Peary Duplicates Feat of Dr. Cook at North Pole
Commander Robert E Peary returns from the Arctic to claim the North Pole discovery alongside Dr. Cook. Both men flashed brief dispatches confirming their flags at the pole, with dates April 6 1909 for Peary and April 21 1908 for Cook, as the pivotal moments of a historic accomplishment.
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New York
Dr Cook
North Pole
Robert S. Peary
Arctic
Peary
Labrador
Globe
Cook
Shetland Islands
Peay
Discovery
Herbert L Bridgman
Brooklyn
Peary Arctic Club
Pete
Roosevelt
Pole
New York Times
Chateau Bay
Robert E Peary
Indian Harbor
United States
Far North
Indian Slator
South Harpswell
Busiess
Utah
Mays
Washington
Stars and Stripes
Mili
Oas
Arctic Circle
Dr. Cook
Army
Navy
Greenland
Disco Bay
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Btah
Etah
Cape York
New York City
Norther
Fertile Farms for Thousands Opens Land in Dakota
Registration sites at Mobridge Lemmon and Aberdeen allow applicants to claim 160 acres of fertile farming land for a small per acre price. Registration runs October 4 to 23 with a drawing held October 26 in Aberdeen. The land opening accompanies a new railway line to the Pacific Coast, offering travel at minimal extra cost.
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Standing Rock
Cheyenne River
South Dakota
North Dakota
Aberdeen
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mobridge and Lemmon
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Aberdesen
Pacific Coast
Montana
Thee Efa Miller
Cineago
Milwaukee & Stanl Ry
Ninois
Homestead Entry Rules and Registration Points Noted
The General Land Office designates Le Beau and Aberdeen South Dakota as registration points on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad route. About 7000 quarter sections are allotted to settlers. Under U S homestead laws a person may file for up to 160 acres if they are a citizen or naturalizing, over 21, or head of a family.
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General Land Office
Washington
le Beau
Aberdeen
Dak
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. A
United States
Federal lands opened for settlement in Cheyenne and Standing Rock regions
One and a half million acres of farming and grazing land will be opened for settlement October 4 through 23. Registration points are Pierre and Aberdeen, South Dakota, with fast daily through trains via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Write for maps and details to W B Kniskern in Chicago Illinois.
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Cheyenne River
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Pierre
Aberdeen
Chicago & North Western Ry
W B Kniskern, P. T. M
N. W. Ry
Chicago
Ill
Aunt Anne’s size eight to nine shoes prove painful misfit
The anecdote from Evers body’s Magazine depicts Aunt Anne an older Black woman with crossed legs in a kitchen as the house girl asks about her shoe size. Aunt Anne reveals she wears eights or nines but notes these heavy shoes hurt her for the moment.
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Anne
Aunt Anne
Evers
Universal Salve Promoted for Humans and Animals
A testimonial touts Resinol Salve as a universal healing ointment used for human skin troubles and suitable for animals including horses and dogs. The ad features a veterinary endorsement from W. P. Schmitz of Hinsdale Masa and a humorous remark about a tough old schoolmaster.
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W. P. Schmitz
Vet
Hinsdale
Masa
Faint Heart and Fair Lady
A dialogue between Alfred and a woman shows roundabout romantic tension as he tries to confess love while she probes for signs of his supposed heart trouble. The scene includes a quip about heart trouble and a shift to playing checkers as a polite escape. The passage ends with a magistrate and witness recalling a quarrel and the defendant listening in.
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Alfred
Pearson’s Weekly
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proved Curing Women
Willimantic Connecticut anecdote from Mrs Ezra Donovan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving five years of female troubles including backache irregularities dizziness and prostration after three doctors failed. The ad touts thirty years of use and claims thousands cured for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroids and related symptoms urging women to try the remedy.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ezra Donovan
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Philadelphia Geographical Society
Daly
American Geographical Society
Great Tee
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Royal Geographical Society of London
Pearay
Iron Mountains
Robert E. Peary
Cheyenne River Indian Reservations
Mobridge, Lemmon
M. D
Lady Fisher
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Leeuwenhoek
Comptes Rendus
Biological Society of Paris
M. Brayant
Sige
Carters
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Greeley
Colorado
W. T. Graham
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
B. Cranle & Company
Chicago Law School
J. Tobias
Randolph St
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