North Pole Expedition Deteriorates as Stefansson Leads North
News from Archangel reports Lieutenant Sedoff dying in a failed bid to reach the pole. Vilhjalmur Stefansson with two companions begins a northward trek from Martin Point on March 22, aiming at Banks Land, with three others following 66 days later before returning. The Polar Bear schooner searches Banks Land for traces of the men.
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Otto Nahems
Flaxman Island
Dory
Arctic
Jeanette
San Francisco
Sprague Brooks
Harvard University
Bear
Mary Sachs
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Union
Herschel Straits
Anointing and Betrayal in the Passover Week
A religious lesson discusses Mary’s costly anointing of Jesus at Bethany as a sign of love and faith. Jesus affirms her act as preparing him for burial, while Judas exposes selfishness through his conspiracy with the rulers. The piece contrasts Mary’s devotion with Judas’s treachery amid the approaching crucifixion.
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Judas Iscariot
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Lazarus
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Jerusalem
Bethany
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Pratt Bequest Funds Naval Architecture School at MIT
The Massachusetts Supreme Court approves a $750,000 bequest from Charles H. Pratt to the Institute of Technology in Boston. The gift establishes a school for naval architecture and marine engineering to honor Pratt’s legacy.
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Supreme Court
Institute of Technology
Charles H. Pratt
Naval Architecture
War Bulletins From The Front Spark Ongoing Global Tensions
Reports from London Harwich and Amsterdam detail Allied and Central Powers actions. Italian admiralty notes 30 derelict Austrian mines in the Adriatic with 10 still missing. German cruiser bombards Jiba il and damages Addis Abeba railway depot. Potsdam crippled by a mine in the North Sea. Prince Frederick von Waldeck-Pyrmont killed on patrol. German marines leave Antwerp to rejoin Kiel fleet as British destroyers suffer casualties. Sarajevo under attack with French siege guns as Austrians falter.
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North Sea
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Kiel
Admiralty
In the Deep dialogue on aging and memory
The exchange features Gill teasing about a father’s age and party affiliation while Finn notes the parent has been in cold storage so long he has forgotten his age implying a humorous or surreal context.
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