Roosevelt and Tapir Hunt in Brazilian Wilderness
In Scribner's July 1914 excerpt Roosevelt recounts down the Unknown river journey with the hunt for a tapir. He details the chase as dugouts pursue the elusive animal, the swift river dynamics, and the decisive shot that ends the tapir, followed by notes on peccaries and survival tactics in the jungle.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Scribner's Magazine
Elbe
Rhone
Saone
Europe
United States
Brazil
South America
American Museum of Natural History
Royal Geographical Society
Madeira
Miss Wilson Uses Steam Roller to Push Social Center Resolution
The incident at a Madison Wisconsin conference on social centers features Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson pushing through a resolution to name secretaries for social center work. She offered the motion after the chair hesitated and announced it carried, amidst a chorus of approval.
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Madison
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Wisconsin Social Center
Cary
Kentucky's New Senator Named by Governor Camden successor to late Hrachey
Johnson N Camden Democrat named by Governor McCreary to fill the seat of the late William O Hrachey in Kentucky. Camden, son of former West Virginia Senator Camlen, inherits wealth from oil and coal investments. He serves until the fall election to fill the remainder of Bradley's term.
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Kentucky
Johnson N. Camden
McCreary
Fonntor
William Ohrachey
Ocean Soundings Plan Across Titanic Site by Stackhouse
J Foster Stackhouse announces an ocean surveying expedition planned to start December for six to seven years. Twelve scientists, six officers, and eighteen to nineteen sailors will chart and sound the Atlantic from London to Belin to Nova Scotia, targeting the Titanic disaster area. The project aims to rival the Challenger effort of 1872-77. Cape Cod Canal opening set for July 4 with a pageant and progressive draft limits. completion by November at a cost of 12 million dollars.
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Advertising Notice and Merchant Diligence Rule
A merchant cannot omit advertising without the fact being noticed to his disadvantage. If he could, he could close his store for a while now and then to save expense.
Long Branch 25 Years Ago Prohibitionists and Public Works
Prohibitionists elect Rev George Reed chairman and J H Halshart secretary in Ocean township. Ocean avenue repair cost $3000 approved by 4-3 vote. Citizens discuss seawall needs and town hall site. The Long Branch Gas Company cuts gas price to 1.85 per thousand after July 1 and praised for public service.
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Ocean Township
George Reed
J. H. Halshart
Long Branch
Ocean Avenue
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iThe Gas Company
Corporation
Long Branch Gas Company
Venezuelan Minister Rojas Dies in Atlantic City
Dr. Rojas, Venezuelan minister to the United States, dies in Atlantic City New Jersey at age seventy from heart disease after years of suffering. A prominent Venezuelan political figure, he served as minister to Washington for five years and had held roles as president of the national congress and as a representative and senator. He was born in Cumana on October 14 1844.
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Notable Local Tragedies and Accidents News Briefs
The Newark man John ONeill was recovered near the Lincoln highway bridge after leaping into the Passaic river. In Paterson seven year old Thomas Gorman nearly drowned in a backyard tub and is in St. Josephs hospital. Four year old Christopher Kelley was killed instantly by a Hunter ice cream truck in Paterson. Bethel Delaware sailor Clarence Regina swimming ashore after docking in Jersey City fell overboard and drowned. Edward Trump of South Boston Pa awoke to find his right hand missing after resting near railroad yards last night.
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Bertha M. Downs
New Haven
Edward Trump
South Boston
Phillipsburg
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Grays
An old home remedy for restoring darker hair color is promoted as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold at drug stores. The advertisement claims natural, even darkening by morning with subsequent applications, plus benefits for dandruff and itchy scalp.
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New Linen Store Clearout Slashes Prices Across Stock
A new linen store ad declares a dramatic sale of thousands in odds fancy linens tea cloths centerpieces doilies napkins and scarfs. Items are marked down from a third to half, with many pieces priced under their prior cost and limited quantities available first come first served.
Half Yearly Vacation Sale of Men's Handkerchiefs at Incredible Prices
A Honolulu style sale advertises 6000 linen and cambric handkerchiefs on Monday morning at one price, claiming snow white linen lasts longer than cotton. Also promoted are summer dress fabrics including ratines and French linen, with yard prices slashed to 28 cents and broad offerings across the first floor building.
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