Mapping Unknown Lands Spur Pole to Pole Study
An essay by Edmund Noble in the Boston Sunday Herald surveys humanity’s drive to map uncharted regions. It traces ancient maps from Babylon to Greece, notes vast unexplored areas in northern Asia and Australia, and chronicles polar expeditions from Nansen to Peary, highlighting the endless quest to chart the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eary
North Poll
Edmund Noble
Boston Sunday Herald
Earth
B.C
United States
Persian Empire
Eoat
Spain
Africa
Britain
India
China
Germany
Scandinavia
Asia
Iceland
Greenland
Russia
Sarmatia
Mongolia
Manchuria
North America
Africa and Arctic Explorations Highlight 19th Century Miracles
A sprawling survey traces Africa’s opening by explorers such as Livingstone and Stanley, maps the Nile and Congo routes, and notes Arctic feats from Davis to Nordenskiöld, ending with Franklin’s tragic 1845 voyage and later Klondike gold rush echoes in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leone
Vasco da Gama
Cape
Africa
Kanes
Livingston
Muneo Park
Bruce
Baker
Stanley
Spekechweinfurt
du Chailin
Serpa Pinto
Wissmann
Denalison
Niger
Nile
Zambes
Congo
Amazon
Gold from Klondike diggings returns by sea to Seattle
Gold from the Klondike placer mines in the Tswanna Nazina and Nome districts dug by hand and cleaned up at the sluice boxes in the sour dough method was not brought to Seattle last spring but is on the way now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
Antarctics
South Shetland Islands
Capt Smith
Buderby Land
Graham Land
Biscoe
Wilkesland
Wilkes
Victoria Land
Sir James Ross
Ross
North Pole
Siedgea
Parry
Markham
Greely
Lieut
Lockwood
Pole
Nansen
Carn
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
Peary
Greenland
America
Cape Sheridan
Franklin
Sir John Franklin
Erebus
Terror
King William Land
Great Fish River
Beecher Hisland
Rae
Elkimo
Pip
McClint Ack
Hobson
Nome
Valdez
Copper River
Seattle Times
Seattle
Portland
Klondike
Jack Burton
Diller
Burton
Jefferson
North
Mall
Uncle Sam
John D. Rockefeller
Rolvers
Bettes
Bettés
Curiosity Box
Tswanna
Nazina
Gold Bar Creek
Truth and Quality Claim for Syrup of Figy and Elixir of Senns
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figy and Elixir of Senns as a valued laxative. It argues it cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage changes, noting pleasant action and physician approval. It urges purchases from the California Fig Syrup Co. and lists druggists as retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Cure for Eczema Promised by Cuticura Soaps
An anecdotal advertisement claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a baby’s extensive eczema in three months after doctors failed for a year and a half. The note by Alice L. Dowell cites Easton Ave, St Louis, Mo, with dates May 2 and 20, 1907. It also includes miscellaneous Provisional notes and quoted sayings from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice L. Dowell
Easton Ave
St Louis
Woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Leesburg Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of feminine ill ness. She urges other sick women to write for guidance as the remedy has helped thousands over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude Se
Leesburg
Sia. Pinkham
Lydia EB Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alaska
South America
Chinghis Khan
Europe
Maree Polo
Prievaisky
Sven Hedin
Pacific
Sihir
Amur
Sea of Okhotsk
Kamschatka
Behring Straits
Central
Burma
Thibet
Australia
Equator
Magellan
Drst
Capt
Cook
New Holland
Ike Wentworth
Evans
Sturt
Burke
Willis
Warburton
Forest
Giles
Plorer
Morocco
Abyssinia
Egypt
Hanno
Sierra
Tke
Victoria
Globe
Americas
Siberia
Columbus
San Salvador
Jamaica
Trinidad
Grinace
Amverito Vespocel
Maxellan
Patagonia
Terre del Foege
Grijalva
California
Cortes
Mississipui
Borchgrevink
Arctic Pole
Antarctic
Gunbjorn
Eric the Red
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Davis
Frobisher
Hudson
Baffin
Northeast Passage
Barentz
Chancellor
McClure
Deron Nordensk
Jolt
Norway
Pacific Ocean
Cowboy Preacher
Wash
Volunteers of America
Samuel 3. Bettes
Texas
Presbyterian Church
Samuel 5S
BETIZS ——_— oa ae
Cutiura
Lewis
Peta
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Sre
Ceats
Milton
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