Causes Which Led to the Extinction of the Mammoth
G Frederick Wright outlines multiple factors in the mammoth extinction. Evidence from a Gasconade county skeleton suggests human involvement, but climatic warming after the last ice age likely drove the species to scarce resources. Migration habits and storms in Arctic regions may have trapped mammoths, while small predators and environmental changes compounded the decline.
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G.prederick Wright, A.M
Ll.d
Koch
St. Louis
Journal of Science
Gasconade County
Schmidt
St. Petersburg
South Africa
Alaska
Robert Bell
Arctic Ocean
Michigan Town Happenings In One Column
Grand Rapids principal warns juniors over wall numerals and banners. Muskegon lures Brunswick Balke Collender piano plant with a 3000 bonus. Tecumseh sells Anthony Fence Works to American Wire & Fence. Plus health, divorce, coroner verdicts, theft probes, obituaries, and notes from Pontiac Lansing Reed City Grand Rapids Cadillac Saginaw Port Huron Traverse City Ann Arbor Menominee and Marshall.
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Grand Rapids
Davis
edCentral High School
Muskegon
Rietdyk
Charles H. Kimball
Robinson
Chicago
Adrian
Tecumseh
Anthony Fence Works
American Wire & Fence Company
P. W. A. Fitzsimmons
E. R. Mead
Pontiac
Orton
Monroe
Marshall
Louis Wood
Port Huron
George Thompson
Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Railway
Lansing
Louis John
John
Reed City
Reed City High School
Congregational Church
Lucy Sloane
Mount Pleasant State Normal
Michael Zaeotzki
Sand Creek
Devore
Cadillac
Fred A. Diggins
National Hardwood Lumber Dealers‘ Association
Louisville
Saginaw
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exposition
St. Clair County Pioneer Society
Algonac
Traverse City
State Tax Commission
Twiss
Ann Arbor
William Alaby
William Kline
North Farmington
Menominee
The
Knights of Pythias of the
Upper Peninsula
A. W. Blom
Chicago Art Institute
Ezra Winters
Fred Hewitt
Trinity Episcopal Church
New York City
Blackwell's Island
Riverside Hospital
Hewitt
St. Thomas’ Church
Detroit
Rajputana in India Through Charms of Old and New Ways
A traveler describes Rajputana around Baroda and Udaipur, contrasting ancient chivalry with modern changes. He notes the plains, temples, and fortresses, the reverent ritual of a royal procession, and the Rajput ruler who preserves traditional faith and sword craft while keeping time with his own pace and customs.
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Baroda
J. Ramsay Macdonald
India
Rajputana
Hhanker
Chitor
Udaipur
Calcutta
Wanted Turkey as Emblem in Rostand Play
The article discusses Rostand's Chantecler with Miss Maude Adams in the title role as an allegory of France symbolized by the rooster. It contrasts the cock with the eagle as national emblems and cites Franklin’s preference for a American turkey. It notes the appendix's paradoxical usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostand
Maude Adams
France
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Turkey
Chicago Daily News
Pont iac church merger drama and debt risk in Michigan
Michigan brief outlines church split over amalgamation of First and Oakland Avenue Methodist congregations in Pontiac and possible debt impact. Also reports on Northville school savings bank closure with deposits by kindergarten to high school groups, Cartercar company expansion plans, drowning near Cedar Spring, a runaway injury in Hastings, northern Michigan white slave warning, Nettie Bush resort robbery, Muskegon obituary, Leland fence clash, Fort St Joseph marker project, fishing party fines, Port Huron bankers’ convention, and a seven foot skeleton found in Alpena.
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Northville
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Pontiac
Cartercar Company
Cedar Spring
Hastings
Rose Colgrove
Lady Maccabee
Sherman House
Schermerhorn Lake
Muskegon
Charles C. Chenyr
Traverse City
Anna
Josephine
May Drake
Leland
Drube
Niles
Niles Club
Fort St. Joseph
St. Joseph River
Albert Maynard
Lake Township
John Crook
Platte Township
Fred Bailey
George Esch
Lake Michigan
Port Huron
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Georgian Bay
Ubts City
Alpena
Oldfield Street
Doctor's Experience Says Coffee Harms Health
A patient recounts nervous prostration from coffee use and credits Postum with restored health. After quitting coffee, the man gained weight, improved sleep, and recovered strength within weeks. his children likewise stopped coffee and grew healthier. He mentions reading The Road to Wellville and cites “There's a reason.”
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Postum
Wellville
Tomas
The Rude Visitor at the Golf Club
In summer, a short secretary faced a long driving visitor who dropped balls near him. He protested, but the visitor replied that cutting the grass would reveal the secretary’s presence.
Casey at the Jet
Dialogue notes Casey’s alleged self harm asphyxiation attempt. McGinnis questions details while O’Reilly cites Casey lighting gas jets and waiting. The remark about dead cats and pump handle polish appears as a sardonic aside.
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Casey
McGinnis
O'Reilly
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Ungava Bay
Siberia
Joseph B. Bowles
Motimioth
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Oakland Avenue
Oakland
Mary L Remington
Eighberry St. Gilroy
Cal
Doan
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Yeo
Henpeck
Andrew Carregie
Margaret Morrison
Pittsburg
Boulevard Des Italiens
Jules
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