Peary Reveals North Pole Voyage Summary
Commander Peary issues a concise account of his 1908 1909 north pole expedition. The Roosevelt journeyed from New York July 6 1908 to Cape Sheridan and Cape Columbia, with the sledge party reaching the pole on April 6 1909 and returning by April 27. The summary notes open-water leads caused delays of about fourteen days.
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Commander Peary
North Pole
New York Times Company
The
Robert E. Peary
Charles R. Miller
Battle Harbor
Labradors
Ray
N. F
Peary Arctic Club
Roosevelt
New York
Sydney
Cape York
Greenland
Btah
Cape Sheridan
Grant Land
Cape Columbia
Eighty-Fourth Parallel
Eighty-Fifth Parallel
Eighty-Sixth Parallel
Cape Sabine
Peary
Polar
Grant Trand
Arctic Ocean
Erik
Etah
Pole
Leading Facts Condensed Dispatch From 1909
A condensed New York Times dispatch from 1909 presents the leading facts observed by a scientist and a member of the American Geographical Society. The report notes key observations and forecasts with succinct, non-frightening wording for public readership.
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American Geographical Society
New York Times
New York
English Skylarks in Woods Bring Song to Puget Sound
Dr. Charles McCutcheon of Tacoma has kept a private aviary with European song birds and released them into northwest woods. Skylarks linnets goldfinches and other species now sing across western Washington. The Legislature protects the birds as reports of nesting spread, and 500 birds were released this spring after initial losses.
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Charles McCutcheon
Tacoma
Europe
McCutcheon
England
Puget Sound
Cascade Mountains
Liverpool
The Cause of the Shrinkage
A humorous dialogue notes Mabel’s bathing suit shrinking after washing. The exchange implies she never wore it, and the joke rests on the need to have the suit cleaned rather than worn in the water. The item captures a light domestic quip from a period newspaper column.
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Mabel
Low Colonist Fares to the West and Northwest
Union Pacific announces Colonist Fares in effect Sept 15 to Oct 15, 1909 to all West and Northwest points. West offers promising prospects and land at low prices with liberal stopover plans. For literature write E. L. Lomax G P A U P R R Omaha Nebraska.
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Union Pacific Passenger Department
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
Mount Rainier Road Opens For Travel By Government Engineer
United States Engineer Eugene Rick Secker opened the Mount Rainier National Park road on Independence Day. The new thoroughfare from tidewater to Narada Falls allows autos and wagons to traverse with comfort, with a maximum grade of four percent. Nearly twenty automobiles, all loaded, used the route to the mountain.
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Mount Rainier
United States
Eugene Ricksecker
Mount Rainer National Park
Tidewater
Narada Falls
Snow Line
Paradise Valley
Ricksecker
A Queer Malady And Other Humorous Snippets
A punning tale features Sprigg seeking medical advice with exaggerated pomposity. The doctor notes heart and lung concerns and adds manners are affected. In a second vignette, Little John, youngest of five boys, quips that he would rather be any animal than a girl when his mother wishes for a daughter.
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Sprigg
John
Prominent Men Testify Postum Aids Health
A North Carolina public school superintendent recounts his mother’s heart and stomach troubles tied to coffee. After trying Postum during a distant official visit, the family switched entirely, and the mother’s condition improved with fewer headaches. The letter emphasizes Postum’s perceived health benefits and invites readers to read more.
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North Carolina
Postum
Wellville
Four years of lumbago cured by Dean’s Kidney Pills
Whitesboro Texas clergyman Rev G M Gray testifies that after four years of miserable lumbago Dean’s Kidney Pills removed the pain and restored movement in a short time. He prefers not to reveal his name but offers the endorsement to help others with kidney trouble. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes claims about rice and cigars and mentions patent medicine sales totaling 11 million dollars.
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G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Carey Act lands offered in Colorado at 35.50 per acre
The State of Colorado offers irrigated lands under the Carey Act at 35.50 per acre with ten years to pay. Farmers in Routt County’s Little Snake River valley currently earn about ten percent profit on valuations over 200 an acre. Land parcels of 40 80 120 and 160 acres are available to US citizens or those with intent to become citizens. First come first served with no drawing. Write County Colonization Co. 1734 Street Denver Colorado for details on crops, rates, and terms.
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Little
Snake River Vally
Colorado
State of
United States
Poly
County Colonization Co
1734 Street
Denver
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health
A Houston Texas letter shares how Mrs Bessie L Hicks suffered three years with female troubles, dyspepsia and liver issues, then improved after one bottle and continues to praise the remedy. The note urges other women to try the product, claiming it cured Hicks and many others over 30 years of testimonials.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
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Adams
Bill
Welton
Florida
Jacksonville
Borrich
Jacksonville Development CO
Capital
Fla
Resinol
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Aco
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