New Arctic Quest Aims to Study Crocker Land
Leaders of a forthcoming expedition under the American Museum of Natural History and American Geographical Society plan to explore Crocker Land north of the equator. The 1917-18 voyage, departing Sydney July 10, will winter at Flagler Bay and push to Cape Thomas Hubbard and Etah to study Grant Land and Greenland interior.
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Poston
Mass
Crocker
American Museum of Natural History
American Geographical Society
Yale
Bowdoin
Lonora
George Crocker
New York
Juine
Cape Thomas Eryxobbard
Wye
Lorizon
Pelar
Itu
Cap
Thores Fairherd
Axel Heiberg Land
Cape Thames
Hubbard
Solumion
Sydney
Flagler Bay
North
Greenland
Etah
Donald B. MacMillan
George Perup
Long-lived Tennessee man dies at 106 in Cheatham County
Ashland City mourns William Bennet born 1806 in Williamson County. He died at 106 years 8 months and 27 days, survived by sixteen children with the oldest aged 86. Notable feats include cutting cordwood at age 100 and a long life linked to early Nashville construction lore.
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Ashland City
Tenn
Wiliam Bennett
Cheatham County
Mr. Bennett
Williamson County
Sycamore
Nashville
William Sennett
Secret Service Recovers 7060 From $250000 Gold Stolen
Washington reports Secret Service operatives in Portland Oregon recovered 7060 of a 250000 gold bullion theft that occurred during transport from Skerny to Seattle. Earlier 25000 of the bullion was found on the Pacific coast. The location of the remaining bullion is unknown while Portland agents pursue further inquiries to locate more.
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Washington
Secret Service
Portland
Ore
Skermy
Seattle
Pacific Co
Secret ‘Service
Raphael painting found in Jamaica Plain as Mary and the Infant Christ
Boston art connoisseur Patrick E Duffee identified a rediscovered Raphael work titled Mary and the Infant Christ. The search began after he learned of the missing painting while abroad in 1886 and it was found in Jamaica Plain after an extensive inquiry.
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Treaston
Raphael
Boston
Patrick E. Duffee
Mary
Christ
Toffee
Jamaican Plains
Chinese Girl Becomes Bride of Portland Merchant Nephew
Judge Gatens formalized the marriage of Lee Song Quay, a 15 year old Chinese girl from San Francisco, to Seid Yew Sing, nephew of Seid Back, in his chambers in Portland Oregon. Seid Back Jr. witnessed the ceremony as the together couple prepared for the official marriage certificate with photographs to be attached.
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Portland
Ore
Lee Song Quay
San Francisco
Seid Yew Sing
Seid Back
Hug Keeps Dance Alive in Denver Lecture
Father Benedict advised young women at Logan Avenue chapel that hugging sustains dancing and warned against dancing with husbands or wives of others. He urged restraint, suggesting light touch and caution in romantic advances during courtship and engagement.
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Denver
Colo
Father Benedict
Logan Avenue Chapel
Vony
Sentencing in Delinquency Case Sparks Distress
Teri Rettig, 48, widower, was sentenced to eight months in the workhouse and a $500 fine plus costs for contributing to the delinquency of a 16 year old. The judge pronounced the sentence as Rettig cried out for a rope, threatening suicide in court.
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Akren
Teri Rettig
Jettig
Russians Plan Novel Death In St. Petersburg
A Vechernaya Vremya correspondent describes a large “friends of death” meeting in central St. Petersburg. Members, including uniformed men, discuss methods for self-inflicted deaths and propose en masse cyanide fatalities at a fashionable restaurant to attract recruits and create a sensational funeral spectacle.
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St. Petersburg
Vechernaya Vremya
Friends of Death
League
Jie
Five-Cent Bet Lands Preacher Sons in Court
Suffolk man Van Harold Gray pleaded guilty in the City Circuit court to stabbing Horace Whedves over a five cent bet on how long to skin a catfish. Gray was sentenced to one year in state prison. Both men are sons of preachers.
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Suffolk
van Harold Gray
Horace Whedves
No End to His Bad Luck Story at Anti Cigarette Banquet
John D Shoop used a story of the colored man Lazarus at an anti cigarette league banquet to illustrate misfortune. The tale has Lazarus claim he will surely rise when the Lord calls him and come forth, highlighting themes of luck and fate in a period voice.
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John D. Shoop
Lazarus
John
Firth
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Hand Disease Cured by Cuticura Remedies, Mississippi State
Miss Ella Narber of Springlake Michigan recounts four years of eczema on her hands with burning pain and cracks. After three doctors failed, she tried Cuticura Remedies and reports complete recovery after three days using the soap and ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Boston.
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Ella Narber
Springlake
Mich
Dept. L
Boston
Mysterious hash needs something on Bacon’s breakfast
A brisk dialogue shows Mr. Bacon puzzled by a failing hash. He and Ais discuss possible missing elements, joking about trying everything they could find to fix the dish. The exchange hints at domestic humor rather than a serious event.
Piles Treated in Days With Pazoointment Treatment
All Fresco jokes aside, an old maid asks about makeup and a retort about making up for lost time. A patent medicine ad promises cure for itching and hemorrhoids in six to fourteen days with money back refund if it fails.
After News with Medium-Ah and Lady Dialogue
A witty exchange unfolds as a beautiful woman asks about her future husband and the lady replies she seeks her present husband when he is away. The brief vignette hints at domestic concerns and playful social timing.
Moving pictures praised but newspaper education valued
Arthur Brisbane praised moving pictures for education at a New York dinner yet argued they will never match the newspaper as an educative force. He recalled a famous editor who said news is created by actions like a dog bite. if no man bites a dog, create the bite yourself.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York
Truth About Bluing Talk No 5
Avoid liquid bluing. Cities contain junk bottles filled with weak bluing solution. Don’t buy water for bluing. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, a B-cent package equals 20 cents of liquid blue. Makes clothes whiter than snow. At all good grocers.
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RED Cross
Paxton Toilet Co advertised toothpaste substitute in 25c box
A humorous note suggests a wife’s beauty costs justify alimony outrage and urges husbands to bypass middlemen by using Paxtine for toilet and medicinal needs. The ad promotes Paxtine sold at 25 cents per box or postpaid from The Paxton Toilet Co Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Man and boy argue over a shutter in humorous exchange
Mrs Buggs scolds Willie for closing a shutter. Willie responds that Theo shutters shut and he cannot shut it any more. A quip on wisdom and foolishness ends the anecdote with a wry note.
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Willie
Mrs. Buggs
Theo
Center on All-America Tharriage team noted
Fragmented notes show a sports line naming Nat Goodwin and claim about a center on an All-America team. Also included are assorted ad blurbs for tonics and remedies, a free sample offer from a Wisconsin company, and various moralizing aphorisms.
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Nat Goodwin
Tharriage
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Peerless
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Guoter Brig
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Erte &J
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