Arctic Traveler's Grueling Paris to New York Overland Trip
Harry de Windt and three companions nearly perished after setting out December 19 1901 to prove a Paris to New York rail route via Siberia and Alaska. The perilous trek included Yakutsk by rail and 2000 miles by horse sleigh, 700 miles by reindeer, frigid Behring Sea conditions, and a rescue by Capt. Cottle before reaching Cape Nome and Seattle.
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Paris
New York
Harry de Windt
Mr. de Windt
de Windt
Siberian
Cottle
William Bayliss
Behring Sea
United States Revenue
Thetis
Irkutsk
Yakutsk
Verkoyansk
Srednikolyansk
Kolyma
Srednikolynnsk
Behringsea
Whadylok
Cape Nome
Seattle
San Francisco
Siberia
China
Hardest wood not ebony, cocus from West Indies
The hardest wood is not ebony but cocus, a West Indian timber. It grows in the Caribbean region and is used for making flutes and similar instruments.
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Tae
West Indies
Sage Warns Against Overconcentration of Trusts
Russell Sage presents a nuanced view of trusts contrasting with J Pierpont Morgan. He argues trusted formations on sound bases may endure while inflated securities risk national disaster in a crash. Sage fears centralization of industry in a few men and calls for broader distribution of control.
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Morgan
Baboon as signalman at South African railway station
A photo in Animal Life shows a baboon trained to operate railway levers while a blinded signal man with missing legs observes from a cabin at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth. The baboon pulls the trolley along after trains run, gripping its chain and preferring solitude, and supposedly drinks Boer brandy and tobacco. Women have the advantage as men’s hair grays five years earlier.
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Uitenhage
South African
Port Elizabeth
Wylde
Fuller
Bureau of Insular Affairs Formed Under War Department
The War Department creates a Bureau of Insular Affairs under the Philippine government act. Capt Clarence R Edwards remains at the hall on special detail with colonel rank. The bureau handles civil government records for the Philippines Cuba and Puerto Rico and liaises with insular governments and foreign nations. It serves as data for orders laws and rulings and guides civil questions arising in island governance.
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Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Department
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Clarence R. Edwards
Tenth Infantry
Secretary of War
United States
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Lico
Spain
Philippine Islands
Col. Edwards
Durean
J. van Ness Philip
The
Volunteers
D. R. M. Taylor
Fourteenth Infantry
Charles BE. Magoon
Phiip
Capt
Taylor
Judge Magoon
A. D. Wilcox
James G. Jester
E. Beall
H. C. Lewis
N. A. Woodson
Frank Steinhart
Havana
Sasranios in Europe See Vast Yearly Totals
In Europe the figure for Sasranios in tuin reaches 1,150,000 cavil ianeuits annually while France, a nation viewed as Titigions, reports 708,000 yearly. The data contrasts broad regional totals with a single country.
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Europe
Tuin
France
Horse Germinal Writes Name in Demonstration
A French amateur equestrian showcases Germinal, the saddle horse owned by Dr. M. Roubet, demonstrating the animal’s willingness and skill as it pens the doctor’s name with its saddle.
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Germinal
M. Roubet
Equine Scholar Learns to Write Kowbet Name in 20 Days
Dr Roubet teaches a horse to print the name Kowbet using a custom penholder. The equine pupil, guided initially by reins, gradually sees the design in writing and progresses to independent lettering. The method uses a long light staff with a cloth-wrapped end to form letters.
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Roubet
Kowbet
The Earl of Dudley
William Slumble Ward the second earl of Dudley becomes lord lieutenant of Ireland at 36. He inherited a vast income but squandered fortunes on Parisian life travel and gambling. His mother curtailed his spending to 50 000 a year while he warned a socialite heiress in 1891. He later served as parliamentary secretary to the board of trade and was mayor of Dudley.
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William Slumble Ward
Earl of Dudley
Ireland
Paris
India
Beau
Duisley
Rachel Gurney
London
Prince of Wales
Trae
Dudley
United States
Corsets in Stovepipe Spark Bloomfield Fire Alarm
A stormy Bloomfield New Jersey afternoon sparked a “fire” in a fruit store when smoke filled the rooms. Firemen searched the premises but found no blaze. A pair of corsets had been placed in the stovepipe for safekeeping, creating the smoke and alarm.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Ben
De Forest wireless system reaches 52 words a minute
Dr Jee De Forest and his responder enable simultaneous two way wireless messages at 52 words per minute with no tuning devices. United States Army and Navy adopt the system for Fort Wadsworth and Sandy Hook maneuvers as faster than the Marconi coherer.
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Jee de Forest
Yale
Marconi
de Forest
de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
de Forest Company
State Street
New York
Staten Island
United States Army
Wadsworth
Hancock
New York Harbor
Signal Service
United States
Sandy Hook
Drake Oil Well and the Drake Pioneer of Petroleum
A short ode to Col Eawin Te Drake who journeyed from poverty to pioneer the oil age in Titusville Penn. It recalls the early oil boom sparked by Watsons Flats and the subsequent gushers that transformed lands, fortunes and enterprises worldwide, honoring Drake as a public benefactor.
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Col Eawin Te Drake
Titusville
Moses
Animals Talk and Work in Forest Life, Says Explorer
Pott B du Chailiy, famed explorer, claims animals communicate in verlin ways among themselves. In Africa gorillas laugh and gamble after elephants destroy fields, while monkeys deliberate before moves. Elephants roam in herds, hate snakes, and trample ground to deter reptiles. they travel vast distances daily to find food and safe roosts. Also notes translator fatigue over unfamiliar terms and a Mexican plant called Holy Ghost Mins. A Kentucky farmer, John Fitson, incubates eggs by illness, yielding 44 chickens from 48 placed.
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Pott B. du Chailiy
Alfrica
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Mother Earth
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