He Enjoys the Comforts of Home in Africa Adventure
A narrator recalls a bizarre six month African safari with a Michigan host, where comforts of home collide with wild creatures. Pa and the cowboy antics lead to a chaotic breakfast, a safari chase, and a giraffe driven wild by a lariat rodeo. The party ends with a shaken, humorous farewell and a boast of kingly exploits.
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W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Michigan Mand
Africa
Chas
Hayfax
Michigan
Cowboy
Germany
South Carolina
Rica
Hin
King
Edward
Pao
Hans
Tigers
Pat Tat
Wyoming
Vervanin
Anne
Olttelde
Million Dollar Air Liner Aims New York to St Louis Route
A two million dollar airship project aims to link New York City and St Louis with a 1000 passenger craft built by Lewis Nixon on Staten Island. Backed by prominent financiers including Oscar B. Hergstrom and Arthur Lewin, the vessel uses a steel buoyancy chamber and hydrogen gas for lift, with 11 or 8 propellers for speed up to about 40 mph. Pennington, the inventor, plans automatic rudders and altitude control to enable a direct, faster air route reducing travel time between major cities.
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New York City
St Louis
Louis Nixon
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Lewis Nixon
Staten Island
Tirther
Edward J. Pennington
Oo Pennington
Nixon
Pen‘ington
Zeppelin
Pennington
Brown
Mr. Pennington
Mos
Kobe Youth Tries to Bury Himself Alive in Grave
A Kobe youth named Yamada Katsutaro paid 60 sen to a coolie to dig a grave and a bamboo pipe led to a pine coffin buried six feet deep. He hoped to starve himself to death but was discovered by a police officer and released after vowing not to attempt it again.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
Mifelde
Ming
Osity
Yamada Katsutaro
Police
Yamada
Keoyama
Country Drive in Russia Through Harsh Rural Roads
The author describes Russian horse travel as relentless and slow, with drivers forcing steady effort. The journey from Ruza over rough “through village” roads shows the worn wheels and muddy ditches that mark the countryside.
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Ruza
Ruga
Russia
Maine Fox Crop Faces Decline From Poison Bait and Drives
The Fur News notes about 75 000 Maine fox skins sold yearly with many animals killed by poisoned bait and drives known as the New Hampshire method. The piece highlights widespread hunting impact on the fox population.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Fur News
Cremation Industry Leaders United States Cremations
The United States hosts the largest number of crematories and performs more cremations than any other nation, reflecting a dominant role in global cremation practices.
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United States
NEW SECT SHUNS CLOTHING IN BERLIN FOREST COLONY
London reports a German sect forbids all clothing for sanitary and moral reasons. Followers live in a forest colony near Berlin with educated children and police tolerate enclosure. A Swiss branch exists at a lake peak. In Ohio a man jailed for drunken violence rises to insanity and damages in a separate incident.
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London
Academica
England
Berlin
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Bers
Hons
Hon
Roosevelt
Bridie
SY Lds
AIR Line
Oscar B. Hergstrom
Arthur Lewin
Standard Ol Company
James MH. Roberty
Attite
Walter G. Allison
Philadelphia
H. W. Denison
Allis Chalmers Company
George A. Taylor
John Chisman
Clarence KE. Wennett
Capitallata
T. R. White
Penning
Corpes
NEW Sect
Painesville
Rose County
Lake County
Theodore Redlar
Kirtland
Newbury State Hospital
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