Word: eskimo
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...measured 50 in. by 35 in., had 13 columns to the page, contained numerous pictures, including one of President Buchanan. The Constellation was published in Manhattan on July 4, 1867 by one George Roberts. Other curios: one of the earliest Socialist journals (1849), printed on dark red paper; an Eskimo newspaper; a copy of the Cologne Volks-zeitung (1889) which presented a brief story of the 100th anniversary of the firm of Solomon Oppenheimer, printed in letters of gold...
...large as Manhattan Island. She carried Harry Whitney, Philadelphia financier-naturalist,* and Junius Bird, archeologist. Mr. Bird had gone on the cold 15,000-mi. trip because he had a mystery he wanted to solve. In 1823, the British explorer, Capt. D. C. Clavering had visited a highly civilized Eskimo settlement along the eastern coast. Since Clavering, no explorer had been able to find the town again. Captain Bartlett landed his scientists near the reported location. Naturalist Whitney helped Archeologist Bird scout the country and they found half an answer to the 100-year-old mystery: a group of deserted...
...found the animal to be only 24 ft. long, resembling a huge lizard with a long tail and tapering head. He said it had a snout like a pelican's beak, a head like an elephant. He found no fur. Six feet of flesh were preserved. Foxes and Eskimo dogs had eaten the rest. Since scientists were still puzzled, part of the huge carcass was taken to Cordova. So soon as weather conditions permit, Dr. Bunnell and helpers will go to Cordova, look the monster over carefully...
...were over; but that night a storm hit them, shifted their moorings, pounded the Direction against the rocks (TIME, July 29, 1929). They got ashore without trouble, saved some of their belongings, with mixed feelings watched the Direction sink. Next day Kent set out overland to find help. An Eskimo guided him to Narsak, where a friendly Dane received him hospitably in terrible English, and sent for the Governor. Allen and "Cupid" returned to the U.S., Kent stayed on, painted pictures (some of them on bed-sheets), made friends with the Eskimos, had a good time generally. In the autumn...
Missionary. To Kotzebue, Alaska last week proudly flew the Very Reverend Philip I. Delon, head of Indian and Eskimo missions in northern Alaska, to show the new missionary plane Marquette to Father William F. Walsh...