Birds Killed for Fashion on Atlantic Gulls and Terns
A lengthy feature by Edward B. Clark examines fashion harming gulls and terns from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. It details market hunting, protections by federal wardens, and stories of cruelty, including a man who killed thousands for profit. It notes the Thayer fund support and the shift to moral suasion versus cash incentives in conservation.
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Edward B& Clark
American Ornithologists’ Union
Joseph B. Bowles
Atlante
Atlantic
Aan Ring Gull
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Lakes
Philadelphia
Thayer Fund
Small
California
Lake Michigan
Huron
Superior
Peruna as a catarrh remedy questioned evidence
The text questions Peruna’s effectiveness for chronic catarrh and cites the United States Dispensatory on its ingredients golden seal corydalis formosa and cedron seeds. It notes cadmium and bitter tonic actions and invites readers to request a free book of testimonials on Peruna’s use as a catarrh remedy.
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United States
Perone
J8SED CHURCH AS SCHOOLROOM TALE OF WALKING LESSON
A church sexton watches a physical culture instructor train three women to walk in church as a public lesson. The instructor vows to teach proper gait in church as part of his broader program of polite walking in public spaces. The sexton is shocked but allows the unusual lesson to proceed and remarks on returning.
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Uke
C. Minkler
Oculist Advertises by Beggar in Warsaw Street
A Warsaw oculist, facing few patients, hires a blind beggar to hold a light board displaying his name address and hours outside the Church of the Holy Cross. The busy thoroughfare draws attention and benevolent ladies drop coins, though patient numbers are not yet known to have risen.
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Warsaw
Church of the Holy Cross
English humor burlesque sketch notes Julius Caesars landing
Bull Nye joked about Julius Caesar wading ashore and walking through Regent Street, quipping an Englishman would say Nye misses the point since Regent Street did not exist in Caesar's time. The anecdote illustrates Nye's playful take on English history.
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Bull Nye
Julius Caesar
London
Regent Street
Mr. Nye
Nye
Splitting One at a Time
A chatty scene in a kitchen shows a bours wife impatiently demanding dinner while Nora, via speaking tube, explains a long pause for preparing split pea soup. Nora recounts counting peas amid humorous phonetic spellings.
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Nora
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Agricultural Department
Canada
Bureau of Animal Industry
Low
Oculist
Hzs
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