Shackleton’s Last Letter Reveals Final Hope From Rio
The letter, dated December 18 1921 from Rio de Janeiro, shows Sir Ernest Shackleton’s determination as the Quest prepares to sail after completing repairs. He writes “Never for me the lowered banner” and expresses faith in eventual success despite risks in the ice. John Quiller Rowett describes Shackleton as generous and idealistic, a man who helped others in trouble.
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Shackleton
Sir Ernest Shackleton
London ‘Times
John Quiller Rowett
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Quest
B. Y. Quest
Rio
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Ernest
Wireless telephone signaling between trains at forty miles per hour
A Paris exchange reports wireless conversations between moving trains and Paris central, promising greater safety and fewer signaling stations. Antennae on coaches linked via telegraph poles transmitted voice over about fifty miles to Paris receivers as trains passed stations. Nord companies expand tests to Calais and wireless signaling from Paris to Touon has run for months with full satisfaction while state lines weigh eliminating absolute telephone service.
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Touon
Jud Tunkins On Injuns And Fire Water In The Old West
Jud Tunkins recalls a saying that the Injun was all right until the white man introduced fire water yet the speaker notes the Injun was fortunate not to wait for wood alcohol to spread, reflecting frontier attitudes in a compact quip.
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Jud Tunkins
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