Roosevelt Sails for Africa Safari to Gather Specimens
Theodore Roosevelt sails from New York aboard the Hamburg for a major African hunting and scientific expedition. He is joined by Maj. Edgar A. Mearns J. Loring Alden and Edmund Heller from the Smithsonian. Kermit Roosevelt accompanies as official photographer and hunter.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York Harbor
Hamburg
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Maj
Edgar A. Mearns
J. Loring Alden
Edmund Heller
Smithsonian
Kermit
University of Berlin
Sorbonne
Oxford
America
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Africa
Cat Fosters Rabbits in English Cottage Tale
In Woolbrook Sirmouth England a tame rabbit produced six young. The mother died by accident and the house cat has since fostered and fondled the kits as if they were her own kittens.
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Rabbite
Woolbrook
Sirmouth
England
Misappropriation quote cited from Quintillian
A fragment quotes Quintilian lamenting that using Providence gifts to harm others is worse than birth to dumbness. The line condemns misappropriation of one's abilities for destructive ends.
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Quintillian
The Bachelor Tax in Bulgaria
Bulgaria levies a two dollar yearly tax on bachelors, but the small amount cannot influence marriage decisions. The piece suggests any man marrying for that sum is not worth considering as a husband.
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Bulgaria
Germs Travel Upstream From Polluted Streams
German experiments show cholera and typhoid germs can travel upstream, endangering people both below and above polluted points in a waterway.
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Germany
Ships' Sixth Sense Believed From Sunken Bell
A sunken bell is described as endowing ships with a sixth sense like fish, helping them sense landbreaks in the deep sea. This nautical notion gathers interest as a curious maritime myth.
The Real Glory of Life Quote by Hugh Black
A compact quotation honors a strong hand in need and a cup of strength offered to a human soul in crises of weakness. The message from Hugh Black emphasizes true life’s glory in acts of support.
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Hugh Black
Not for the Philosophers. Aged fall of the tree weighs on the base man
The Atchison Globe ponders a moral question about a tree doomed to fall. It asks why the tallest heads explain the harm befalls the man with low income and a large family who stands among the crowd at the base. The piece frames social risk and inequality with a philosophical tone.
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Atchison Globe
Antiseptic Toothbrush Emerges In Cleanliness Drive
A Victorian era tone highlights the rise of the antiseptic toothbrush as part of a broader health push. The piece emphasizes germ prevention and the belief that cleanliness gates health and happiness.
Cromwell Seal in Welsh Family Possession
The seal of Oliver Cromwell, a plain gold-mounted corundum stone five-eighths of an inch across, dating to 1653, is held by a prominent Welsh family. It bears the full Lord's Prayer engraved on its surface and was used on several of Cromwell's deeds.
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Oliver Cromwell
Wales
Cure for Burns or Scalds
A home remedy suggests mashing onion and potato into pulp, mixing with salad oil, and applying to burns or scalds. The mixture is then secured with a linen bandage.
Postponement of Right Living Quoted from Horace
A reflective aphorism notes the danger of delaying virtuous living as time slips away like a river. The proverb warns that waiting to cross while the current moves forward leads to perpetual postponement.
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Horace
Why Your Cold Should Be Worse Than Others Says Indianapolis News
A brief opinion from the Indianapolis News suggesting some people exaggerate illness comparisons. The piece argues cold severity varies and discourages overstatement. It reflects a casual editorial tone without detailed medical guidance.
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Indianapolis News
Illinois Notes on Suit and Local Incidents Across Cities
Peoria notes outline a $15,000 suit related to Sisters of Visitation in Rock Island tied to the Benedictine case and P. J. Kieran. Other items cover a $50,000 loss mystery in Mount Vernon resolved by detectives, a near-strike end in Granite City, Peoria meetings of manufacturers, a Walsh incident and suspect, كشف of bank money recovered in Mount Vernon, Cullom family funeral in Peoria, a San Luis embezzlement indictment, a Chicago murder scene, a public tuberculosis hospital petition in Danville, a 13 year old boy held in St. Louis, a Chicago population study for subway needs, an infant found dead near Harrisburg, and the Illinois Teachers' association electing George H. Howe president.
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Peoiia
Sisters of Visitation
Rock Island
National Gopper Bank
New York City
United States Circuit Court
Fidelity Funding Company of
New York
Benedictine Sisters of
Nauvoo, Ill
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
Nauvoo
Kieran
Mount Vernon
David Meyers
Granite City
American Steel Foundry Company
A. Watscher
Alexander Robinson
Watscher
Peoria
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Creve Coeur Club
Senator Burton
Ohio
W.B. Brinton
Dixon
R. B. Lowrie
Moline
W. H. Taylor
B. J. Mullaney
Chicago
Wailsh
Charles Bambaur
Jacob Bambaur
Walsh
Bambaur
David Myers
Myers
Henry Clay Cullom
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
G. H. Schimpff
Cullom
Senator Cullom
William W. Smith
San Luis Land & Cattle Company
St. Louis
Robert Morene
William Morene
Union
Harrisburg
Ledford
Anna Love
Samuel Love
Decatur
Central Illinois Teachers’ Association
George H. Howe
Normal
Backache and Kidney Pain Promoted Relief Claim
Professional nurse Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her backache and irregular kidney secretions after a period of sharp twinges. The advertisement notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 23d
Parsons, Kans
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Here comes my little Lily in the park tale
A mother extols her toddler Lily and plans daily walks in the park to sharpen her senses of beauty. Lily grows animatedly, then reports with excitement that bears smelled awful during today’s park walk.
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Lily
Nursie
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Containing Mercury
Mercury based catarrh ointments are dangerous and should be avoided unless prescribed by a physician. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney is promoted as mercury free and taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad also sells Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials offered and 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J Cheney & Co
Time Halts at the Gates of Truth
A brass-buttoned railroad gatekeeper laments that some people never progress past fixed ages, naming an unmarried woman stuck at 25 and a traveling child frozen at five as examples of stalled life.
Brown's Bronchial Troches Offer Simple Relief
A simple remedy for bronchial and lung troubles promises relief from Brown's Bronchial Troches. Each box costs 25 cents and samples are sent free by John S. Brown & Son of Boston Massachusetts.
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Brown
John S. Brown &Son
Boston
Mass
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William Northrup MacMillan
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White Nile
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Robi
Mothera
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