Roosevelt recounts Kermit Roosevelt leopard kill at Juja Farm
The January Scribner’s article by Theodore Roosevelt details Kermit Roosevelt’s role in killing a wounded leopard on the Juja estate of W. N. McMillan in East Africa. It also describes McMillan’s farm pets including lions, cheetahs, a leopard, a warthog, and other animals on leash.
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Scribner’s
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Mr. Roosevelt
Juja Farm
W. N. McMillan
Nermit
McMillan
Mrs. McMillan
East Africa
Tommy Buck
Grant
Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievitch Dies at Cannes
Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievitch born 1832 oldest Russian imperial house representative and granduncle to Emperor Nicholas II died in Cannes France. Military career began at 15, fought in Crimea commanded Caucasus campaigns, helped emancipate serfs, chaired state council meetings, and later served as honorary president of the council before retiring to Cannes.
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Nicholaievitch
Michael Nicholaievitch
Cannes
France
Nicholas
Nicholas I
Grand Duke
Caucasian
Ardahan
Kars
Michael
Council of State
Alexander Narishkin
Alexander Alexandrovitch
Rome's Jubilee Plans Large Italian Arts Festival 1911
The Rome jubilee of 1911 outlines open air Palatine theater productions of Italian drama with grand chorus and orchestra. Signor Salvini oversees literary revivals, with Emma Duse and others in attendance. Opera programs include Mascagni, Toscanini, Franchetti, Leoncavallo, and Puccini pieces with world class orchestras competing for best organization.
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Rome
Palatine Hill
Italy
Txso
Floence
Signor Salvini
Duse Emma Gramatica
Tina di Lorenz
Puccini
Mascagni
Vast Forest of White Pine Discovered on Olympic Slopes
Alonzo Jergens and timber cruisers report a massive white pine stand in the Olympic mountain range highlands above 4000 feet. Estimates place timber at about 6,060,000 feet per square mile with some trees five feet thick and 150 feet high. The forest lies 200 miles from a railroad amid rugged terrain.
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Alonzo Jergens
Seattle
Wash
Olympic Mountain Range
Hearst Plans $500,000 Anthropological Museum
Mrs Phoebe Hearst announces she will build an anthropological museum costing about 500000 after spending years supporting UC Berkeley anthropology and field expeditions. The project follows a decade of establishing and maintaining the department and collecting specimens for a great collection.
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Hearst
University of California
Berkeley
Cal
Phoebe Hearst
Cherry Wakes to Real Needs in Stricken Mining Town
Cherry Ill Dec 27 relief effort after the Nov 13 mine disaster has ended, leaving hundreds of widows and orphans to rely on weekly pittances. Miners union seeks a single permanent fund with miners having a decisive vote and encourages dependent families to relocate for education and earnings opportunities.
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Cherry
Ill
Miners’ Union
Peruvian Brakeman Confesses No Regret Over Wife Killing
Ory Galloway, 28, a passenger brakeman for Lake Erie and Western, is jailed in Peru Indiana after shooting his wife Florence 30. He says he bears no regret and claims she poisoned him and controlled him with hypnosis. Four bullets struck her heart. he then tried suicide but the pistol misfired. He called police and surrendered without resistance.
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Peru
Ind
Ory Galloway
Florence
Galloway
Lake Erie & Western
Indianapolis
Death of Indianapolis Banker
Indianapolis banker Stoughton J. Fletcher, vice president and largely sole owner of the Fletcher National Bank, died at his country home near Gallatin Tennessee after years of ill health since retiring from the presidency and active management four years ago.
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Indianapolis
Stoughton J. Fletcher
Fletcher National Bank
Gallatin, Tenn
Fletcher Bank
Policeman Lute Hill Ends Life in Indiana
In Princeton Indiana Police Officer Lute Hill aged forty nine shot himself in the head with a revolver. No motive is given though family reports he had been acting strangely all day, and authorities believe he was mentally unbalanced.
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Princeton
Ind
Lute Hill
Two track walkers killed in snowstorm strike
In Shelburn Indiana December 27 a passenger train on the E T H railroad struck and killed two Hungarian miners who were walking on the track. A blinding snowstorm prevented them from noticing the oncoming train.
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Shelburn
Ind
Tragic Train Fatality in Scottsburg Claims Henryville Man
Henryville Indiana December 27 Charles Follick twenty two unmarried was killed by a passenger train on the P C C St L railroad. He was walking on the track and ignored the warning bell and train whistle.
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Henryville
Ind
Charles Follick
Scottsburg
Follick
Hunters Fined For Trespass Near Papinea
Twenty Chicago hunters were arrested for hunting on farms near Papinea Indiana without owner permission. They were fined 10.40 dollars each and released.
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Morocco
Ind
Chicago
Papinea
Here
Johnsons sentenced to ninety nine years for Labor Day murder
Harrisburg reports Rastus Johnson and his wife, both described as colored, sentenced to ninety nine years in prison for the Labor Day murder of John Browder. The case concluded with a lengthy custodial term and local interest in the courtroom outcome.
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Harrisburg
Rastus Johnson
John Browder
Union of Central American republics urged by Barrett
John Barrett director of the international bureau of American republics argues Nicaragua’s crisis intensifies push for a single government of Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua and Costa Rica. He cites Pan American backing from Elihu Root and Enrique Creel and compares potential union size trade and population to New England plus New York area.
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Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Washington
Elihu Root
Central American Court of Justice
Latin America
Senor Enrique Creel
Mexico
United States
Mr. Root
Senor Creel
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
Savernnah
San Diego
Seattle
Republic
Belgium's Youth King Albert Shows Kindness to Soldiers
At age ten Prince Albert Leopold, future Belgium ruler, privately urged King Leopold I to raise soldiers' pay after visiting army barracks and noting poverty. The king advised patience, offering a small coin aid while hinting the issue would be his to resolve in time.
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Albert
Belgium
Albert Leopold
Leopold 1
Electron the New Metal Lighter Than All Known
A German compound called Electron is described as a magnesium alloy with a specific gravity of 1.75 to 2, lighter than aluminium. It can be cast, pressed, rolled and drawn, with tensile strength rising from eighteen to thirty-five kilograms per square millimeter after rolling or drawing, and ductility from 5 to 18 percent. The metal is silver white, polishes brightly, and is expected to have major use in airships flying machines and automobiles.
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Germany
The Eternal Motorist Satirized by Gossip Columnists
In a witty exchange from Mrs. Gossip and Mrs. Parvenu, the dialogue pokes fun at marital pride and the taste for cars. The punchlines contrast locomotor ataxia with imported automobiles as social satire.
Hiring of dogs to match gowns in London fashion
London shopkeepers report a growing trend of hiring dogs to match the color of a woman’s gown. Miniature Yorkshires Pekinese and Pomeranians are used, with deposits paid and color chosen to complement outfits for drives dinners and park promenades.
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West End
London
New Biplane Type Airship Aims for Flight
Otto Herman of Providence Rhode Island, an automobile mechanic and inventor, unveils a biplane airship smaller than Wright models with front pilot seat and steering planes. The craft uses two seven and a quarter foot propellers, a five cylinder engine burning a pint per hour, weighs 640 pounds, and starts on wheels as Herman forecasts a 35 yard takeoff. He claims the steering device enables progress even in a 30 mile breeze and believes he has solved the aerial problem.
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Wright Brothers
Otto Herman
Providence
R. L
Wright
Curtiss
Herman
Elected In a Belfry Amid Ancient Brightlingsea Custom
The Brightlingsea parish church ceremony elected Arthur Lucas as mayor succeeding Rev Arthur Pett?e. Six mariners who married Brightlingsea women were admitted freemen of the port after paying 11 pennies into the treasury.
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Brightlingsea
England
Arthur Lucas
Arthur Petwee
Bright- Magsea
Rockport Attorney Announces All-Court Practice
B F Huffman attorney at law announces will practice in all courts from his Rockport Indiana office on Main street. Office on ground floor south side Main street and over Sargents drug store at Main and Third streets.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
F.j.reinhard
Arch Stevenson Reinhard & Stevenson
Main Street
Main St
B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug
Main and
Third Streets
Occidental Hotel
Fragmentary notice from Cumberland listing address and phone
The text provides an unclear address on Fourth Street near Main with a telephone number 94 and reference to Cumberland 14. The fragmentary lines suggest a listing of an office and residence but lack full context or names.
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Krieger
Fourth Street
Main Home Telephone
Cumberland
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Leopard
Wilds
Tella
Mr. MicMillan
M’millan
Keramit
Africa
Union OF ‘Latin Republics
GY Waldon Fawcett
Senor
Enrique Creel
E. M. Swan
Mason
Swan & Mason
J. W Burns
F. A. Hearing
J.P. Burns
Burns, Hearing & Burns Lawyers
W. M. Smith, W. A. McCullough Smith & McCullough Lawyers
L. N. Savage
R. E. Roberts
Attorney-At-Law
Eva Buxton
Chase. Poole
Oklahoma
Fred B.eichling
Porum
First National Bank
Bank OF Commerce
East 4Th Street
Farmer’s Bank
D. C. Pattridge
Lwm.e. Hartley
Bath
Rob’t Lockado
A. G. Whiting
Fendrich
Evansville
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