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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1913

Page

4

Looking for a million square miles in the Arctic

An article outlines American Canadian Norwegian and French arctic expeditions planned or ongoing to map unseen lands north of eighty degrees with Crocker Land as a focal point. MacMillan leads a mainly American team aiming to probe Crocker Land and adjacent regions with a two year Arctic mission.

Arctic Charles N. Lurie MacMillan Crocker Land Admiral Peary Ponty Donald B. Mack Vilhjalmar Stefansson Ameriwang Stefanss Blond Eskimas Perlo Geographical Government of Canada Stefansson United States Amundsen Roald Amundsen South Pole America National Geoi Shic Society Jillan Ronald B. MacMillan Peary Crocker Cape Thomas Hubbard American Museum of Natural History of New York American Geographical Society University of Illinois Oine W. Elmer Ekblow Fitzhugh Green United States Navy Maurice C. Tanquary Theodore Allen Navy George Borup Boffup Long Island Sound Agen Ateam Diana St. Johns N. Fi Explorer

Astor House the Most Famous Hotel of America

The article recalls the Astor House as a landmark hotel famed in New York history. It notes visitors from Abraham Lincoln to King Edward VII, Dickens, Webster, and Thackeray, and describes its decline with Uptown shifts and subway construction. It contrasts the original Astor with the newer Hotel Astor on Times Square.

Astor House Steontttsett A New York America John Jacob Astor Astor Fortune ItXhag United States Taft Abraham Lincoln Cooper Union Prince of Wales King Edward VII Daniel Webster Charles Dickens Thackeray Jenny Lind Louis Kossuth Alexis Russia Astor Times Square Broadway Forty-fourth Street

Wallace the pessimist on social progress at ninety

Arthur J Brinton notes Alfred Russel Wallace, famed scientist and Darwin co claimant, now ninety, argues in his book Social Environment and Moral Progress that industrial wealth has increased greatly yet distribution remains unjust, leaving producers worse off while overall mental and moral stature lag. The piece recalls his Honor of Merit and lifelong influence.

Alfred Russel Wallace England Darwin Wallace Dr. Wallace

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