Rooseveltes African European tour ends in royal reception
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt completed an eleven month expedition known as the Smithsonian African expedition. He and son Kermit collected nearly 12,000 vertebrates and thousands of birds reptiles and fishes. Honors followed in Naples Gibraltar Rome Vienna Paris and London with royal welcomes and a final Oxford lecture praised as his finest address.
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Africa
Europe
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
New York
Naples
Kermit
East Africa
Hamburg
Azores
Gibraltar
Heller
Mr. Loring
Doctor Mearns
Mr. Heller
Mearns
Loring
Mombasa
British East Africa
Cuninghame
White Nile
Pope
Vatican
Holy Father
Rome
Italy
Venice
Riviera
Copenhagen
Christiania
William
Berlin
Edward
United States
England
George
Queen Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
Oxford
Roosevelt African Expedition Chronicle Aims for Science
William Roosevelt and Kermit joined Theodore Roosevelt on a journey to East Africa aboard the German steamship Admiral for Mombasa. They hunted lions with rare licenses, visited ruins and the Italian king in Messina, and then moved through Uganda, the White Nile, Gondokoro, Khartum, Cairo, and Italy gathering scientific specimens, plants, and anthropological materials under the guidance of explorers like R J Cunningham and Leslie Tarleton with support from volunteers and local officials. The trek emphasized photography, natural history, and scholarly aims alongside hunting and exploration.
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William
Mr. Roosevelt
Mombasa
Messina
Victor Emmanuel
Kermit
R. J. Cunninghame
Leslie J. Tarleton
Sir Alfred Pease
Kapitil Plains
Roosevelt
Thompson
Roosevelts
MacMillan
East Africa
Uganda
White Nile
Gondokoro
Khartum
Cairo
Egypt
Italy
Roosevelt Receives World Honors On Extended European Tour
The American statesman traveled through Europe where emperors, kings, and royalty honored him. Cambridge University awarded him a doctor of laws degree in a display of broad popularity. After fifteen months abroad he and Mrs. Roosevelt sailed home June 10 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to a welcome in New York.
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Europe
Paris
Christiania
Berlin
Roosevelt
Cambridge University
Kennit
Ethel
New York
Hamilton Flies 86 Miles Philadelphia Flight At 46 MPH
Charles K Hamilton, famed aviator, completed a record city to city flight from Governor's Island to near Philadelphia in 113 minutes covering 86 miles. He rode along a Pennsylvania Railroad line, passing Trenton and Princeton while trains traveled at high speed. The journey marked the longest city to city flight and demonstrated close train tracking aboard a biplane.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Governor's Island
Hamilton
Tuscany
Cornwells
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Trenton
Monmouth Junction
Curtins
Paulhan
South Elizabeth
N. J
Princeton
Old College
Moody to Leave Bench and Create Third Supreme Vacancy
Justice Moody of the United States Supreme Court faces retirement law, with identical bills in Congress to bring him under its operation. Senator Lodge and Representative Gillette of Massachusetts introduced the measures. Moody has been ill for a year and likely cannot resume duties next fall, creating a third vacancy for President Taft to fill.
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Moody
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Senator Lodge
Representative Gillette
Massachusetts
Justice Moody
Justice Hunt
Supreme Bench
Taft
Weather Flags for Rural Mail Cars Bill Introduced
Representative McHenry of Pennsylvania proposes a bill to extend the weather service by arming rural mail carriers with flags that display the daily forecast. Each wagon would fly a top flag indicating the government forecaster's outlook for the next twenty four hours, guiding farmers and rural residents.
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United States Weather Bureau
Representative McHenry
Pennsylvania
McHenry
Canada bars cheap labor at border under strict rules
Canadian authorities enforce a rule requiring alien laborers except Americans to show 200 dollars for admission. Reports to Washington indicate Seattle workers, including many railroad laborers and contract crews, are largely shut out. Some Alaska builders restrict to white workers while allowing Northern European, American, Australian, and New Zealand laborers.
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Washington
Seattle
Alaska
Europe
America
Australia
New Zealand
Novel Rope Fastener Marks Old Knots Time Saver
A newly patented rope fastener shaped like a W with an inverted V forms three slots for rope. The rope loops over the upper slots and under the lower one to secure without knots, held by a spring hook at the apex for easy attachment to projections, ideal for sailboats and clothes lines.
Classic Raisin Custard Pie Filling Instructions
A historical recipe outlines beating egg yolks with salt, then folding in sour cream sugar and raisins. Add vanilla, pour into an open crust, beat egg whites with a little sugar and spread atop, then bake in a moderate oven.
Cheese Nuts Dessert and Nut Cheese Layer Dish
Mix a rounding tablespoonful of flour with a quarter cup sugar then add one cup boiled mashed chestnut kernels and gradually half a cup milk. Cook five minutes stirring. Beat three egg whites till stiff fold into mixture. Bake in three quarter full pans in hot water until firm. Serve with whipped cream or lemon sauce. Then prepare a nut cheese bake with English walnuts or almonds and grated cheese and bread crumbs, buttered and seasoned, baked twenty minutes.
Save dry cheese by grating and seasoning for sauces
When cheese becomes dry, grate it into a powder for soups or Italian dishes or macaroni. Save a portion in a bottle to serve with pasta or scallops. Beat the rest with a fork, add mustard or cayenne, and vinegar to make a paste for crackers or sandwiches.
Cocoanut Meringue Cookies From Old Recipe
Wet one and a half cups of powdered sugar with a little cream to dampen. Beat the whites of two eggs stiff and gradually whip in the moistened sugar. Beat in two cups of grated cocoanut. When very light drop by teaspoonfuls on buttered paper and bake quickly to a light brown.
Oranges on Lettuce with Mayonnaise Dressing
Peel ripe oranges and divide into lobes. If large cut each lobe into three pieces, if small cut into two bits. Set on ice until cold, arrange on crisp lettuce leaves and serve with a mayonnaise dressing.
Hints on Household Tips and Maintenance
A collection of practical tips covers using umbrella ribs to tie palms in pots, pink sugar to color cookies, white and chocolate icing for party cakes, black ink with egg white to restore color on shoes, a date walnut sandwich spread, removing furniture scratches with boiled linseed oil and varnish, sharpening linen with dry soap, and kerosene-dipped broom brushes to reduce dust and refresh rugs.
Chicago trade review shows little change in activity
R G Dun reports Chicago trade conditions steady with a smaller bank payment shrinkage and improved outlook. Forwarders praise Washington conference, demand rises in dry goods, footwear, clothing, and house furnishings. Bond markets lag year over year, but realty investment is strong. bank clearings fall 2.6 percent from 1909 and 1908. Failures total eighteen in Chicago district, with seven liabilities over five thousand dollars.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Washington
Unseasonably Cool Weather Dampens Trade Across Nation
New York reports cooler conditions slow retail activity and crop progress in the north while southern districts see cotton and fruit advances. Jobbing trade shows quiet but steady reorders. overall business hesitates as crop and price outlook remains unclear. Industrial output contracts. collections range slow to fair. Bradstreet's notes U.S. business failures at 189 in the week to June 9, with Canada at 36, versus prior periods.
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United States
Canada
Market Quotations Across American Cities
A dense table of commodity prices from Chicago to New York shows cattle hogs sheep and grains priced by city. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 8.75 and hogs 7.00 to 9.55, New York eggs 18 cents, butter 29 cents, wheat No 2 red 1.01 to 1.35, corn 65 to 66 cents, with various cityspecific figures for Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
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Nairobi
Judge Moody
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