Roosevelt Goes to Africa in Wild Game Quest
A satirical cartoon notes Theodore Roosevelt with an East Africa hunting expedition involving over 100 men, six months of logistics, and a $15,000 budget. The piece catalogs targets like lion, elephant, rhino, hippo, bongo, and giraffe, while lampooning Rooseveltian diplomacy and jungle politics amid colonial powers and famed explorers.
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Roosevelt
King Leo
Auxiliary
Commonwealth
Leo
Bongo
Stripes
Monk
Rhino
Mr. Monk
Doc
Theodore
Africa
King Leo’s Bunch
Louisiana
Bruin
Rockies
Theodore Roosevelt
East
Hlow
Rhodesia
Portugal
Livingstone
Speke
Stanley
Missouri News Mixed Crime and Elections
Springfield convict Charies Dukes jailed three years for burglary after wooden leg impressions betrayed him. Cassville jail inmates found tools used to cut through steel cage as Edward Fogarty made a break. Cassville editor Grimes sells to Meador. Columbia appointee Nelson oversees agriculture publicity. Also unidentified man struck by train near St. Joseph, plus India gestion joke and Lydia Pinkham health ad.
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Springfield
Charies Dukes
Dukes
Cassville
O'Dwyer
Barry County
Edward Fogarty
Joe Fields
St. Joseph
Wathena
Kas
Was Great Aid to Drury
Springfield Dr Homer J Fuller former president of Drury college died at Saranac Lake New York and raised a fund of 150000 dollars which financed Pearson Hall and McCullough cottage at Drury and strengthened the endowment He also taught chemistry and ethics alongside executive duties and resigned the presidency due to ill health
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Drury
Springfield
Homer J. Fuller
Drury College
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Pearson
McCullogh
Severe storm damages farm and injures resident
A severe electric storm visited Breckenridge causing extensive damage. Lightning struck the residence of James Cox, knocking out Mrs. Cox who remained unconscious for hours but is recovering. On Thomas Hicks farm four cows died and seven horses perished on his brother's farm.
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Bob. Breckenridge
James Cox
Kingston-Albert Filley seeks clemency for death sentence
Kingston-Albert Filley, the triple murderer slated for execution on Ang. 21, will request the governor to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. Until recently he insisted he could not face the scaffold, but he later contacted attorney William Henry at Cameron to announce plans for executive clemency.
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Kingston
Albert Filley
Ang
Willian Henry
Cameron
Girl Plunges, Mother Rescues Child as Cistern Fights Likely
Mildred Thompson, 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Thompson of West Plains, fell into a cistern. The child kept her head above water by gripping rocky projections until her mother lowered a rope. Mrs. Thompson fainted from joy after saving her daughter.
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Springfield
Mildred Thompson
Hiram Thompson
West Plains
Gasoline Explodes Wrecking Home Injures Woman
Breckenridge reports a gasoline explosion in a residence badly burns Mrs W. H. Watkins from head to foot with only slight hope for recovery. The incident caused extensive damage to the home and surrounding area.
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Breckenridge
W. H. Watkins
Centralia Fair Earns Honors in 14th Year
The Centralia fair enters its fourteenth year as the most successful yet with over 200 show horses on the grounds and an outstanding floral exhibit drawing large attendance from visitors.
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Centralia
River Swallows Farm Lane Damages Kansas Lands
Government work starts at Atherton in Jackson county to stop Missouri River ravages. The stream swallows 25 to 30 acres daily, with over 500 acres already gone and more erosion expected along farm lanes and riverbanks.
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Kansas City
Atherton
Jackson County
Missouri
Reward Offered for James Smith Murder Arrest
Jefferson City Gov Folk offers a $200 reward for the arrest of Jas. Smith charged with murdering Syrum T. Hoover in Ray county on August 2, 1906.
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James Smith
Jefferson City
Folk
Jas. Smith
Syrum T. Hoover
Ray County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willard W. Garrison
Jungle Association
Jumbo
Fast African Jungle Association
Roosevelt Protective Auxiliary
Hippo
KERR
East Africa
Missouri News
Republican
John M. Grimes
E. N. Meador
Grimes
Meador
Law Department
University of Missouri
Columbia
W. L. Nelson
State Board of Agriculture
Nelson
Bunceton
Eagle
Board of Agriculture
India
Gestion
London
John Morley
Philadelphia Inquirer
Eastend
Tree of Fame
Lucas Malet
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude F. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
River Swallows Farm
Ine Food
Libby
McNeill& Libby
Chicago
Parker
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