Amundsen's Maud Drift Toward North Pole in 1918–19
North Pole expedition leader Captain Amundsen and crew on the Maud, after two years icebound, plan to drift past the pole with the current. They arrive in Seattle aboard the ship lacking wireless, hoping to install gear this summer. The voyage, begun in 1918, included Siberian ice, polar bears, and six crew plus seven natives.
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Seattle
North Pole
Rewuld Amanusen
Norway
Nor
Amundsen
Amimases
Rriardson
United States
Cape Serdze
Siberian
Polar Basin
Ari Oewan
Cape Serdye
Pole
Java
Siberia
Ceptain Anundsén
Maud
Tr. TV
Rat-Proof Corn Crib Showcases Portable Steel-Wire-Concrete Design
A new rat proof corn crib, described as a great rarity of portable houses, is offered in steel woven wire and concrete. It is built in sections for easy rent or transport, highlighting a compact, modular approach to grain storage.
Night workers find toil a frolic when music casts spell
Washington report describes an experiment at the Washington National Post Office where night workers listened to phonograph music to improve mood and productivity. Purdy, the postmaster general, notes the study found workers excitable and distracted by separation from families, prompting further observation.
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Washington
Tad
Minneapolis
EA. Purdy
Nat Cits
Murdy
Vic
Mc Purdy
AN INDIAN THUNDERSTORM
An account describes a fierce Indian thunderstorm as seen by Mount smuirt Elphinstone, with violent winds and heavy rainfall. The scene includes sudden darkness, vivid lighting, and deafening thunder that startles observers and stuns surroundings for hours.
Petrified deep sea monster bones found in Missouri
In Joplin Missouri a farm near Racine yielded petrified remains believed to be a prehistoric reptile or deep sea creature. The fossil measures about 24 feet long from head to tail with a head around 1.5 feet across and a tail of roughly 13 feet.
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Missouri
Joplin
Whet
Racin
Iengin Sind
Untitled fragment on tall husband and measurements
The readable text describes a tall husband from Port Arthur and a bride named Jane Van Aobert with height notes. It mentions census customs and families in a local camp, but the fragment is garbled and provides few clear facts or events.
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Port Arthur
Ontaine
Jane van Aobert
Wil
Moonlight and Moneysuckle at Rivita Theatre Tonight
Realart release Moonlight and Moneysuckle featuring Mary Miles Minter screens with Will Rogers Riviera program. comedy drama scenes promise laughs as Mary Miles Minter leads the cast in a tale of romance and light misadventure. Will Rogers appears in the Riviera showcase with a humor filled sequence about Irvin S Cobb. Carmel Myers leads the cast in Mad Marriage at the Carmel Casino with Trigan Van Dyke and other stars in the lineup. A coal freighter Jex owned by Victoria Coal Company runs aground near Watertown, crew rescued by Tehigh and Hall company boats.
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Joseph Henabery
Mary Miles Minter
Eemine
le Nlp
Will Rogers
Riviera
Trvin S. Cobb
Wiltlip Keys
Sabdwra
Rogers
Cobb
Ton Cobb
Pitt
Irvin S. Ceph
Carmel Myers
Company iv Vytte
Univers Ss
Trigan van Dyke Ald
Stargam
Cullington
Arthur Irasiss
Willim Brinton
Nola Tus Card
Teydin Yeoman
Wgel
Virginia Ware
Jane Starr
No Black Rust in Denmark Report Expired
A historical Danish report notes the end of a rust outbreak described as black rust in the country, marking the expiration of the threat years ago amid regional agricultural concerns and surveillance.
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Denmark
Breagherea
Misquotations on Ireland and the Bible Origin
The note discusses popular misquotations about Ireland and a claim from a 1730 Danish book by Niel Torrehow. It cites a line about no snakes on the island and mentions the Bible quote Money is the root of all evil attributed to St Paul.
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Ieland
Ireland
Niel Tlorrehow
Copenhagen
Johneen
St. Paul
Salomon
Buver
Hadibris
Fragmentary quotation notes on proverbs and translations
A garbled excerpt discusses sayings about money and parenting, attributing lines to Salomon and Buver and noting a translation from an old French proverb in Sterne’s Sentimental Journey. The text mixes biblical references, translations, and imagined variants with unclear provenance.
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Larob
Man
Sterne
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Hall Company
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J. M. Barrie
Miss Chatterton
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Ruth Chatterton
New York Evening “World
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Nerw York Herald
Patrona
la Croane
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