Congo Rubber Quest Brings Bloodshed in Native Attack
Washington dispatch reports the Leopold Ryan Guggenheim Congo expedition faced a fierce native assault near the Kusai river inside the concession. Ball and fellow scientists led a defense. 125 attackers and five porters were killed while white explorers suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Corporation For
Congo Free State
S. H. Ball
United States Geological Survey
Theopold-Ryan-Guggenheim Company
Kamseella
Syd
Home
Aother
General Ball and Gang
Lulnabourg
Kamsella
Diblonhas
Mohun
Tanganyika
Luvnnbourg
Ball
Jle
America
Congo
Cravath
Verner
St. Louis Fair
Artifices of the Feather Maker from the London Chronicle
An article notes unprecedented demand for hats with plumes this winter. It describes how Paris Vienna and London manufacturers source dyed poultry and game feathers for elaborate composites and mentions ostrich plumes from South Africa. It asserts no cruelty in ostrich plumage production and highlights global supply and handcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Chronicle
Paris
Vienna
London
Chanticleer
Love and secrecy test in a tense romance exchange
Harold and Mila discuss trust and secrets in a fraught dialogue. Mila senses a dangerous undertaking, while Harold insists the risks match the rewards in his line of work, urging restraint and sympathy.
Bank Note Robbery and acratic chase in London Ward
Ella, entangled with Harold Baxter in the Occidental bank note theft, discovers a conspiracy in Neville Street. She aids Baxter during a tense confrontation with a brutal bank crook, aided by Detective Inspector Baxter, saving him from a lethal shot and securing two arrests.
Little Boy Blue and the Field Mischief
A verse in a nursery style laments a sleeping guardian’s oversight as children and animals wander through fields. The speaker warns of consequences for those who neglect their duties and fail to watch their charges. The poem ends with a call to stay vigilant and attentive.
How to Massage a Talking Machine
A customer seeks a suitable present for her husband and asks for a modest, non sporty book avoiding history or biography. The clerk suggests a playful title, offering a compact volume described as appropriate for a mild man who dislikes sports. The exchange highlights comic consumer dialogue in a bustling shop.
Better Part of Valor in Irish Tale
Two Irishmen quarrel over honor and insult while friends urge retaliation. One notes the other’s enormous size yet prefers calm over rash bravado. A cautious reply avoids second guessing appearances and the tale ends with a wry contrast about perception and consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaherty
Armed Animals and Plants of the Desert
From the Los Angeles Times, a vivid account of desert life emphasizes arms and defenses. Cacti and Joshua trees bear spines and poisons while animals rely on teeth, tails, or speed. The piece notes threats from snakes, scorpions, lizards, coyotes, bobcats, and ibex, and reflects on desert survival and water conservation shaping both flora and fauna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Animal Kingdom
Prospector
Sons of the Desert
Gil
Death Valley
Ava- Walz
Optimist at 74 reflects on changes in American letters
Edmund Clarence Stedman, financier and poet, marking his 74th birthday, recalls his life and New York from 1859. He notes the explosion of magazines, wood pulp literature, and the diffusion of writing as an art, with many young writers of ability and genius emerging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Herald
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York City
Miss De Smythe and the Hypothetical Proposal
In a New York Evening Mail exchange, a man outlines a plan to woo Miss De Smythe with an offer of marriage after a year of feeding her ice cream. The girl, playful and coy, suggests she would accept, calling him a chump for being too slow. The passage ends as they settle the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Mila
Harold
Dilat
Brent Street
London
Haverstock Hill
Cricklewood
Neville Street
Walt
Harold Baxter
Rayne
Neville St
New York
Eivening
Pearl
Engagement Ends Over Finances Between Dick Short and Millie Long-Greene
From the Chicago Tribune the couple called off their engagement after Millie Long-Greene wanted to delay the wedding due to financial stringency while Dick Short pressed for immediate vows for the same reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Nan
Dick Short
Millie Long- Greene
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Guggenheim
Oil
Mitch Leopold
Big International Corporation
Arthur F. Smith
Geological Survey
Smith
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin University
M. K. Shaler
Judge Ball
Chicago
Oliver
United States Army
Africa
South America
Reid
Mr. Smith
Luebo
Boma
Atlantic
Kasai
Syd (Ball) Mohun
Shaler
FE. A. H. Reid
Standard Oil
Belgium
Wasambo
Lake Dilolo
Reids
Ba Makima
Julnabourg
Pere Dale
Wmpertoria
Yral
Enderdy
Great Britain
A Ars
Wes
Ella
W.r-Hearst
Occidental Bank
Ellie
Harald
Lombard Street
Baxter
Puarr
Yo Ejla
Francis Iles
Oxford Street
Bla
Detective Baxter
Francis Hes
Hmal
Jim Riley
Riley
Silat
Pacey
Netter
Little Boy Blue
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