Edge of cultivation and the call of exploration across continents
The piece reflects on the enduring lure of discovery from Kipling’s poetry to the global roam of explorers. It catalogs figures from Columbus to Stanley and Amundsen, traces westward expansion in America, and surveys 1920s expeditions by Smithsonian, Field Museum, and others across Africa, Asia, the Arctic, and beyond.
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DuChailly
Gordon
David Livingston
Henry M. Stanley
Livingston
Equator
Poles
Arctic
Antarette
Andree
Wellman
Nansen
Franklin
Greely
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Reynolds
Shackleton
Scott
Amundsen
Stefansson
MacMillan
Robert W. Peary
South America
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Mareo Polo
Christopher Columbus
Lewis and Clarke
Anrnold Amundsen
Valley of the Nile
King ‘Tut
Calvin Coolidge
Babe Ruth
Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian
Sumatra
China
Algeria
Beloochistan
Alaska
West Indian
Mexico
American Museum of Natural History
Wield Museum of Chicago
Byrd
North Pole
Greenland
George Palmer Putnam
Flo Morrisey
Pole
University of Michigan
William Herbert Hobbs
Nova Scotia
New York Harbor
Museum
Hall of Ocean Life
Field Museum
Donald T. MacMillan
United States Navy
Geological Survey
Bureau of Ethnology
Ben Wratt
Ales Urdueka
Bureau of Ethnoogy
Thering Sen John
Treadwell Nichols
Paunthrope-Vernay
American Museum
Iudin
Himalayas
Chinese Turkestan
Central Asia
Khara Khota
Gobi Desert
Tartary
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oriential Institute
University of Chicago
Old World
Central America
Meander
Peru
Brnall
Peabody Museum of Harvard
Carnegie Institute
British
Destruction of Pine Trees by Sand Dunes
The Pine trees of New Jersey plains grow bushy limbs low to the ground causing wind blown sand to accumulate in craterlike depressions around the trunks. Soil gathers from decaying leaves and seeds take root, as dunes rise and smother the original tree while new individuals sprout and roots extend from upper branches.
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New Jersey
Botanical Gazette
Arthur P. Nelley
Rutgers University
Ines
Unavoidable Waste Spawns London Soapsud Loss
A London issue notes huge annual waste of fat and used fats in soup making. Officials estimate at least five million dollars a year is lost down drains as soapsuds with minimal value recovered from fat and offals priced around ten cents.
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London
Archeologist Find Spurs Debate On Ur Queen Vanity Case
Detroit News notes a discovery of a queenly vanity case at Ur in Mesopotamia sparks claims that 5,000 years ago civilization was backward. The piece cautions the finding does not prove all girls were queens.
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Butt Ig
Detroit News
Charter Oak Funeral Revered in Hartford in 1856
An 1856 Hartford observance honored the Charter Oak after a storm felled the famed tree. Flags and mourners gathered around the stump as Connecticut celebrated its charter granted by Charles II. A preserved copy of the original charter with oak fragments rests in the Hartford State Library.
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Charter Oak
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Charles II
Boundary Survey Sparks Clash Over Mason-Dixon Line
The Mason‑Dixon line survey settled state disputes but triggered a quarrel between William Penn and Lord Baltimore over colonial boundaries and authority.
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Willian Penn
Lord Baltimore
Waste Oil Recovery in London Sewage Policy
The text notes London's hard water makes each thousand gallons of sewage waste 18 pounds of soup fat. It concludes that recovering fat from sewage is not cost effective, but no alternative saving method exists.
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London
Retain Colonial Uniforms Among Philadelphia Militia
The Connecticut Moat Guards wear the same type uniforms as in Colonial days. The City Troop of Philadelphia remains another Colonial organization still in existence.
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Connecticut
Philadelphia
Jayhawker Tayhawker Origin in Kansas Slavery Era
The Jayhawker Tayhawker name arose in Kansas amid debates over slavery. It described free state men who organized retaliation against pro slavery demonstrations during that period.
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Kansas
Geologist's Idea Made Fortunes for Others
The first to introduce kerosene in the United States and Canada was Dr. Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist. He produced lamp fuel from bituminous shale and cannel coal, naming it kerosene though it became coal oil in common use. After petroleum’s 1859 Pennsylvania discovery, kerosene dominated oil distillation and spurred vast fortunes, while Gesner himself reaped little material gain.
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United States
Canada
Abraham Gesner
Doetor Gesner
Pennsylvania
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Proven Safe for Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross to assure genuineness. It promises safety proven by millions and prescribed for colds neuritis toothache neuralgia headache and rheumatism with various package sizes and low prices.
Pain and Beauty The Fortitude in Fashion
The Pathfinder Magazine notes a culture of endurance as women pursue beauty. It highlights women squeezing into tight slippers and six inch heels, braving cold in short skirts and sheer stockings, insisting comfort despite discomfort. It compares modern attire to ancient Greek practice of hair removal to maintain smooth skin.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Mae
Greece
Vacuum cleaners may replace chalk in New York schools
The Louisville Courter Journal notes that future classrooms in New York could use vacuum cleaners to clean blackboards. The piece laments loss of school joy from squeaking slate pencils and water buckets, viewing eraser use as deepening childhood dullness.
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New York
Chitdhood
Louisville Courter-Journal
Man's Phenomenal Success Surprises Many
A terse aphorism notes that widespread achievement often comes as a surprise to observers, highlighting how remarkable success can astonish onlookers who did not foresee it.
Abandoned Baby Found on Glendale Porch with Mysterious Note
A vague report from Glendale, California describes an abandoned infant found on a doorstep. Investigators say a note attached to a dog harness warned of leaving the city in haste and urged caretaking until a claim could be made.
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Ostery
Glendale
Calif
Hedmond
Bell Ans Halts Over Acidity Flow Advertisement
Bell Ans promises relief from gas belching heartburn and nausea. The ad touts over 30 years of use and a pleasant sure relief for indigestion. It invites readers to obtain 25e samples or buy at drug stores or by mail from Bell Co. Inc. Orangeburg N Y.
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Bell & Co, Inc
Orangeburg
Fish Die in Cold Waters Across Atlantic
The report notes fish perished due to sudden temperature drop from 80 degrees in water to much colder air. Scott's men in the Antaverie reportedly faced the extreme chill as they crossed the tat Atlantic waters.
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Atlantic
Scott
Antaverie
Motors in Mine Hoist The Deepest North American Shaft
A Kentucky gold mine, in Aruinder county, Cullf, operates the deepest vertical shaft in North America at about 4,004 feet. The mine uses electric hoists and meters to power the system, aiming to surpass other power forms.
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Wid
Kentucky
Imeth Aruinder County
North America
Scots Emigration Surge Attracts 60000 Registrations
Copper's Weekly reports more than 60 thousand Scots have registered at the American consulate in Glasgow seeking to emigrate. If all arrive, this could be the largest yearly influx of Scots to the United States in American history.
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Glasgow
Copper’s
French engineer claims noninflammable gasoline discovery
Cable reports Raoul Ferrier, a French marine engineer, has found a substance that would make gasoline noninflammable, according to magazine notes.
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Cable
Raoul Ferrier
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