Roosevelt Visits Mission Station In Africa 1909
A North Dakota reader reports ex President Theodore Roosevelt stopping at a mission station in German East Africa during a June hunting trip. Miss Hulda Stumpf, daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Stumpf, describes the visit and the welcoming feast. Roosevelt and party toured Akikuyu and Masai areas, discussed mission work, schoolbuilding, and cross border plans with Belgian authorities while Miss Morse plans further missionary ties. Mrs Roosevelt praises missionary collaboration and urges practical action from leaders and settlers alike.
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Mise
Hulda ‘Stump
J.B. Stumpf
Serviriz ‘Nao
Theodore Roosevelt
Misa Stumpf
America
Lnst
Roosevelt
Dawson
Forum
Jimeb
Hurlburt
Feland
England
Australia
South Africa
Reuter
Kamabla
Lake Harinza
German East Africa
Speke Gulf
Lake Victoria
Tabora
Imland
Livingstone
Stanley
Mackay
Belgian Congo
French Congo
Pole
Anthropological Society
Berlin
Bemlike
Roosevelt safari reports and talks on white settlement
The record recounts a safari led by Roosevelt with 150 porters and 16 oxen wagons, listing game taken and a note on cultural views of native cooking. It also cites a discussion about settlers and the idea of a white man’s country, followed by a science note explaining why people walk in circles on plains due to leg length differences.
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Hurlburt
London
Mr. Roosevelt
Contrast Between Algiers and Malta Governance
A riddle notes stark governance differences between Algiers and Malta, asking why one is ruled by deys and the other by knights. The line highlights contrasting medieval political traditions and governing elites in two Mediterranean polities.
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Algiers
Malta
Causes of Blindness and Eye Strain Dangers
The article argues that blindness mainly stems from disease rather than overuse, with 99% of eye troubles due to disease and 70% of blindness caused by acute infections. It emphasizes that civilization fights these infections, reducing harm from near work. The piece cites Woman's Home Companion as its source.
Precedence Dilemma Over Lawyer and Doctor
A dispute over seating precedence at a function pitted a lawyer against a doctor. An elder statesman quoted Diogenes: Let the thief go before, let the executioner follow after. He inferred the lawyer should have first place and the doctor second.
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Diogenes
The Old English Tumbler and Its Upright Rule
The old fashioned English tumbler, once upright after each knock, formed the original drinking tumbler. Made of thin horn with a bulbous bottom, it kept the draft ale ready at hand while resisting rolling away during rowdy orgies.
Breakfasting with Whistler and a London painter vignette
A fragment from the London Telegraph recalls a Chelsea breakfast with Whistler styled as a foreign painter. The painter jokes about cab fares and breakfast costs, mentioning a goldfish bowl and a simple meal, reflecting era chat and social dining.
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Whistler
Chelsea
London Telegraph
Indiana County Court Records Show Executed Murders
The Indiana County Court records detail two executions by hanging under Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions. Sheriff H. Wallace Thomas attested to the July 1909 executions of Joe Veltre and Bruno Carbonio in Indiana County Pennsylvania, witnessed by jurors, physicians, and clergy, with formal affidavits and seals on file.
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Anid de Aga
Ga. Jounty
Indiana
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Sul
Penneylvana
Salack
Joa Veltra
Walter FH. Telson
Lynn Protheto
Silas Streams
Joseph Aieredien
Fh. B. Campbell
Charles E. Nollenberger
A. B. Patehaties
M. Vortoned
de T. Unutch
R. J. Claypool
J. Tl. Walker
M. FI. Jamison
Indiana County
Gane E . Sim
Father Mark
W. St. Chikln
Lach Thomas
Buavitt
Ee Perminer
Oyer & Terminer
Wallace Thomas
Fennsylvania
H. Wallace Thomas
Bruno Carbanio
Bruno Carbonio
J. A. Crossman
Wilmer
Kipe
M. D
W. D
Gates
Father Farm
Wikin
A. D
C. Wells
Court of Oyer & Terminer
Executor's Notice for Multiple Estates in Pa
Several probate notices appear for Indiana and Armstrong counties. John A. Scott addresses the Blacklick estate of Robert M Geary and Peeler Feit handle Robert Craven administration in Center township. Executor Promas Millen of Parkwood Pa is named for the Armstrong township estate.
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John A. Scott
Robert Craven
Center Township
the Savings & Trust Company
P.O
Indiana
Fune G
Peeler
Feit
William A. Millen
Armstrong Township
Tae
Ppromas Milln
Parkwood
Notice of Lost Livestock in Piha Township Indiana Co
Entray notices describe four cows including brindle and dark Jervey types as having come to the premises of Robert Adams in Hewood Pa Piha township Indiana county. Public notice warns that if the owner does not call within a reasonable time, the cattle will be disposed of according to law. the notice date is July 7, 1909.
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Piha Township
Indiana County
Robert Adams
Hewood
Dissolution Notice of Nott and Henny Insurance Agency
Notice to creditors that the partnership between WS Nott A A Beans and A B Beans doing business as Nott and Henny Insurance Agency is dissolved effective July 1 2000. All bills due the firm should be paid to A A Beans at Marshall Building Indiana Pa. July 1 1000.
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Gulp
Nott
Daing Bieriega
Nott and Henny
Insurance Agency
Aoon
Marshall Building
Indiana
H. B
Brane
Jamison Notices Wife Leaves Home in Inflana Pa
Public notice from B F Jamison of Inflana Pennsylvania states wife Margaret Jane Jamison left his bed and board without just cause. He will not be responsible for any bills she contracts.
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Notico
Margaret Jane Jamison
B. F. Jamison
Inflana, Pa
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Blacklick Township
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Thompson’s Insurance Agency
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