Monkey labor and a plantation tragedy in old Virginia
An aged narrator recalls a California partners South plantation scheme using trained monkeys to pick cotton. The monkeys outperform workers until a deadly break occurs as the ape Pythagoras deters a murderous intruder, saves the narrator, but dies from a gunshot accident. The tale ends with altered fortunes and a wary reflection on Darwinian experiment.
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Virginia
Territories
Fred
Georgia
Darkies
Fernando
Pythagoras
Peery
Monkey
Kermit Roosevelt A Roosevelts Active Athletic Youth
Kermit Roosevelt, second son of the President, is a preparatory student likely to follow Theodore Jr. to Harvard. An avid outdoorsman he hunts in the Northwest and excels as a horseman. He lends his sleeping car berth to an elderly lady and favors dogs, keeping many pets during travels between Oyster Key and Washington. He rides Wyoming, the prized White House pony Diamond’s successor, when at home.
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Kermit Roosevelt
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Kermit
Theodore, Jr
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Teddy
Northwest
Roose
Velt
Oyster Key
Washington
Diamond
Old Diamond
White House
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Upmanner
Conctra
J. A. Goodwin
Broadway
Time Honored Use for Kerosene Fire on Jewish-Rented Premises
A London fire at premises rented by Jews drew an insurance inquiry. An investigator interviewed the senior and junior partners about the blaze. The report notes the senior partner blaming an arc light on the second floor and an incandescent on the first, while the investigator concludes the cause was an Israeli in the basement.
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Buffalo
Pacific
London
Insurance Company
Life as Medicine in Fever Camps and War Time
A fragmentary verse prose describes quinine as a life giving force against disease in fever camps. It paints scenes of suffering patients with fever and malnutrition, and envisions the tiny molecules of death being fought by medicine returning life to the living.
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Mataria
Tife
Eres
Baron Rothschild Leads Medical Aid for Children
Baron Henri Rothschild, a popular banking figure in France, is celebrated for his devoted medical work with children. He provides free services and has donated substantial sums to foundations and endowments supporting children’s medical care.
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Baron Henri Rothschild
France
A Good Retriever
A gentleman owned a clever sporting dog famed for retrieving game. Poor marksman, he fired both barrels at a rabbit and heard a howl. The dog returned with a black object in its mouth and laid it at his feet. It had retrieved its own tail.
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New York City
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Ieee E the Great Home Magazine of America
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