Senator Cockrell Missed Dinner After Date Mix Up
The Denver Times reports Senator Cockrell, a Missouri statesman, was late to a cabinet dinner due to writing the date one day late in his calendar. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt waited, then jested as the mix up caused a humorous delay before dinner.
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Nator Cockrell
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitcheckth
Senator Cockrell
Mra.itchcock
Great Ear
Ras Alfting
Messanger
Denver Times
Forbidden Bathing Sparks Strict French Tourist Policing
A returning traveler recounts a French official who sternly enforces rules despite an American slipping into a shallow pond. The official demands name and address, citing no excuses as bathing is forbidden in the area. The report notes officials pursue strict discipline of tourists.
Beavers Flourish in Manitoba Under Protection Laws
Beavers in Manitoba are protected from shooting and trapping, boosting populations along the Ochre and Turtle rivers east of Dauphin. One dam is near a railway bridge at the Ochre River, drawing visitors, while some dams have flooded nearby farmland. Government officials in Winnipeg have approved dam openings but forbid disturbing the animals as beaver growth accelerates.
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Canada
Manitoba
Dauphin
Turtle River
Faymera
Winnipeg
Failed in Business Stranger Tricks Senator Bailey
When Senator Bailey was in Washington a stranger called at his hotel and left a card. Bailey briefly spoke with him and learned the visitor merely attempted to swindle him. The encounter ended with no harm and no agreement.
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Bailey
Washington
Beott-Hoozer Reflects On Hops And The Ark
In a Boston Transcript exchange Beott-Hoozer notes a small gold kangaroo on his water chain as a symbol of hops coming from the ark. Matt-Indeed asks how, and Beott replies by saying hops were taken into the ark for the race.
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Beott—Hoozer
Matt
Beott
Boston Transcript
Brazil Area Compared to Europe and US Size
Brazil covers about 3 280 006 square miles roughly matching the United States with Alaska added. It measures about five sixths of Europe and is nearly 100 times larger than its homeland Portugal.
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Brazil
United States
Alaska
Europe
The Hardships of the Prospector Biography Narrative
Frank Bell born in Wisconsin in 1849 sought mining fortune across Colorado and the Black Hills. He endured freezing nights and snow while traveling from Deadwood to Golden, then pursued ore milling at Pinos Altos and joined multiple prospecting parties toward the Florida mountains near Deming, crossing paths with several named companions.
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Frank ©. Bell
Boyes Creek
Grant County
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Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Black Hills
South Dakota
Pinos Altos
New Mexico
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Arrastra
Charles Hayes
Edward Fulton
Florida
Tree Bermavas
Bell
Hayes
Fulton
William Wray
Damas V. Coleman
Joe Oliver
Nick Bascomb
Georgetown
Edward Orr
Lon Harrington
Mimbres
Orr
Pinoe Altos
Mr. Bell
John R. Adair
Howard Felton
Jesse Baxter
Deming
Floridas
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