02 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
The Appeal
Location
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
1
Capt. Robert F. Scott describes 1902 Antarctic camp life during Christmas on the voyage of the Discovery. He recalls near-starvation and scurvy from pemmican biscuit tea and seal meat, yet a bright Christmas morning with sun and calm as they feasted on bacon fried pemmican fat and jam.
Garrett Busch, a pioneer trader, arrived in Seattle after eight years in the Yukon frontier. He built a cabin at Nulato in 1897 and bartered miners supplies for arctic furs valued at about 25 000 dollars. He endured perpetual darkness, traded with distant native groups, and became the first white man to penetrate the region as a trader.
A mangled umbrella tells how a sunny stroll with Harry and Joe ended in disaster. A gust at a windy corner, pushing the umbrella into a dangerous tumble, overrun by cars and hooves as bystanders watch.
Lewis Gaston Leary writes in The World To Day about Syria’s dazzling palette. He praises moonlit scenes, rainbow hues, and the soft, distinct colors of trees, roofs, sea, and mountains, noting Beirut’s sky and Lebanon’s snowy peaks rival Naples in beauty.
The article explains how gold dust from jewelers floors and sweepings, once worn out or washed from hands, can be recovered. It describes collecting, burning, refining, and weighing ash samples to estimate value, with even washing water kept until enough gold accumulates to justify extraction.
A historical survey traces the origin of angels and their wings from Egyptian, Greek, and Persian messengers to Biblical beings. It notes varied depictions from simple drapery to ornate robes, and discusses archangels Cherubim and Seraphim, gender debates, and how art reflected evolving religious interpretation across eras.
A man asks about elder Mrs Jennings age by phone. A stranger replies I was born on Dec 3 1830 and ends the call. Separately a Longmont Colorado canning plant ships the first solid train of canned peas from an American canning factory.
The article retells Isaac Merritt Singer’s will probate and a tale from 1851 about Townsend, Town send's publisher, who refused to invest $500 in Singers sewing machine. Singer later prospered to a fortune while Townsend died in poverty recalling the lost chance.
A reader cites Scientific American noting Manx cats lack tails and that their offspring often inherit the trait. An anecdote from Scotland recalls a tailless kitten learning to push a spring door yet instinctively swiveling to avoid a non existent tail. The piece blends science and cottage observations with poetic quatrains on love and faith.
El Hadji Ali Sadick Pasha governor of Harrar and Abyssinia merchant leader visits Washington to study trade, presents elephant tusks to the National Museum. Dr Douglass Hyde, Gaelic League president, addresses Roosevelt and gifts his Religious Songs of Connacht. Roosevelt’s inauguration date move debated by a federal committee amid weather concerns.
An Englishman Henry Martin, twenty eight, married Nora Dedman twenty five, an Afro American waitress, in Springfield Massachusetts. He defends the union saying it is not the public’s business and cites no court record. The Rev W N De Berry performed the ceremony after delay.
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