Peary eyes pole bid with funds and years of aims
An 1890s era column cites Lieutenant Peary optimistic that with 200000 dollars and ten years he could reach the North Pole. He outlines a plan to advance north as far as sea ice permits then await favorable open water to finish the journey, requiring a station on land for one to four years and patient funding.
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North Pole
Arctic
Robert E. Peary
Lieutenant Peary
Peary
Worth Pole
Ceason
Illing
Wera
Contempory Comment on War and Food Shortages
The Camberland Times critiques ongoing war efforts and food scarcity, highlighting misdirected energies and poor resource use. A fragment mentions the shooting of a colored man, reflecting a troubling local incident amid broader tensions.
Tensions Rise Over Armed Gangs in City
The article notes concerns about an armed colored element in the city after a Friday night incident and calls for strict enforcement of the law. It also contrasts miner wage inequality with anthracite workers, questioning industrial relations and the efficacy of strikes and lockouts in improving conditions.
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Aabapolia
Bitumnums Minera
Baltimore
Minutes of Merriness and Satirical Snippets
A jumble of quotations and quips from several papers. The items poke fun at college diplomas presidents and photographers votes and poverty with a blend of mock interviews and social commentary from the era.
Coal strike tensions and political reactions rise
A Columbia State editorial laments violence amid the anthracite strike as the right to work is urged to be protected. It condemns militia intervention and notes foreign and desperate straits among workers while criticizing Taft and railroad interests for resisting wage increases and favoring price increases. The piece cites leaders' calls for order and the broader political pressure surrounding the conflict.
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Columbia
Pannsylvania
Pro
Fas
Taft
New York
Philippine Islands
New York World
Baer
Reading Railroad
Quay and
Penrose
Mitchell
Delaware
Lackawanna
Weetern
Nebraska Leads Nation In Illiteracy Gap In Education
A Philadelphia journalist notes census data showing Nebraska with negligible illiteracy among ages ten to fourteen, leading the nation. Iowa fell to second, while Connecticut and Massachusetts lag behind Oregon and Utah in regional rankings. The piece praises education as a key social lever and cites prosperity alongside education in Nebraska, though cautions that census figures are not infallible.
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Yrout
Philadelphia
Tila
Nebraska
Loniaiana
Bryan
Iowa
Connecticut
Massachunsstta
East
Oregon
Utah
Autumn Romance Verses and The Power of Truth Play
A mixed page shows poems about autumn romance with Siir Goldenrod and Sumac and a note on Towne’s poems, followed by a theater notice. The Empire Theater presents The Power of Truth a melodrama in five acts with a district attorney hero and a villain leading a gang of white caps.
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Siir Goldenrod
Sumac
Empire Theater
Villian
Lilbyville
Tpoo
Barry Mortimer
Albert McGovern
Hisses
Nina Fallin
Richard Clarke
Emily Curtis
Wasts Stanton
John 4. Satter
Alice Homer
Edwin Brown
Frank Hamilton
Walter Moye
M. Joseph
J. M. Montagus
Eddie Powler
Washington Post
City Opera House
Railroad plan shifts freight yard to Keyser West Virginia
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans a Keyser freight yard costing about 0 million with a roundhouse for 22 engines and supporting structures. The Pinto to Potomac cut off will shorten travel by about 10 miles, cost around 200000, and realign division terminals to Keyser and Palmer, reducing Cumberland’s business and prompting local protests.
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Baltimore and Oto Railroad
Keyser
W. Va
Patterson Creek
Pinto
Potomac Sanction
Cumberland
Palrmount
Grafton
Pola
Wheelleg
Tie
Pittsburg
George's Creek
Turkish Post Offices and Backwardness Described
A Ray Stannard Baker description details Turkish censorship and mail control in Constantinople and Salonica. Foreigners use foreign post offices to dodge Turkish oversight, while Turkish telephones and dynamo fears hinder infrastructure. The piece contrasts Turkish disorder with foreign efficiency, noting widespread mail and communication obstacles in the empire.
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Ray Stannard Baker
Turkey
Ea Sen
Hasa
Mohammedanbmn
Salonca
Constantinople
Caih
Wall Epi
Harford County Fair opens and local events noted
News of interest includes the Harford County Fair opening at Belair, a Cumberland death of D. W. Bozzard Union veteran, dismissed election cases in Queen Anne County, and the Upper Marlboro Bar Association organized. Burglar invades ex governor Lloyd Lowndes home in Cumberland. Simeon W. Taylor’s Loch Lynne Heights summer home burned. Dairymen around Hagerstown raise milk price to 6 cents per quart and cream to 20 cents per quart.
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Harford County
Belair
D. W. Bozzard
Cumberland
Qeoll
Prince Georges County
Lloyd Lowndes
Loch Lynne Heights
Simeon W. Taylor
Hagera Town
Hagerstown
the Fair Association
Miosirel Show Tomorrow Night at City Opera House
The New Orleans Daily Picayune praises Ike Barlow and Wilson's Magnificent Aggregation of Stars and notes the troupe performs at the City Opera House tomorrow, promising a striking blend of past and present spectacle. The review contrasts twenty five years ago with modern grand attractions and highlights the troupe as the main draw.
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Ike Barlow
Wilson
Barlow
Atar Pnformers
New Orleans
Pica- Fane
City Opera Horse
Southern Beauty Stars In Life's Great Lesson at City Opera House
Miss Gallick, star of Life's Great Lesson, leads at City Opera House next Saturday night. A native of New Orleans, she has spent years abroad, speaks six languages, and is the Indy champion amateur fencer of France. She has been leading lady and co star with prominent actors both here and abroad.
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Miles Freda Gsilick
City Opera House
Bridgman
Paris
Ithough
New Orleans
Miss Gallick
France
Eastern Milling and Export Company Market Quotations Today
Market quotes from the Eastern Milling and Export Company list corn per barrel at 3, shelled corn at 62 cents per bushel, No 2 red corn at 64 cents per bushel, oats at 9 cents per bushel, hay at 16 to 18 dollars per ton. Fragmentary lines mention health and digestion notes not clearly related to prices.
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Eastern Milling & Export Company
Beason News Notes Raspberry Harvest At Welter Farm
Out of Beason reports Jacob Welter of East Shardh Street showcasing the second crop of raspberries from his garden, berries late and fully ripe with Gaver seeds. Welty notes a damson tree in second blossom and a traveler’s tip mentions Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. For sale by A. J. Peatre. Bay you gaw it in Tas News.
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R. Larzon
Bay Villa
Sundays River
Cape Colony
Larsom
Chamberlain
Beason
Jacob Welter
East
Tas News
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New York Democracy
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Goldenrod
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