Roosevelt’s African and European tours summary
James A. Edgerton chronicles Roosevelt’s 1909 world journey from New York to Mombasa and Nairobi then to Port Florence and Gondokoro. The piece highlights meetings with monarchs and leaders, anti race suicide advocacy, peace in Christiania, flight with the Kaiser in Germany, and a large game hunt with a final bag of seventy six specimens.
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Rome
Austria
Emperor
Kossuth
France
Christiania
Denmark
Hamlet
Germany
Holland
England
Roosevelt
Africa
Mombasa
Nairobi
America
Ixermit
R. J. Cuninghame
Edgar A. Mearns
J. Alden Loring
Edmund Heller
Smithsonian Institution
Potomac
Port Florence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Uganda
Nile
Gondokoro
Mwkhartum
Cairo
Alexandria
Colonel Roosevelt a Front Page Character in World Tour
The piece extols Theodore Roosevelt as a mighty hunter faunal naturalist college lecturer and the most distinguished private citizen. It notes his travels across Africa Europe and Asia, his encounters with kings and diplomats, his LL D from Cambridge, and says he surpasses other ex presidents in breadth of achievement. It asserts he cannot be overlooked by newspapers wherever he goes.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Europe
Smitsonian Institute
Napoleon Bonaparte
Egypt
Nile
Mombasa
Christiania
Cairo
London
New York
Hamburg
Gibraltar
Messina
Italy
Nicholas
Russia
Alfonso
Spain
Cambridge
John Bull
United States
Congress
Seven Seas
Colonel Roosevelt
South Pole
Zululand
China
Hoboken
Globe
Virgin Jungle
Pyramids
Napoleon
Front Yard Drainage Advice From The Delineator
Garden and house drainage tips describe installing copper and galvanized inlets at 30 foot intervals to catch storm water and route it to the sewer via terra cotta pipes. For sloped yards, place an inlet at the lower end to prevent wet beds while noting plants tolerate wet feet and aquatics need care.
Preserving Flowers for Crisp Color and Longevity
Long stemmed flowers laid on waxed paper to seal in sap and placed in a closed box. For extra preservation keep in a dark, cool place and open only for display to share with a friend or loved one.
Fruit Cake Baking Without a Hard Crust
The article explains baking fruit cake in pasteboard corset boxes to avoid dry crusts and scorching. Use 16 by 5 inch boxes at least two inches deep, grease lined with Manila paper, pour batter, seal with another lined sheet, and bake slowly for about five hours.
Paprika Chicken a Distinctly Hungarian Dish
The article describes a simple method for paprika chicken using a young chicken cut into joints rubbed with salt and paprika, cooked with tomatoes without water, then finished with cream and more paprika. The sauce is poured over the plated chicken for serving.
How to Crystallize Violets for a Pretty Display
An easy method to crystallize violets involves washing and separating flowers from leaves and stalks, then brushing with thin gum. Rub two lumps of sugar together over the blossoms until every part is coated, producing a pretty appearance under artificial light.
Hyomei Provides Quick Relief for Catarrh
Relief arrives in two minutes with Hyomei, promising complete care in weeks. The inhaler delivers drops of Hyomei to kill catarrh without stomach dosing, with a $1 outfit and a 50 cent extra bottle option, sold by Harvey and Company and druggists everywhere.
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Hyomei
Drug
Harvey and Company
Milona
Dress clues from a London lecture on gloves and stockings
A London lecture on clothes explains the three marks on the back of a glove arose from fourchette pieces between fingers and clips along the hand to hide seams. The clock on stockings similarly hid old cloth seams. The leather hat bow is a remnant of leather hat making with holes and string.
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London
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MR. Roosevelt
James A. Edgerton
Americ P Press Association
Underwood & Underwood
Norway
Kermit
American Press Association
Colone
Sweden
Crown Prince of
Stockholm
Ambassador Hill
Dr. Schmidt
Berlin
Minister Beaupre
The
Hargue
W.g.&b
Walh
B. VD
Low
Crawford
Sheridan
Collins
Indiana
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