Roosevelt East Africa expedition yields vast specimen tally
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and party completed a year long East Africa expedition sending thousands of vertebrate specimens to the Smithsonian. Heller Loring and Mearns cataloged 4 897 mammals 4 090 birds 2 000 reptiles and batrachians 500 fishes plus invertebrates and thousands of plants collected during the Nile Uganda and Mombasa routes with notable honors received in Egypt and Italy.
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Glenet Roosevelt
East Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Wij. Roosevelt
Kermite
Learthe White House
Roosevelt
New York
Hamburg
Kermit
Major Mearns
Ednd Heller
J. Alden Loring
Ariait
Odieers
Sante
Azores
Ibraltar
Iople
Naples
Adral
Mombasa
Uganda
White Nile
Gondokoro
Khartum
Cairo
Egypt
Roosevelts
Italy
Mr. Heller
Mr. Loring
Doctor Mearns
Mearns
Loring
Heller
British East Africa
Cuninghame
The Railway from Mombasa Expedition Journal
A report on Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt leading a safari in East Africa. The party, joined by R J Cuninghame and Leslie Tarleton, travels to Kapiti plains then Athi and Mount Kenya areas. Lions, cheetahs, giraffes, rhinoceroses and other animals total 14 species. Roosevelt hosts include Tajyng train to Kaplil plains and Colonel Roosevelt’s first hunt with two wildebeests and a Thompson's gazelle.
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Jackson
Roosevelt
Kermit
Honsey
Mombasa
R J. Cuninghame
Leslie J. Tarleton
Kaplil Plains
Sir Alfred Peas
Fidelity of Dog Guards Unconscious Widow to Home
In Girvan Ayrshire a widow and dairy keeper Mrs Dickie collapsed on the road and remained unconscious for hours. Her dog kept watch and deterred a would be helper. The son arrived and the dog allowed the mistress to be moved home. She had burst a blood vessel and died.
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Ayrshire
Girvan
Dickie
A New Reason For the $50 Hat Question
A humorous remark explains buying an expensive hat as collateral if pinched for hat pins. The exchange highlights why someone would value a costly hat as insurance against trouble while wearing the latest headwear trend.
And Socks Comment Highlights Rising Shoe Costs
A quoted remark notes that lying costs are increasing and that even inexpensive footwear has become expensive, reflecting financial strain and consumer concerns.
Europe Honors Theodore Roosevelt as Distinguished American
Europe honors Theodore Roosevelt as a leading American celebrated by kings and commoners. He is welcomed by literary and scientific circles across Paris Berlin and Oxford joining speeches in Christiana and Brussels. He attends the funeral of King Edward in London as special US ambassador and receives royal attention amid mourning.
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Theodore
Paris
Christiania
Berlin
Oxford
Roosevelt
Italy
Africa
Vatican
Holy Father
Fairbanks
Rome
Eternal City
Merry Fer Val
Brussels
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Christiana
Nobel Prize Commission
William
Edward
Kaiser
University of Berlin
United States
England
George
Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
Roosevelt in Venice and Europe on 1905 tour
Stereograph records Col Roosevelt visiting Venice and the Riviera, Vienna and Budapest. He lectured at the Sorbonne in Paris, received royal welcomes, and delivered Cambridge and Oxford addresses. He and family sailed June 11 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria toward a welcome in New York.
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Venice
Riviera
Rosevelt
Vienna
Budaest
Paris
Sorbonne
France
Dom
Oxford
University of Cambridge
Roosevelt
Mason
Teddy
Kermit
Ethel
New York
That Cart Wheel Hat Causes Broadway Car Commotion
Matinee crowds on Broadway witness a fashion moment as three women in cart wheel hats struggle for space in a crowded car. A man asks what happened while a passenger points out the hat clash as a social note from the New York Globe.
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New York Globe
Docile Cheese and the Bold Eats of Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie praised the Margaret Morrison school girls cooking in Pittsburg noting fearless tasting of new dishes. He joked about French cheese recalling a Paris restaurant tale where a guest cried out for help and a waiter called Jules to handle a roaming cheese.
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Andrew Carnegie
Margaret Morrison School
Pittsburg
France
Restaurent
Boulevard Des Italiens
Waliter
Jules
Old Lady Restores Hair With Cuticura Remedies
An elderly Maine woman credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing a head tumor labeled eczema, stopping itching and hair loss within six months, and restoring her hair. She also notes feet eczema improved after using the products for several winters. Ellsworth Dunham of Hiram, Me. sept 30 1909.
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S. Ellsworth
Fletcherite Loses His Count Clam Chewing Confusion
A humorous exchange features a boy named Bobby being scolded by his mother for slipping napkin discipline as Tommy exclaims he has lost track while chewing a clam, wondering if he has chewed 256 or 356 times.
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Fletcherite
Bobby
Tommy
Try This This Summer Coca Cola Advertisement
This ad promotes Coca Cola at soda fountains or bottled for cooling fatigue and thirst. It offers a free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola from the Coca Cola Co Atlanta Ga and a 2c stamp for the Baseball Record Book 1910 including Casey at the Bat and schedules.
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Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Marine Eye Salve Ad Promotes Remedy for Various Eye Ailments
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Salve with trial size tubes and urges readers to order from Marine Eye Remedy Co. It brands honest politicians as plentiful in some places, comparing them to white blackbirds.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Cage
Sainkiller Praised for Curing Cramps and Dysentery
A cure named Sainkiller by Perry Davin has built a 70 year reputation. The ad claims effectiveness against cramps diarrhoea and dysentery and lists a price of 25 cents.
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Sainkiller
Perry Davin
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