Fittest hunter Selous still vital after half century
Famed big game hunter F C Selous, famed as Africa’s leading hunter and a literary figure, remains hearty at fifty one. He recalls deadly stalks of elephants and lions, and countless close escapes that tested his endurance and skill across decades of dangerous expeditions.
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Faugh
FI. C. Selous
Africa
Alan Quartermain
Llaggard
Mr. Selous
Everf
Selous
Leviathan
Pazilion
Ly Know
Anda
Wilson’s Office Deception Over Credit Sparks Confrontation
Watson and Miss Smith confront Wilson over repeated claims of credit for ideas seen in the office. Carter arranges a meeting with Wilson present, intending to uncover the truth. Wilson feigns innocence, tries to deflect, and finally hints at Watson’s supposed arrogance as the group seeks to straighten the matter.
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Wilson
Garin
Whus Witson
Watson
Pwellet
Bantre
Carter
New York
Jones
West Point to Get New Gothic Style Military Campus
A Boston firm won a government contract plans to overhaul West Point with a grand gothic military complex. The project includes a 120 by 120 foot inner court headquarters, a tall 150 foot tower, extensive cadet barracks extensions, a monumental chapel, and a major military museum on lower floors.
Gothic Army Memorial Building Planned as Westminster Abbey
A grand complex with a 200 by 80 foot base and a 140 foot tower aims to unite exterior cut stone with an interior of stone and brick. The plan envisions a Westminster Abbey like memorial for distinguished army officers and a new academic building opposite to double classroom and lab capacity. The two structures will combine to form a prestigious, memorial and educational center.
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Westminster Abbey
Inga
Plans for East Sees Ne at York City Academy campus
The text outlines early planning for an East Sees Ne location near York City easily reached from West Point. It notes fall and winter prep to begin building in April, aims to stay within appropriation, and emphasizes landscape harmony with cliff formations. A new landing stage for boats and elevated main entrance to the reservation are planned to improve access and architectural effect.
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West Point
Military Academy
Annapolis
York City
Monumental arch and bridge plan for academy precincts
The proposal envisions a monumental arch and bridge linking the academy and river area. A central axis would host a new superintendent’s quarters with reception rooms and dignitary suites, flanked by north and south wings facing the plain and river. A battle monument and a second memorial for officers and men would balance the view, with a 600 by 120 foot riding hall, steel trusses, a corner tower, a flagstaff, and inscribed blank spaces for future names forming the focal point along the main avenue.
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Hank
Academy and
Post
Academy
Cupola Sketches and Whitelaw Reid Satire
A collage of eclectic verse sketches and a caustic Whitelaw Reid critique appears, noting a female graduate’s presumed social role and a call for higher ideals. The text shifts to humorous public discourse and a Wisconsin notice about the birth of a young son.
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Wisconsin
Lynching Frenzy Over Detective Murder Probed in Peoria
A mob rallied around Peoria Illinois on June 23 seeking to lynch Billy McCray, accused of killing Detective Murphy who had tried to arrest him. Police used a ruse with the fire department to clear the city hall and split the crowd, then secretly moved the suspect to the county jail as the mob dwindled and darkness hindered their pursuit.
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Peoria
Wil
Brietal
Sind
Billy” McCray
William F&. Murphy
Murphy
City Hall
South Bend dedicates $35,000 soldiers and sailors monument
South Bend Indiana last week hosted a dedication for a $35,000 soldiers and sailors monument in St Joseph county. The 72 foot tall granite shaft rests on a 20 by 20 foot base with a 14 foot bronze solar bearer top and four 7 foot figures. Rudolph Schwarz of Indianapolis modeled and cast the five bronze statues representing the school bearer cavalry artillery infantry and navy. The project required eight months to quarry and shape the stone. About 20,000 visitors attended the ceremony honoring the war dead.
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Whitelaw Reid
Italy
Oracle Reid
Mr. Reid
Whitelaw
Reid
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Ind
Euch
Rudolph Schwarz
Indianapolis
Austria
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Prom Mater
Makl
East Awent
Killdee
Water's Inn
Rest
Nya
Togsether
Byron
Wlliams
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