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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
5
Report notes doubt on Cook’s claim to reach the pole with witnesses quoted as Cook's Eskimo boys. The article presents controversy over the North Pole expedition and mentions Cook and his supporters asserting achievement while rival voices challenge the claim.
An October 12 statement by Commander Peary and companions, with a map, challenges Dr Cook’s North Pole claim. Eskimo eyewitnesses from Anorak and Etah recount Cook’s journey, asserting he did not go far north and detailing the route they described.
Testimony details Eskimo observations of Dr. Cook voyage toward the pole. Peary questions Eskimo boys about route, hunts, dog loss, and caches, confirming portions of the journey from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Helberg, Sverdrup routes, and Jones Sound, with dates near early July.
In New York a totally blind doctor excels in chest specialties. He relies on unusually acute hearing to assess lungs, claiming his ears can uncover more about a patient's condition than many sighted physicians.
A spectrum of old notes covers prejudiced notions about Chinese bodies and surgery, plus a report on England's rat control creating new industries and Denmark's unemployment earnings. It also cautions that sleeping in tents is not the same as open air sleep for tuberculosis remedies.
A historical note explains that a horse’s hoof grows like a human nail, faster when unshod or well cared for, averaging about a third of an inch per month. Hind hooves outpace forehoofs, with the toe longest and cracks being pushed out by new growth before trimming.
Two elderly men visit a New York medical college dean proposing to sell their bodies for dissection. The spokesman argues they are near death and hungry, while the dean hesitates, noting the oddity yet acknowledging it happens. The men reveal Philadelphia offers 40.
Two Swedish workers on a timber raft on the Aflesissippi quarrel over manpower and one claims the other quit after Johnson disappeared between logs. The boss says two men are enough, prompting the terse exchange as the crew adjusts to the missing worker.
In a brief classroom exchange, a mother and child discuss the word defeat. The four year old Donald and another child named Margaret listen as the mother explains defeat as a cut or end, guiding Donald toward a logical conclusion about the term.
A long column extols the apple as the king of fruits and lauds the shrimp pilau from South Carolina and Charleston shrimp as a premier dish. It notes charity fund raising via coat labels, and recounts imperial ennoblement for donations, plus a German peat energy project and anecdotes about Lt. Col. Horace L. Moore and Confederate war measures, ending with a quip about horseshoes and shod horses.
A dated fragment notes catzip as a fragrance that calms big cats. It describes Miss Pus ay reacting with delight to the scent, while C William Beebe reports the punggot herb causes a snarling leopard to approach, rub, purr, and roll with apparent pleasure, underlining an attempted link between scent and tame behavior.
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