Woodcock and Wood Duck Face Extinction Threat, Call for Protection
The article warns that the woodcock and wood duck populations are collapsing due to spring and early summer shooting. It cites expert views on legal protections, describes nesting vulnerabilities from floods and early brood timing, and argues for delaying or banning hunting to preserve these game birds for future generations. It notes broader impacts on ecosystems and mentions sage grouse declines in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noribermn
Hobla
Archar 'T
Wayne
Ank
Amperican Ornithologists' Unien
Warne
South Carolina
Mousanda
Nafternamn 1
Mississippi River
Mai
United States
Union
Sidies
A. K. Ornithalas
Diaologi
Southland
Wight
Bob White
The Origin of Hospitals Through Time and Place
This article traces the history of hospitals from ancient shelters to Roman medical staff and monastic care. It notes early English records from Lanfranc in 1080 and 18th century London and Irish developments, highlighting public and special hospitals and the strong public support for hospital expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lanfranc
Canterbury
London
Ireland
Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Belfast
Study of Birds Exhibit at Springfield Park
In Springfield Massachusetts an educational park feature offers a bird display in aviaries ponds and other places to let children study the habits of the little brothers of the air at close range.
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Springfield
Mass
Avilaries
Widow seeks adopted son of fortune in Missouri
A wealthy widow near St Joseph, valued at about 100000, seeks a farmed son to inherit her fortune on death. Humane officer William Ziemendorff has received roughly 5000 applications from young men across North America, many with photos and hair samples. Most applicants are farmers or claim farm experience, while others list varied occupations or none. The widow plans to select after thorough inquiries, possibly taking a year, and will not respond to applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Anternes
Jyithin
William A. Ziemendorfh
Humane
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Montreal
Canada
St. Louis
Ziemendorff
America
Oldest Weather Man in the United States
Washington based Dennis Wovigan of the United States Naval Observatory is described as perhaps the oldest weather observer in the United States with 51 years of service. Starting under President Buchanan in 1857, he tracked temperature, barometric pressure, cloud type, and wind direction, enduring night shifts since the 1860s while working with famed naval officers and scientists.
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Washington
Dennis Wovigan
United States Naval Observatory
United States
Weather Bureau
Morigan
Buchanan
Ife
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Old Observatory
M. F Maury
Maury
Gillis
Davis
Sands
Rodgers
Rowan
Shufelat
Franklin
Belknap
Pythian
McNair
C. H. Davis
Chester
Profs
Wall
Newcombe
Harkness
Eastman
Frisby and
Skinner
Chicks Hatch Deaf in Pittsburg Roundhouse Box
In a Pittsburgh roundhouse, a workman left two dozen eggs in an abandoned toolbox beneath steam pipes. The heat reached 103 degrees, yielding 14 sootied chicks in three weeks, followed by 26 more shyly healthy birds. All discovered chicks are deaf.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Camera as a Tombstone from Cape Town Tale
Cape Times reports a traveler’s tale from Portuguese West Africa about a hand camera left on a tomb. Hyenas steal it and natives recover it, believing the camera is part of the white man’s burial rites and that vengeance follows its loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Cape Times
Great Egg Eater Challenge Roars Across Regions
Montgomery champion egg eater Missouri's Gill wagers fifty dollars he can eat 42 boiled or fried eggs in one sitting. Kansas City 14 year old Helen Brown claims she can beat his feat and add extra eggs as a dessert, sparking a crossborder egg eating challenge.
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Montgomery
Louis Gill
Helen Brown
Kansas
Brown
Kansas City
Mr. Gill
Iona
Stephens
Hanover Hotel
Charley Bannenberg
Mr. Stephens
Miss Brown
Willie
Stolen Horses Painted In Fraudulent Art Scam
Detectives Miely and Carrette traced thefts of horses and wagons to Guiseppt Clementi and Guiseppi Capalo. They found a painted horse and wagon from Sales Zabn Co on Tenth street and Sixth avenue, with the animal altered to look unrecognizable. The horse’s tail was clipped mane shortened and white spots painted over its body to masquerade its identity.
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New York
Miely and
Carrette
Guiseppt Clementi
Guiseppi Capalo
Sales Zabn & Co
Tenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Miely
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Posterity
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Wooppuucck
Grouse and Quall
Eqward
Clark
American Ornithologists Phin
Joseph 4. Bowles
Mason and Dixon Line
Valens
Caesarea
Fabiola
Roosevelt
American Bison Society
Minv
Dennis Horigan Nestor
The
Missouri
Mall
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Central New Maghind
Springfeld
Hartford
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