Miss Mary Gaunt's 1500 Mile African Journey Ends in London
Author Miss Mary Gaunt recalls eight months trekking tropical Africa with 700 miles in a hammock. She describes scenes on the Gold Coast and Ashanti, encounters with natives, danger on the Volta barge, and travels through Togoland and the German north to Labolabo and Eveto mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gaunt
London
Africa
Gold Coast
Togoland
Svunyani
Abanti
Timbuctoo
Ashanti
Shade
Angameda
Umbrella Squirrels Sighted on Garybrooke Road
Two gray squirrels were seen crossing the Garybrooke road with umbrellas over their heads to stay dry, near William Rockefeller's property. Irving Revere later produced a dead gray squirrel and explained cabbage leaves used as improvised cloaks after the long rain, noting gardens suffered cabbage theft.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Garybrooke Road
William Rockefeller
Irving Revere
Revere
Hungary Sees 1911 Maize Crop 30 Percent Below 1910
Hungary's maize crop for 1911 is projected to be 30 percent lower than 1910, according to Adalbert Serenyi, Hungary's minister of agriculture. The estimate reflects official county forecasts from Budapest.
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Hungary
Budapest
Adalbert Serenyi
Wireless courtship wins Indianapolis man French fiancée
An Indianapolis manufacturer James Guy Haugh wooed Miss Marguerite Castaign of France via wireless telegraphy while aboard a liner. After a string of ether messages and a New York cablegram he and Miss Castaign married aboard the French Line steamer La Bretagne and she became Mrs. Haugh the same day.
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New York
Marguerite Castaign
Jean Castaign
Jules Vernicke
James Guy Haugh
Indianapolis
France
America
Atlantic
Haugh
Castaign
Shippeard
Castaigns
Mr. Haugh
Miss Castaign
Jessie Fisher Recovers Voice After Lightning Flash
After two years without speech due to illness Miss Jessie Fisher suddenly recovered when frightened by a lightning flash and thunder. Seventeen specialists across several cities had failed to restore her voice. Her father cites constant family prayers as the cause and a large family celebration is planned.
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New Orleans
tLa
Jessie Fisher
Fog Horns May Echo Tunes From California Coast
Naval lighthouse official considers new fog horn that could play national airs or records. A test horn with a twelve mile range would be installed at Blunt's Point Angel Island to greet ships far at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William A. Moffatt
Farrallone Islands
Blunt’s Point
Angel Island
Storrs Pranks Lowell With Dinner Invite Abroad
Chicago lawyer Emory Storrs sought a dinner invitation from James Russell Lowell then minister to Britain. He falsely claimed to be a cattle inspector and jovially pressured Lowell to invite him and his American friends. Lowell complied, proving Storrs could secure the hosts invitation through persistence and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Storrs
Chicago
Great Britain
James Russell Lowell
United States
Court of St. James
Mr. Lowell
Lowell
Storrs
Europe
Rutherford B. Hayes
Joe Miller
Storra
New England
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Storrs
Mr. Depew
Mr. Sterrs
London
Hercules
Popularity of Lectures Cited by Henry North and Wendell Phillips
In New Haven the Lyceum platform flourished with lectures like Wendell Phillips The Lost Arts. John G North recalls Phillips claiming The Lost Arts had been delivered about three thousand times and that New Haven packed its music hall despite bitter weather.
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John G. North
New Haven
Mr. Phillips
Music
Wendell Phillips
Thomas Starr King
King
White Mountains
Boston
San Francisco
Two Clergymen Who Shaped Public Sentiment in War
The interview recounts Henry Ward Beecher and Starr King as influential preachers who spoke to hearts and helped preserve the Union. King urged California to stay in the Union while Beecher campaigned in Britain in 1863 to bolster support for the North, as recalled by North and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Starr, King
Theron
Massachusetts
Starr King
San Francisco
Pacific States
Union
Pacific Coast Republic
King
Mr. North
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Thos
California
Great Britain
Beecher
Confederacy
Philips
North
Birds Well Treated In Japan A Model For Farmers
A Wide World note praises Japan for valuing swallows and martins for pest control and crop protection. It describes how craftsmen and farmers protect nesting birds, even inviting nests in hotel dining rooms, to support the birds’ propagation and the nation’s agricultural interests.
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Japan
Martin
Value of Temper in Service Improvised by Voices
A humorous exchange from the Sacred Heart Review shows Mrs Millyans warning a valet of her ill temper and the valet responding cheerfully that he shares the trait, highlighting mutual gruffness in service.
Remarkable Lincoln Draft Auction Coincidence
Frederick W. Seward recalls sending Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation draft to an Albany Civil War relief fair. The draft, in Lincoln's handwriting with a cabinet-suggested interlineation, was auctioned and won by Gerrit Smith. Smith later donated it to New York, now housed in the state library.
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Gerrit Smith
State Department
Washington
Frederick W. Seward
William H. Seward
Lincoln
Johnson and Hayes
Antietam
Mr. Seward
Christian Commission
Sanitary Commission
Albany
New York
Congress
United States
John Brown
Kansas
Smith
EL de Edwards
Abstriction Question Sparks Curiosity About Niggsby
A fragmented exchange questions Niggsby's involvement with art. One speaker denies knowing the person as an art lover, prompting curiosity about the true nature of Niggsby's interests.
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Niggsby
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Maurice Hewlett
Brooklands
England
Mrs. Hewlett
Trip
Volta River
Angomeda
Labolabo
Eveto
Little Animala
St. Louis
Warren D. Fearst
E. J. Edwards
Pacific Slope
Ward Beecher
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