Polar exploration revival sparks debate on north pole value
Washington dispatch notes renewed Arctic interest in 1894 with plans by Nansen Peary and others. It discusses goals, risks, ship drift, and the argument that reaching a latitude near 86 degrees may solve the polar problem as effectively as reaching the pole itself.
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North Pole
America
Lockwood
Alremy
Outent
Sotha
Nansen
Arctic Ocean
Sibena
Pram
Thia
Time to Intrude and a Domestic Scene with Mrs Kissem
Fragmentary New York World text shows a domestic moment with a mother and son in a parlor. The dialogue notes interruptions as lines about cutting and separating actions unfold, revealing a tense informal exchange.
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Kissem
Unclear fragment hints at racing or gambling notes
Fragmentary text references a race or betting scene with names and odds, mentioning past day outcomes and a Boston Herald note. It includes scattered mentions of wagers, favorites, and a possible casino or card game context without clear events or dates.
Missing wife of racing writer Elizabeth A Tompkins
Elizabeth A Tompkins, noted turf writer and wife of Gwynn R. Tompkins, vanished three months ago after a trip from New York to Washington then to St Louis. Her husband, once paralyzed, offers 500 reward for information on her and their four year old son, with no further word since a late October note.
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Elizabeth A. Tompkins
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Atlantic
England
Newmarket
London
Hushand
Europe
Saratoga
Elizabeth A Tompkins
Gay Center
Washington
Mr Tompkins
G Street
Tompkins
Auerswald
St Louis
Chicage
Hie
Ths
Baltivore
Elizabeth A Teoropkins
WiImlaw
Clapisson Builds Button Chateau in Elaborate Fashion
French music celebrity Clapisson plans a chateau whose walls ceilings doors exterior and interior are all clad in buttons. He has sourced buttons from ancient to modern times and gathered specimens from many countries including pieces dating to the lower Greek empire.
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Clapisson
London
The Overworked Lords
At yesterday's meeting of the house of lords seven peers were present with Lord Kensington occupying the woolsack. A quorum required three peers and the sole business was the first reading of the local government bill. Lord Ripon announced Friday's meeting and a day for the second reading.
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House of Lords
Lord Kensington
Lord Ripon
St. James Gazette
New Year in China Described With Festivities and Customs
Special Correspondent notes Chinese New Year in Los Anagras February 3 detailing Moon based lunar calendar, leap years, and 12 month year. It describes calling cards, visits by men and women, tea service, gifts, honors, and extended two week celebrations with firecrackers lanterns joss house prayers debt settlements and social rituals.
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Peking
China
Joss House
Special Council
J M ScanLann
Exquisite Organdies and Summer Fashions in Flower Garden Style
Excerpt describes summer gowns and fabrics with new organdies featuring flower garden flounces and bordered grasses, highlighting soft, fine organza, embroidered muslin and Honiton lace, vivid color patterns, and varied trims. It notes practical plain designs for washability and mentions a Saratoga-ready white linen gown with Vandyked embroidery and Quaker drab silk accents.
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New York
Thies
Saratoga
Easter fashions and church split headline in local paper
The article notes Easter fashion plans with gingham and chambra fabrics and new corsages for girls. Olive Harper reports a church division at Grand Avenue Methodist after a ta-ra-ra boom de ay service, with Rev Wheat opposing the pastor and younger members siding with him.
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Olive Harper
Grand Avenue Methodist Church
Wheat
Wilkinson
Dubuque la
Diapateh
Sleepwalking girl linked to strange river incident?
An 16 year old girl Miss Cora Mays of Toledo reportedly wandered at night in a rope tied trance, rowed a boat to the river, crawled up a bank, and was found bound and frightened. Police released two suspects after sleep restored the girl. Portland Orr.
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Toledo
Valley
Elk
City
Tele Times
Cora Mays
Sam Dogan
Nouth
Yaquirs River
Daring Acts Highlight Paris Varied Stage Shows
The critic notes nervy Winnie Newark 18 and Mile Sundown a serpentine dancer in a cage with lions. Sandow grinds a grand piano on his chest as four men balance atop it. A dawn of fear and spectacle ends with lions provoked, yet the performance resumes amid tense brinkmanship.
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Winnie Newark
Herr Sandow
Paris
Mile
Sundown
Bcume
Sanduwa
Dees
Cause for Mourning at Chinese Legation Over Mourning Bill
The Chinese minister in Washington faced a curious incident when a gas bill tied to mourning colors led him to believe a high official family had died. He ordered the house closed and mourning procedures begun, then learned it was a routine civic gesture misread as a death notice. In other news, J B Tyrrell and J W Tyrrell returned to Toronto from Chesterfield Inlet after crossing 850 miles of unmapped northern terrain where they observed large reindeer herds and endured hardships on the return journey.
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Washington
Slventare
North Pole
Peary
Greenland
Irminger
Dannish Navy
Copenhagen
Arctic
Dr Nairn
Tts
McCormick Bay
Aledges
Lockwood
Brainard
Mwanever
McCormiik Bay
United States
Jackson van English
Fortune
Arctu Enthy
Alain
Nova Zembia
Pole
Franz Josef Land
Waren Wellman
Stewart Castle
Legation
Heights
Alil
Pew
Washington Gas Light Company
Cor
Boston Advertiser
J. B. Tyrrell
J. W. Tyrrell
Toronto
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
River Engineer Hertzberg Praises Drs Stackhouse Treatement
Engineer A M Hertzberg of Van Sant and Musser Transportation Company extols Drs Stackhouse and Tanney for curing long standing catarrh eye and throat issues. He reports steady improvement since starting treatment at their Institute and recommends their methods. Hertzberg resides in Davenport and LeClaire, Iowa.
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Aippself
Drs. Strackhou
Usate
Mississippi
A. M Hertzberg
van Sant & Musser Transportation Company
Mr. Hertzberg
Dru. Stackhouse
Tannel
Hertzberg
Davenport
LeClaire
Stackhouse Medical Institute Offers Low Catarrh Care
OSA MONTAG. For treatment medicines and services in all cases of catarrh or kindred ailments there is no fee charged in excess of &% a month at the Stackhouse Medical Institute. At this low rate is supplied everything necessary to effect a thorough cure.
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Osa Montag
Stackhouse Medical Institut
Treatment by Mail for Home Care by Stackhouse and Dantelt
A concise description promotes their system of home treatment for patients who cannot visit their offices. It outlines symptom blank forms and how to provide details by mail to receive guidance and remedies from Dra. Stackhouse and Dra. Dantel.
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Dra. Stackhouse and
Dantetl
Stackhouse Medical Institute Adverts
Stackhouse Medical Institute run by Urbine Stackhouse MD Joseph A Daniels MD offers specialties in catarrh asthma eye ear nose throat long nervous and skin diseases and chronic diseases. Office hours 9 am to 7 pm Sundays 3 to 6 pm rooms 17 and 18 Whitaker Block Davenport Iowa address Brady and Third Streets centrally located fully equipped.
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Joseph A
Daniel
Whitaker Block
Cor. Brady
Davenport
Iowa
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