Roosevelt’s Africa to Europe tour ends with honors
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt completed an eleven month expedition in Africa and Europe. He collected 4977 mammals and about 4000 birds with collaborators Mearns Loring and Heller. In Europe he was greeted by monarchs and officials, lectured at the Sorbonne, and received Nobel peace prize honors as he toured Rome Venice Vienna and London and attended King Edward’s funeral.
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Mearns
Loring
Heller
Doctor Mearns
Mombasa
British East Africa
Cuninghame
White Nile
Ebaeht
Pope
Vatican
Holy Father
Rome
Roosevelt
Kermit
Italy
Venice
Riviera
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Christiania
William
Berlin
Edward
United States
England
George
Queen Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
Oxford
Roosevelt Homecoming Draws Record Crowds in New York
Thousands greeted former President Roosevelt on his return from Africa in a public spectacle unseen for a private citizen. A 300 member reception committee met him at quarantine and a grand parade along the Hudson and Fifth Avenue drew crowds from across the nation. The event capped a worldwide tour that aroused intense public interest and speculation about his next moves.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Italy
Africa
Rooosevelt
America
New York
Gaynor
Taft
Archibald Butt
Citi
Battery
59Th Street
Col
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Schenectady
Skaneateles
Kaiser
Egypt
Col. Roosevelt
Rome
France
Holland
Germany
England
Col Roosevelt
5Th Ave Imme
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Rany
Middle West
Roosevelt Highly Honored Worldwide On European Tour
The American leader received global acclaim as he toured Europe, greeted by emperors and royalty, with Cambridge University awarding him a Doctor of Laws. After fifteen months abroad, he sailed home with Mrs. Roosevelt and Kermit on June 10 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to a warm American welcome.
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Europe
Paris
Christiania
Berlin
Roosevelt
Cambridge University
Kermit
Ethel
New York
Plunges 90 Feet to Death From Viaduct Crash
Fred R. Blee, an automobile dealer, was instantly killed when his car plunged through an open draw of the Superior viaduct into the Cuyahoga river gorge in Loveland. Authorities investigate the fatal accident and its circumstances.
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Planges
Superior Viaduct
Cuyahoga River
Fred R. Blee
Loveland
Immigrant Labor Probed Across 25 Industries
Nearly 700000 industrial workers in 250 communities are under investigation by immigration commission agents. The series covers at least twenty five branches including cotton goods steel meat packing clothing and coal mining to assess the impact of recent immigrants on industry and communities and their progress as residents.
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Immigration Commission
Congress
United States
Chicago trade review notes improved retail demand and stable prices
EG Chicago reports that warm weather boosted leading retail lines and interior markets, with seasonable goods bought and apparel stocks reduced. Heavy movements appear in grain, hides, lumber, and factory outputs while merchants anticipate large fall sales. Bank payments steady, money easier, bank clearings $269,511,653, 4.4% below 1909. Failures in Chicago district numbered 19, with 3 over $5,000 liabilities.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Justice Waite Says Alimony Cuts Would Curb Divorces
Massachusetts Supreme Court justice William C. Waite argues that limiting alimony would reduce divorces. He urges courts to require divorcing spouses to prove fault and contends sensational alimony headlines drive women to sue. He notes his own experience with many marriages ending.
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William C. Waite
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Medical Colleges Rebuked By Carnegie Report
Abraham Flexner critiques American medical colleges in a Carnegie Foundation report on Medical Education in the United States. He warns entrance standards are too low and proprietary schools create an excess of untrained doctors, with hospitals and schools misaligned. The study calls for cutting the number of schools and better distribution, naming fit and unfit colleges.
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United States
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Abraham Flexner
Pritchett
Foundation
Vegetarian Diet Test Shows Less Food Need on Plant Basis
A French scientist Tissier reports experiments from Revue Scientifique via Literary Digest claiming a vegetable diet can sustain active workers while reducing overall food intake. The method allegedly makes the gut hostile to harmful microbes and favors those aiding digestion, with a carbohydrate heavy diet excluding meat eggs milk and cheese. Two men on the two year trial thrived and consumed less food than a standard meat diet.
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Tissier
Literary Digest
Revue Scientifique
Tissler
Medical men hold convention in St. Louis
Several thousand physicians attend the convention of the American Medical Association in St. Louis. Papers by Dr Welch of Johns Hopkins and other leading figures discuss new practical methods to cure and prevent disease without drugs and urge doctors to depend more on nature with proper patient condition regulation.
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American Medical Association
St. Louis
Welch
Johns Hopkins
Monument to Confederates Unveiled by Confederate Veterans
A monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Toledo to honor Confederate soldiers buried on the former prison site during the war was unveiled. The address was delivered by Gen. Gordon of Memphis, commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans, with Lone and Union colors displayed side by side.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Toledo
Gen. Gordon
Memphis
Confederate Veterans
Lone
Union
British Publisher Sir George Newnes Dies at 54
Sir George Newnes wealthy publisher founder of Tit Bits and proprietor of the Westminster Gazette dies in London at age fifty four. He owned several other newspapers. His death marks the loss of a prominent figure in British publishing.
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George Newnes
Tit-Bits
Westminster Gazette
London
Prize for first aeroplane with two motors and two propellers
At the New York Press Club dinner for Glenn Curtiss Edwin Gould offered a $16000 prize for the first aeroplane built to operate with two motors and two propellers. The Evening World created a permanent silver cup for the best amateur flight each year under forthcoming conditions.
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New York Press Club
Glenn Curtiss
Scientific American
Edwin Gould
Pefada
Wwhd
Evening World
Trade and weather shift in Western distribution contrast
Bradstreet's notes irregular trade with overall quiet in industry. West reports improving distribution aided by warmer weather, while East faces cooling moist conditions hindering crops and commerce. US business failures for week ending June 16 total 178, Canada 27, with year-to-year comparisons.
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Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Chicago to New York Grain and Livestock Prices Ledger
A dense price roundup lists cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo with bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep and commodity prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed. It also mentions Joseph A Young and a note about leadership in Western trade groups and Alaska Steamship Company.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Naples
East Africa
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Mr. Heller
Safesford
Mearna
Messrs. Cunninghame
Kermit Roosevelt
Messina
Hing
Victor Emmanuel
Mons
Sir Alfred Peasey
Kapiti Plains
Lena
MacMillans
Uganda
Nile
Gondoketor
Sirdar
Khartum
Ites Obaval
Anas
Cairo
Elptentiof
Hoosevelts
M’nyumnezi
Makangarri
Major Ross
Nairobi
Guildhall
Massachusetts
Prise
Ttwo
Motor Flyer
Joseph A.’ Young
Rormbiyer Panera
Southern R Pacts Railway
San Francisco
Docihan
Tha
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