Cook submits to interview on polar claim amid controversy
Dr. Frederick A. Cook faced a lengthy cross-examination at the Waldorf Astoria with forty reporters, while New York officials prepared a public welcome for his polar discovery. He showed his diary, defended his methods, and avoided controversial questions about rival Peary, promising details later.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Dr. Cook
Cook
Peary
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Whitney
Pritchard
Eskimos
Peary Nearing Home After Polar Controversy
Commander Robert E. Peary and family travel from Sydney to Truro and then to Eagle Island. He plans to spend days at home making reports and preparing a statement on whether Cook reached the pole, with a public release expected soon.
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Truro
N. S
Robert E. Peary
Eagle Bay
Sydney
Peary
Portland
Eagle Island
Cook
Pole
Employees Reject Compromise in Wabash Strike Threat
Springfield Illinois September 23 Shop employees of the Wabash Railroad company reject a compromise proposal for settling demands. Unless further consideration is given, their ultimatum threatens a general strike affecting all shops of the Wabash system.
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Springfield
Ill
The
Wabash Railroad Company
Wabash
Prominent Americans Endorse Peruna in Brief Notes
A compilation lists Col Bailey and Col Patten of Washington D C, Hon RB Ryan of Nome Alaska and Congressman Cale of Alaska with notes on their endorsements of Peruna. Personal letters describe relief from catarrh and coughs after using Peruna, with mentions of health improvements and gratitude from veterans and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Bailey
Washington, D. C
Col. Patten
Ryan
Alaska
Cale
Pacific
Arthur A. White
C. L. Patten
R. S. Ryan
Nome
Patrick
Charles Stewart Parnell
Washington
New Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C
Thomas Cale
Congress
Pacific Slope
9Th St
N.W
D. C
Riots in Kieff Denied by Russian Officials
Berlin reports mass anti Jewish rioting in Kieff and Solomka with German press asserting the events are reliable despite official Russian denials. Special correspondents confirm clashes and three days of unrest beginning with the Jewish new year, while Stolypin’s chancellery and official agencies dispute the accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kishinev
Kieff
Solomka
Russia
St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Lew Wallace Statue Completed for National Capitol
The Lew Wallace statue has been completed and displayed in Paris. It will be shipped to Washington in November for placement in the national capitol next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Washington
General Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
National Capitol
Paris
Arson Added to Murder of Six in Virginia Robbery Case
In Hurley Virginia a six member family was slain and three others burned in their home. Victims include Aunt Betty Justis her son in law George Meadows his wife and three children. Meadows was found with bullet wounds and a neck injury. Police recovered $950 in gold and silver from under the house sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Hurley
Buchanan County
Virginia
Betty” Justis
Justis
George Meadows
London Jews doubt Kiev pogrom rumor confirmation
London authorities and Jewish leaders say they have not confirmed reports of a Kiev pogrom in European Russia and remain cautious amid widespread rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kiev
Russia
Methodists Open 78th Indiana Conference Session
The seventy-eighth annual session of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opens in Washington Indiana with gathering of clergy and delegates as proceedings begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Bank Looters Strike Ames Oklahoma
Three men looted the Bank of Ames Oklahoma escaping with 600 dollars in currency. A post office safe in Oakdale Louisiana was blown open yielding about 1000 dollars plus registered letters and packages. A Cuban cyclone devastated Pinar del Rio province killing more than ten people and destroying over two million in property.
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Bank of
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Seattle
Atlanta
Chicago Board of Trade
Oakdale
Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
New York
London
Edward McCann
Chicago
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Did Cook and Peary Found North Pole Rumor Surfaces
London reports an afternoon paper claims Cook and Peary rushed to claim a north pole discovery after hearing of a British expedition. The British expedition’s name is withheld and the rumor is broadly discredited. Paris executed three murderers and robbers for eighteen victims.
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London
Cook
Peary
North Pole
Pole
Englesh
Paris
Gulf Storm Disaster Grows With Death Toll and Losses
New Orleans and surrounding areas reel after a tropical hurricane. Fifty-six deaths are confirmed with fifty-five more reported in Terrebonne parish, while property damage climbs into the millions as communication remains disrupted. Rail lines washed out and crops ruined strap at Houma and Grand Island. News from islands like Cheniere Caminada confirms heavy losses. bridges and bayou shipping suffer widespread destruction. Indiana Yearly Meeting reports its eighty-ninth annual session in Richmond with broad delegation. Spermaceti and borax noted as starch additives.
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New Orleans
Tower Terrebonne Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana
Frenier
Deasin
Jackson
Miss
Baton Rouge
Mandeville
Bayot
Louis
Donaldsonvile
Gramercy
Grand Point
Barataria
Louisville & Nashville
Bayou
Houma
Grand Island
Cheniere Caminada
Grand Isle
Mike Sweeney
Cheniere Camineada
East Gulf Coast
Bay St. Louis
Taft Opens Gunnison Tunnel in Westward Tour
President Taft presided at the formal opening of the Gunnison tunnel crowed gathering in Montrose Colorado as he continues his westward journey. His train ascended the continental divide and crossed the grand canyon of the Arkansas by moonlight on the way to Salt Lake City after viewing the Rocky Mountains. Taft announced no conservation speech until Spokane on September 28 focusing on reclamation work within the law and funding.
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Montrose
Col
Gunnison
Taft
Grand Junction
Salt Yabo City
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Tennessee
Grand Canyon
Arkansas
Hanging Bridge
Mr. Taft
Spokane
Ballinger
Forester
Pinchot
Spectacular blaze wipes out McDougall kitchen cabinet plant
Fire in Indianapolis destroyed the G. P. McDougall & Son kitchen cabinet factory, eight homes, a grocery and a garage, with total losses estimated at 132,038 dollars and the factory alone at 100,000 dollars. Dulaney extradition papers signed in Kingston for Roy W. Dulaney, former circuit clerk of Washington County Tennessee, charged with embezzlement.
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Indianapolis
G. P. McDougall & Son
South Side
McDougall
Dulaney
Kingston
Jamaica
Roy W. Dulaney
Washington County
Tenn
Royal Mail
Magdalena
Fire destroys three business houses in Cynthiana
Incendiary fire in Cynthiana, Indiana, Sept 23 destroyed the drug store of J. B. Stevens, the grocery store of Traft & Wilkinson, and the barber shop of Carl Montgomery. A bucket brigade saved nearby homes from the blaze.
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Cynthiana
Owensville
Ind
J. B. Stevens
Traft & Wilkinson
Carl Montgomery
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Endorses
Wyoming
John W. Hoyt
St. Catharines, Ont
Paardeburg
Peruna
Wm. Bailey
William Bailey
N. E
Union Veteran Legion
Labor Protective
State “Capitol
Gulf
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Richmond
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Gunnison Tunnel
President Taft
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