Peary Near Pole Records With Roosevelt Venture
Commander Robert E Peary sailed toward the pole aboard the Roosevelt reaching 87 degrees six minutes north but failing to attain the pole. He faced open water, drifting ice and destroyed caches while sustaining his crew with dog meat and musk oxen. The dispatch from Hopedale via Twillingate details the journey, hardships, and eventual return.
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New York
United States
Robert K. Peary
United States Navy
North Pole
Roosevelt
Pole
Duke of the Abruzzi
Peary
Herbert L. Bridgeman
Peary Arctic Club
Hopedale
Labrador
Twillingate
N. E
Columbia
Greenland
Grant Land
One Hundredth Meridian
Commander Peary
Bridgeman
Hoffenthal
New Foundland
Monopoly in National Park
Maj. John Pitcher, acting superintendent of Yellowstone, warns the Yellowstone Lake Boat Co monopoly on tourist transport from Upper Geyser Basin to the Thumb. He urges competition or permission for stage lines to operate their own boats. The 18 mile ride costs $3, with franchise expiring July 21. Pitcher also recommends increasing Fort Yellowstone garrison to a four-troop squadron.
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Washington
John Pitcher
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Lake Boat Company
Upper Geyser Basin
The
Thumb
Pitcher
Fort Yellowstone
Royal Arcanum appoints officers in Boston meeting
At a special meeting of the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum in Boston on Friday Supreme Regent H. C. Wiggin of Rome N Y filled the vacancy caused by the death of Supreme Secretary W O Robson appointing A T Turner of Boston as supreme secretary W F McConnell of New York as supreme auditor and F W Dickinson of Springfield Mass as supreme trustee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
H. C. Wiggin
Rome
N. Y
W. O. Robson
A. T. Turner
W. F. McConnell
New York
F. W. Dickinson
Springfield
Mass
Two Burned to Death in Dundee Fire
Dundee Michigan November 5 James Chase and DeWitt Van Wormer were burned to death when their house owned by James Chase burned. The two men were asleep on the second floor. Mrs Chase was rescued by the town night watchman who discovered the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Mich
James Chase
DeWitt van Wormer
Liner Rams a Battleship in Hampton Roads Collision
Norfolk report says the Old Dominion liner Monroe rammed the battleship Virginia off Sewells Point. After impact both ships reached Norfolk. the Virginia steered to the navy yard while the Monroe, laden with immigrants, docked at its pier. Damage to both vessels under review.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Old Dominion
Monroe
New York
Norfolk Navy Yard
Old Point
Sewells Point
Noted Theosophist Injured in Italian Railway Wreck
Kansas City reports Col Henry Steele Olcott of Adyar India, president founder of the Theosophical Society, seriously injured in an Italian railway wreck. He has been placed in a hospital in a bad way amid fears for recovery due to his advanced age. Olcott was returning to India from Chicago after presiding at the American Theosophical Society convention in September.
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Kansas City
Henry Steele Olcott
Adyar
India
The
Theosophical Society
Helen F. Blavatsky
Italy
Col. Olcott
Chicago
American Section
Five Indictments for Peonage in Georgia
Five federal indictments for peonage were returned by the Atlanta grand jury on a special investigation led by Assistant Attorney General Charles Russell. The defendants, all from Newman, Georgia, are F. B. Cole one bill Jean Reinhold two bills and H. L. Ziegler two bills. The probe followed complaints from German immigrants lured south by the New York based Southern Immigration Bureau with promises of factory work in a Newman furniture plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles Russell
Department of Justice
Washington
F. B. Cole
Jean Reinhold
H. L. Ziegler
Newman Ga
Southern Immigration Bureau of
New York
Newman
Standard Oil Buys 42 Acres in Caddo City Field
Shreveport Louisiana November 5 The Standard Oil Company has bought 42 acres in the Caddo City field twenty miles north of Shreveport and will start operations at once. A flowing well exists on the property and a pumping station pipeline and storage tanks will be built. The plan is to ship crude to the Beaumont refinery until development is complete and a refinery is built in Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Standard Oil Company
Caddo City
Beaumont
Civil War Official Records Volumes Issued and Pressed
Washington reports completion and distribution of volumes 19 and 20 of the official records of the union and confederate navies. Volume 21 covering the west gulf blockading squadron operations in 1864 is done, and volume 22 is compiled and partly in press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles W. Stuart
Library
Naval War Records
Navy Department
West Gulf
Soldiers Shot in Saloon at Fort Bliss
El Paso Texas November fifth. Negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry at Fort Bliss fought in a saloon outside the reservation. Private Mathews was killed and Private Lewis and Alexander Johnson a saloon keeper were wounded.
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el Paso
Texas
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Bliss
Mathews
Lewis and
Alexander Johnson
Soldiers in Cuba 10 Tramp Country Warned on Courtesy
Havana date Nov 6 provisional government directs American troops to march extensively but not threaten. General Bell orders officers and men to treat Cubans of all parties with courtesy and avoid suppressing disorder except in emergencies. Also notes leper hospital move and local incidents on Isle of Pines and yellow fever case aboard Sumner.
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Havana
Provisional Government
J. Franklin Bell
American Army of Occupation
Carlos Garcia Y Velez
San Lazaro Hospital
Mantanzas
Santiago
Noble J. Wiley
Fifth Infantry
Sumner
Animas Hospital
Hiss
Wiley
Tarnholm
Camp Columbia
Mine Bosses In Fatal Fight Near Barboursville
In Stone Branch, 20 miles south of Barboursville West Virginia on Sunday night mine bosses G W Wright and Andrew Childers in toxicated attacked John Kelley with clubs causing fatal injuries. Kelley died 30 minutes later. Wright and Childers fled but were captured and jailed in Logan county. Deputies later had them hidden on a train where a loyal guard buried the prisoners under trunks but 100 men failed to reach them.
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Barboursville
W. Va
Stone Branch
Here
G. W. Wright
Andrew Childers
John Kelley
Kelley
Wright
Childers
Logan County
Convict Girl Found Guilty of Manslaughter in New Jersey
Florinda Illario, on trial in the Somerset county court at Somerville, was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting Alexander Dipoalo last June. The defense claimed the killing was accidental after Dipoalo squandered Illario’s money. Sentence deferred.
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New York
Florinda Illario
Somerset County Court
Somerville
N. J
Alexander Dipoalo
Dipoalo
Hering Admits His Guilt In Bank Looting Case
Henry W. Hering former cashier of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank pleaded guilty to forgery and embezzlement. He received concurrent sentences of one to 14 years for forgery and one to ten years for embezzlement. He will be held to testify before the grand jury and may implicate others in the Stensland bank lootings. Mrs. Hering plans divorce if his innocence is not proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Pinckney
Hering
Joliet
Healy
Criminal Court
Rival Weather Bureau Planned in San Francisco
Pacific Grove reports a planned rival weather bureau in San Francisco. The piece notes a Cuban and Mexican discovery of a weather plant, abrus precatorius nobilis, said to forecast atmospheric and seismic events. Austrian Prof. Josef Norvack, arriving in England with 20 cases, claims the plant moves its twigs to signal rain, fog, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mine gas buildup. He plans bureaus in San Francisco, Bombay and Tokyo.
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Pacific Grove
Cal
San Francisco
Cuba
Mexico
Josef Norvack
England
Norvack
Bombay
Tokyo
Bank Robbery at Farmers and Miners Bank Ladd Ill
The Farmers and Miners bank at Ladd Illinois was robbed Monday afternoon. Assistant cashier J J Hurley was alone when two men entered asked for pennies then bound him. They took about seven thousand dollars in cash plus 130 in gold and silver from the counter.
Men Rescued After 60 Hours Adrift on Lake Michigan
Louis Wright and William Thornton of Michigan City Ind and three companions drifted 60 hours in a fishing launch before being picked up by the steamer Glenn. The Glenn towed the gasogline Bradshaw 20 miles to Chicago, where the survivors were exhausted but safe.
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Chicago
Louis Wright
William Thornton
Michigan City
Ind
Glenn
Bradshaw
Nest for Egg Eating Hens
A Prairie Farmer Lake County correspondent describes an illustrated nest device to prevent hens from eating eggs. A false bottom with a two and a half inch hole directs eggs into a lower, hidden compartment, with shelves and padding to hide the eggs from the hen until gathering.
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Lake County
Ill
Prairie Farmer
FOWLS WITHOUT LICE AND THE MAINE STATION FINDINGS
The Maine experiment station reports no lice in poultry, reducing costs from lice killers and extra care. Editor notes clean pens, unused incubators, and lice free eggs as the key to preventing infestation. Prof. Wood says prevention starts with clean conditions and initial stock to stop lice from entering the flock.
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Farmers’ Review
Maine
Charles Wood
Dark Poultry Houses and the Case for Windows
The article notes many dark poultry houses countrywide and argues for adding windows to improve hen health. It stresses light is crucial in winter when birds spend long indoors, unlike summer when fowls roam more on the farm.
Transferring Bees Methods Compared In Beekeeping
A nineteenth century guide outlines three bee transfer methods. The old method uses chisels and forcing combs into frames, described as messy. A preferred plan drives bees into an empty box then moves them to their new hive, with scheduling and hive positioning. A third, favored technique pairs swarming timing with a movable frame hive under a box hive, using a queen excluder to separate brood and honey for later extraction.
Handy egg Turner turns eggs with roller curtain cloth
A historic sketch describes a combined egg drawer and turner for hatching. Eggs rest on a roller curtain cloth that winds on a rod with a crank. Turning the roller by a short crank movement flips each egg and lightly jostles it to ensure even turning.
A Cheap Drinking Fountain Made From a Red Clay Pot
A simple durable drinking fountain uses a large red clay pot inverted over a saucer. The bottom hole is sealed with a cork fitted by reaming. Notches in the rim regulate water flow so the plate stays full for chickens to drink. Unglazed clay keeps water cooler when shaded.
The Farmer and the Auto Hating the Auto Hog
The piece argues farmers may resent autos as hogs in profit and power. It recalls ancient horse and rider roles, noting drivers once commanded horses in war, then became workers, and suggests history could repeat as cars become cheaper and farmers gain ownership.
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New Yorker
Marketing Hint for Honey Supply Timely Use
A Farm Journal note urges caution in shipping honey from local sources. Since yearly honey yields decline, maximize local use first and avoid sending any honey per wax to distant markets until the producing locality has a full supply.
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Farm Journal
Turnips Best Harvested By Letting Sheep Feed In Field
A farming note advises harvesting turnips by allowing sheep to graze the crop in the field. The practice reduces labor while promoting pasture use and crop utilization for predators and livestock.
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Arctic Explorer
Robert £. Peary
Royal Arcanum
Supreme Regent
Virginia and
Monroe Couise
Newman, Ga
Standard
Texas Welle
Jone
Island
Stensland Bank
Weather Man
Bureau of
LA Salle
Handy Egg Turner
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