Hagenbeck details methods for capturing wild beasts
Carl Hagenbeck recounts how his firm built a world famed animal trade through daring captures. He describes monkey nets in Soudan, snake harvesting in India, elephant corrals, hippo pits, zebra drives in Abyssinia, and a massive 1960s dromedary shipment ordered by Germany.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Hagenbeck
Hamburg
William Jamrach
London
Cassanova
Soudan
Suez
Hamburger
Casganova
Cairo
Joseph Menges
Theonoe
Abyssinia
Africa
Heart of Africa
Koln
Kohn
Europe
King Alfonso Mistakes Marines for Mariners in English Gaffe
The Spanish king visited the Prince of Wales on a Mediterranean port visit. As the ship’s company stood on deck, he tried to praise them in English and said you marines are very beautiful. Sailors and officers laughed before learning he meant mariners.
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Alfonso
Spain
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince of Wales
Mediterranean
Thought They Were Spooks From The Chicago News
A southern lady moves to an ancestral manor with her maid. The maid senses hauntings in the dark halls and quits, claiming she cannot work where there are ghosts. The exchange underscores eerie atmosphere and a folk belief in supernatural residents.
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Chicago
Lucinda
Missus
Not Afraid of Work Says Tramp in Exchange
Cook and tramp discuss work readiness with the tramp confessing nerves and steadiness in approaching duties amid wary but willing talk.
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Cook
Office over Gambie's Drug Store
A brief line lists a location above Gambie's Drug Store in Iowa with phone references 121-M for Office and 128-J for residents and 199 for Mutual office.
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Gambie’s Drug Store
Iowa
Mutual
Odd Fellows Temple
lAvery
College
Onondaga BT
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India
Calcutta
Borneo
Hagenbek
Sendan
Hawaii
Menelik
East Africa
Josef Menges
Swakplund
Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Stellingen
His
Co. E. Hunt Dentist Offices
P. O. Ames
G. J. Snyder
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
Cash
G. A. Keenan
THE
Story County Bank
Ames
Knanuth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
T. L. Rice
B. F. Nickerson
General Cement Contractor
Iowa Association of Cement Users
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Kooser’s Grocery
Ames, Iowa
J. F. Tilden
C. G. Tilden, M. D
C. O. F. Temple
C. L. Waltmire
C. H. Pasley
M. J. Adams
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
A. W. Crary, M
M. D
Crazy Bros. Hardware
Story Street
Boone, Iowa
Union National Bank
Tr. M. Greeley
J. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
Cashier Co
la Siverly
Ags
T. Cashier
Dors
Nelson & Nible
Bower & McCartney
Judisch Bros
Colonial Furnace
A. L. White
Frank FE. Morris
Ames, Lowa
Chamberlain
E. F. Posegate
Kennedy
Achi
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