Roosevelt’s European tour earns universal honors and applause
Theodore Roosevelt receives royal and scholarly acclaim across Europe from kings and nobles to academies. He lectured at the Sorbonne and Oxford, sailed to London, and attended King Edward’s funeral as special ambassador, earning broad tributes before returning to New York.
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Europe
Theodore
Paris
Christiania
Berlin
Oxford
Roosevelt
William
Edward
Kaiser
University of Berlin
United States
George
Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
University of Cambridge
Kermit
Mise Ethel
New York
Roosevelts African Game Hunt and Expedition
The Roosevelt party pursued big game in Africa for the Smithsonian, with Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt collecting specimens and photographing wildlife. The 11 month expedition began in April with hunts for wildebeest and lions, followed by cheetahs, giraffes, and rhinoceroses, and included travel through Kenya Uganda the White Nile and Khartum before returning to Cairo.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
Roosevelt
Kermit
White House
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Hamburg
Naples
Major Mearns
Edmund ‘Heller
J. Alden Loring
Kapitil Plains
Alfred Pease
Thompson
Aths
Roosevelts
Theodore
George McMillan
Mount Kenia
East Africa
Uganda
White Nile
Gondokoro
Khartum
Cairo
Egypt
Roosevelt Expedition Ends in Africa With Vast Wildlife Collections
The Roosevelt expedition returned from East Africa where Kermit Roosevelt served as chief photographer and hunter. Officials honored the party at every stop from the Azores to Naples while in Mombasa they were licensed to hunt. They collected mammals near 4 897, birds about 4 000, reptiles and batrachians around 2 000, and fishes near 500, with anthropological materials and shells also gathered for the Smithsonian Institution.
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Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Kermit
Atlantic
Hamburg
Azores
Gibraltar
Naples
Mombasa
Roosevelt
William
Messina
Victor Emmanuel
Jackson
Roosevelts
Italy
Siithsenam
Keller
Loring
Doctor Mearns
Mearns
Heller
British East
Reee Sanaa Sre
Ave DT Ooi
Messrs
Cuninghbame
Kermit Roosevelt
Major Ross
Senda
Nairobi
Brown liquid hints at old boarding house cue
A fragment notes a brown liquid in a cup and references a landlady and a boarder, implying a scene in a boarding house with distant Greek allusions. The text hints at past residents and a casual judgment of tastes.
Hair loss cured by Cuticura soap and ointment
An elderly woman praises Cuticura for stopping her eczema and hair loss after doctors failed. Her niece suggested the products and within six months the itching and hair loss ceased, leaving a full head of hair. A second wearer recalls feet itching and cracking easing after using Cuticura through cold winters.
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Ellsworth Dunham
Hiram, Me
Minister to China and Pleasant Pellets Advertise Side Health
A fragment discusses a minister traveling to China and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver relief. The ad style hints at soothing remedies with easy to take granules and no griping side effects.
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Dr. Pierce
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Itaily
Venice
Riviera
Mr. Roosevelt
Vienna -and
Budapest
Sorbonne
France
Brussels
Amsterdam
Copenthagen
Christiana
Fairbanks
Rome
Vatican
Eternal City
Minis
Ter
Merry del Val
Mar. Fairbanks
Underwood & Underwood
N.Y
Col. Roosevelt
Austria
Underwood& Underwond
THE
China
Ostetter
Iuleiver
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