Roosevelt Expedition in Africa Ends with Vast Specimen Collecting
Colonel Roosevelt and son Kermit led a long East Africa expedition, sending thousands of mammals birds reptiles and fishes to the Smithsonian. They traveled from Egypt to Khartum across Uganda and the White Nile, gathering diverse specimens and earning honors along the voyage.
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Roosevelt African Hunt Expedition Details
Acting Governor supports the expedition to East Africa. Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt join a 260 person caravan from Mombasa. They hunt wildebeests and gazelle, then big cats and rhinoceroses as naturalists collect specimens. Mount Kenya explorations follow, with Makangarr training and anthropological materials gathered by Doctor Mearns and Major Ross.
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Nairobi
Touching Fidelity of Dog in Girvan Tragedy
In Girvan Ayreatre town, Mrs. Dickie a widow and dairy keeper, collapsed on the road. Her dog guarded the scene, deterring a would-be helper. The son arrived and helped move her home, but she died from a ruptured blood vessel discovered later.
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Bizarre Cartoons Highlight Quirky Costs and Hats
A quirky panel covers jokes about a $60 bat and a hat left as collateral. Protests about rising living costs appear as cartoon dialogue. Socks jokes note that even two shoes are expensive these days.
Pinchot Attacks Tariffs and Graft in Roosevelt Club
Former Forester Gifford Pinchot addressed the Roosevelt club in St Paul warning that both major parties capitulate to special interests. He urged the divorce of business from politics, called for a square deal, and condemned the alliance between industry and government as dangerous. He faulted Congress for siding with coal steel and wool interests and urged citizens to demand honest, revenue-free governance.
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Millionaire Will Die Poor In St Louis
St Louis financier David Ranken founder of the Ranken school of mechanical trades has deeded his estimated $3,000,000 fortune to the school trustees to fund maintenance and enlargement, promising the institution will become one of the world’s largest of its kind.
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Coe College sprinter breaks 100 yard world mark
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 13 The Coe College home set d Wileoz Con s crack sprinter set a world 100 yard record with a time of 9.5 seconds at the meet in Cedar Rapids.
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Cost of Living Increases in New York as of March
New York reports show cost at living in March of this year at its highest level in two decades. Government statistics from the Commerce and Labor Department compare prices from 1840 to 1910, noting March 1910 costs up 7.6 percent from March 1909 and sharply higher than 1908, 1897, and the 1890s averages. wholesale figures appear to understate the impact, with retail prices likely more severe.
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Sugar men are sentenced postponed to August 30
New York June 18 The pronouncement of sentence on Charles R Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining company and Barnett E Gerbracht former Williamsburg refinery superintendent after their conspiracy to defraud the government of duties was postponed to August 30 by Federal Judge Martin. Halligan Voelker and Walker indicted with them pleaded guilty and were called for sentence. Halligan was in court. Voelker 71 in bed dying, Walker ill at his name. Judge Martin sentenced Halligan and Walker to three months each on Blackwell's Island. Voelker's sentence was suspended.
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Barneat E. Gerbracht
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Blackwell's Island
Oklahoma City Rejoices as State Capital Vote Victory Declared
Angered crowds in Guthrie stone Jane Faskell daughter of Governor Haskell after a wild chase as Oklahoma City wins the state capital by a solid margin. The secretive move placed the seal in Oklahoma City amid a tense scene at the Lee Hocking hotel. Jane Faskell, 17, fled to the governor’s rooms with an escort after being forced to flee.
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Poseurs as President's Wife Stirs Washington Rumor
Reported in Washington on June 13 that a woman calling herself Mrs. Taft has been posing as the president's wife aboard a lake steamer between Ash tabula Ohio and Duluth Minnesota. She has handed out souvenir cards bearing an alleged autograph. The Treasury secret service is seeking the bogus Mrs. Taft.
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Reclassification Opens More Public Lands to Entry
President Alt approves a measure expanding public domain by 1 182 816 acres for homestead entry and adding 281 094 acres to national forests. The step aims to curb U S emigration toward the Canadian northwest amid reclassification of forests and public lands.
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Canadian Northwest
Expulsion of 6000 Jews Near Kieff Reported
Petersburg report states that 6000 Jews have been expelled from the Kieff area. Many are described as poor and wandering or destitute on the city’s outskirts, with Bertch Bays cited in the dispatch.
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Lightning Kills Six in Berlin Party Incident
A lightning strike during an evening gathering of extortionists in Berlin killed six people and injured 97, including 17 severely and 80 less seriously. The event disrupted the party as the storm moved through the area, leaving a scene of chaos and loss.
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Europe Honors Theodore Roosevelt as Distinguished American
Europe accorded Roosevelt high regard with kings and commoners applauding his presence. He impressed literary and scientific circles, spoke in Paris, Oxford, Berlin, and delivered a Berlin address on civilization. A Vatican audience attempt and royal entertainments were noted, with his London funeral attendance culminating in a Guild Hall reception.
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Roosevelt in Venice and Europe tour ending in New York
The Roosevelts traveled through Venice and the Riviera, then Vienna and Budapest receiving royal welcomes. He lectured at the Sorbonne and delivered Cambridge and Oxford addresses, with a Cambridge honorary degree and a popular reception. They departed June 11 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria for New York.
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Crowd on Broadway Car Sparks Fashion Moment
A bustling Broadway car scene described in quivering fashion as a tired woman struggles to fit between two others. A male passenger asks about the trouble while the woman adjusts her strap amid social awkwardness and rumor of cartwheel data.
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