Guadalupe Island Fur Seals and Elephant Seals Endangered
The National Geographic report details Guadalupe Island off Lower California as an isolated oceanic habitat with extinct fur seal herds and a vanishing elephant seal population. It notes 1800s hunting driven extinction, rediscoveries, and the island’s dramatic lava landscapes and ecological loss since 1875.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Lower
California
Guadalupe
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Pribilof Islands
Alaska
United States
Antarctic
Edward Palmer
Puzzling Answers to a Century of Trivia Questions
A reader asks twenty factual prompts spanning history science and culture. Topics include verbena’s value, Shoshone Falls state, France’s patriotic song and author, Old Tippecanoe, Civil War command, rationalism, Army-Navy winner, Little Lord Fauntleroy author, Supreme Court justices count, Federal Council founding, a renowned American story writer married to a physician, Yellowstone’s location, a leading American portraitist who died in 1925, last year’s NL MVP, Erie Canal opening year, secession states and years, physics definition, the vireo bird and its virtue, chief justice salary, and the start of the astronomical day.
Fragmentary list yields scattered historical names and facts
A diverse OCR fragment mentions dates, places, and persons including Sequoyah, Franklin Pierce, Sarah Bernhardt, Izaak Walton, and May 8 1816. It also notes objects and places such as Whistler’s portrait in Luxembourg, Salt Lake, and a plant of the Sun dew family found in Carolina, with figures like fifteen thousand dollars and 104 200 000.
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Sequoyah
Whistler
Luxembourg
Paris
Salt Lake
Izaak Walton
North
South Carolina
William M. Jardine
Kansas
Younger Indians Turn From Faith of Fathers
Dr. Truman Michelson of the Smithsonian Ethnology Bureau notes Fox Indians of Iowa shifted from solemn rites to amusement, while the younger generation embraces schooling. Once resistant to education, the tribe now pursues formal schooling and participates in state agricultural fairs alongside white farmers.
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Iowa
Truman Michelson
Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology
Doctor Michelson
Shaw Quote on Poverty and Wealth Urges Focus on Inequality
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union excerpt quotes George Bernard Shaw urging readers to ignore social questions and address the core issue of poverty. He argues that the real problem of the poor is poverty itself and that the problem of the rich is uselessness.
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George Bernard Shaw
Cauliflower Dishes and Pineapple Centerpiece Recipes
A collection of home cooking notes covers cauliflower preparations with buttered crumbs and sour cream, tomato sauce canning steps, lemon prune pie with meringue, maraschino cheese sandwiches, ham with sour cream, chaumiere salad dressing, and Hawaiian pineapple dishes including pineapple salad and fritters with a pineapple based sauce.
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Chaumiere
Monkey Swinging Becomes Child’s Preference in Outlook Note
A superintendent asks if every child wants to be an angel and a reader replies that they would rather be a monkey and swing by a tail. The quote reflects a child’s candid alternative to idealized roles in a 19th century Outlook item.
Doctor Pierce and His Favorite Prescription
Dr. R. V. Pierce, a physician who sought to aid humanity, left a lasting record through his medical study and herb knowledge. His Favorite Prescription, a herbal tonic and tablet form, is promoted as relief for women troubled by regular or irregular pains, nervousness, dizziness, headaches, or backache.
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R. V. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lnfornia Islands
South
California Island
France
United States Supreme Court
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Yellowstone National Park
America
Joseph Hopkinson
Franklin Pierce
B. C
Frank Lockhart
Sarah Bernhardt
Seattle
Cabinet
Western Newspaper Union
Ipso Coe Ys
Oakland
Nebr
Anglo-American Drug Co
Nent
Fulton Street
New York
Boschee
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury
N. J
Scholl
Park Laboratory
San Antonio
Texas
Leonard
Leoward, Inc
Fifth Ave
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