Shackleton Aims for Bold Antarctic Cross Continental Trek
Sir Ernest Shackleton plans a two-ship Antarctic crossing starting from Argentina in October with a goal to reach Ross Sea by March 1915. The expedition emphasizes aeroplane motors, depots, and scientific work across Weddell and Ross seas, using dogs and sledges, while seeking funds and avoiding debt.
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Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
South Pole
Cortez
Pole
Sir Ernest
Amundsen
Peary
Alexander the Great
United States
South Seas
Canada
Siberia
Shackleton
Antarctica
Civilization
Buenos Ayres
Christchurch
New Zealand
Argentina
Weddell Sea
Ross Sea
South America
Weddell Quadrant
South Polar
Ernest
Weddell
North Pole
Magnetic Pole
Holland's New Land Drainage of the Zuyder Zee
A proposal to reclaim Zuyder Zee as Holland’s new land promises a 17 year program. It forecasts annual fish yields valued at about 835000 dollars from herrings flounders anchovies smelts and shrimps with state supplied boats to enable fishing in the North Sea.
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Little Holland
Zuyder Zee
Eradle
Parrot Causes Stir at Indianapolis Station
An unruly parrot belonging to a passenger disrupted a weather man’s announcer duties at the terminal. The bird heckled train calls with Kokomo and other city names until Officer Doss Shaffer moved it to the basement, ending the scene as the car list rolled by.
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Ndianapolis
Ind
Doss. Shaffer
George Stont
Calvin Bookaw
New Albany
Bookaw
Poll
Stout
Greenwood
Whiteland
Franklin
Amity
Edinburg
Taylorsville
Columbus
Ark
Carmel
Noblesville
Cicero
Arcadia
Atlanta
Tip-ton
Jackson
Sharpsville
Fair Field
Kokomo
Polly
Anderson
Hailo
Doss” Shaffer
Doss
Smallest Policeman Is Arrested by a Woman
In Cleveland a six year old boy dressed as a detective attempted to arrest customers in a downtown department store. Store detective Sarah Dunleavy took him to the juvenile court detention home where Patrolman Morgan escorted him. The boy cried seeking his mother and said he would arrest bad men if free. His parents were later found.
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Leveland
London
Charles William Long
Charles William
Sarah Dunleavey
Charles Williams
Old Court House
Lewis
Harry
Morgan
Ninth Street
Euclid Avenue
Fire Delivers Cat Shower at Milwaukee Home
A daytime blaze at 431 Farwell avenue in Milwaukee traps about 100 cats in a home run by Miss Sarah Hathaway. Firefighters from engine No. 27 and truck No. 5 rescue numerous felines by grabbing them from windows, one cat suffocating and damages around $100.
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Ilwaukeer
Wis
Farwell Avenue
Kenilworth Place
Davenport
Sarah Hathaway
Engine Company No
Miss Hathaway
Man Plays Horse in Street and Lands in Cell
John P. Quin of 921 Wells Street led a harnessed pony act down Hill Street as spectators bet on outcomes. Police from the Chicago Avenue station arrested him for appearing in public disguised as a horse, amid guesses he was teasing a child.
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John P. Quin
Wells Street
Hill Street
Quin
Chicago Avenue
Weathered partners debate winter day logistics
A playful exchange shows a husband asking if his wife is dressed for a bold day and the wife replying she will carry her muff, reflecting lighthearted domestic banter.
Oberammergau Village Life After the Passion Play
Archibald Marshall describes Oberammergau as a quaint, courteous village of 1,650 with white houses, carved shops, and frescoed walls. He notes the crowd ebb after the Passion Play and recalls long-haired men, a wooden cross on the mountains, and a tradition of Gruss Gott greetings amid religious devotion.
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London
Oberammergau
Archibald
Marshall
Rocky Mountains
Barabbas
Stolen $1,000 Ear of Corn At Dallas Expo
An ear of corn known as the $1,000 ear, exhibited at the National Corn exposition in Dallas, was stolen from a desk in a hotel lobby. J J Furlong, president of the Minnesota state fair, reported the theft. the prize car attributed to James J Hill was 14 inches long and valued at $1,000.
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Dallas
Tex
Minnesota
J.j.furlong
James
Hill
Mr. Hill
Cardboard Safe Aids Kensington Jewelry Theft
In London a jewelry shop in Kensington was robbed of about 15 000 dollars worth gems. Thieves built a dummy cardboard safe to replace the real strong-box and ripped it open in a concealed back room. The fake safe, displayed near the street with a handle and brass plate, fooled staff until the shop opened the next morning.
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London
Kensington
Wealth Hidden in Koons Store Unearthed in Rochester
Rochester grocer John C. Koons who died recently left an estate reputed to be wealthy, yet the administrator could not locate it. While liquidating Koons Block's grocery business the administrator found cash notes and bonds totaling about 40 000 tucked away in barrels boxes old crockery and bins.
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Rochester
N. Y
John C. Koons
Dundee
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Milwaukee
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Banks of Dundee
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