Dr Cook Reveals North Pole Return Tale and Joy
London reports a sensational dispatch from a journalist aboard a steamer with Dr. Frederick Cook, discoverer of the North Pole. Cook describes his pole observation on April 21 1908, his fatigue and triumph, and his longing for civilization and family as he returns with stories of ice and drift and skeptics.
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London
AE Ad
Erick A. Cook
Cao
Nike Hoy
North Pole
York Rakimos
Rasmunsen
Bia
Dr. Conkan
Kiah
Gui Em
Dramatic Court Scene In Spokane Murder Case
In police court Mrs Hilde Johnson charged John Cartson with murdering Andrew Anderson by throwing him from her room window on August 4. She recounted going with Cartson to the morgue later.
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Hilde Johnson
Hartender John Cartsom
Andrew Anderson
Cartsom
Flood Wall Sweeps Nevada Town Leaving Hundreds Homeless
A cloudburst near Rawhide Nevada sent a 10 foot flood wall down a hillside into Squattertown, destroying 180 buildings and leaving about 500 people homeless. Two women and four children were missing as rescuers worked through night darkness to pull survivors from debris.
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Rawhide
Nev
Meir
National Hill
Train robber plunders express car then escapes with pennies
An audacious hold up on the eastern slope of the Alleghenies sees a lone highwayman force the crew to transfer thousands from an express car. He shoots the conductor, escapes, and mistakes a bag of pennies for gold bullion, taking about $5,000 in bullion and $200 in pennies with most trail findings missing $65.
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Lewistown
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania Railroad
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