Accessories of the Wellman Polar Expedition
The article details Wellman’s polar airship gear focusing on the wireless telegraph, De Forest apparatus, and two gasoline motor sledges dubbed mechanical dogs. It explains their roles, weights, construction, and how they aid navigation and safety, with base stations at Hammerfest and Dane's Island and plans for constant Arctic communication and cinematic coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Dular
Teast
North Pole
Mr. Wellman
Wellman
Dane's Island
de Forest
Hammerfest
Norway
Hvat
Arctic
Dane Island
Dane’s Island
London
Spitzbergen
Dane
Far Into the Frozen North Exploration Echoes
A historical look at attempts to reach the North Pole highlights Peary and Wellman. It recounts Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition, the lost Jeannette voyage, and Wellman’s airship plans, noting Peary's long Arctic career and Greenland island discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. E. Peary
Pole
Arctic
Walter Wellman
Spitsbergen
Solomon August Andre
Northwest
India
Sir John Franklin
England
Baffin Bay
United States
Lady Franklin
Franklin
McClintock
King Wiliam's Land
New York Herald
de Long
United States Navy
Jeannette
Behring Straits
Robert B. Peary
Polar
Lient. Peary
Greenland
Independence Bay
Greenlandea
Whale Sound
Eskemos
Spitzbergen
Wealth's Drawback in a Senator's Wry Reply
A humorous exchange features Senator Badger reflecting on wealth and influence. He says riches relieve him of worry yet strain arises from trying to make a fork substitute for a knife, revealing a weary, ironic view of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator
Senator Badger
Edge of the World: Unalaska and Behring Sea Portrait
The text portrays Unalaska with its warehouses docks and a Greek church as a northern hub for a revenue fleet. It notes ships from many nations entering the harbor and the Pribilof Islands famed for fur seals, while warning that white men need Treasury permits to land on breeding grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unalaska
Arctic
Dutch Harbor
Atation
Pric
Behring Sea
Vladivostok
Pribilof
Aleutian Islands
Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States
Advertising claims for EGG-O-SEE breakfast food and a new oxy-petrol lighthouse
The advertisement extols EGG-O-SEE as the best breakfast cereal, praising merit, word of mouth, and ease of preparation. It markets a 10 cent package, touts universal appeal across ages, and offers a free book “Back to Nature” with a physical culture course. It also mentions new oxy-petrol lime lights for motor vehicles, describing the lamp method and fuel system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egg-O-See Company
Flist St
Quincy
Railway Tarif Simplified in Germany Raises Question
Germany revises its railway tariff with a multiplication of ticket types. A traveler with a small family from Mulhouse to Basel would end up with zero main tickets, plus separate charges for baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mulhouse
Bale
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Heroine
Biography of Lydia E Pinkham detailing her early life in Lynn 1839 marriage to Isaac Pinkham 1873 financial crisis and rise of her vegetable compound. Notes on teaching, family roles, and the creation of remedies from roots and herbs that helped women, with records guiding treatment and ongoing family involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issac Pinkham
Waas
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Lydia B. Pinkham
Fates
Mess
Abe
Pinkhams
Lydia BE
Pinkham Sons
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Lydia BB
Lydis
Mra Pinkham
Dena
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wellman Polar Expedition
Wireless Telegraph
North America
France
North Pols
Onalaska
Alaskan Islands
Dodds
Carters
Ir Mer
Aca
WHO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Allen
Em Avery
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame
Indiana
Hickey
Law
B. Paxton CO
Mass
Olmatedy Oko
Ichiga C Central
Niagars Falls
W.C. Russell
Northwestern
Ares
Cleveland
Beir
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