Dr Frederick Cook Play Alleged Fraud Scheme Unfolds
Affidavits by Captain Loose and George Dunkle detail a paid scheme to produce false altitude observations for Cook's North Pole claim. They allege Cook lured backers with promises, supplied incomplete data, and dodged repayment, with Cook later vanishing and the backers pressing for restitution and truth.
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Captain Loose
Dr. Cook
Loose
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Captain Ooze
Mr. Dunkle
New York Herald
Reid
Dunkle
John R. Bradley
Bangle
North ‘Pole
Conserve the soil or starve says Hill
Omaha December 10 James J. Hill urged a system of farming to greatly raise national output and warned that unless farming adopts scientific knowledge to boost per-acre yields the U S will import wheat to meet home needs. He noted Great Britain yields 32 bushels per acre versus 14 in the U S and called for agricultural schools and experiment stations to push practical knowledge to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
United States
James J. Hit
Congress
Hilh
Great Britain
Hill
Hungarian Count Said to Be Engaged to American Heiress
A Budapest dispatch reports Count Anton Sigray is engaged to wed the daughter of an American iron magnate. The bride is said to receive forty million dollars on their wedding day. The report notes the match was arranged by the Countess Bzechetiyl, formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbuilt, and that Sigray was best man at a Breckenridge Vanderbilt wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Budapest
Globe Bays Society
Anton
Sigray
Count Sigray
Bszechetiyl
Misa Gladys
Vanderblit
Brechenyl
Vanderbilt
Aviator Farman Sets Cross Country Flight Record
Paris December 10 Maurice Farman and his brother Henry Farman the aviator reportedly completed a cross country flight in a self built biplane from Versailles suburb to Chartres covering about 44 miles. He maintained about 20 feet altitude and achieved straight time record. In Wrightsville Pennsylvania December 10 Henry Seiple seventy two years old was fatally injured at Wrightsville Hardware when his clothes were caught in an Emery wheel. It is believed apoplexy caused his fall onto the wheel. Leopold Petter Brianeta King Leopold condition reportedly improving.
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Paris
France
Maurice
Farman
Emery
Wrightsville
Henry, Seiple
Wrightsville ‘Hardware Company
Eliza McHenry Rescued From Death in Cold Street Tale
Miss Eliza McHenry, about fifty five, was found on High Street by neighbors after a week of disappearance. She lay unconscious and nearly starved, without clothes, in a broken room after authorities forced entry. Doctors say her condition is serious. rumors of a $50,000 fortune linger but are unconfirmed.
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Eliza McHenry
Bennett
Rigen
George
H. ‘Brancon
Joseph Garon
Joora
Locke
Balte
Misa McHenry
Tlabertytown
Methodiat Protestant
Pilgrim's Row
Althaugh
Ett Jodlet Protestant
Revidef
Sydney A. Pellidte
Aon
Baltimore
B Clayton ‘Trundic
Faelif
Miss Peon
Nedvewsay
Eocia Lola
du Rear
New Paris
Marcellus Sweadner
Ray Fisler
New Market
Rufus Appleby
Miéthiat
Apples Versus Liquor Claim At Ta Hort Society
Dr Samuel Bailey of Mount Ayr, Iowa, told the horticultural society on December 10 that apples can curb craving for liquor and tobacco. He said eating an apple when the urge arises will remove the desire for a drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel’ Bailey
Mount’ Ayr
Horticultural ‘Society
Doomed to Die She Pays Social Debts
Springeld Missouri December 10 1913 Mrs Alina Dodson society leader and lawyer vowed all social obligations would be paid before death. After learning surgery was likely fatal she arranged a farewell card party and reception. She prepared personal effects and the clothes for burial then died and was buried Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Alina, Dodson
Tess
Prize awards and a bank safe robbery reported
London reports the Nobel prizes for physics chemistry physiology and literature with names like Marcon Braun Ostwald and Kocher and the Swedish author Selma Lagerlof. In Washington Pennsylvania robbers blew the Carmichaels post office safe taking about 6000 in stamps and cash, while a pamphlet from 1677 lists pennyworths and curiosities as remedies and entertainments.
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Marcon
Braun
London
Ferdinand Braun
Strassburgsfor
Wilhelm’. Ostwald
Lelpaicy
Theodore Kocher
Berne
Selma’ Lagerlof
Washington
Carmichaels
Green County
Here
Emigrant potatoes and Irish plans abroad
Fragmentary OCR text discusses potatoes and Irish migrants, referencing plans and opinions about potatoes, labor, and movement abroad. The passage is garbled with unusual spellings and lacks clear facts or names. It mentions Emigrant, potatoes, Nice Irishmen, and general comparisons to home production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotonlen
Sir Agave
Kagilan
Iola
West Falls Community Busily Hosts Local Guests
West Falls residents list visits from Carroll Reeve, Ralph Lowman, Edna Hood, and many others during a weekend of social calls. Church events include a Christmas Eve program and revival meetings at various locales, with locals hosting visitors and preparing meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teel Kein
Archie Hood
Ralph’ Lowman
Mie
Amis Lowman
Amelia, Lowman
Ed. Shipley
Soa
Hood
Hood and Zon, Wilber, and Mr. Rufus Hood Visited Misa Edna and Mrs. Auvie Hood
West ‘Fale M. EB
Anecdotal Note on Plow Rod and Invention Mention
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a plow rod or perch tied to a pole with a passing reference to a mechanism or method. It mentions a professor of astronomy Benmid tid Ginter at Pane College London and a builders context with brickwork hedges and fences. The text is garbled and includes stray quotes and names.
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Peniny
Lyons
Westminster
England
Whdt
Newabooks
London
Berapa
Ana Busta
Abenidtid
Ginter
Pane College
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Newton
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Hegre
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Unica
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Ee ‘Bler
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Bestet
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