Roosevelt’s Last Great Adventure Story and a Son’s Wedding
Col Roosevelt’s return from seven months in South America sparks talk of a 1916 presidential bid while his son Kermit prepares to marry Miss Belle Wyatt Willard in Madrid on June 11. Roosevelt describes jungle fever, petting a captive peccary, and perilous days as he contemplates future campaigns and possible stumping in September if health allows.
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Roosevelt
South America
Kermit
Brazil
Belle Wyatt Willard
J. E. Willard
Spain
Madrid
United States
National Geographic Society
Washington
A. Henry Savage Lander
Davida
Quarantine Station at New Orleans Ties Disease to Global Ports
The article describes the New Orleans Mississippi River quarantine station as a vast defense against plagues, with a $200,000 plant and a world map studded with disease pins. Public health officials distinguish yellow fever and other quarantinable illnesses, emphasizing isolation and treatment to stop spread from ships arriving from the Americas and Cuba.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Wingrove Bathon
Washington Star
G. M. Corput
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Corput
Mosquito Proof Tents At Vera Cruz Quarantine Station
An American marine searches a Mexican for a gun as thousands of weapons are seized by Rear Admiral Fletcher. Mosquito proof tents at the New Orleans quarantine station, established 1888 as the Mississippi river quarantine station and later transferred to the United States in 1910, line the encampment with screened cots and organized family and group sections.
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Fletcher
New Orleans Quarantine Station
State of
Louisiana
Mississippi River Quarantine Station
United States
American Bluejackets Patrol Vera Cruz After Siege
Soon after the Mexican guns fell silent American sailors and Marines under Rear Admiral Frank F Fletcher began restoring order in Vera Cruz. Martial law was proclaimed and the city was policed by the armed detachment marching through empty streets.
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Vera Cruz
Prank F. Fletcher
Martial
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Col. Roosevelt
Re Jy
Scribner's Magazine
Charles Scribner's Sons
Doutor Joao the Younger
Oold Animals of
Cherrie
Miller
Chaco
Caribbean Sea
Colonel Roosevelt
Aidan
New York Harbor
Charles Scribner's Sona
Rondon
Harper
Fiala
Colonel Rondon
Frank Harper
Anthony Fiala
Papagaio River
American Press Association
Mississippi
Aguascalientes
South
Central America
Cuba
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