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E. D. Moore
Once Ivory Trader, Dies
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Chester Officer of Piano Company Wrote Book On African Experiences
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Chester, June 5.--(AP.) --Ernest D. Moore, 48, former ivory trader in Africa and in recent years a piano manufacturer, died today after a heart attack.

Born in Boston into a family of ivory traders, Moore went to Africa in 1907. He entertained Theodore Roosevelt at Mombasa when the late President was there on a hunting trip.

Moore later was stationed at Zanzibar and Aden. He put some of his experiences and observations in ivory trading into a book, "Ivory, the Scourge of Africa," and numerous magazine articles.

In 1912 he returned to this country and the following year married Miss Elsie Warner of Chester. He leaves his wife and five children. 

Since his return he has been associated with Pratt-Read & Company of Deep River, piano manufacturers, as secretary and recently as vice-president.
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Mr. Moore first went to Africa in 1907 as a representative of Arnold, Cheney & Co. of New York, Ivory agents for the two largest piano key manufacturers in the country. Pratt-Read & Co. of Deep River and Comstock, Cheney & Co. of Ivoryton. During his four-year visit there, he purchased more ivory than any other trader at that time. 

While at Mombasa in Abyssinia, Mr. Moore entertained President Roosevelt. From there the trader traveled 600 miles into the interior of the Dark Continent to obtain ivory from the natives. Much of his time was spent in Zanzibar, a city bright with interesting scenes.

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Piano Manufacturer Dead in Chester
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[[caption]]ERNEST D. MOORE.[[/caption]]
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