Roosevelt African Expedition Gathered Vast Specimens
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit led an eleven month East Africa hunt and collection mission for the Smithsonian. Major Mearns, Edward Heller, and J Alden Loring prepared thousands of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish specimens while touring Mount Kenya and Nile regions.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
Roosevelt
Kermit
White House
New York
Hamburg
Naples
Major Mearns
Edmund Heller
J. Alden Loring
East Africa
George McMillan
Jura
Mount Kenia
Uganda
White Nile
Gondokoro
Sirdar
Khartum
Cairo
Egypt
Roosevelts
Italy
Heller
Loring
Doctor Mearns
Mr. Loring
Mr. Heller
Mearns
Mombasa
British East Africa
Roosevelt in Africa Expedition Timeline Highlights
The account traces Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt in Africa, detailing arrivals in Mombasa and Naples, honors from officials, hunting licenses to kill lions, and the first African hunt at Kapitil plains. It notes companions Cuninghame and Tarleton, and scientific collecting by Mearns, with anthropological materials and plant specimens also gathered.
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Atlantic
Hamburg
Moreofter
Azores
Gibraltar
Naples
Mombasa
Roosevelt
William
Messina
Victor Emmanuel
Kermit
Jackson
Totat
Doctor Mearns
Messrs. Cuninghame
Kermit Roosevelt
M’nyumnez
Makangarri
Mearns
Major Ross
Nairobi
Lure of Alchemy Old as the World Itself
In New York the lure of alchemy endures as Charles C. Dickinson, a banker and Wall Street figure, dies while backing a Scranton experiment to produce a process resembling transmutation. The piece recounts historic alchemists and famous hoaxes, noting skepticism from scientists and citing Dr. F. W. Lange’s claim of increasing silver yields from a matrix and fluxes amid mixed reviews.
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York
Hermes Trismegistus
Charles C. Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company
Wall Street
Mr. Dickinson
Scranton
Dickinson
F. W. Lange
Lange
New York
Charles Johnson
George Minear
Fairfield
Iowa
William Ramsey
William
Science
Sir William
Paracelsus
England
Palestine
Dubois
Louis XIII
France
Cardinal Richellieu
Pellew
Charles E. Pellew
Columbia University
Hermatic Society
Botticher
Augustus the Strong
Saxony
China
Europe
Augustus
Doctor Lange
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
United States Mint
Wallace
University of Pennsylvania
Well Supplied Benevolent Lady to Showgirl
A dialogue excerpt shows a showgirl explaining she has homes with both of her stepparents and is welcome at either place. The exchange underscores themes of family and belonging in a social setting.
Farmer's Guide to Efficient Dairy and Packaging
Practical advice for dairy farming covering cow selection and feeding, cleanliness, milk production cost tracking, and packaging. Emphasizes consistent milking order, proper packing weight, and cool milk storage before creamery delivery. Recommends ensilage as cheaper forage and careful market-oriented packaging standards.
Improved Type of Stanchion for Cow Stalls
A Missouri Valley Farmer writer describes an enhanced barn stanchion design. The system uses a loose yoke with a socket bottom and a latch to release the cow if she lies down, with dimensions and materials specified for bottom sill, upper sill, and yoke pieces.
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Missouri Valley Farmer
Dutch Tones and Portrait Bargain Stir Millerstown
In Millerstown Louisa Weimer and her mother face language and class barriers as a traveling portrait agent hawks a 98 cent crayon portrait sale. The scene highlights cultural tension between English speaking hosts and a German household and ends with the agent noting details for a potential sale.
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Louissa Weimer
Louisa
Mrs. Weimer
Mary Kuhn
Mary
Louis
Mrs Weimer
Preventing Cow Kicks During Milking
Louie A. Hall of Stiles Idaho explains in Missouri Valley Farmer a method to stop cow kicking during milking by tying a rope or strap around the body passing in front of the udder and over the root of the tail. The tight restraint lets the cow stand on all four feet but prevents kicking.
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Idaho Dairyman
Louie A. Hall
Stiles
Idaho
Missouri Valley Farmer
Twenty three acres yield cheap silage at NJ station
A field of corn after rye planted June 1 with cow peas drilled between rows at first cultivation produced 214.8 tons of silage at the New Jersey experiment station. The total cost was 3.51 dollars per ton stored in the silo.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
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Stereograph
Underwood
Cuninghame
Duboils
Doctor Price
George III
George
Caligula
Diocletian
Raymond Lully
Lullius
Edward I
London
Venice
Spartagorosus
The
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Dairy Notes
Ev Opel
J. B. Lippincott Co
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