Roosevelt in Africa and the Jungle Auxiliary Debate
A satirical district meeting led by King Leo features Roosevelt’s African expedition as a political joke. Characters including Leo, Jumbo, Monkey, and giraffe discuss an auxiliary to protect Roosevelt, with plans for six months of hunting in Rhodesia and a phased report due March 4, 1909.
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Roosevelt
King Leo
Auxiliary
Commonwealth
Leo
Bongo
Secetary
Stripes
Monk
Rhino
Leverly
Express
Doc
Theodore
Africa
Rhodesia
San Juan Bill
Senate
Hong
Nanking Viceroy Opens Girls School Marking Education Push
Consul Haynes reports Chou fu viceroy of Liang Kiang provinces founded a girls school in Nanking. Opening exercises drew crowds as subscriptions reached 4296 with 1432 annually from the viceroy. Six women teachers hired, three English and three Chinese, seen as a milestone in China’s evolving view of female education.
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Consul Haynes
Nanking
China
Liang Kiang
Chou-fu
Rikshta Map Stops Tiger on Tampenis Road
A well known local surveyor using a rolled map as a weapon drives a rikisha at night on Tampenis road. A tiger blocks the path. he fliped the map exposing a four to five foot area and the tiger fled. The coolie collapses in the ditch, but recovers to drive the European home after several miles.
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Tampenis Road
Sugdenly
Japanese Servants and Their Household Roles
The article notes Japanese servants earned $50 to $75 monthly and efficiently perform much of the housework. They assist maids, waitresses, laundresses, and cooks, improving household efficiency but sometimes making other servants lazier. It highlights cross-racial labor dynamics and service expectations.
Norway in Scotland and Orkney Shetland pledge
A historical note recalls that the Orkney and Shetland islands have long belonged to Norway. In the late 1400s King Christiana pledged them to Scotland’s King James III for Margaret’s dowry, a debt not yet redeemed.
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Norway
Scotland
Orkney
Shetland Islands
Kingdom of
Christiania
Christiana
Orkneys
Shetlands
James III
Margaret
Boy in Court for Coal Theft Is Baptism-Attempt Conditional
A converted Black youth, who joined the church the prior Sunday, stood in police court for stealing coal. He pleaded guilty and blamed his lapse on not yet being baptized. The city attorney advised, and the judge suspended sentence until the boy could be baptized.
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Ohtekasha
Russia's Navy Grows With Ten Fast Torpedo Boats
A prominent American shipbuilder reports Russia has completed ten torpedo boats at Sebastopol in about five weeks from keel laying. The boats use American design and gas engines, are highly mobile by rail, and now patrol the Black Sea.
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Japan
Russia
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Apache girl’s letter mocks newspaper job ad
A tongue in cheek reply from Muchacha Bonita of San Carlos Arizona addresses a dishwasher ad placed by W J McDermitt of Avon Colorado. The letter mocks race and language barriers claiming to be Apache chief’s daughter eager to work and learn English while offering humor about tortillas and wigwams.
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W. J. McDermitt
Avon
Col
Arizona
San Carlos Reservation
Ben Adhem and the quest to write a lasting name
A mix of reflections on writing one’s name in history via kindness, with poems on usury and love, plus humorous vignettes about life, taste, and current affairs. The piece surveys fame, character, and social whimsy through literary and satirical snippets from a late 19th or early 20th century column.
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Abou Ben Adhem
Bard
Leigh Hunt
Ben Adhem
Hunt
Women as House Builders in Architecture Field
The New York fun notes women run thriving house building businesses with male architects in offices handling design. Many start as decorators and later add a trained architect as orders grow. One woman occupies a four story building off Fifth Avenue for her business after starting in a single room.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Millionaire buys Government Peak names Evans mausoleum
Tennessee magnate Martin Evans purchases Government Peak in the Colorado range near Pueblo and designates it as the Evans mausoleum to serve as the family burial ground.
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Martin Evans
Government Peak
Colorado Range
Pueblo
Evans
Unclear Dialogue Fragments From Stray Borie
Fragmentary exchange features a character called Bo and a chemist advisor. Stray Borie mentions a doctor and unsolicited advice, implying guidance to seek another person. The snippet hints at interpersonal tension and unclear motivations without a full narrative.
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Stone
Vane Ceene Ny
Borie
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Willard W. Garrison
Jungle Association
Jumbo
East African Jungle Association
Rooosevelt Auxiliary
Huntamen
Elephant
Hippo
Aldes
Akin
Portugal
Livingstone
Boeke
Branley
Feranaries
Kerri Kerr
Roosevelt Will. Hunt
Russia Building Navy
Apache Girl
Bhe
Tia
Cupid
Pennsylvania
New
Mercy
Texas
Taft
Nashville
Tennesnrean
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