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...acres on condition that he would settle thereon with sheep and shovel. Said the President: "These presents round out just what I need to be a farmer in South Dakota. ... I have been presented with a fine saddle horse and accoutrements. ... I am the possessor of a herd of cattle...
...Port-au-Prince, Haiti: "If this experiment of self-government [Haitian] fails, it is a blow to all the Negroes of the world." Said one F. E. Croly, U. S. student: "The fault is that the intelligent Negro does not feel that he is part of the common herd. The leadership of the Negro race is left too largely to ministers and bootleggers." Newspapers. Said the Amsterdam News: "The proceedings of the Pan-African Congress should be closely followed by all students of racial phenomena. . . . The Negro ... in all places is held down, in all places he is exploited...
...consisted of 20 monster locomotives, each with ten driving wheels as high as a man's head. Smaller locomotives pulled and pushed it across the continent to Los Angeles. This train constituted only a part of one order filled that year by the Baldwin works, a new herd of 50 freight movers for the Southern Pacific R.R. Hitching the monsters together and delivering them all in large groups was a publicity stroke conceived by Samuel M. Vauclain who has put on the selling end of his business a head of steam proportionate to the pressures carried by his latest...
...more swank ritual is observed by sitting in a "butt" or comfortable shelter and allowing a crescent-moon shaped line of human "beaters" to herd the game gently along until it can be flushed so as to fly directly over...
...took the usual absolute precautions to prevent tourists from entering the 4,000-acre estate. Their Royal Highnesses arrived late, but turned out of their log cabin quarters at 7 a. m. on the first morning of their visit, went before breakfast to inspect the extensive and varied livestock herd, now featured by two ponderous and potent bulls and a superb stallion, the gift of King-Emperor George...