Antarctic Explorers Set For Three Year Southern Quest
The Philadelphia Times notes巨 three nations Britain Germany and Sweden plan Antarctic expeditions led by Captain Robert F. Scott Admiral Sir Harry Rawson and Dr Otto Nordenskjold. The British Discovery vessel, built for polar voyage, is to sail from Dundee with government and Geographical Society support after launch.
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Cook
Antarctic
B. Borchgrevink
George Newngs
Horchgrevink
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
Discovery
England
Geographical Society
Dundee
Larry Markham
Robert Palton Scott
Navy
A. A Armitage
Franz Josef Land
C. W. Rawson Royda
R. N
Harry Rawson
Skelton
Majestic
John Walter Gregory
Rocky Mountains
Haat Africa
Spitebergen
Sir Martin Conway
Melbourne University
de, Koellus
Jackson-Harmaworth
Count Posadowsky-Wehner
Interior
Kiel
Hail von Drygalski
Hans Ruser
Hamburger-American Line
New Styles in Stationery and Naval Recruitment Trends
The piece notes fashionable shifts in stationer’s wares with cream and ivory colors, exclusive tones, matching envelopes, and deluxe gift sets. It also reports on naval manpower shifts, with the American and British navies drafting farm youth for training ships as they seek sufficient officers and sailors.
Rattles On His Breast Battle Between King Snake and Rattler
Herbert Housland, a prospector in the Bradshaw mountains of Arizona, woke to a rattler fighting a king snake on his chest. The king forced the rattler to coil around him. a vagrant note says a woodpecker or road miner bird killed both snakes and the birds carried them away, leaving Housland battered but alive.
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Artawum
Wagul
Herbert Housland
Arizona
Bradshaw Mountains
Lowe
Anake
Salvation Army to Start Million Acre Beet Colony in Colorado
The Salvation Army plans a commercial venture in Colorado to colonize over 1,000,000 acres for sugar beet farming. A corporation has bought large tracts across Kiowa Bent and Prowers counties along the Arkansas river with irrigation canals. Booth-Tucker will oversee plans from New York, offices to be opened on Fourteenth street with StarMeer McPhee in charge.
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Salvation Army
Colorado
New York
Booth-Tucker
Cleveland
Fourteenth Street
StarMeer McPhee
Sugar Refining Company
New York Mail and Express
Herring Woes and Cloud Cannons in Italy News
A report discusses the collapse of herring stocks in Newfoundland waters due to lax rules, smugglers seeking profits in St Pierre trade, and wiser resource use by fishermen. It then details Italian efforts to defend vineyards by blasting clouds with cone cannons to prevent hail, including mechanics, costs, adoption, dangers, and proposed insured bans.
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Lombardy
Italy
Neadivsn
Indian Territory Coal Deposits Value and Output
The Indian Territory coal vein averages four feet thick and can yield about 4,000 tons per acre. Leases cover 960 acres each, implying 3.5 to 4 million tons can be produced by lessees with a royalty of ten cents per ton. Last year output reached 1,900,127 tons, and the prior year 1,400,442 tons, with Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians protected.
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Indian Territory
Tota
Trade marks cost comparison across nations
A discussion of international trade mark fees notes Canada at 60, Britain Germany Austria France and Spain at 76, and various colonies and countries from New South Wales to Costa Rica at higher rates. It highlights the advertising boom, the profit motive of lawyers, and a case where the word favorite found no exclusive trademark protection.
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Ikeare
Zulinland
Peru
Uruguay
Hong Kong
Granada
Canada
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
France
Spain
Tito
New South Wales
New Zealand
Cape Colony
South Africa
Costa Ries
Leeward Islands
Jamaica
British Guiana
Mauritius
Argentine Republic
Bolivia
Chili
Guatemala
Sierra Leone
Bulgaria
Venezuela
Senator Daniel's Delightful Daydream in Virginia
The famed Lynchburg senator John W. Daniel, known for his oratorical vigor, says his happiest moment would be returning home to Lynchburg to sit on a soap box before a grocery, bask in the sun like an alligator, and whittle with a sharp knife. He describes the simple life as the absolute one.
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John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
America
United States Senate
Washington
South
Daniel
Virginia
How Navies Promote Shipbuilding in Alean Ainslee’s Magazine
The article argues naval power drives shipyard booms and U S shipyards win navy contracts with liberal government support. It notes under 10 percent of American exports sail on American bottoms, about 100 U S steamers serve foreign trade, and flags the St Louis St Paul Philadelphia and New York as key vessels from the American One.
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United States
Uncle Sam
America
St. Louis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
New York
International Navigation Company
American One
Cramps
Ainslee
Lady Southampton and Her Courtly Charms at Court
Lady Southampton, wife of Baron Fitz Roy Southampton, is a favorite at Queen Alexandra's court due to beauty kindness and tact. Her daughter Honorable Dorothy Fitz-Roy is 84 years old. In youth she was known as Lady Hilda Mary Dundas daughter of the first Marquis of Zealand.
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Lady Southampton
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Baron (Fitz Roy) Southampton
The
Hussars
Dorothy Fitz-Roy
Hilda Mary Dundas
Zealand
Quiet Lawn Mower Sparks Early Morning Debate
A young inventor touts a silent lawn mower but the hardware merchant doubts public demand. He questions who would wake at 6 am to push the machine, asserting mowers exist mainly for social play rather than quiet grass trimming.
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Younr
Allence
American trap shooters lead in international contest
Captain Thomas A. Marshall of Keiths Durg HL heads a strong American team that outshot the British, proving superior marksmen. Marshall, a prominent merchant and long-time mayor, is noted for his achievements in trap shooting and prior service in the state legislature.
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Hwritons
England
Thomas A. Marshall
Keiths« Durg
Marshall
Die Ic
Keown
Rawat
Forbes Breeder Defies Critics With Fast Record Stallions
J Malcolm Forbes of Boston, famed for trotting stallions Arion Bingen and Peter the Great, advocates breeding to proven speed despite critics who warn against using horses with early racing wear. He cites Lord Falmouth and Admiral Rous while noting Arion and Bingen's early colthood records and Peter the Great’s continued training this season.
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J. Malcolm Forbes
Boston
Bingen
Peter the Creat
Arion
Forbes
Peter the Great
Jamie H
Jeffries and Rublin Wrestling Challenge Rumors
Billy Madden suggests Jeffries ignores Rubnin and may avoid a title defense for over a year since defeating Corbett. Rublin issues a wrestling challenge targeting Bob Fitzsimmons, proposing a big heavyweight carnival with Fitzsimmons Sharkey and others at Madison Square Garden planned soon in New York.
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Jeppries
Rublin
Billy Madden
Jeffries
Gus Rublin
Corbett
Madden
San Francisco
Bob Fitzsimmons
Rubiin
Fitz
Fitzalmmons
Sharkey
Madison Square Garden
New York
Bingen’s Parly Sered and Derby Pace Seenspace
Bingen’s Parly Sered campaigned after a mile by two year olds and won heats from The Abbot in 2 06 percent. Arion’s trotting son Nico in 2:10 list shows speed. The best five year old trotter this season may be the Bingen colt out of Nancy Hanks, while Peter the Great has no foals to judge speed.
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Bingen
Abbot
Arion
Nico
Nancy Hanks
Peter the Great
Mr. Forbes
Forbes
Farm Sixteen Foals Bred With Notable Stallions at Forbes Farm
Farm records show Nancy Hanks producing sixteen foals, ten by Mihin and Pix Cotta. Nancy Hanks, 2 04, Nie a Ily by Peter the Great, May Pern 2 11, a Cole by Pingnet, Heven 212 percent, a colt by Peter the Great, Nowaday 2 1444, Mity by Bingen, Improvidence 248, a Ally by Bingen. Nancy Hanks to Meddler is planned, with emphasis on giving each stallion an equal chance to prove speed.
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Mihin
Pix Cotta
Nancy Fanks
Peter the Great
May Pern
Cole
Pingnet
Heven
Nowaday
Mity
Bingen
Improvidence
Nancy Hanks
Nino
Mr. Forbes
Wordy London act warns entertainers to tour and return
Witt Tis TASTE Swift and Haver return after six weeks at the Palace Theatre London. They urge artists planning to perform in England to waste no time, work briskly, and come home if they can. They advise short acts, clear speech, and avoiding assigning performers guidance to the audience.
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Swift
Palace Theater
London
Eneglind
Root Beats Carter on Fouled Victory in San Francisco Bout
Spectators saw Jack Root dominate Kid Carter before a late foul gave Root the win. Reports disagree on whether a legal strike felled Root, with many doubting the legitimacy of the decision as unfair to Carter.
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Jack Root
Kid” Carey
San Francisco
Root
Carter
Riley Bergen A Great Thrower
A Cincinnati backstop Billy Bergen, brother of the late Martin Bergen, earns praise for rifle-like throws and base restraints. The piece compares him to Buck Ewing and notes his promising first National League year. Also reports a new one mile track record at Sheepshead Bay set by August Belmont's Brigadier in 1:37.45 with jockey O Connor.
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Riley Bergen
Bergen Famly
Billy Bergen
Martin
Bostons
Billy
Cincinnati
Buck” Ewing
New York Giants
Bergen
Ewing
Billy” Bergen
Hergen
Bheepshead Bay
Belmont
Brigadier
Sheepshead Bay
O'Connor
Nish
Brighton Beach
James R Keene
Voter
Orimar
Chicago
Three Days of Storm Weather Near Joron Fjord Norway
A fragment from a report notes a weary man amid a wench, a grist, and harsh weather. It mentions an 18 4 cave on the Joron Fjord in Norway and daily flashes of light seen in the sky. The text is fragmentary and readers are left with uncertain details.
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Joron Fjord
Norway
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Swedien
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