Amundsen backs polar bears for pole quest
The explorer Roald Amundsen proposes a back to nature voyage to the North Pole using trained polar bears as motive power. He claims six bears would provide 60 horsepower and 600 dog power, with bears grown from cubs and tamed as docile and reliable workers for the cold voyage.
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Pole
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
North Pole
Amundsen
Nature
Arctic
Capt. Amundsen
Hoe
Peary
Capt
Collier
Russian Church Architecture Mirrors Asia Over Europe
The Redeemer church in St. Petersburg embodies a distinct Russian style, not Gothic Greek or Renaissance. The Youth's Companion notes Indian influenced arches and domes reflect Asia's enduring impact, contrasting Russia’s shift toward Europe under Peter the Great.
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Peter, the Great
No Work No Food for Indiana Ute Tribes
Indian Commissioner Leupp defends an Indian office policy urging work before aid. He argues the department treats Native Americans kindly but insists they must earn a living if work is available, calling for ending pauper status when jobs exist nearby. He invites critique of the principle's fairness.
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Indiana
Leupp
Indian Office
Department of the Government
Widow seeks sustenance as estate heirs stay under father's will
A New Jersey widow, bound by her late husband’s will to keep his estate of land and $150,000 in mortgages intact until their five children reach adulthood, toiled to support the family and faced a court appeal for a more comfortable allowance. The case illustrates enduring patience resembling Griselda.
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New Jersey
Griselda
Portsmouth
Si Wotherspoon
Kittery
Br. Wotherspoon
Mount Agamenticus
Bear prank at the Inglenook stirs Mousam rumor mill
In Mousam a moonlit bear hug on a hotel boarder at the Inglenook sparks town talk. The postmaster and Captain recount a whimsical tale of a bear pranking visitors, a trolley ride incident, and a hunter’s comic close with a beefsteak lure and a retreating bear.
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Mousam
Misa Susan Weevil
Herge
Piazsa
St Wotherspoon
Fall of a famed entertainer after a bat whose bite
The article recalls DeWolf Hopper’s rise as a baseball poem icon and contrasts rival actors Henry B. Dixey and Digby Bell. Dixey’s vanity leads to a gala Boston trip with a garishly dressed party and a pet fox terrier. A line drive by Bill Dahlen strikes the dog dead, shocking the crowd and sparking media coverage. Dixey’s fame fades despite anecdotes and jokes from Pop Anson. the piece closes with a stray inquiry about a cow portrait and our childlike credulity.
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DeWolf Hopper
Casey
Henry B. Dixey
Digby Bell
Hopper
Mr. Dixey
Boston
Bill Dahlen
Chicago
Dixey
America
Pop
Anson
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