Rare Birds on Laysan Island Face Extinction Risk
The Pacific island group 900 miles from Honolulu hosts hundreds of thousands of birds across six species unique to Laysan. The Laysan teal, miller bird, honey eater, rail, finch, and albatross are threatened by fishing and plunder, though protection by the Department of Agriculture's Hawaiian Islands Reservation continues.
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Washington
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
United States Department of Agriculture
Hawaiian Islands
Thetis
Laysan Island
United States
Bureau of Biological Survey
Laysan
Biological Survey
Ocean Or Cure Island
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Lysianski Or Pell Island
Mary Reef
Dowsett Reef
Gardiner Island
Two Brothers Reef
French Frigate Shoal
Necker Island
Frost Shoal
Bird Island
Invents Typewriter on Which to Write Music
Wichita composer H. P. Flauth claims a flat roller typewriter that writes music on a staff with 185 characters. He spent over eighteen years developing the invention in Kansas.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
H. P. Flauth
Flauth
Children as Bail Succeeds in Colorado Riot Case
Five women among those arrested after a riot in Pueblo where Mayor Studzinski was battered by steel workers. Husbands offered their children as bond collateral. one man tried to use his three kids but was refused. Women released on $1000 cash bond by the strike committee. The clash followed a bid to reopen Minnequa steel mills, with Austrian women stoning entrants.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Mike Studzinski
Minnequa
Death by high heels in Pittsburgh elevator incident
Mrs. C Steffler aged 42 died in North Park apartments when her high heeled shoe caught between an elevator car and floor. Elevator operator John Gibson attempted to assist after a phone call but she was crushed between the moving cage and wall during the descent.
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Pittsburgh
C. Steffler
North Park
East North Avenue
Steffler
John Gibson
Russian jewels sold via Holland trade report
The Lenine government in Russia is said to traffic confiscated diamonds through Germany to Holland markets. Handelsblad reports a communist council member Lisser of Amsterdam offered the czar's diamonds for sale amid a world finance blockade.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Lenine
Russia
Germany
Handelsblad
Lisser
Amsterdam Council
Arctic Cache of McClintock Found After Fifty Years
Vilhjalmur Stefansson's son uncovered Sir Leopold McClintock's Arctic cache on Melville Island dating to 1853. Items including clothing and food were remarkably preserved, with documents and a tablet found and discussed by Captain Bernier from the 1908-09 Arctic voyage.
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New York
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Leopold McClintock
Intrepid
Arctic
John Franklin
Melville Island
Sir John Franklin
Stefansson
McClintock
Arectic
Joseph E. Bernier
Dealy Island
Kellett
Bernier
Parry’s Rock
Arctic Archipelago
H. M. S. Resolute
Henry Kellett
C. B
H. M. S. V. Intrepid
F. L. McClintock
True
Depot House
Lady Franklin
Fox
Peel Sound
Regent Inlet
Bellot Strait
King William Island
Montreal Island
Boothia Peninsula
Franklin
Captain Bernier
Man stages his own funeral in Hillsboro farewell
James H. Houser, 75, invited friends to a mock funeral at a church and his home to celebrate living. After a minister led burial rites and they sang funeral hymns including Nearer My God to Thee, Houser read his own obituary.
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Hillsboro
James H
Houser
Hair Part and Neighborly Wisdom Change a Marriage
In a village tale, Sarah Melthorpe clashes with grandmother over hair parts and Mrs. Sykes next door. Arthur’s visits spark jealousy and a misreading of Mrs. Sykes, until Grandma Melthorpe reveals the true emblems of affection. Sarah learns to judge less and be a partner to Arthur.
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McClure
Sarah Melthorpe
Arthur Allen
Grandmother Melthorpe
Sarah
Grannie
Arthur
Mrs. Sykes
Mr. Allen
Sykes Front Steps
Artie
Grandma Melthorpe
Grandma
Mr. Sykes
Sykes
Trade goats for diamond: Robinson’s first gem tale
Sir J B Robinson, the South African millionaire, recalls finding a diamond in 1869 while crossing the Vaal. A prospector's offer of 50 or 60 dollars failed, and the man demanded twenty goats instead. Robinson bought the goats for 37.50 dollars to obtain his first diamond.
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J. B. Robinson
London
Vaal
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Balzac and Mme Hanska A Storied Passion
The famed writer Balzac fell in love with Mme Hanska through her letters and pursued her despite obstacles. They met in 1833, she endured years of longing, and after her husband’s death they wed. Balzac died two months after their marriage, and she outlived him by thirty two years.
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Mme
Hanska
Balzac
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Madame
Habit of Overeating Damages Digestion and Vitality
The article warns that habitual overeating starts pleasant but becomes hard to break. It compares the body to a house, saying adding excess food clogs the system like piling bricks where not needed. Excess food lowers vitality, dampens life, and leads to dyspepsia and a range of painful symptoms.
Phrasing of Blackbirds Echoes in Garden Song
The London Chronicle notes a West Sussex blackbird that sang the first five notes of The Campbells Are Coming last May and again this year. It praises the bird as intelligible with human-like musical intervals and a cheerful, jolly tone in its garden trolling.
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Tennyson
West Sussex
London Chronicle
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted for menopause relief
A Summit New Jersey reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from change of life symptoms including indigestion pain sleep disturbance and hot flashes. The customer shares personal success and urges others with warning signs to start the remedy.
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Summit
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Victoria Kopp
Oak Ridge Ave
Mrs. Koppl
Cascarets Promise Quick Restorative Cleanse
An old promotional note touts Cascarets as a overnight remedy for bilious liver and sluggish bowels. It claims digestion improves by morning, contrasting with harsh laxatives. The ad ends with a proverb about leadership revealing character in a company.
Boschee's Syrup Advertisement Claims Cure For Colds
An old ad states influenza deaths surpassed wartime casualties and promotes Boschee's Syrup for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It claims the product aids quiet nights and easy morning expectoration and notes it is made in America and used in homes worldwide.
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America
Gee-Whiz Pain Signals Kidney Trouble Adverts
An old newspaper ad urges readers to mail ten cents for a trial package of Anuric to treat kidney issues. It promises free medical advice from Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York and describes backache headaches dizziness and other pains linked to kidney problems.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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Department of Agriculture
Laysan Islands
Russ Reds
Prince Patrick Island
Belcher
Dora Mollan
Boschee’s
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