ROOSEVELT'S AFRICAN GUIDE PICTURES A BIG GAME HUNT
The article discusses Roosevelt's planned Africa expedition, noting the romance of big game hunts and contrasting two Africa types. It describes large hunting grounds, costs, and logistics from luxury to field expeditions, and highlights dangers like lions and elephants while mentioning licensing and travel routes via Mombasa to Nairobi. It weighs “inkstand” versus real hunting.
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Stanley
Africa
Adirondacks
Maine Woods
Alaskas
New Yorks
Uganda
Roosevelt
Wyoming
Ambiguous Firearm Requests From Historical Text
The fragment references demanding firearms including a .450 cordite rifle, a magazine cordite rifle in any small bore, a 12 bore shotgun, and a good revolver. It appears as a procurement or request line from a historical note or advertisement.
Safari Odds and Ends of the East African Big Hunt
An East Africa hunting guide outlines a Nairobi base for safaris from railheads to Port Florence and Lake Victoria. It details licenses, species allowed, and prices. lists required outfit, porters, and cooks. and covers trophy care, transport, and the path to Mombasa for shipment home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
Nairobi
Port Florence
Ogowe Bay
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Roosevelt Party
R. J. Cunningham
Natrob
Mombasa
London and New York contrasts in unemployment marches
The piece notes a 200-man parade in New York while London faces about 150000 unemployed with rising numbers. It cites relief figures in Glasgow Dublin Sheffield Birmingham and a government bread subsidy of 1.5 million. It contrasts quiet New York demonstrations with massive weekend rallies in Hyde Park Embankment and Trafalgar Square.
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New York
London
Glasgow
Dublin
Sheffield
Birmingham
United States
Hyde Park
The
Embankment
Trafalgar Square
America
Transportation of Live Fish by Oxygenated Air
A historic note describes new methods to move live fish. German tests trial a moist oxygenated air transport system to replace water tanks. French practice packs fish in water-filled cylinders with compressed oxygen, aiming to improve efficiency.
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Germany
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Cie. Des Messageries Maritimes
Deutsche-Ost-Africa
Red Sea
Cape
Uganda Railway
Ongaba Mountains
Salt River
Rusker
Oy & J. Cuninghame
Newland, Tarbaiy
Counce
Seneee
Aaeens
Baringo
Sultan Hamad
Machakos
Thorn
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