Amundsen Plans Five Year Arctic Air Expedition
Captain Roald Amundsen outlines an airborne Arctic voyage to study currents and climate from a ship supported by two all metal planes. The Larsen monoplane, renovated after a 26 hour flight, will relay daily radio updates to Washington and scout 200 mile wide views as the Maude sails from Seattle in June.
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New York
Jules Verne
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Norway
Stevangerfjord
Seattle
North Pole
Amundsen
Northland
Washington
John M. Larsen
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Explorer
Larsen
Mineola
L' I
Central Park
Long Island
Maude
Amundsen Sets Out for Nome to Drift to Spitzenbergen
Amundsen announces plans to depart with ten men bound for Nome and drift toward Spitzenbergen using foot supplies sufficient for seven years, outlining an expedition of Arctic reach and endurance.
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Amndsen
Nome
Spitzenbergen
Women win Britta mayoral race after large female vote surge
In Britt Iowa on March 20 the women of the town 300 strong stormed the polls and backed A C Armstrong writing in enough times to defeat incumbent H B Meyers by eight votes. Meyers had served twelve years. Also notes that Paris Wireless reports American amateur radio traffic from Vermotation at Burlington VT being heard in France, first such record.
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A. C. Armstrong
H. 8. Meyers
Meyers
France
U. S
Hartford
Conn
American Radio Relay League
Pierre Corrot
Paris Wireless Magazine
Tn University of Vermo Tation
Burlington
Fugitive from courtroom recaptured after jailbreak attempt
Scranton reports Yeador Alchauser aged 29 of Brooklyn sentenced to nine years for burglary. While escorted from the courtroom he slipped a handcuff, pistol shots rang out, and he fled two blocks before bystanders tripped and detained him. Three annual Quebec literary prizes offer up to 2500 dollars for merit works.
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Tripanal
Scranton
Yeador Alchauser
Brooklyn
Province of
Quebec
Bedridden 75 Years Miss Schnatz Celebrates Birthday
Paralyzed for 75 years Miss Sybilla Schnatz marked her 89th birthday at St Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia. She has never ridden a motor or trolley car and spends her days watching them pass the hospital window after paralysis following typhoid fever. She lived with sister Mrs A Sullivan at 1736 North Twenty seventh street until seven years ago when her condition worsened and she was moved to the hospital.
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Sybilla Schnatz
Philadelphia
St. Joseph's Hospital
Miss Schnatz
A. Sullivan
North Twenty-seventh Street
Gude's Pepto Mangan Promotes Winter Health
An ad claims under nourishment or illness makes one prone to colds and recommends Gude's Pepto Mangan taken three times daily in liquid or tablet form to build strength and prevent sickness. It urges stocking multiple bottles from druggists and keeping the body fit for a healthy winter season.
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Gude
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