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...themselves, they would doubtless have picked, as the best pigeon judge in the U. S., a precise mild-mannered expert who, unlike the rest of his breed, judged not one or two classes but about 100, or one-third of the show's total. He was Jacob Justin Keifer, only professional pigeon judge in the U. S. who knows enough about pigeons to be capable of judging any variety that exists. The No. 1 pigeon judge of the land has spent most of his 48 years cooped up in an office as a clerk in the Louisville office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pigeons In Peoria | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

Died, Joseph Warren Keifer, 96, one of the three known surviving Civil War generals,* longtime (1877-85, 1905-11) Congressman from Ohio, onetime (1881-83) Speaker of the House; of old age; in Springfield, Ohio. Educated under the regime of the late, great President Horace Mann of Antioch College, he rose to fame as a divisional commander for General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, was four times wounded. During the Spanish War. President McKinley appointed him Major General of volunteers, and he was later elected 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish War Veterans. As Speaker of the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 2, 1932 | 5/2/1932 | See Source »

...Philadelphia, last week, a Negro boy tossed a rock at Helen and Beatrice Keifer, 21 and 23 years old, white. They reprimanded him. He sulked, dashed away, told his tribe that he had been whipped. Forthwith, hulking Negresses and little pickaninnies bestirred themselves; produced knives, whips, razors; set out to reprimand the Misses Keifer. In a restaurant the Misses Keifer were finishing their evening meal. The Negresses patted their weapons, waited until their victims came upon the street. The Misses Keifer emerged, saw, sprinted. They were overtaken-whips lashed across their backs-black paws ripped their clothing, tore at their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEGROES: Street War | 11/8/1926 | See Source »

...make-up of the Yale nine which starts on its southern trip next week will be as follows: Pitchers, Fearey and Cadwalader; catchers, Keifer and Sullivan; first base, Wadsworth and Wear; second base, De Saulles and Hazen; shortstop, Camp; third base, Robson; outfied, Greenway (captain), Atkin, Wallace and Eddy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/30/1898 | See Source »

...Speaker Keifer yesterday signalized the close of his official career by appointing his nephew official stenographer of the House of Representatives, at a salary of $3750, and no work till December next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/5/1883 | See Source »

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