Dream of Teddy Roosevelt in Africa and Big Game
A dream sequence features Theodore Roosevelt as narrator who grows popular and confident in a journey to Africa. He photographs a swift, comic self rebuke as he hunts rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, cables his publisher, and ends with waking from an adventure that blends humor and bravado.
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Frank
Africa
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Taft
New York
Theodore
Harvard
Prexy Eliot
Cuba
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Atlantic fleet ends Gibraltar cruise with Hampton Roads homecoming
Battleship and squadron races marked the final leg of the Atlantic fleet cruise from Gibraltar to Hampton Roads. Nine warships joined the fleet for elaborate ceremonies on February 22 as President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower reviewed the ships and officials met delegations, with speed trials and gunnery practice producing new records.
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Ampton Roads
Atlantic
United States
Gibraltar
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Horseshoe
Lynn Haven Bay
Sperry
Great Atlantic Fleet Practice Cruise and Fleet Assembly
The article recounts historic naval cruises from Egypt to the West Indies and the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar, then details Roosevelt’s Atlantic fleet practice cruise. It describes the ships involved, including 16 battleships, two storeships, two colliers, and the welcoming American fleet that joined off Gibraltar. Admiral Sperry oversees the final maneuvers and tests.
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Egypt
West Indies
Battle of the Nile
Trafalgar
Gibraltar
Atlantic
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Sperry
England
Philip II of
Spain
Grouping of ships by tonnage and type in a grand voyage
The fleet divided into divisions by similarity in tonnage and type, led by admirals Sperry and Rojestvensky. The Connecticut, Louisiana, Vermont, Kansas formed a striking four ship group, followed by the Georgia with New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia, then Minnesota with Ohio, Missouri and Maine, and finally Alabama with Illinois, Kearsarge and Kentucky.
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Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Louisiana
Vermont
Kansas
Osterhaus
Wainwright
Potter
Vreeland
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginiia
Great American Fleet Aims to Rule Pacific Waters
Admiral Sebree commands the armored cruiser squadron with the big four Tennessee California Nebraska and South Dakota plus the Washington and St Louis. Torpedo flotilla led by Lieut Hutch S Cone includes the Whipple Hopking Hull Stewart Truxton and Lawrence. Auxiliary division features Glacier Culgoa Panther and Yankton. The fleet’s world cruise showcases American power and ships’ majesty to foreign observers.
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Capts
Veeder
Bowyer
Hutchins
Cowles
Admiral Sebree
Tennessee
California
Nebraska
South Dakota
Washington
St. Louis
Magellan Straits
Lieut
Hutch S. Cone
Whipple
Hopking
Hull
The Modesty of Greatness
A backstage exchange follows a Southern Europe lecture where an audience member praises the speaker. The modest man reveals he runs the projector, not the lecturing, as the true contributor.
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Europe
Work as blessing not burden in moral teaching
A religious meditation by Rev. William Dickie argues that labor feeds the soul and renews virtue, citing Christ’s remark that his meat is to do the will of God. The piece portrays work as a sacrament granting grace and discipline, transforming tasks into divine service. It closes with a political jab from Tom L Johnson mocking highwaymen and a parody prayer.
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Amiel
William Dickie
Tom L Johnson
Madonna
Food Value of Sugar in French Army Experiments
Experiments on sugar as food in the French army show it is a strong source of muscular energy. The findings imply sugar can sustain endurance and power in soldiers during demanding tasks.
Roosevelt Forms Council of Fine Arts to Guide Federal Buildings
President Roosevelt creates a 24 architect council with four painters four sculptors and a landscape architect to advise on plans for federal buildings grounds statues and decoration. The move aims to curb costly errors and align projects with the Burnham plan and Mall layout for Washington.
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Childiss
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Council of Fine Arts
the Treasury
Newlands
Nevada
Office of Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Bureau of Fine Arts
Council of Thirty
House
Speaker Cannon
Capitol
Union Station
Lincoln
Washington
Maj. L’enfant
Washington Monument
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington
American Institute of Architects
Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Cassatt
Department of Agriculture
Capitol Hill
Capitol Square
Senate Committee
Capitol Group
Wuld
Greal National Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
Oy Speaker Cannon
Washington Park Commission
Cass Gilbert
New York
C. Grant la Farge
Ss. B. P Trowbridge
John G. Howard
San Francisco
Glenn Brown
Thomas R. Kimball
Omaha
John IL. Muren
St. Louis
D. A. Burnham
Direc
Chicago Exposition
John M Donaldson
Detroit
George B. Post
Arnold W. Brunner
The
American Institute
Robert S. Peabody
Boston Society of Architects
Charles F. McKim
McKim, Mead & White
William 8. Eames
James Rush Marshal
Adam Garfield
Cleveland
B. Mundie
Chicago
Frank Day
Philadelphia
C. H. Walker
Architectural Review
John la Farge
F. D. Miller
E. H. Blashfield
Kenyon Cox
Daniel Chester French
Earl Bitter
Herbert Adams
H. A. MacNeil
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr
Wreaths Placed at Poet Byron's Grave in Hacknall Torkard
In Hacknall Torkard parish church two wreaths were laid on Byron's grave. One wreath featured bay leaves with a card reading From Laura Thyrza Byron in remembrance. The other wreath was a poet's circle. The note contrasts with a brief update: China’s telephone business is rising. Peking has 1,700 subscribers.
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Byron
Hacknall Torkard
Laura Thyrza
China
Peking On
The Hague court and a world federation take shape
The passage argues that peaceful methods will gradually replace force in settling disputes between nations. It cites Tennyson and Locksley Hall predicting a world federation and a Hague court, suggesting that battle flags are increasingly furled as international cooperation grows.
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Nyson
Locksley Hall
Hague Court
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