Roosevelts Reach Khartum After Nile Return
Former President Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Khartum with his son Kermit and party after an African big game expedition. He is greeted by Mrs Roosevelt and daughter, poses for reporters, and declines to discuss U.S. politics. The group travels under British guard with Gen Reginald Wingate as host.
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Khartum
Egyptian Sudan
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Kermit
Africa
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
Taft
Col
Reginald Wingate
Uganda
Gondokoro
Renk
Nile
Ethel
Returning Traveler Reaches Nairobi and Africa Inland Sea
Wife and daughter greet the returning traveler after a long expedition across Kenya and Uganda. The journey includes treks from Kijabe to Sotik district, Naivasha and Lake Victoria Nyanza, rail trips, a 60 mile waterless stretch, and encounters with lions, buffalo, hippos, giraffes, rhinos, and elephants. The party marks Africa's inland sea being flown with the American flag.
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Kijabe
Sotik
Naivasha
Nairobi
Nyeri
Kenya
Londiani
Guaso Nguisho
Port Kisuma
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Entebbe
Uganda
Kisuma
Africa
Kampala
Kinsinga
Hoima
Roosevelt's Nile Journey Ends In Khartum Memorial City
Col Roosevelt finishes a landmark Nile trek with arrival in Khartum. The city, built around Gordon’s memory, hosts British governors and landmarks while plans for his return to Europe include receptions in Paris Vienna and Berlin before a New York reunion with Taft.
On Him. Hewitt and Jewett Disagree in Afterlife Quip
In a brief exchange Hewitt claims in the next world we shall do the same as here Jewett retorts that heat will force you to move and you cannot remain an end seat hog.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Western rail strike threatens 25,000 firemen across major lines
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen voted to strike 25,000 workers on western railroads from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Arbitration on wage only refused by railroads, triggering a broad walkout that could halt most freight and passenger service.
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Chicago
W. S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Carter
Western Federated Board of the Brotherhood
Pacific Coast
Railroad Managers’ Committee
Western Railroads
W. C. Nixon
St. Louis
San Francisco
D A R Row Deepens Over Dismissed Clerk
Washington. A dispute within the Daughters of the American Revolution erupts as president general Mrs. Matthew Scott fires Agnes Gerald a clerk at headquarters for alleged insubordination. Geralds relatives vow to mobilize anti administration forces and some threaten damages suits while Draper editor of the genealogical department had questioned Gerald during organizational business. The estrangement between Gerald and Draper spans three years.
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Amos G. Draper
Gerald
Hog prices to rise beyond twelve dollars by April claims
Chicago commission men predict higher pork and meat prices due to a short corn crop and growing population. Hog shipments this year are 500000 head below last year, with Saturday pork at 11 a hundred and futures drawing on future supply.
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Chicago
Commission
Union Stock Yards
Tragic Farm Fire Kills Entire Idaho Family
An entire family including Thophil Theui, his wife, and two grown daughters died in a fire that consumed their farm home six miles west of Twin Falls. Authorities suspect the house was robbed and then set ablaze to cover the crime. Theui, who recently moved from Nebraska, owned a valuable Twin Falls area farm.
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Boise
Idaho
Thophil Theui
Twin Falls
Theui
Nebraska
Alarm Clock Feeds Horses at Howe Stables
George Howe of Center Hill Manchester devised a morning feeding system using a 5:30 alarm clock. The device unwinds a cord to release oats and uncover water pails in each stall, feeding all horses simultaneously and preventing feeding envy.
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George Howe
Center Hill
Manchester
Howe Stables
Howe
Mr. Howe
Justice Wright forces congressional printing contract appearance
Justice Daniel Thew Wright ordered the house and senate committee on printing to show cause why they should not award government supplies contracts in the usual manner. The move provoked ire from congressmen led by Senator Reed Smoot who view it as a usurpation of legislative authority.
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United States
Reed Smoot
Utah
Justice Wright
House and
Senate Committee On Printing
Well-Conducted Visitors at George W Vanderbilt Dinner
George W. Vanderbilt praised the public for their conduct at a Asheville dinner reflecting on George Washington’s birthday. He recalls strolling unrecognized on his lawn when a shabby youth hissed and pointed to a sign, but the order was obeyed.
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George W. Vanderbilt
Asheville
George Washington
Biltmore
Observation Lesson About Animal Habits Turns Humorous
In an “observa tion” lesson a mistress questions small boys on aquatic habits. When asked what fishes swim with the pupil replied fins and dogs paws. The final quip has a boy answering that little boys swim with bathing pants, mum.
He Was Immune Stagecoach Says Married 22 Years
An elderly traveler aboard a stagecoach enjoys a verbal duel between two women. When asked if the constant chatter aches his head he replies in naïve humor that after 22 years of marriage no wrong a man can do thwarts the living right.
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MacDonald
Postum Replaces Coffee To Cure Stomach Ailment
A mid wife recounts severe liver trouble and stomach catarrh from coffee. After switching to Postum the symptoms eased, digestion improved, and she felt healthier week by week. She urges others to avoid coffee and try Postum, referencing The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
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