Monkeys as Cotton Pickers Go Wrong in Florida Plantation
An elderly plantation owner recalls a bizarre 19th century scheme to train 125 trained monkeys to pick cotton for a share in a Buffalo mine project. The venture ends with mutiny, murder by a monkey patriarch named Pythagoras, and a dramatic escape into the Everglades, leaving a cautionary tale about exploiting animals for labor.
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Knoexing Tai
Buffilo
Pacific
Sindad
Bins
Lever Sin Tim
Fernando
Pythagoras
Vernando
Everglades
Florida
Tamanado
Kermit Roosevelt Aims To Follow Teddy Into Harvard
The second Roosevelt son Kermit, ten percent noted yet among the least known, is in preparatory school and expected to attend Harvard like his older brother Theodore Jr. He shines in athletics and outdoor life, recently returning from a Northwest hunting trip guided by a ranching companion. He is a skilled horseman, preferring Wyoming, the saddle horse Wyoming, and has long enjoyed canine companions on travels between Oyster Bay and Washington.
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Kermit Tensevel
Roosevelt
Kermit
Theodore, Jr
Harvard
Teddy
Beria
Roose
Oyster Day
Washamonesch Bim
Kermit Roosevelt
White House
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Fire at London Premises Sheds Suspicion on Insurers
A blaze at a rented London premises used by Jewish tenants drew an insurance inquiry. The investigator questioned the senior and junior partners to determine probable causes. He implied external blame tied to internal parties may be a factor.
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London
Anyt
Insurances Company
Ate Ese
Roi Shi
First
Naor
Life and death under fever in a wartime patient tale
The excerpt depicts a fevered, anguished scene where a patient lies in a swollen, delirious state revealing the toll of war on life. Mentions doctors nurses and the hope of recovery as the mind battles illness and loss in a grim hospital setting.
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Dorth
Hout
V. Woutiin
Green
Nis
Tifo
Netire
Wightos Pitvica
Reddy
Frida
Baron Henri Roathsehid Patron of Child Health Work
Baron Henri Roathsehid, a leading figure in banking Neuse, is praised for dedicating himself to medical science. He offers free services, donates large sums to foundations, and supports endowments for child health institutions and the treatment of children's maladies.
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Henri Roathsehid
Banking
Neuse
A Good Retriever Seizes Clever Dog’s Tail Return
Four men once owned a valuable sporting dog famed for retrieving. The owner, a poor shot, fired at a rabbit and heard a morning howl. The dog then returned with a black object in its mouth and dropped it at its master’s feet. The animal had retrieved its own tail.
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Tual
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