Eider Ducks Bred on Old Man Island Maine
The Audubon Society reports one breeding site for eider ducks in the United States on Old Man Island in Cutler Maine leased by the state for wild bird protection. Capt Fred Small of Cross Island life saving station wards the colony and has helped triple the population to 75 young, aided by fishermen abstaining from shooting.
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United States
Maine
William Dutcher
New York City
National Association of Audubon Societies
Dutcher
Old Man Island
Cutler
Cross Island
Fred E. Small
Captain Small
Old Man's Island
Arthur H. Norton
Portland
Audubon Association
National Association
Fred Small
Gulls and Eiders Roost on Rocks as Capt Small Observes
Observations describe gulls resorting to cliffs and trees while eiders walk to nests. The author notes fearless behavior near boats, near an offlying ledge, with seven female eiders and a yearling seen. No nests found despite close study and interest in the birds.
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Capt. Small
It Didn’t Work And The Pin On The Floor
A tale contrasts two job seekers who drop pins to show honesty. One gets hired despite the trick, the other is told to leave after the pin leads to accusations of theft. A Pearson’s Weekly vignette ends with a comic sermon interruption about melon theft.
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Henry
Pearson's Weekly
Substitute. Jiu jitsu treatise offered as happiness guide
A librarian offers a jiu jitsu treatise as a substitute for The Art of Being Happy at Home. The exchange notes both barber and boxer can deliver an uppercut, per the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
Shouting and its role in Australian mining slang
The piece explains how early Australian gold diggers popularized shouting or buying drinks for all present. It notes that refusing a digger who had struck it red was a grave insult and cites J F Hogan on shouting as a near universal practice in public houses where everyone, friends and strangers, drank at the shouter’s expense.
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Commonwealth
J. F. Hogan
Australia
Rosetta Stone Found Near Rosetta in 1799
The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 by a French engineer officer during an excavation near Rosetta, bears inscriptions in hieroglyphic demotic and Greek. Erected 195 BC in honor of Ptolemy Epiphanes for remitting priestly dues, its value lies in providing the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Rosetta
Ptolemy Epiphanes
Marjorie the Doctor Diagnoses Dirty Hands
A playful scene from the Buffalo Commercial shows Marjorie aged three pretending to treat her sister. After a pretend medical exam the doctor declares the sister ill and informs her, You have dirty hands, as she reveals the pulse with a dismissive wrist gesture.
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Marjorie
Buffalo
The Sparrow Confession Beset by a Curse
A Boston boy rebuked for swearing is told a lie by his father about a source. The boy then sees sparrows and accuses one of the birds of revealing the curse. The exchange reveals humor and a blunt twist.
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Boston
Rostand’s Dog Story Ends With a Trick
A Paris paper recounts Edmond Rostand fearing sleeplessness after building a villa at Bayonne. Dogs barked nightly until a cunning peasant, paid with a twenty franc piece, mimicked animal sounds to quiet the dogs. Rostand then warned the police if barking resumed, calling it a dog story without a dog.
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Edmond Rostand
Bayonne
Paris
Wiiter
Rostand
Barker
Easy Hospitality and Food Abundance in Seventeenth Century Virginia
The article notes Virginia's plentiful seventeenth century food supply. Livestock, fowl, venison, seafood, fruits, nuts, and honey were abundant on plantations. Deer, ducks, geese, oysters, corn, and wild berries supported generous tables and hospitality.
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Virginia
P. A. Bruce
Bad Night For the Show
Local manager questions audience turnout and the agent explains tactics to boost trade. The exchange highlights show business struggles in tough territories and the punch line about Saturday crowds ending in a quip about shaves.
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New York World
Director’s Night Raid Flows 2,000,000 Rubles From Bank
A bank director in disguise infiltrates the vault of the Union Bank of St. Petersburg and steals 2,000,000 rubles from the bank police, who fail to intervene. He vanishes, leaving the mystery unsolved.
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Union Bank of
His Rush and insurance money and tempering knife steel
A London Mail item notes a husband rushing to the river bank after his wife drowns to obtain life insurance. The piece then shifts to a technical claim that penknives are tempered at 470 degrees, table knives at 530 degrees, and saws at 560 degrees.
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London Mail
The Strange Case of Ralph Sutherland in Catskills
In 1801 Ralph Sutherland died in the Catskills after a court ordered a peculiar sentence delaying death to age ninety nine. He kept a hangman’s noose around his neck and appeared yearly before judges to prove his crime in mind. He died alone, his neck still bound by the rope from three quarters of a century earlier.
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Catskills
Ralph Sutherland
Leeds
Sutherland
Catskill
Bar of Justice
Washington scientist's global voyage prompt for attendant
A Washington based scientist in Uncle Sam's service is described as a strict taskmaster. During a voyage with an expedition he jokes with his attendant Henry about around the world travel and losing a day, prompting the man to request a day off. The remark comes from Harper's Weekly.
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Sam
Washington
Henry
One Gift She Missed
A six year old boy Harry buys a cream puff for his sister with ten cents and eats it because it would not stay fresh for a week. The lighthearted anecdote reflects childlike generosity and practical thinking.
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Harry
Ladies' Home Journal
How Fast He Could Go Horse Trainer Quibbles Over Speed
A breeder and trainer of race horses who is well known in England recently sold a horse to an English buyer. The buyer insisted on seeing the horse run before paying, but the trainer replied that the horse cannot go faster than his word. The remark appeared in the New York Sun.
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England
New York Sun
Family Secret on a Plane Photo Reveals Hidden Smile
A little girl explains to a caller viewing a framed photo on a plane that the picture is her father, noting only she would recognize him by the distinctive smile. The exchange captures a personal moment aboard the flight as the caller discovers the identity.
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Papa
Chicago Tribune
Dodging the Water in a London Tit-Bits Jest
A humorous exchange features a tramp and a constable arguing about bathing. The tramp jokes about using a vacuum cleaner, while the constable insists on a bath, in a London Tit-Bits vignette.
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London
Common Wonder: 20 Faces Alike Among Millions
A remark on human resemblance notes that among millions of faces there can be one look alike, recalling Browne's comment on the curious similarity of people.
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Browne
Potato Diseases in 1907 and Maine Bulletin 149
Maine Experiment Station releases Bulletin 149 on potato diseases. It covers Bordeaux spraying, fungicide methods, seed potato treatment with formaldehyde gas, generation of formaldehyde gas, soil liming effects on scab, the internal brown spot pest, and red lead as an insecticide. Free copies offered to Maine residents by the station in Orono.
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Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station
Orono
How Her Life Was Saved After Snakebite
Mrs. K. M. Fisher of Dillsburg Pennsylvania recalls a copperhead bite on August 29 1906. Lacking medical help she used Sloan's Liniment which relieved pain and she credits it with saving her life. She is a mother of four and endorses the liniment in this consumer notice.
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K. M. Fisher
Box 40
Dillsbury
Sloan
A Poor Prophet But Doyle’s Schoolroom omen endures
Conan Doyle recalled a harsh headmaster scene after school ended. The master, after seven years of knowing Doyle, warned him he would never come to any god, a lifetime remark noted by Bookman.
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Conan Doyle
Thackeray
Pendennis
Doyle
Bookman
Eiders of Iceland A Bird Honored and Guarded
The eider duck near Reykjavik is raised largely on seaweed and nests for its down. It is a strong diver and independent of fish, thriving on seaweed. The birds are strictly protected and harming them is judged a crime harsher than deer poaching in Scotland.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Scotland
The Art of Food and Human Appetite
An essay-like meditation on eating, taste, and romance in life. It contrasts appetite with love of scenery and beauty, arguing that savoring flavor is a refined human achievement and part of immortality. The author cites Robert Louis Stevenson and Walt Whitman to illuminate food’s cultural significance.
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Walt Whitman
Robert Louis Stevenson
Canned Potatoes Backed for Army Navy Rations
The army and navy push advanced rations for emergencies as canned potatoes, eggs powder and dried vegetables are tested to feed fifteen thousand men. A Washington dispatch notes a hundred thousand pounds ordered and cost trials to enable market distribution.
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Army
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Washington Dispatch
Alaska
Philippines
Navy Department
Bowdoin Notes Social at Hatch and Adams Homes
George F. Card of Portland spent a few days at the home of J. R. Hatch. Thursday the cottage meeting was held at William Adams is residence with thirty six persons present.
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George F. Card
Portland
J. R. Hatch
William Adams
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