Roosevelt's Last Great Adventure Told From South American Trail
The piece recounts Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's return after seven months in South America and discusses public interest in his future politics. It notes his son Kermit’s marriage to Belle Wyatt Willard, plans for a possible 1916 campaign, and Roosevelts claim the jungle trek may be his final great expedition. The narrative includes vivid hunting details like a peccary encounter in dense jungle and dog pack pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlene Roosevelt
South America
Kermit
Belle Wyatt Willard
J. E. Willard
Roosevelt and Rondon Return From South American Expedition
A photograph by Harper shows Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon after their South American expedition. The piece recalls Roosevelt’s near-fatal fever, his refusal to quit, and vivid scenes of peril, including encounters with jaguar-like peccaries and dangerous wildlife while detailing the explorers’ grit and leadership. The narrative highlights Roosevelt’s resolve, Kermit’s urging to halt, and the expedition’s struggle with survival, disease, and fatigue.
Odd Animals and Marsh Deer in Brazil Expedition
The article notes Cherrie and Miller with a tame owl in a chacos basket and various mammals including a tayra weasel and a black and white opossum. It describes a young opossum thriving submerged and a female with four young, plus marsh deer with black tails and explanations of concealment coloration theories. Roosevelt also leaves the steamer Aidan to board a tug in New York Harbor.
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Brazil
Cherrie
Miller
Caribbean Sea
Roosevelt
Aidan
New York
Lassen Eruption Described as Geyser Action
Forest Supervisor W. J. Rushing reports Mount Lassen shows a 100 foot diameter ash covered cavity near a melting frozen lake. Water feeding heated fissures forces up ashes and mud, suggesting a new geyser similar to Bumpass Hell. Officials classify the event as geyser activity, not a volcanic eruption.
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Red Bluff
Cal
W. J. Rushing
Lassen
Bumpass Hell
Building permits total 421620 at commissioners meeting
Eleven permits with a combined value of 421,620 were approved by the Building Commissioners, the largest single meeting cost this year. The First National Bank building leads at 300,000, with multiple residences and a two story bank and office project also listed along Main and State streets. Facilities include a frame dwelling on Smith Street and a bank on Pembroke Street, among others across Laurel Avenue Wentworth Street and West Avenue.
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First National Bank
Grant & Ng
Smith Street
Grant & Fanning
Smith
Main
State Streets
L. R. Blackman
Laurel Avenue
Joseph Lang
West Avenue
Northern Pacific to cut Twin City Express trains
Seattle June 4 announcement says next Sunday the Northern Pacific will discontinue through trains No 5 and 6 the Twin City Express between Seattle and St Paul leaving only two through trains each way between the Pacific coast and the Twin Cities due to light passenger traffic. George L Bickford former North Dakota state treasurer was pardoned by the state board after embezzlement conviction.
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Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific Railroad
Twin City
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Twin Cities
George L. Bickford
North Dakota
Obituary items for Sharon Gottschale k Fowler and more
Edward C Sharon infant son of Frank L and Isabel Sharon died at home on Park Avenue yesterday afternoon after pneumonia. Rudolph C Gottscha lek funeral held at Main Street residence with Rev Herman G Weimer officiating. Bearers named George North George Simmon Harold Sherwood John McGovern John Howell Albert Langham. Burial Mountain Grove Cemetery. George Fowler 40 mechanic of 13 South Avenue died yesterday. Survived by wife, mother and father in Beverly Massachusetts.
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Edward C. Sharon
Edward C
Frank L
Isabel Sharon
Park Avenue
Rudolph C. Gottschalek
Rudolph C. Gottachaik
Main Street
Herman G. Weimer
German Reformed Church
George North
George Simmon
Harold Sherwood
John McGovern
John Howell
Albert Langham
Mountain Grove Cemetery
George Fowler
South Avenue
Beverly
Mass
Telephone Girl Thrown From Auto Near Norfolk
June 4 Miss Anna Poole, operator at the local telephone exchange, is hospitalized with severe head injuries after being thrown from an automobile on the Norfolk road Tuesday night. A blow-out is said to have caused the accident. She remains unconscious but is expected to recover.
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Winsted
Anna Poole
Norfolk Road
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Savage
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Iire
Saeed
Doutor Joao the Younger
American Press Association
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Fred” Funston
General Funston
EGHT
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Haddock
Connecticut
Hayes’ Fish GO
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Conn
Norfolk
George
Charles
Kansas City’ Journal
Tommy
Daniel
Mr. J. Buechler
Fairpurld- Ave
JOS. P. Coughlin CO
East Main Street
the People’s Dairy
State Street
GEO
A. Robertson
Long Island
Middles
Norway
BANK
BTS
W. E. Halligan
Broad Street
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Flyman
Highland Spring Water
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Midna Gandae
Security
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