Peary Denies Cook Pole Discovery Claim
Peary angrily rejects Dr. Cook's North Pole finding, calling it a fake. He dismisses the Eskimo account and refuses to dignify Cook's assertion with further reply.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
1
Schley-Sampson Affair Sparks Polar Controversy With Scientists as Judges
A heated public dispute erupts between explorers Cook and Peary over the pole claim. Peary questions Cook’s distances and veracity while Cook insists on scientific data before replying. The debate draws global attention and threatens the credibility of both explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press
Robert E. Peary
Indian Harbor
Cape Ray
Peary
Cook
Dr. Cook
Brooklyn
Trout
Dr. Cick
Kilkenny
Frederick Albert Cook
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
North Pole
Copenhagen
Tribune Fund Nears Completion for Smith Family Relief
The Tribune reports $192.04 collected of a $200 pledge to help Phillip Smith and his family at 520 Pine Street. If $7.96 arrives by noon, funds will be placed with Humane Agent Charles H. Berry and surgeons for two operations, aiding Mrs. Smith and five children as Phillip rests at La Crosse hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Phillip Smith
Charles H. Berry
Smith
Pine Street
The
la Crosse Hospital
Berry
the Tribune
Surgeons and Humane Office
Prue
Cwinn
Lucille Schleiter
Ed. Porter
Thomas Bighee
A. Opdahl
al Draper
Frank Priebe
Owss Wees
Frank G. Roth
Harriman Dying News Volume Grips Arden House
Reports from Arden house and Tower Hill say financier E. H. Harriman remains critically ill with conflicting rumors of his condition. Dr W G Lyle notes he is better today while others report no substantial change, as Lovett suspends official statements unless danger becomes immediate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Harriman
W. G. Lyle
Arden House
Turner
N. Y
Lyle
New York
Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Olga Menn Returns Home in Deep Mourning
Olga Menn arrives in Chicago from Europe in deep mourning after reports that Baron Oscar Rothschild’s death by self action altered her fiancé’s fate. Her family, including Mrs Menn, expresses concern for Olga’s welfare and notes she is a major beneficiary in the baron’s estate despite uncertainty over the amount. The Rothschild connection and the failed engagement are highlighted as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Olga Menn
Baron Oscar Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Vienna
Europe
Miss Menn
New School Opens With Ceremonies in La Crosse
The new state normal school in La Crosse opened with a noon assembly featuring music and speeches. President Fassett Cotton outlined courses and praised Wisconsin’s educational system while Senator Thomas Morris spoke on the La Crosse normal school’s history and state funding delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fasset A. Cotton
Thomas Morris
New la Crosse Normal School
New State Normal School
Henry Faville
Fasser A. Cotton
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
United States
Cotton
Morris
la Crosse Normal School
City of
Board of Regents
America
Urquhart Cawley
Fassett Cotton Long
Norma
Town Devastated by Flood Near Soto La Marina
Rescue teams work for survivors after Soto La Marina Tamaulipas is submerged by a cloudburst flood. The town of 1900 people lies under twenty feet of water with only church towers visible. Relief efforts cannot reach within a mile. unknown deaths exceed half the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Soto la Marina
Tamaulipas
Chicago Car Strike Likely After Vote Rejection
South Side street railway men vote five to one against accepting a wage compromise from the Chicago City Railway. Officials say no further concessions will be made and a strike seems likely. State police and up to two hundred deputies guard the strike zone after rioting left seven dead and hundreds injured. Losses exceed $1 million for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Sept
South Side Street Railway
Chicago City Railway
Chicago City Railway Company
Chicago Railways Company
Baseball Today National at New York and Philadelphia games
National League game results show Brooklyn 6, New York 7 with 8 hits and 3 errors while Philadelphia 11, Boston 6 with 5 errors. McIntyre and Bergen vs Wiltse and Meyers, Corridon and Dooin vs Ferguson and Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
New York
Brooklyn
McIntyre and
Bergen
Wiltse and Meyers
Boston
Philadelphia
Corridon
Steel Car Works Strike Ends as Workers Return
Pittsburg Pa September 8. Seventeen hundred Schoenville pressed steel car works strikers are rehired today and between four thousand and five thousand workers vote to return to work, ending an eight week strike at the works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Schoenville Pressed Steel Car Works
Child Shot Dead While Playing with Gun in Bagley Minn
In Duluth Minnesota a 14 year old boy identified as Elling Gulbranson was killed at home near Bagley Minnesota after daring his sister to shoot. the gun went off and he died from a gunshot wound to the head.
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Duluth
Minn
Elling Gulbranson
Bagley
Holy Rollers in Jail in Nude Dance Scandal
Twelve Russian religious fanatics known as Holy Rollers are jailed after a San Francisco dance last night where men appeared nude and women wore minimal garments. The incident drew police attention and sparked local controversy over public decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Infuriated mob drowns Black assailant in Rayville creek
In Shreveport Louisiana on September 8 a mob captured Henry Hill a Black man who had confronted a white girl Nellie Jones at Rayville. They tied weights to him and threw him into a creek where he drowned. A volunteer posse captured him after the girl screamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Henry Hill
Rayville
Nellie Jones
Nellie Brown 14 Attempts Suicide Over Dress at School
Nellie Brown, 14, in Viroqua, took chloroform to end her life after her mother forced a warmer dress. The girl bought a tablet with a ten cent coin and used the chloroform in a city rest room. physicians revived her after half an hour. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Byron Brown.
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Viroqua
Nellie Brown
Byron Brown
La Crosse Hunters Fined in Winona
In Winona Minnesota on September 8 Spea a T Close of the Close Engine Works La Crosse and James Dummer La Crosse pleaded guilty in county court to selling fish and hunting ducks in Minnesota. Each was fined 10 dollars and costs. Dummer admitted possessing a mallard duck. William Tischek also arrested at Target Lake opposite La Crosse did not appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Spea A T. Close
Close Engine Works
la Crosse
James Dummer
Minnesota
Close
Dummer
William Tischek
Target Lake
Duel to the death between Italian girls near Naples
In Mugnano near Vesuvius two wealthy families daughters fought a sword duel over a student. After four rounds one girl was fatally wounded in the left breast and died. the other refused forgiveness as she died shortly after.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Mugnano
Weather forecasts for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Weather outlook reports unsettled conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Wisconsin expects showers tonight or Thursday with warmer temps in the central and northeast portions. Minnesota and Iowa anticipate light showers or partly cloudy skies tonight or Thursday with mild temperatures.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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