May Be Mistaken After Arctic Pole Claim
Dr. Cook reappears after eighteen months in seclusion and admits he may have erred in thinking he reached the Pole. He suggests his two years of privation may have unbalanced him, vows to publish his reasoning in Hampton's Magazine, and plans to return to America with wife and children as his dream sinks but credibility matters.
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Cook
Pole
Hampton’s
Europe
America
Sarah Davis
Sarah
Mr. Bowser
Government buys old Mexican village farms for irrigation
The government plans to acquire the properties of six Mexican villages near Engle New Mexico to create a large reservoir. Nearly 2000 residents will be relocated to make way for irrigation improvements in the region, part of a major state project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Engle
N. M
Great Reservoir
Postal receipt rule changes registered letters
A new Postal Department ruling effective December 1 requires requests for a receipt to accompany sending a registered letter. Previously the recipient received receipts automatically, but now the sender must ask for the receipt at mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
British Terra Nova Sets Sail for South Pole
A British South Polar expedition sails from London aboard the Terra Nova under Captain Robert T. Smith. The party departed June 1 and hopes to reach the South Pole by December 29, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Nova
Rob’t. T. Smith
London
South Pole
WHITER BRIDES Old Time New England wedding customs
In old New England a newly married couple would reveal their faces to the congregation just before a hymn. Brides wore their finest gowns or outfits, with costly wraps hidden. Winter meetings were chilly, and a revengeful sexton once exposed a bride to cold wind, prompting a thrashing for the offender. The piece also notes verses about brides and a brief aside on volcano belts and moon greeting customs in Fiji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Seth
Great Oceans
Pacific
South Shetland Islands
Cape Horn
South America
Central America
North America
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka
Kurile Islands
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Moluccas
Solomon Islands
North Hebrides
New Zealand
Mounts Terror
Erebus
Antarctic
Fiji
Colo
Viti Levu
Congress Plans New Battleships Texas and New York
Congress authorizes two new battleships to join the Navy named Texas and New York. The Texas will be built by a private contractor and renamed San Marcos, while the New York cruiser becomes Manhattan. Canada to establish a navy with four cruisers and six torpedo destroyers, oil powered, plus a training college in Halifax next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York
Navy
Congress
New York Navy Yard
San Marcos
Manhattan
Canada
Naval Training College
Halifax
Ballard's Herbine Promises Liver Help for Complexion
Folks urged to treat a dull complexion blamed on an inactive liver with Ballard's Herb ine, marketed as the unequalled liver regulator. Sarasota Drug Co. sells the remedy claiming it clears up skin conditions by improving liver function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Sarasota Drug Co
What Job Had and Other Old News Sketches
A collection of brief anecdotes from early 20th century papers. A school prank about Job and patience, a tale of a man upset by insults and the needed apology, a shoehorn mystery solved by a waiter's quick action, and Wellington's horse Copenhagen honored with a public funeral after long service and a cage to avoid crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Tommy
New York Press
Dennis
New York Sun
Wellington
Copenhagen
Strathfieldsaye
Primary Election Called for Manatee County 1911
The State Democratic Executive Committee calls a primary on Tuesday January 10 1911 in Manatee County Florida to nominate a United States Senator to replace James P aliaferro after N B Broward death. A possible second primary is set for Tuesday January 31 1911. Frank A Walpole chairs the Democratic Executive Committee of Manatee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Democratic Executive Committee
United States
James Paliaferro
N. B. Broward
Democratic Secutive Committee
Manatee County
Florida
Democratic Party
Frank A. Walpole
Chm Dem Ex Co
Manatee
Comes That Way Mistake at Wedding Ceremony
A timid minister reversed the marriage vows during a ceremony causing the groom to promise to love and obey the bride. The father of the bride realized the error, commented lightly that the change likely won’t matter as it often ends that way. The anecdote is attributed to Pearson's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Pearson’s
Man Seeks to Help Others After Long Sufferings
J F Boyer of Fertile Missouri describes decades of distress from backache nervousness loss of appetite lassitude and kidney disorders and credits Electric Bitters with his recovery after five bottles. The ad touts cure claims and a guarantee for liver trouble dyspepsia blood disorders female complaints and malaria with a 65 cent price at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Boyer
Fertile
Duty of Man as Clear Duty Beyond Gates
A compact meditation on the duty of man, contrasting freedom with a maze of gatekeeping. The piece argues duty is straightforward, not a maze of tolls, urging clear moral obligation over bureaucratic impediments.
On Shipboard. Mental Healer Prayer
A humorous dialogue aboard a ship features a mental healer asking if prayers are desired while a seasick passenger requests only a few silent waves. The quip frames coping aboard sea travel with light, internal relief.
Rice Paper and its Chinese artistic use
Rice paper is a thin prepared pith sheet used by Chinese artists for charming drawings.
Ballard's Horehound Syrup touted for coughs
An ad claims stopping a cough early prevents pneumonia or consumption with a few doses of Ballard's Horehound Syrup sold by Sarasota Drug Co. The piece also notes Daniel Webster's thrifty wit and a Dead Sea fact about 6,500,000 tons of water entering daily and evaporation maintaining its level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota Drug Co
Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Mr. Webster
Dead Sea
Jordan
Bowser in Tears Over Mourning Tramp Feud
Mrs. Bowser consoles her husband as he laments dead childhood friends and a Deacon, while he clings to ham and cabbage to ease distress. A street tramp slips in as Bowser staggers outside, fleeing sorrow with pursuit and a chase ending in a hurried escape.
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Sarah
Deacon Parsloe
Scott
Jimmie
Matteawan
Jummie Snowie
Where's the bird dog in the milliner tale
A humorous exchange notes a milliner’s complaint about a bird dog kept by a man who spent his days directing birds in the shop window. The joke hinges on sidewalk obstruction caused by the birds and the milliner’s customers being kept away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody’s Magazine
The Other Way Around Quip About Strawberries
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Post two men boast about berry sizes. One claims strawberries grow so large that three fill a quart box, while the other insists in his region quart boxes are so small they barely hold three berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Not Paid For
A brief clipping quotes the Catholic Standard and Times mocking a man named Shagley who appears prosperous yet is said to be in debt. The exchange hinges on a new suit prompting disbelief about his finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shagley
Bran New
Catholic Standard and Times
Unclear fragment cites Brownings Magazine baseball line
The provided text is a brief, fragmented quotation from Brownings Magazine about a messenger boy and a casual remark guessing a baseball game might be nearby. It contains no clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond the magazine reference.
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Browning
Not Enough to Hurt
A Yonkers Statesman style quip contrasts risk and knowledge with a joke about a correspondence school offering safety through learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Paradox in Close Contact Discussed in Houston Post
Quotation notes a paradox about closeness and touch. The dialogue asks why a man is harder to touch the closer he is, reflecting a philosophical or social observation rather than an event, in a brief Post snippet.
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Houston Post
My sister saved from awful death by King's New Discovery
A Fayetteville North Carolina writer recalls how Dr King s New Discovery cured his sister of consumption and lingering bronchial illness. The remedy is praised for coughs colds lagrippe asthma croup and related conditions with trial bottles and guarantees offered by druggists.
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A.D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N.C
A Printer's Blunder In A Paris Newspaper
An 19th century Paris defect caused two consecutive paragraphs to run together. The text reads that Dr X has been appointed head physician to the Hospital de la Charite and that cemetery works at Mont Parnasse are to be extended with dispatch.
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Paris
Hospital de la Charite
Mont Parnasse
Racial Composition Across Indian Regions
The article argues India is not a unified nation but a mosaic of diverse groups. It claims Aryan ancestry predominates among most people, while the northeast border areas feature a yellow race, and the Coromandel coast has a substantial colored population.
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India
Coromandel Coast
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Heals Burns and Sores
Winter hardships fade with Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised as the greatest healer for burns boils cuts sores eczema and sprains. Trial proves its effectiveness and druggists offer it for 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Arnica
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Dr. Cook
North Pole
New Mexico
New Postoffice
Youth’s Companion
Meaeterlinck
Bowser
M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
Fairbanks-Morse Gasoli
Hillsborough Hardware Co
Tampa
Fla
Franklin Street
Patent Office
Greeley
Patents
U. S.patent Office
Washington, ‘D. C
Ballard Snow Liniment CO
ST. Louis
Sarasota Drug Company
Times - Union
The
Times-Union
NTS
Alomel
Joan Cyclopedia Ja
Mscalls Magazine
Valus
McCall
McCall Company
West 37Th St
Chicago News
Remington Stevens
Riverside
Baron Stieglitz
St. Petersburg
Trousseau
Oine
rCeam
Sargasso Sea
Thaddeus
Dayton
Harper's Weekly
Middle Atlantic
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