Colonial premiers conference draws world attention in London
The British empire confronts questions of greater colonial participation and imperial recentering at the London gathering. Notable figures include Louis Botha of the Transvaal and Leander Starr Jameson of Cape Colony, whose past exploits color the proceedings as debates center on preferential trade and empire unity.
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England
Atlantic
United States
London
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Colenso
Spionkop
Botha
Helen
Emmet
New York
Robert Emmet
Roosevelt
Alice
Leander Starr Jameson
Cape Colony
Cecil Rhodes
Jim
Edinburgh
America
Kimberley
Rhodesia
South Africa
Ladysmith
Cape Colo
Preservation of American cliff dwellings gains congressional backing
The article notes growing government action and funding to safeguard prehistoric relics in the Southwest. It highlights Arizona New Mexico Utah and southern Colorado sites including cliff dwellings and pueblos, the Petrified Forest case, and the Smithsonian role in exploration and preservation of ancient homes and mounds.
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Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
America
Petrified Forest
Forest Rangers
Europe
Smithsonian Institution
Pinal
Ariz
Cliff Palace
Pen Pictures of Folk In the News
A survey of notable figures in Wisconsin politics highlights OHN JACOB ESCH as a leading senator of the era with a key role in the railroad rate bill and long service on interstate commerce. The piece also notes novelist Mrs. Allan Macnaughtan and other political and diplomatic figures, along with Jamaica’s leadership changes and related U S and British political histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn
Jacob Esch
Wisconsin
Congress
Townsend
Michigan
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Hepburn
Iowa
Esch
Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin University
Allan Macnaughtan
Myra Kelly
New York
Macnaughtan
Orange Mountains
New Jersey
Macnaughtans
Little Citizens
Morris Mogilewsky
Morris
East Side
North River
Jersey
Reggy and Polly Debate Biggest Fish and Lobsters
Reggy claims the girls will never catch him while Polly concedes that the biggest fish and the biggest lobsters always seem to escape. The exchange hints at a playful contest of wit and bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
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