President Proclaims Federal Protection for Migratory Birds
The President issues a proclamation establishing federal protections for migratory and insectivorous birds effective November 1, with the Agriculture Department enforcing nationwide rules. The plan divides the country into breeding and wintering zones and sets close seasons, open seasons, and prohibitions on hunting along major rivers and across states. The regulation includes numerous species and details regional dates across the northern and southern zones and specific states and areas.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
United Stars
Ohio River
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Kentucky
California
Oregon
Missouri
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Memphis
Missouri River
Bismarck
Nebraska City
Long Island
North Dakota
Delaware
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Florida
Georgia
Nevada
Arizona
Ithade Island
North
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Proposal to Hire More Clerks in Indian Affairs Office
A Statesman report notes Senator Lane of Oregon introduced a bill to add clerks for “firship work in the Main office” to clear up heirship piles in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The bill title was read in the Senate session, eliciting puzzled questions about Indian affairs.
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Senate
Lane
Oregon
OUP
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Final sugar industry statistics for the United States in 1909
The bulletin from the Bureau of the Census reports 281 establishments in 1909 with 24,047 workers. Beet sugar factories employed 34.9 percent, cane mills 22.1 percent, and refineries 43 percent. Beet sugar output reached 501,082 tons valued at 45,937,629 dollars. cane sugar 326,858 tons valued at 26,085,873 dollars. Farm production included 125,647 pounds cane sugar and 14,060,206 pounds maple sugar among others. Glucose output totaled 799,660,210 pounds valued at 17,922,514 dollars and 159,060,478 pounds grape sugar valued at 3,620,816 dollars.
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United States
U. S
Harris
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Beech Wood Becomes Widely Used in U S Goods
The Department of Agriculture reports beech wood from a single U S species is used in many products from wooden shoes to kitchenware and meat boards. Beech production covers the Gulf of Mexico to eastern Canada with an annual output near 500 million board feet.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
Longevity Linked to Hard Work in Lord Strathcona Tale
The story chronicles Lord Strathcona Donald Smith of Morayshire who plans to resign as Canadian high commissioner to England at ninety four. From youth, his labor and risk taking with the HBC and northwest provinces propelled Canada’s development. He drove the CPR’s last spike and credits health to constant work, saying Providence blessed his constitution and he kept busy all his life.
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Lord Strathcona
Itawa
Canada
England
Dominion
Queen Victoria
Donald Smith
Morayshire
Sealand
East Indian Service
Strathcona
Handsons Bay Company
Wild Northwest
Red River
Garnet Wolseley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pankhurst Criticizes McKenna from Ellis Island Detention
Emmeline Pankhurst, held at Ellis Island, lands in the United States after immigration approval. She tells a reporter that McKenna, Britain’s home secretary, is the chief torturer of England and a narrow minded Liberal whose refusal to grant mercy or suspend the death penalty proves liberal principles negation. She praises American democracy and the humane treatment of suffragists.
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Mra
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ellis Island
Washington
Bea Asquith
McKenna
Home Secretary
Mrs. Pankhurst
England
Wife of the Costa Rica minister’s wife in Washington
A portrait of Mme Calvo, wife of Costa Rica’s minister, detailing her large family of eight children, her role as a mother, and her stance on public life. The piece notes her shy yet animated manner and her long residence in Washington, highlighting the home as a reflection of her personality.
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Costa Rica
Washington
Mme. Calvo
Sueste
Beeuw
Madame
Senor Salvo
Senor
United States
Empire Tour for the Prince of Wales advances dawn of empire life
King George and Queen Mary plan the prince of Wales as a central figure in the empire. Next year he will lay the foundation stone of Canberra’s federal government buildings, inaugurating a tour through Canada, South Africa, and India lasting much of a year. Diplomatic circles in London see potential talks with America over a San Francisco 1915 exhibition. A New York inventor patents electric roller skates powered by storage batteries.
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George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Victoria
the Times
San Francisco
Red Hair Baneful and Superstitions Across Cultures
An old miscellany surveys red hair as a focus of prejudice from Europe to Ireland and Scotland, citing claims of treachery linked to red hair, Shakespearean allusions, and a landlord anecdote about Red Maggie Murphy. It then shifts to a tour of nature’s edible and useful trees in various regions, detailing the cow tree milk, the butter tree oils, bread tree fruit, traveler's tree water, candle tree seeds for light, the lite tree that resists fire, and the sorrowful tree that blooms only at night.
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Teutons
England
London Globe
Andrew Borden
Boke
Curtaiye
Judas
Shakespeare
Rosalind
Celia
Marston
Sweden
Asbjorn
Canute
Germany
Ireland
Scotland
Highlands
Connemara
Red Maggie Murphy
Maggie Murphy
Constabulary
Jake
Venezuela
Central
Africa
Pacific
Madagascar
South Sea Islands
Jamaica
India
Chinatown
Empire
Lake
Chad
Hig Repairs
A court record shows a justice of the peace hearing a theft case with a defendant and judge exchanging sharp dialogue. The exchange includes a quip about being an automobile and a humorous aside about domestic turmoil and a cook. The wit underscores small town court humor in the era.
Tom's Holiday Romance Ends in Tragic Disappearance
A lighthearted visit to Agnes ends with Young Tom Toots vanishing after a playful exchange with Agnes' father. The scene moves from a charming country home to a grim lie about the property line, leaving Tom unseen beyond the stone wall and river.
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Tom Toots
Agnes
Tom
Aggie
Courtroom Wit Keeps His Office Warm
A sharp lawyer joked he never deserts clients in or out of court. A visitor recalls a cent entering the office and the attorney quipping that his office is as hot as an oven because he makes his bread there.
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Gong Island
Augustus
Midnesota
M’kenna
Proerstition
Countries
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