First White Woman Traverses African Forests During Wild Expedition
Mrs HL Brayton Powell-Cotton narrates a perilous trek along the Semliki and Sturi rivers with her husband in a hostile interior. Rebels burn native villages, camps are pitched under watchfires, and a bull elephant crosses the river with two females in tow as guards alert to danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL. Brayton Powell-Cotton
Shapter
Semliki
Bent
Manambe
Sturi
Peti
Husband
Forest Monster Attacks River Villagers in Kongo Tale
Report of villagers fetching water being dragged underwater by a hairy river monster. A hunter shoots the creature after a long pursuit through the forest, with natives witnessing the hunt from the bank as the carcass sinks. The account blends danger, jungle life, and exotic detail with vivid, if fragmented, scenes of wildlife and pursuit.
Miner Removes Large Ear Tick After Six Months
John Phifer, a Kirkland district miner, traveled to an ear doctor in town for six months of suffering from an ear affliction. Dr Yount removed a tick as large as a beetle from Phifer’s auricular organ. The creature appeared healthy at removal but died after exposure to air. Phifer felt relief as his hearing obstruction was cleared and returned to his mining camp on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Piifer
Kirkland
BE. Yount
Arizona Journal- Miner
Moon
Stork on the Job Sparks Royal Confinement Hints
Madrid reports a possible confinement of the queen around May 59 with palace physician Dr Guttherez suggesting it could occur any moment. Dr Guiderea, a royal baby expert, contends the birth should have happened by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Guttherez
Guiderea
Reyal
Work Shifts Centered At Rio Puerco
Albert Spivey of a Santa Fe civil engineer staff, based in Topeka, visits his father Captain Spivey in the city. Hogibeer Spivey heads to Belen to join Chief Engineer J Keys’s team on the cut off. Work is advancing rapidly with track between Beton and Rio Puerco nearing operation, slated for completion in sight months, claimed as one of Santa Fe’s finest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Spivey
Santa Fe
Beton
Bride Vanishes After Hypnosis Claim In Chicago Area
Detectives in several cities pursue the disappearance of Mrs. Birdie Wood a four month bride who left her parents home with $4,000 and has not been seen since. Her husband Charles Wood says a hypnotist named Mrs. Thompson may be involved and asks authorities to investigate. Baggage traced to Cincinnati links a yellow suit case and new trunk from South Chicago. Police seek the telegram sender while probing motive and whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Wood
Chicago
Wood
Peoria
D. J. Smith
Iinelal Trust Savings Bank
Trinidad Carpenters Refuse Return to Work Strike Drags on in Trinidad
May 3 Trinidad. Carpenters and Joiners of American and the mine workers clash as mediation fails. Union demands fifty cents more per day and an eight hour day, while mill men seek the same raise with a nine hour day. Some carpenters have found work at higher wages. A special meeting is planned as tension widens between locals and traveling members. Builders meet to discuss wage scales and the impact on Trinidad mills and out-of-town competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Coto
Ais
Williams
Bruce Stanton
J. EB. Wallace
Crouch Construction and Lumber Company
Pierce Lumber Company
Master Builders
Vosboen & Dunlavey
Employers’ Association
Carpenters’ Union
Denver
Union Mets
Jack London Sets Sail on Seven Year Cruise
San Francisco May 9 Jack London leaves for a seven year voyage aboard the Snark with Mrs London at the helm. After delays a deputy United States official urged settling accounts first, then London scrawled quick notes and began the voyage amid a cheering crowd of friends and well-wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Jack London
Hawaii
Jack
Colon
United States
Olen
Riva
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Kongo Forest
Dad Powell-Cotton
Pow
Oman
Ical
Continental Onl Company
Speaggonstes
Stork
Rio Puerco
Baby
Willie
Sani’ Bradini
Eveaing
Trinidad Union Carpenters
Taiirum House
Snark
Ian
O AN
the Citizen Publishing Co
Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico
Evening Citizen
Southwest
J. D, Eakin
G. Glomi
Consolidated Liquor Company
Buccessora
Melini & Eakin
Id Bachech
GIOMI
Schlitz
Lemp
St. Louis
A. B
Yellowstone
Green River
United State
Albuquerque
West Railroad Avenue
Bank. OF Commerce
Oece
St. Elmo
Joseph Barnett
Prop’r
Owoeosar
Laat
Jong T. Ongley
Rootville
All Druggista
Mausard’s Mills
W. H. Hahn & CO
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