Archdeacon Stuck's Alaska Climb Reaches Denali Peak
Archdeacon Stuck and his party reached Denali on June 7, 1913, beating the Tom Lloyd ascent by about 600 feet. They documented the perilous route with climbing gear and scientific instruments and later published excerpts in Scribner's Magazine detailing the 15,000 to 20,500 foot high views and the Grand Basin below as avalanches roared from distant summits.
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Dallas
Tex
Hudson
Noriuiland
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Dusuas
Alaska
Mount Medinley
States
Koyukuk
No- Jan Creek
Spain
St. Paul
Archdeacon Stuck
H.P. Karstens
Thomas Lloyd
McKinley
BR. G. Tatum
Waller
Harper
Stuck
Seattle
Fairbanks
Lloyd
Scribyer’s Magazine
Jlue Sea
Hunter
Grand Basin
Serac
Denali
Mount McKinley
Den
Californians Reach Toward Denali Peak In Alaska Expedition
From a ridge overlook the party gazes on Denali as they plan to set camp on the glacier. After weather delays they advance to the summit to raise the American flag, place a cross, and sing for the high point of North America. Woods Millinery advertises a 20–3 percent sale starting Wednesday.
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Grand Basin
Two Lords
Denali
North “America
Foley Health Trial Offer From Foley Co Ad
Cut out this slip and mail to Foley Co in Chicago to receive four trial packages. The kit includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pains, rheumatism, backache, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and biliousness.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Burma college renamed Judson Guild in honor of Judson
A Christian college in Burma has been renamed Judson Guild in honor of Adoniram Judson, the famed Amelia Baptist missionary. The change reflects the enduring legacy of Judson and his work in religious missions.
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One Christian College
Burma
Judson Guilege
Adoviram
Judson
Amelia Baptist
Radium and naval progress mix in a curious ad and scene
An advertisement touts a radio active solar pad claimed to cure many ailments by emitting a steady “radio active ray” into the body. The page also notes a naval visit to the Mare Island yard in San Francisco for the state of the new superdreadnaught California, nearing completion.
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Degnen
Maresland
San Francisco Navy Yard
Bury Ridg
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Eyes Turn to Speakership in Iowa Assembly
Des Moines reports the upcoming Thirty-ninth general assembly sparks talk of the speakership. Arch McFarlane of Black Hawk county is urged for a second term as speaker, with Arthur Springer of Wapello and James B. Weaver of Polk also mentioned. Weaver reportedly prefers remaining in the house amid code revision and constitutional convention debates.
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Des Moines
Thirty-ninth
General Assembly
Arch McFarlane
Black Hawk County
Arthur Springer
Wapello
James B. Weaver
Polk
Weaver
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Amerige
Woods Millinery
Radium
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Lucke
Luecke
Lucke Brug Co
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Gineinnachl
Orea
Lucko
Independent Meat & Grocery Co
Iowa
Blackstone
State House Co
van Camp's
Swift
State House
Japan
Hamburg
Waterloo
Independent Meat CO
Commercial Street
Wang & Miller
Tomor
row—Dollar Day
Fitzgerald West Bros
Fitzgeral West Bros
Georgette
Prenderson
East Fourth Street
Waterloo, Iowa
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