Roosevelt the Peacemaker Portrait in Scribners Series
Joseph Bucklin Bishop presents in Scribners Magazine the first of a series on Theodore Roosevelt. The piece draws on Roosevelt's private and public letters to detail his mediation in the 1905 Japan Russia war and the Portsmouth peace conference. It notes Japan first sought Roosevelt's aid and praises his tireless energy and political influence across nations.
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Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
Japa
Takahiro
Washington
John Hay
Root
Taft
Philippines
Mr. Bishop
England
France
Germany
Hay
Lighthouse coverage limits seen around Fartand coast
A garbled report notes near the British Isles that with many lighthouses the coast of Scotland and Ireland could be visible to a lantern only on six occasions, suggesting limited sight of a lighthouse beam from a given point.
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British Isles
Scotland
Ireland
Fragmentary OCR Note on Fire and Birds in Flight
A garbled OCR fragment mentions an incendiary contrivance and a framework tied to carriers and birds in flight. The text is incomplete with stray phrases about tubes and bids at a distance, lacking coherent context or identifiable events or entities.
Centenary of Pinkerton Detective Agency Founder
A concise obituary of Allan Pinkerton birth in Glasgow to a police sergeant. The piece traces his early trades in Scotland and Canada, rise in Illinois, creation of the Pinkerton agency, Civil War service, and postwar expansion. It notes his death in Chicago in 1884 and his sons William A. and Robert A. Pinkerton who continued the business.
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Bina
Enon
Allan Pinkerton
Glascow
Scotland
Canada
Chicago
Tundee
Kane County
Cook County
Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
South
United States Mail
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Ward Hill Lemon
District of Columbia
Secret-Service Division
National Army
Secret Service Department
The
Gulf
New York City
Philadelphia
America
United States
South America
Secret Service
Molly Macuires
Mr. Pinkerton
William A
Robert A. Pinkerton
Europe
Deserters in France Provokes Debate on Military Discipline
Opinion debates the treatment of deserters from American prison camps in France in World War I. A Lieut Col Grinstead claim of thousands of desertions sparks calls for discipline, with peers noting potential exaggeration but acknowledging risk if the war continued.
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France
Edgar P. Grinstead
Grinstead
New York Sun
Beaver Hat Heirloom Custom Affects Early 1900s Style
In the United States early in the last century a beaver hat became an heirloom passed from father to son. People believed it wearied with age but kept up appearances by displaying the hat in storms to shed its newness.
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United States
Lakes Drain in Tyrolese Alot Over Century
It is believed that about one hundred lakes in the Tyrolese Alot have subsided and disappeared within the last century.
Sleep Recovery and Horsehoes in Folklore
Medical authorities say the average person needs fifteen days to fully recover from two consecutive nights of sleep loss. The text also notes English superstition about horseshoes as emblems of good luck dating to the mid seventeenth century.
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England
Big Muddy Field Drilling Updates Across Wyoming
In Deine the Merritt Old Company drilled the Wall Creek well in section 9-35-76 to about 760 feet with more drilling planned. Several firms including Lincoln Petroleum and Jupiter Oil Co pursue deeper tests in the Big Muddy field while Mutual Refinery expands operations to ship more products to the West.
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Merritt Old Company
Wall Creek
Deine
Bit
H. HW. Penton
France
HM. H. Denton Brokerage Co
Pubjc Oil Exchange
Sabron
Essex
Lincoln Petroleum Co
Pathfinder of1 Co
Forther
Pathfinder
Jupiter
Jupiter Oi Co
Burkburnett Ofl
Texas
Travelers Oil & Refinery
Travelera Oil & Refioing Co
Glenrock
Mutual Refinery Co
Mutual Refining Company
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Glenhuret-Wyoming
Pathfinder Gi Go
Glenhurst Wyoming
Idan Forest Fire Spreads in Big Horn District
SHERIDAN Wyo Aug 26 Seven hundred acres have been burned in a forest fire in the Big Horn district. Smoke hung over the area as firefighters battled the blaze. No injuries reported and containment efforts ongoing.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Big Horn District
Notice to Contractors for Forest Road Construction in Wyoming
Notice invites bids by the Bureau of Public Roads for road work in the Lander and Fremont areas of Wyoming within the Teton and Fremont National Forests. Projects include extensive rock and common excavation, concrete and masonry work, log cribbing, timber structures, drainage, and paving. Bids due May 34, 1919, 6:00 p.m., Denver time.
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Akie and
Teton National Forests
Fremont
Lincoln
Wyoming
Bureau of Public Funds
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Custom House Brig
Denver
Colorado
Cheyenne
Lander
Wyo
S. Bright AcUng
Victim of Mexican Knifist Transfers to County Jail
Frank Virse, a Mexican man, was stabbed in a fight at a White City boarding house and transferred from the city jail to the county jail for charges filed by the prosecuting attorney. Draper, wounded in the incident and in St. John’s hospital, is said to be recovering.
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Frank Virse
T. Draper
White City
Cldrées
Torney
Draper
St. John's Hos Pial
Robber Steals Cash From Colorado Concessionaire
A concessionaire named A. J. Smith was robbed near Wellington on Port Collis road while en route to Cheyenne. The thief drove a red roadster and relieved Smith of 64 cash.
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A. J. Smith
Wellington
Galo
Port Collis
Smith
Cheyenne
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Cheyanne Am Almooi
Jephanes
Kilitertal Neee
Carey Avenue
Roosevelt the
BIG Muddy Field News
Merritt Deep
Idan
Ang
Tue
Coca-Cota Co
Atlanta, GA
Leader
Ineersion
Tpeautifl Uestretione Sinema
Corn Products Refining Company
P.O. Box
Bate
York City
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