Wellman’s Airship Aims for Polar Reach in Third Attempt
Walter Wellman, famed Chicago Record-Herald correspondent and Arctic explorer, launches a third bid to reach the North Pole using a giant airship from Dane’s Island. The craft, 164 feet long with a 62 foot diameter bag, carries 5,500 pounds of gasoline, a 70 horsepower motor, four fuel tanks, and a life-saving steel lifeboat, all designed for 1,800 miles of calm-air travel and a completion plan involving favorable and adverse wind strategies.
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Walter Wellman
Washington
Chicago Record-Herald
North Pole
Far North
Mr. Wellman
Wellman
Dane's Island
Dane’s Island
Mr.Wellman
Doga
Spitzbergen
Frans Joseph Land
Santos- Dumont
Bern
Calis
America
Pin Prick Marking of Money Used in Theft
A detective explains the pin prick method to mark currency for identification. Silver certificates are punctured through the eyes and other areas, creating invisible marks that reveal possession when examined later. The process aims to secure conviction by showing prior handlings of the marked bills.
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Treasury
Boy Declares Cure For Eczema With Cuticura
A six month old with severe eczema improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The mother, fearing lifelong disease, notes rapid recovery within ten weeks, with skin becoming smooth and white. Statement dated June 5 1905 from FF Hobrath president of C L Hobrath Company.
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Europe
FF. Hobrath
C. L
Saith the Owl and the Chorus Girls of Life
A compact, ironic meditation on wealth, ambition, and appearances with flourishes about rainbow gold, envelopes, honest toil, and the modern financier. The verse blends wit and social commentary in a playful, antiqued voice.
Wise Old Man Builds Pyramid of Cigar Boxes
The Wise Old Man shows a pyramid of cigar boxes built in his home. He reveals he stacked them from birthday gifts since marriage, noting he never smoked them and kept the boxes as a curious structure.
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Methuselah
Rest That Rest On Sundays Best
The passage urges true rest as personal choice not rushing for trains or boats. It decries bustle and overeating and advocates a Sunday trip to a restful place to discover and follow what best suits the individual.
Vacation in Colorado Offers Scenic Air and Low Rates
Travel advisory touts Colorado as a destination with pure air and grand sights. Union Pacific advertises low round trip fares to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with well equipped trains and good tracks. Contact W. G. Neimyer at 120 Jackson Boulevard Chicago for rates and Colorado literature. Fishermen in Iceland shift to motor boats. Automobiles and motorboats spread to Helsingfors Finland. Uncle Tom's Cabin operetta staged at Music Hall Lynn Massachusetts on October 6 1886.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Union Pacific
W. G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Il
Iceland
Helsingfors
Finland
Music Hall
Lynn
Mass
Steamship Goldmouth makes historic nonstop run
The Shell line steamer Goldmouth arrived at Rotterdam after a 11 791 mile voyage from Singapore via the Cape of Good Hope in 52 days without engine stops. It used liquid fuel and achieved unprecedented economy, leaving surplus steam for a 20 day return passage east.
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Goldmouth
Shell-line
Rotterdam
Sigapore
Cape of Good Hope
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Proves Merit
A Cincinnati woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female trouble after nine months of suffering. She describes relief from pain nervousness headaches and other symptoms noting after five bottles she was entirely well. The letter promotes the compound as a proven remedy for female weakness and related derangements.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink Z
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Roint
Onan
Loon Prom Ballone
Wellman Air
Guthura
Saith the Owl
Old Man
Market Reports
Jara Wison
TOR
Dawson
Fac Suvile Signature of
New, York
vesterTaUe
Cory
Bears
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