Peary Outlines North Pole Discovery Mission Experience
Robert E. Peary describes the 1908 voyage via Roosevelt to Cape Sabine and Lady Franklin Bay, detailing ice, fog, and navigational challenges. The narrative covers ship repairs, wintering at Hubbardville, and early supply transfers to Cape Columbia amid dangerous ice conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
New York Times Company
Great Britain
The
London Times
Battle Herbor
Labrador
Marconi Wireless
Cape Ray
N. F
Cook
Pole
Geographical Society
Battle Harbor
Roosevelt
Peary Arctic Club
Brik
Btahford
Cape Sabine
Robeson Channel
Lady Franklin Bay
Greenland
Thank God Harbor
Cape Lupton
Cape Union
Black Cape
Cape Rawson
Cape Sheridan
Porter Bay
Cape Joseph Henry
Peary
American Explorer's Thrilling Pole Quest Records
In a detailed narrative, the explorer recounts the months long trek from Cape Columbia to the pole and back. He praises Bartlett, Goodsell, Marvin, McMillan, Borup, and the Eskimo team for pioneering, enduring brutal ice, and achieving a historic polar milestone under harsh conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Cape Hecla
Goodsall
Hecla
Cape Colan
Borup
Markham Inlet
Roosevelt
Cape Columbia
Pari Bay
MacMillan
Hansen
Marvin
Cape Bryant
Crane City
Columbia
Dr. Goodsell
Nansen
Yale
Optah
McMillan
Greenland
Cape Morris K
Jesup
Men in Miniatures Said Unfit for Fluffy Portraits
A writer notes women suffragists find solace in a niche group: miniature painters. The artist says men look harsh in miniatures, preferring dainty, lacy subjects. Modern attire, with collars and hair, yields less pleasing images, though commissions may occur.
Fertile Farms for Thousands Open to North Dakota Residents
Registration for 160 acre farming lands opens October 4 to 23 at Aberdeen Mobridge and Lemmon. Stand ing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations open in October offering land for a small per acre sum. Drawing held October 26 at Aberdeen. Folders available free detailing the land and rail routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standing Rock
Cheyenne River
South Dakota
North Dakota
Aberdeen
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mobridge and Lemmon
Chicago, Milwaukee , & Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Montana
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Ilinois
We Are Stronger With Quaker Oats Health Claim
The article extols strongmen of ancient Greece and Rome and credits Quaker Oats as the best food to build bone muscle and nerve strength. It notes oats are pure with no husks or specks and encourages farmers to feed workers Quaker Oats for better work and economy.
The Doctors' Orders and a Humorous Stomach Tale
A neighbor questions a hammock bound husband’s illness. His wife explains doctors advised opposite regimens. One doctor prescribes a ripe apple every hour while another orders an hour’s rest after eating, leaving him attempting both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
To Day
Low Colonist Fares to the West and Northwest
Union Pacific announces Colonist Fares from Sept 15 to Oct 15 1909 to all points in the West and Northwest. West prospects look better this year with land available at low prices and liberal stopover plans. Write BE L Lomax G P A U P R BR Omaha Neb for literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Passenger Department
L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
A Sign of It in Odd Observations
A wry note compares the airship maker across the street to prospering finances as his family soars high. The quip follows a line about unpaid tailor bills and a bee returning home two miles from the hive, reflecting humorous local musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borup
Henson
Percy
Wardwell
Scott
Roosevelt
Mr. Gushue
Capt. Bartlett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voort Island
Hayes Harbor
Cape Albert
Victoria Head
Cape Durville
Cape Fraser
Lincoln Bay
Arctic Ocean
Hubbardville
Goodgall
Bearup
Eskimos
Cape Belknap
Oon
Weds
Ttotter Bay
Pass Bay
Clements Markham Inlet
Markham
Sartlett
Henderson
Abruzzi
Cagni
Arctic
Franz Josef
Ootam
Eginwuk
Sigloo
Clark
Eighty Ninth Parallel
Eighty-Seventh Parallel
Cape Nion
Whitney
Etah
Saunders Island
Cape York
Indian Harbor
Crow’s Nest
Goodsell
Connors
Murphy
Barnes
Seaman
Wiseman
Joyce
Condon
Cody
Morris KK. Jesup
Club
Cheyenne
River Indian Reservations
Mobridge, Lemmon
Aberdeen, N. D
True Thrift
Midlands
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