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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1913

Page

5

Polar Bear Arctic expedition stuck in ice until July

A Harvard led science party aboard the schooner Polar Bear remains trapped in ice near Herschel Island with supplies adequate. Captain Louis Lane heads the crew including Samuel Mixter Jr and Eben Draper among others. The team aims to study northern fauna on both American and Siberian sides of the Bering Sea, while awaiting a thaw to return by next July.

Washington Post Boston Mass Harvard Arctic Harschel Island Louis Lane Samuel Mixter Dunbar Lockwood Eben Draper John Heard George S. Silsbee W Sprague Brooks Harvard Zoological Museum Joseph Dixon John E. Thayer Lancaster Bering Sea Pollat Barrow Seattle John A Cook Provincetown Herschel Cook Yukon Eagle City Dawson Amundsen

Commerce Department Personnel Movements and Appointments

Miss Marie E Davis transfers within census to Post Office Department. Herman J Kaiser promoted in bureau of standards. Lacey Chaps moves from War Department to census division. Edwin E Judd promoted from clerk to corner s1 agent in commerce bureau. In New Orleans coast and geodetic survey temp deck officers named Risvold Dennett Burtis. Laboratory apprentice appointees Schwertner Thorne Prender. EB Carver named commercial agent in Chicago for foreign and domestic commerce. Albert B Smith reinstated as clerk in standards. Chauncey G Peters promoted as laboratory assistant. Maurice Kohner clerk tenure in standards extended. F Townsend named deputy warden fisheries bureau. 6 month old son of Clarence I Fox noted in steamboat inspection division.

Marie E. Davis Bureau of the Census Postofite Herman J Kaiser Bureau of Standards Edwin E Judd Bureau of Foreign and Dumstic Commerce New Orleans Albert B.“ Smith Chauncey G. Peters F. Townsend Bureau of Fisheries Clarence I. Fox Division of Steamboat Inspection Clar

Sage and Sulphur Remedy Promises Darker Hair

An old home remedy advocates Sage Tea with Sulphur to darken gray hair and curb dandruff, but a ready-made tonic named Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Remedy offers a simpler, mess-free option for faster results at about 50 cents a bottle.

Wyeth O'Donnell

Peruna testimonial from a Florida housewife in 1901

A Fort Pierce woman recounts severe stomach and bowel catarrh, weight loss, and rapid recovery after using Peruna. She reports initial worsening followed by steady gain from 102 to 122 pounds after two bottles. The letter notes prior doctors failed to help and cites ongoing Peruna support into 1912.

Emma Bell Fort Pierce Florida Dr Hartman Perina Co Columbus

Gold Medal to Augustus Thomas by Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Augustus Thomas a gold medal for his dramatic achievements. Seven new members were admitted, including Ashley Horace Thorndike, Francis Barton Gummere, Frank Jewett Mather Jr., Brand Whitlock, Ernest Schelling, Henry Bacon, and Goldwin Brunner, with roles in literature music and architecture noted.

Chicago American Academy of Arts and Letters Augustus Thomas Ashley Horace Thorndyke New York Columbia University Francis Barton Gummere Haverford College Haverford Frank Jewett Mather, Jr Princeton University Brand Whitlock Toledo Ohio Department of Ernest Schelling Henry Ba~con Lincoln Memorial Washington DD. C Argold William Brunner Department of State

Thieves Publicly Whipped in New Castle Workhouse

William Reason and James Byard two negroes convicted of breaking and entering two houses were whipped with twenty lashes each at the New Castle county workhouse whipping post. The public attendance was unusually large amid congressional agitation. Warden Crawford administered the lashes and witnesses praised the method as a deterrent without lasting injury.

Wilmington Den William Reason James Byard Newcastle Congress Reason Warden Crawford Byard

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