Peary disputes Cook North Pole claim with Eskimo testimony
Commander Peary and colleagues publish sworn statements from Eskimo boys I took a shop and Ah pe lah detailing Cook’s 1908 1909 expedition route to Etah and Anoratok. They say no open water or caches were made, dogs remained, and the trip could not reach the pole from the cited path.
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Cape Sheridan
Nerke
Cape Chalon
Etah
Dr. Cook
Jones Sound
Peary
Bartlett
McMillan
Borup
Henson
Cook
I-took-a-shoo
Ah-pe-lah
Anoratok
Panikpah
Francke
Smith’s Sound
Cape Sabine
Rice Strait
Buchanan Bay
Flagler Bay
Ellesmere Land
Sverdrup
Bay
Ans
Cape Thomas Lubbard
Geome
Heiberg Land
Cape
Ellef
Cape Northwest
Ringnes Land
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Crown Prince
Hell's Gate
Simmon
Cape Tennyson
Clarence Head
Cadogan Fiord
Cape Isabella
Commander Peary
Payet Harbor
Smith Sound
Sunday Luncheon Delayed by Kitchen Glitch
The newlywed mistress of the house helped by the maid prepares a Sunday luncheon as the cook is away with a sick sister. A coffee mill fails and the maid admits she forgot to wash the lettuce while the mistress asks where to find the soap.
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Pearl
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertising Notice
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Trall's Catarrh Cure. It names F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and Walding Kinnan Marvin as endorsers. Claims Hal's Catarrh Cure treats blood and mucous surfaces and prices at 75 cents, with testimonials and druggist sales.
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Trall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
I. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
Parrot Provokes Sailor With Bad Language Joke
A sailor jokes that his parrot only seems demoralized when the bird repeats curses. He admits his own fault for teaching the bird by reacting strongly to swear words. The comic exchange frames the parrot as a mirror of the sailor’s behavior.
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Fane
A Rare Good Thing Foot Relief Ad
A testimonial style advertisement praising Allen's I-out-Base for relief of sore feet. Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence endorses its benefits. Sold by all Druggists for 25c. Ask today.
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Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
Parental Loyalty in Bride’s Departure Question
An exchange questions if the father of the bride gave her away. The response says the father refused, telling the groom the bride has the disposition of an angel.
Perry Davis Painkiller Promises Soothing Relief
Advert shows Perry Davis Painkiller for chilblains rheumatism lumbago and frost bites with bottles priced at 26c 3hc and 0c. The note also jokes on haircuts sympathy and smoking habits with Lewis' Single Binder cigars priced at 5c.
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Perry Davis
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North Pole
Thomas H. Hubbard
North Kent
Norfolk Inlet
Colin Archer Peninsula
Cape Vera
Cape Sparbo
Cape Sparko
R. Peary
Robert A. Bartlett
Roosevelt
D. B. M'Millan
George Borup
Matthew A Henson
Tiffany
Qmaha
United States
W. K. Kellogg
Kellogg's
Holden
Iowa State College
Omaha
Neb
National Corn Association
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creek, Mich
California
Vienna
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libb
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
H. B. Withers
Mineral Wells
Texas
Bay Black
Beverly Street
Boston
Mare
Kansas City
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M.D
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Solar Light QQ
Dept. B
Parker
Beni
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