Polar expedition nears south pole and magnetic mark
Lieutenant Shackleton led a British party to 88.23 latitude 162 east reaching within 111 miles of the south pole after 126 days and 1,708 miles. The expedition discovered eight mountain chains and over 100 peaks while surveying glaciers and new coastlines along with a magnetic pole site.
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London
Arnost H. Shackelton
South Pole
Pole
Antarctic
Shackelton
Magnetic Pole
Adama
Marshal
Wild
Brocklehurst
Joyce
Rson
Priestly
Cape Royd
Hut Point
White Island
Blisszard
Ing
Adams
Minna Bluff
Ene
David
Marson
Mackay
Cape Bernacchi
Nordenskjold Barrier
Galway Glacier
Larsen and
Bellingshausen
Drygalski
Cape Washington
Shackleton
Brockthuret
Centenary note on Fitzgerald and Khayyam Rubaiyat
The excerpt recalls a March 30 1873 letter from Fitzgerald to Sir Frederick Pollard describing sending portrait proofs to friends. He labels one image the statesman and another the philosopher and asks Pollard to select a preferred view while mentioning goodwill toward Spedding and shared affection.
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Fitzgerald
Frederick Pollard
Subway Loop for Steam Railways in Chicago
Chicago discussion of a potential tunnel loop under downtown to serve steam railways now to be electrified. Illinois Central control signals tentative, multiway plan tied to city transit goals, linking freight undercity and future streetcar subway. Mayor Busse and council committee chair Foreman advocate inevitability and broader access for all steam roads.
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Chicago
Harriman
Illinois Central
Arsa
Busse
Milton J. Foreman
Duck hunter uses phonograph records for decoys
St Charles Missouri special nature notes tell of Bob Green of Orchard Farm who buys a phonograph and blank records. He plays goose and duck calls to lure birds, harvesting a goose and several ducks in two outings, sparking local talk and Roosevelt departure rumors.
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St Charles
Mon
Bob Green
Orchard Farm
Bob
Hob
Marais Roche
Boon
Teddy Roosevelt
Africa
Baby's arrival told in a whispered cradle of lines
A poetic fragment evokes a newborn’s origin and wonder. The speaker questions the baby’s eyes and tears, imagines celestial light, and notes the tender touch of a soft hand. The verse imagines angels, God, and the cradle as a gentle gateway between worlds.
Fragmentary dialogue on a shipboard affair
A garbled dialogue excerpt shows two speakers, a lord and lady, exchanging a suggestive quarrel about a past kiss. The archaic phrasing hints at a staged or theatrical setting with flirtatious innuendo. No clear names, dates, or locations are identifiable.
Electrolysis Malady Claimed By Policeran Ducker
St Louis police patrolman Joseph Dueker, claiming his body carries excess electricity, seeks transfer from Sixth and Olive to Newstead Avenue to avoid the “electric current” at the corner. Chief Creecy orders the move. Pickett will take Dueker’s place.
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St. Louis
Broadway Squad
Joseph Ducker
Sixth and Olive Streets
Dueker
Ducker
Sixth
Olive Strets
United Railways Company
Creecy
Duck Jer
Newstead Avenue
Strolman Ideward Pickett
Central District
Postmaster Coroner’s Mistaken Death Verdict in Ireland
A 19th century case from Tuam Ireland tells of a stranger brought to a city hospital with appendicitis. An operation revealed prior removal of the organ and the patient died. The postmaster coroner stamped the cause of death as Opened by Mistake, prompting guardians to urge the hermit to take up work.
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Magualie
Vargo
N. D
Lupom
New “City
Postmaster
Guardiains
Tuam
County Galway
Ireland
Claae
Boy With Heart On Right Side Wins School Hero Title
Henry Woolsey a 13 year old from Clinton Grattan and Hickory streets astonishes peers at the school. Doctors confirm his heart on the right side is unusual yet healthy after a physician's stethoscope exam. Henry carries a certificate proving his rare heart position.
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Pt. Louis
Henry Woolsey
Clinton
Grattan
Hickory
Henry
City Hospital
Fragmented Dialect Orrery: Weather and Odd Mentions
A garbled passage mixes weather imagery with stray names and nonsensical lines. It references blizzards, wind, and various scattered phrases, including odd mentions of people and places, all presented in a distorted dialect.
The Burden of Worry and The Angel of Knowledge
A fable-like meditation on worry portrays a pilgrim burdened by yesterday and tomorrow. The Angel of Knowledge reveals the emptiness of unfounded fears, urging focus on the present and freeing the bearer to experience life and aid others.
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Graham Hood
New York Globe
Renly
Angel of Knowledge
Teeth Grow Upward In Jawbone At New York Hospital
Herbert Cosman, 21, of Nawar, gained attention after three upper jaw teeth erupted upward into the jawbone. Dr. Robert Abbe operated Friday at St Luke's Hospital to relieve the unusual condition, which had caused facial swelling since childhood. The patient’s health has been excellent otherwise.
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Ee Luke's Hospital
Robert Abbe
New York Herald
Herbert Cosman
Nawar
New
York
Cosman
W. J. Comman
Han Baer
Uko'a
Olmie
Repeliing the Marauder From Vittlis
A fragmentary dialogue on a Fleet Street scene features Vittlis speakers debating poetry and wolves in a sparse, cryptic exchange. The quirky banter hints at a larger, unseen confrontation with a marauder.
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Repeliing
Vittlis
Fleet Street
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Ruaala
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New York Central Railroad
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Howe
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