Great Hunt for Wild Beasts Prepares in India
The Washington Post notes England plans a monumental hunt against tigers and other lethal jungle creatures in India. It cites 7,587 human deaths and 90,000 cattle killed last year, with man-eating tigers, snakes, and crocodiles causing extensive losses as India readies a global hunting campaign led by Indian rulers and international sportsmen.
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England
Washington Post
Army of the Jungle
India
Nimrod
Shinar's
Ross
Government of
Himalayas
Ganges
Gree
Tiger and Jungle Wildlife Threats and Hunters Plan in India
An 1870s discussion outlines government rewards and native forces to reduce man eating tigers in India. It details tiger behavior and territories from the Himalayas to the Ganges delta, the role of foreign and native hunters, and the delta as a base near Calcutta for a staged field operation.
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Gere
Himalayas
Ganges
Leanderban
Bay of Bengal
Soonderbun
Grasshoppers Crickets and a Nerve of Steel in Shamokin
Readable natural history notes describe grouse grasshoppers in milder winters and various cricket nests. A long tale follows of Mary in Shamokin who falls into a well and is rescued, then a veteran narrator recalls Manila Bay action aboard the battleship Kearsarge and the missing battle pennant as a morale talisman.
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England
Jack Frost
Kearsarge Pennant Remembrance Narrated by Lieut Ellicott
In St Nicholas magazine Lieut J M Ellicott recalls the night before Manila battle aboard the Baltimore as he sorts personal papers and discovers a fragment of red and white bunting labeled from the Kearsarge pennant. The piece honors the ship’s duel with the Alabama and traces a token gifted by the daughter of a former comrade.
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Admiral Winslow
Tropics
Manila Bay
Baltimore
Olympia
Manila
J. M. Ellicott
St. Nicholas
United States
Kearsarge
Alabama
Baby Lions Go to bed at Washington Zoo
Baby lions at the Washington zoo enjoy outdoor quarters but resist closing time. Keepers use a hose to gently dampen the kittens and guide them to the inner cage, where the three heads disappear from view. The keeper notes the lions dislike water and uses humane methods to usher them to their beds.
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Washington Zoo
Quails Fattened by Morning Illusion in London
A London paper describes quails kept in a cellar lit by electric light. Each dawn they wake as if morning arrives and eat again, a loop repeated until they fatten for market. Birds reportedly repeat the breakfast ritual up to six times in a single afternoon.
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London
Does He Really Deserve It
A San Francisco doctor is to be honored by the French academy of medicine for discovering a new disease. The opinion argues against rewarding disease discovery, stating there are already too many ailments and criticizing the idea.
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Chicago Record-Herald
San Francisco
French Academy of Medicine
Robins Chupes and Jenny Caretaker Writes Their Life
In a Chicago Chronicle piece, two pampered robins named Mr Chupes and Miss Jenny live five years under a kind guardian who later published a book about them. Their owner describes rescue from injury, cage life, long garden outings, and close bonds, ending with their natural deaths.
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Mr. Chupes
Miss Jenny
Robins
Chicago Chronicle
Toad
Chupes
Jenny
Helen's Quaint Idea About Flowers
In a garden Helen and her mother admire many blossoms. Helen asks what makes flowers grow and is told God made them grow. She reflects aloud that God is a sight of hand performer, expressing wonder at the natural world in simple childlike terms.
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Helen
Polly Daggett and the Vineyard Haven Liberty Pole
Polly Daggett a young patriot of Martha's Vineyard helped defend the liberty pole at Vineyard Haven in 1775. When British sailors planned to seize the pole for a mast she together with two friends bored the staff and ignited powder ending in the mast’s destruction. The incident became famed in local annals and a 1888 DAR pole replica bears a bronze tablet honoring her actions.
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Polly Daggett
Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard Haven
Polly
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cats on the Ocean Liner Ships Stir Admirer Interest
A London newspaper notes that large liners carry six to ten cats aboard, assigned to areas of the ship and recorded for rations. Some first class saloon cats have become famous on long voyages to India and Australia, with reports of cats being offered for sale and guarded against theft by staff from eager admirers.
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London
India
Australia
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Shamokin
Mary and the Well
New Jersey
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Miss Japnn
Mr. Chapel
Chapel
Canada
New York
Clever Polly Daggett
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