love
George W. Pollock
Dr. Love
Mr. Pollock
Kenny Strong for Colonel Kenny Strong for Colonel
Ex mayor Thomas P. Kenny, delegate-elect to the Legislature from this county, returned from a Pennsylvania trip and told Wheeling Register he will back reform legislation. He urges cutting legislative expenses by trimming attaches and ensuring efficiency on the payrolls. He backs Col McGraw in the senatorial race and declines to name a second choice.
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Thomas P. Kenny
Pittsburg
Dunbar
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
McClure House
Wheeling Register
Kenny
McGraw
Col. McGraw
Klein's Big Store Advent of Christmas Goods
An old newspaper fragment describes tailored sales at Klein's Big Store Latrobe Street offering useful items for men and boys with price promises. It notes a casino matinee at 2:30, a carload of hobby horses, and a Ladies invitation to browse the assortment with exchange or money-back options. The Union Drug Company is open all night and a Pullman berth price reduction is forecast for travelers, suggesting broader travel savings.
At Casino Vaudeville Sells Out With Strong Acts
The Casino featured Milson and Rose the slop py coon and soubrette in comedy singing and talking to open the week with a good crowd. Will Devereaux offered a refined character act that drew much applause. The current program returns tonight and tomorrow with new moving pictures and illustrated songs pleasing patrons.
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Casino Theatre
Milson
Rose
Will Devereaux
Casino
Fire at Morris & Company stockyards kills chief Horan
Chicago December 23 A revised dead list shows James Horan fire marshal among the twenty five killed when walls collapsed during a million dollar blaze at Morris & Company stockyards plant. Fire Chief Horan and two captains die. many lie unaccounted as crews battle remaining flames.
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Chicago
James Horan
William J. Burroughs
Herman J. Brandenberg
Patrick E. Collins
Thomas Costello
Nicholas Crane
Edward J. Danis
Nicholas Doyle
Andrew Dymoran
Stephen Leen
Chicago Junction Railroad
Charles Moore
Albert Moriarity
Edward Schonsette
George Maurauski
William F. Weber
George Enthof
W. G. Sturm
Peter Powers
Michael McIndrney
Ralph Reaph
Dennis Doyle
Frank Walters
Stock Yards
Lst
Wm. J. Burroughs
Morris & Company
Busse
Horan
Derifcke
Sey. Ferlich
43Rd and
Loomis Streets
Flamen
Death of Miss Elizabeth Jones at age eighty in Grafton
Obituary notes Miss Elizabeth Jones of Grady Randolph county born there with two sisters and four brothers dies after lung disease linked to cancer. She lived with Mr and Mrs Thomas C Long on East Wilford St since age 17, active in First Presbyterian Church and Christian Endeavor Society. Funeral plans pending. burial in Bluemont cemetery. Acknowledge condolences from the Bentines and Long family. local ads for ice creepers and dental health campaign appear alongside.
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Mirzabeth Jones
Thomas C. Long
East
Wilford Street
Miss Jones
Long Walk 989 Miles to Rome to Flee German Army
John Klein of Minneapolis recounts walking from Floresheim to Naples then boarding the Koenigen Louise for America to avoid conscription. He traveled about nine hundred eighty nine miles over the Alps to reach Rome and escape a three year German service. He says the German consul did not notify authorities of his American citizenship papers.
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New York
Alps
Germany
Rome
John Klein
Minneapolis
Klein
Floresheim
Naples
America
All Hope Gone for Entombed Miners at Leigh Mine
Rescue workers abandoned efforts near the Pretoria mine center after gas fumes. Officials say about 200 bodies remain amid poison gas with no survivors expected. Manager Lange was rescued critically as gifts pour in for victims’ families. death toll projected around 820. In Hoboken, Gallagher awaits trial for assault as Mayor Gaynor’s shooting case looms. Gertrude Lake visited Bridgeport Sunday.
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Manchester
England
Pretoria
Hulton Company
Leigh
Lange
Gallagher
Gaynor
Hoboken
Big Bill” Edwards
Big Bill
Gaynora
Edwards
Not the Same Fellows in Senate Contest
The Clarksburg Telegram notes a gap between Democratic primary voters and the lawmakers who will elect the U S Senate seat. It argues McGraw is popular with voters but not the legislators who will cast the final vote, predicting a shift once Fairmont coal money circulates among the electors.
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John T. McGraw
United States Senate
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Rockefeller Gift to Fund Chicago University Chapel
Chicago December 22 President Judson of the University announces a new ten million dollar gift from John D. Rockefeller. The donor says religious influence will shape the university and that 1 5 million must be spent on a chapel to be the central feature. Other funds are for noncurrent expenses and legacies may support future buildings. Engineer Clifford Sturms on duty suffered a back sprain when dismounting an engine. not serious, but out of service for a time.
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New York
State Department of Health
Law
City Moat Market
W. F. Faust
New York City
Walters
Tella Watha
Chicago
Judson
The
Chicago University Today
John D. Rockefeller
Fbidh
Clifford Sturms
Cut Rate Marriages In Youngstown
In Youngstown Massachusetts Justice J A Tinsman cuts marriage fees to 1 98 during holidays and until further notice. An advertisement promises Weddings reduced to 1 98 per ceremony and that he may be found any hour in readiness to unite two persons into one. The item notes the Christmas mood and urges study of New Year resolutions.
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Youngstown
J. A. Tinsman
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Joseph Mackey
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H.H. Fuchs
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Marshal Seyferlich
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Mary
Serbon
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MG Jones
Oed
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T. C. Long
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Miay
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Pacino
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