Prairie Dogs Slain in Lincoln Park Mystery
Lincoln park officials face a new prairie dog restock after nine rats exterminated a 48 colony. A tunnel and a bush entry enabled rats to raid the pit, leaving skeletal remains and a noted winter rations share. Parks officials plan stronger safeguards for future captives. The story links rats to broader urban wildlife conflicts and historic rodent legends.
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Prairie Dog Pit
Hegenbeck
Hamelin
Bingen
Rhine
Italy and Allies Face Economic War and Possible Shifts
A three year outlook questions the value of Italy's triple alliance as it risks being squeezed by rivals. A shift toward an alliance with France and Spain is proposed to align political aims and form a strong economic factor in the evolving regional balance. The column combines a political forecast with humorous quips from contemporary papers.
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Spain
Italy
Rome
France
Tamales and Buzzards in Mexican life described
Alfred J. Smith of Nogales Arizona discusses two regional foci called buzzards and tamales. He notes Mexicans’ love for red peppers shaping cuisine and daily life, and a belief that pepper-saturated flesh deters buzzards from feeding on the dead in desert plains.
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United “States
Alfred J. Smith
Nogales
Ariz
Washington Star
Mexico
Arizona
California
American Soldiers Wives in War Time Lament and Praise
Mrs. A. S. Grant writes in Harpers Bazar about the endurance of army wives left to wait for news from the Philippines. She honors brave women whose sacrifices span letters, absence, and the threat of loss, and reflects on widowed, bereft, and growing sisters who bear war’s toll.
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Philippines
United States
Gorrowing
Saint Patrick's grave memorial uncovered at Diamine
The London Daily Graphic reports a seven ton granite bowlers memorial stone covering St Patrick's traditional grave in Diamine Cathedral yard. The cross is carved on the stone from Inisclothran with Patric in Irish, dating to near 469. Initiated by F J Bigger Belfast and supervised by W J Fennell Belfast.
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London Daily Graphic
Ireland
Diamine
Slievena-Largie
Inisclothran
Lough Ree
Diarmid
F. J. Bigger
Belfast
W. J. Fennell
Beer output rises in Burton despite war strains
The Burton brewing district reports increased beer production since the outbreak of hostilities. Rail logistic strain did not prevent higher volumes, with a major firm still paying Midland Railway for carriage and other breweries reporting sizable costs. Exports to South Africa are not driving the rise. one Burton firm sent only 1000 hogsheads there since the war began.
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Burton-on-Trent
Burton
Midland Company
South Africa
Her Majesty
Idol of Cowpunchers in Arizona Heroine Rhoda Riggs Leads Cowboys
Rhoda Riggs, a rancher’s daughter near Pinera canyon, led a cowhand party through Chiricahua Apache threat to rescue a prospector named J. D. Mack. After tending his wounds she rode with rifle to Fort Grant, organizing cowboys into a relief force that pursued and routed the Apaches before soldiers arrived. Arizona proclaims her a heroine.
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Rhoda Riggs
Chicago Tribune
Mvea
Pinera Canyon
Wildcat
J. D. Mack
Riggs
Rhoda
Fort Grant
Indiana
Drainage Canal Prompts Summer Outing Quip
A sallow man laments the drainage canal driving him to pricey summer plans. He quips about paying taxes, avoiding malaria from the river, and facing the lure of a nine dollars-a-day resort to escape the canal’s effect. The exchange unfolds in balmy air as sparrows nest outside.
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Inter Ocean
Drainage Commission
Hindoo famine tale to New Zealand job notes
The piece contrasts a strict vegetarian Hindoo fate under famine with the claim of abundant work in New Zealand where government backs jobs at two dollars per day. It notes a Cuban orphans fair in New York led by 80 Japanese including five girls in kimashis and remarks on rising Japanese population in the country.
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New Zealand
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