Roosevelt Dinner Prank at Gridiron Club Turned Wild
A Gridiron Club dinner honoring President Roosevelt featured masquerade scenes of Africa with a costumed tent, animal noises, and an auditor tallying words for a magazine piece. Roosevelt and Taft reportedly laughed at the staged chaos as a breakdown of the event ensued and a second typewriter failed. Oregon winter banana apples destined for King Edward were showcased, praised for size and color, grown at Beulah Orchard, Hood River, by Oscar Vanderbilt. An 8,000,000 entries apple show drew entrants from multiple countries and states in Washington.
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Roosevelt Mayill Plans for African Hunting License
Roosevelt seeks a British East Africa hunting license with special privileges for a Africa trip. The permit would allow limited animals including two elephants and twenty-one antelopes, with many species restricted to privileged hunters. He must declare targets and locations before departure, while supporters expect unique license amid cautious talk of diplomacy.
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Colonial Office
London
Nairobi
Plan to Hunt Deserters Circulated to Police Chiefs
A new U S Army desertion tracing system sends police chiefs bundles of illustrated circulars detailing each deserter, offering a $50 reward for arrest and listing the suspect’s description and relatives. One case notes Trebig fire and a Springfield, Illinois father. Fort Riley involvement in Fort Riley, Kansas.
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Paris Roof Waiting for Airships and Gardens on High
Paris owner M Morin plans a roof garden and garage for airplanes atop a Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle house. The building will feature a shed with movable roof, a tool shop, and gasoline reservoir to land in streets blocked by monuments. Invitations sent to Wilbur Wright and Santos Dumont to inspect the new structure. Swiss voters fund American vines after phylloxera battle. 96000 francs yearly for 60 years to replace old stock.
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Summer's Cloes and Melancholy of the Woods and Plain
Madison CaDIN in McClure's Magazine presents a lyric meditation on summer's end and forest gloom. The poem recalls dim mists after rain, a quiet moonlit sea, and a memory guided dreamlike walk beside a stream through endless asphodel fields.
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McClure's Magazine
A Famous Cemetery Pere Lachaise in Paris Battleground and Burial Place
Pere Lachaise in Paris serves as graveyard and battlefield with famed residents like Abelard and Heloise, Musset, Balzac, and Victor Hugo connections. The keeper describes burglary rings, bronze theft, pearl wreath robberies by women, and a cafe where mourners and lovers gather, plus widows and letter boxes near tombs.
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Guardian
James’ Gazette
Huge Auditorium Project Aims Washington Facility by March
A major 12 thousand seat auditorium project in Washington seeks ready use by March 4. Led by Secretary Kaot and Robert Tacon of New York, work plans include a $1.3 million capital, with a committee of twelve expanding toward a larger organization to fundraise. The facility would host TAAL conventions and inaugural balls, addressing the current shortage of large event halls.
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No Tip Club Opens In Hotel At New York
The Plot hotel in New York began a tipping ban in its new clubroom. Frederick Sterry, the hotel's managing director, ordered that no servant in the room may accept any gratuity from patrons. The No Tip club room serves patrons of the hotel and offers lounge seating and desks.
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Itfy
Mayor's Whisky Legacy From Vineland War Vet Bequest Odd
Charles A. Murray a Vineland New Jersey civil war veteran died recently and his will admitted to probate by Surrogate Thompson includes quirky bequests. One to Joseph Conwell the former mayor and doctor to buy whisky for himself and fellow Presbyterians. Another to Lyon Post No 10 G A R to buy “fun,” even if they jump into the aquarium.
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N. J
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Prohibition
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Joseph Conwell
Lyon Post
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Aquarium
Cocking main in courthouse pit to be built in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky a courthouse cockfighting pit is planned on the judges rostrum during fraternity week in December to determine the best game cock in Kentucky. The event aims to reward the gamest bird for performance in a poultry display setting. Officials will watch as needed with county officers present at times while the activity is illegal in Kentucky. The narrative notes the courthouse as the state’s oldest.
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Kentucky
Star Shaped Muffs Capture Winter Fashion Trends
A New York Prose writer notes star shaped muffs return this winter with ermine and Inlukt pelts. Designers layer three fur plies and hang three fall projections while the slay trend favors understated black silk gowns.
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New York
White plague show at New York exhibit on tuberculosis
In New York the international tuberculosis exhibition at the America Museum of Natural History features a model cow barn and a farmhouse display to illustrate sanitation and milking practices to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. The Rhode Island exhibit and the Nathan Straus tuberculosis prevention display are highlighted along with foreign contributions from Germany, England, France, Russia and Sweden.
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