Arctic Sunrise and Natives in Alaska Polar Teaching Tale
A long piece on Alaskan natives and teacher experiences highlights Alaska’s remote schools. It recalls a nurselike teacher guiding children through a polar night and a life-saving river rescue, while noting the Alaska school service’s broad duties and regional challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seward
Ice Box
Alaska
Alaska School Service
Yukon
Dawson
North Bering Sea
Arctic Circle
Rampart
Isabiel Aubler Gilman
New York Times
Cate
Aurora
Lee
Talforeed
Cemetery for Thieves and India Barred Germans
A Pennsylvania farmer reports to the census that neighbors steal crops, plans to turn 40 acres into a cemetery. India bans Germans for five years under the Veveuilies treaty, issued by the Dell government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
Bureau
India
Dell
G Cottrells Real Scientist Chief of Bureau of Mines
Washington Frederick G Cottrell a noted scientist is named chief of the Bureau of Mines. He invented a smokestack device that precipitates smoke particles and yields potash as a by product, with profits funneled to science via Smithsonian royalties. The device has been installed nationwide with projected profits reaching a million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick G. Cottrell
Bureau of Mines
Cosmos Club
Doctor Cottrell
Tetor Cottrell
Doctor Cottrel
University of California
Riverdale
Cottrell
Lil
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Elizabeth A. Myers Dies After Fall in Lawrenceburg Home
Elizabeth A. Myers a 14 year old widow died from injuries after a fall down a stairway at her Lawrenceburg Indiana home. She passed away in the room where she was born and had slept all her life.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Elizabeth A. Myers
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Putnam County
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Anita Stewart
James Oliver Curwcood
Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon
Bulls Eye Film Company
Gale Henry
Heaven
Census Bureau of Plan
G. Cottrell
VIA
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Indianapolis
Kentucky
Michigan
Del
Ohio
McGraw
Greencastle Transfer CO
H. R. Nicholas
Ole Sam
Gentaor Gompane
New York
Castoria
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