Amundsen and Scott Face Off in Antarctic Quest
Captain Amundsen and Captain Scott are described as close friends before their pole bids. Amundsen’s smaller, log‑based party with 16 men uses skis near the Barrier ice, while Scott’s 60‑man expedition relies on dogs, ponies, and motor sledges. The Fram, a stout 406‑ton gasoline auxiliary, carries the Norwegian group, who set up Framheim on Barrier ice and plan depots to reach 83 degrees south as winter approaches.
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Captain Amundsen
Captain Scott
Pole
Amundsen
Scott
Northwest Passage
Norway
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Fram
Bay of Whales
Ross Sea
Nansen
Cook
Peary
America
Antarctic
Edward VII
James Clark Ross
Borchgrevink
Ernest Shackleton
Possibile
South Pole
Rewards of a Dressmaker From Paquin House of Paris
The Parisian fashion house of Paquin dominates couture through Mme Paquin who leads from Rue de la Paix. Since taking control in 1907 after Isador Paquin’s death, she has grown the business to well over 400000 dollars annually and maintains a $60000 salary for herself while commanding a large staff of designers testers and exhibitors.
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Paquin
Rue de la Paix
Mme. Paquin
M. Isador Paquin
Commerce
France
Paris
Monsieur
Madame
House of Paquin
African dog trainer and his uncanny canine tricks
A Moroccan mountaineer trains small swift dogs in capes and military caps to masquerade as soldiers in the field. He supplies dogs to Europeans including Russians and claims to breed mixes like a large necked Russian Chinese hybrid. He once spoke of presenting dogs to Chinese officers who later reportedly ate them.
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Morocco
Spain
Africa
London
Man Pleads Guilty To Chicken Theft Before Police Judge
A colored man charged with stealing chickens pleads guilty and receives sentence. He explains the attempt to lift birds under a house window with a dog in the yard would likely fail, urging the judge to stay on the bench if he plans mischief.
The Size of London in Colonial Perception
The passage notes that the London size impresses the colonial mind and that the impression can be exaggerated at times. It suggests a reflection on how distant observers measure and judge a great city through limited vantage points.
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London
Aldwych site debate and artful court portraits
The passage critiques a Senate misjudgment about the Aldwych site near the Bank of England and derides traffic, noise, and travel times in London. It shifts to a biographical sketch of painter Sir Peter Lely, detailing his origins, career under Charles II, and his portrait work for the court. It ends with a note on Eleanor Gwyn and Pepys, plus a tale of a diplomatic mission involving a Russian envoy and a Sultan.
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Australian Commonwealth Senate
Aldwych
Commonwealth
London
John Forrest
England
Bank
Strand
Sir John Forrest
Empire
United Kingdom
Sir John
Bank of England
Mersey
mid-Atlantic
Soest
Utrecht
Lely
John van der Faes
Foot
Hague
Lilly
Lylley
Haarlem
William, Prince of Orange
Charles the
van Dyck
Charles the Second
Portrait Master Sir Peter Lely and the Nell Gwyn Era
The text notes Sir Peter Lely as a leading portraitist of Charles II era, surpassing Van Dyck with depictions of Nell Gwyn Mrs Middleton Lady Falmouth Mary Davis and other beauties of Whitehall. It praises expressive faces and rich design as key features of England's art treasures.
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Lely
Charles the Second
van Dyck
Nell Gwyn
Diplomacy and Cock-Fighting Spectacle in Ottoman Court
A Russian diplomat cleverly befriended Abdul Hamid by disguising state business as personal pleasure. The Sultan, who avoided audiences, spent most of his time cock fighting, a passion he cherished. The diplomat arranged supply of fine white fowl to aid the sultan’s pastime.
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Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Constantinople
The Flourishing Birch in Maine Forests
The white birch or canoe birch endures ax and fire as a hardy species. Forest service notes birch may be increasing since two centuries ago. It grows where fires clear space but is short lived when competing for light. Birch yields low tool wear, attractive color, and little warping aiding spindle and novelty manufacture. Maine alone turns eight hundred million spools from birch annually.
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Forest Service
Maine
Daily Bee Labor Tracks Large Flower Visits
An agriculturalist studying bees estimates each bee visits over six hundred flowers per load. With twenty trips to the hive daily, the bee visits twelve thousand flowers, illustrating the busy daily workload.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Fac Sumile Signature of
New York
A. F. Peeler
St. Louis
Frederick D. Rogers
Chicago
Fletcher
William C. Bloomer
Cleveland
Ohio
E. Down
Philadelphia
Edward Parrish
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. B. Elliott
New York City
C. G. Sprague
Omaha
Neb
J. A. Parker
Kansas City
H. F. Merrill
Augusta
Coning
Castoria
Eleanor Gwyn
Pepys
THE
BEE
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