Adventure on the Ice and the Metlakahtla Rescue
Clarence helps a starving sailor named Glum Ralston while Paul Miller fights a polar bear on a drifting floe. Miller shoots the bear and clings to life, then a canoe of Metlakahtla Indians rescues him. They bring him to Metlakahtla where a missionary tells him of Alaska and a fabled mountain of gold guarded by natives. Paul later learns the captive is linked to the hermit theft.
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Clarence
Ralston
Gid
Paul Miller
Pess
Paul
Metlakahua
United States
Alaska
India
Yoursell
Father Duncan
Cium Ralston
Laura Bush Pursues Alaska Quest Amid Uncertain Fate
In Fresno Laura Bush prepares to leave for Alaska to search for Paul, aided by Ben Holton and Mrs Miller, as Theodore Lackland plots to win her. A Seattle expedition gathers for a Klondike journey with Kate Willie joining the party, while Captain Fairweather reveals plans and a mysterious threat looms over a missing young man.
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Laura
Alaska
Laura Bush
Fresno
California
Paul
Theodore Lackland
Wyoming
Lackland
Miss Bush
San Francisco
Ben Holton
Seattle
Abe
Laura Kean
Oakland
Capt. Fairweather
Juneau
Marine Intelligence
Kion Dyke
Fairweather
Money in Raising Ducks Described as Highly Profitable
Kate Saint Maur argues in Pearson's that duck raising is one of the most profitable home industries. Pekin ducks grow quickly, reaching about six pounds at ten weeks, selling around 18 cents per pound, with minimal startup costs beyond purchasing the birds.
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Tose
Kate Saint Maur
Pearson's
Child Princess Victoria Suffering From Influenza
The German emperor's daughter Victoria is gravely ill with influenza. The empress also caught the ailment while nursing the child, forcing her to cancel several engagements.
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Victoria
England and the Steel Trade Insight by Sir James Kitson
Sir James Kitson MP arrived in the United States with other British dignitaries for the Iron and Steel Institute meeting in America. He oversees a large Leeds steel plant, favors a humble root pipe, and doubts an international steel combine will form though Europe weighs the option. He believes England can maintain its lead in the steel trade.
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England
James Kitson
M. P
Iron and Steel Institute
Leeds
James
Europe
Irish aristocrat son refuses title after death in St Louis
Michael MacMahon, a St Louis police officer who died there last week, was the son of Baron Hugh MacMahon of Armagh Ireland. He declined to inherit the estate and title to avoid swearing allegiance to the British crown. His eldest son shares the stance and will not claim the property. The priest in Detroit is his relative, and the deceased officer was a second cousin to Marshal MacMahon of France.
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Michael MacMahon
St. Lous
Hugh MacMahon
Lares
County Armagh
Ireland
Detroit
Marshal MacMahon
One Strenuous Day for Pastor Wagner in Philadelphia
Pastor Charles Wagner, advocate of the simple life, spent a strenuous day in Philadelphia last week. He arrived from Washington, was driven to the University Club for a tunncheon in his honor, then to Temple College where the degree of Li. D was conferred. He dined at Joseph Lindley's home and attended a reception at the Penn Club, greeting hundreds of prominent residents.
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Charles Wagner
Philadelphia
Washington
University Club
Temple College
Joseph Lindley
Penn Club
College Grads Weak In English Say UC Professor
Prof Charles Gayley of the University of California warns that San Francisco employers have long complained graduates lack proper English. He cites railroading students through professional studies with little time given to English expression and literature, leaving many unable to talk or write correctly.
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Charles Gayley
University of California
San Francisco
Lost Art Tempering Copper Versus Steel Ends in Modern Quest
Historical note claims ancients like the Sayotians Aztecs and Incas tempered copper to rival steel enabling stone quarried tools and emerald cutting. Humboldt allegedly traced it to tin and copper but the true recipe remains hidden. The piece markets Dodd's Kidney Pills with testimonials from Missouri as modern health remedy.
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Peru
Humboldt
Ince
Florizant
Dodd
Bright
Peter Barteau
Missouri
Prisoners Learn Trades In British Military Prisons
Prisoners in British military prisons practice rifle shooting signaling and other crafts. Those nearing discharge learn a trade if they lack one.
Fragmented OCR News Bits From Cheyot Co Area
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Cheyot Co and various names and terms. The readable parts reference past years and possible local figures, with unclear context and several broken phrases. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the fragment.
Rarest American Book Topic: The New England Primer
The New England Primer, called the little Bible in New England, is described as the rarest American book. Early editions are so scarce that most have vanished, with no certain record of when or where the first edition appeared.
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New England
Bulgarian Doctors Embrace Torstel Teachings
Two philosophers in Bulgaria adopt Torstel principles, with one becoming a cobbler and the other a bootblack, reflecting a cultural shift toward practical trades influenced by the teachings.
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Torstel
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Komnet Boxwan
Sam
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Poieeds
RTCA
Cheyet
Bere Kauwa
Bow Arabia
Wanbuva, Braves
Wiieware
Mathers
Berre
In Dee
Fon Mave Airways
Schilling
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