Partridge Harmless to Crops in U. S. Studies Say
The European gray partridge in the United States is not harmful to crops. Fall and winter feeding focuses on greens and grains with animal food only 6 percent. Young partridges eat beetles and other injurious insects. the bird is established in several western and midwestern regions.
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United States
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Island Mountain Claim as World’s Tallest Peak
A fragment cites Island Mountain in the Pacific as the world’s tallest peak rising about 2000 feet above a misty base. The text blends uncertain measurements and unclear references to the island setting.
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Island
Sunday Island
Pacific
Wale
Ambition Shapes a Person Through Desire and Greed
The excerpt argues ambition controls character by exploiting a person’s desires. It links wealth, power, and social approval to success, noting greed aids the crafty seeker. It contrasts easy gains from riches with harder rewards of friendship and respect.
Early Canadian Steamboats and Railways Describe Firsts
The piece notes the first Canadian steamboat the Accommodation running on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Montreal. It mentions early steam craft in the Maritime Provinces and the Champlain and Belt Railway line from St John to La Prairie beginning about fourteen years after North America's first steam train.
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St. Lawrence
Quebec
Montreal
Montreal Family Herald
S&s
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Champlain & Bt
Lawrence Falbway
St. John's
Richelien River
Laprairie
Yix
North America
Irish Home Rule Movement Began in 1870 Century
The term home rule for Ireland refers to a British political movement started in 1870 seeking local Irish legislation and recognition of Irish nationality within the United Kingdom.
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Ireland
Second Beat Liking I Smell Cookies
A fragment reads humorously of Bobby insisting he smells cookies and his mother admonishing him while he laments his preference. It includes stray lines about reliability and superstition and a note on body replacement over years.
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Bobby
Trace Troubled Dreams to Prehistoric Period
Prof. William M Slacht argues dreams originate from hereditary memory of primate ancestors and past life experiences. He cites monkey falls from trees and waking fright as evidence, noting Jack London in Before Adam discussed survival after waking from a feardream.
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William &. Slacht
Adam
Jack London
Pathfinder Magazine
Four Pound Potato Spawned in Cork Garden Patch
Patrick Malone of Cork Ireland grew a potato weighing four pounds in a tiny garden plot. The discovery drew local curiosity and showcased the size of homegrown produce.
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Patrick
Malone
Cork
Ireland
Beginnings of Modernism in Western Civilization
The Chiragy Tribune notes that modern times arise from changes in late medieval Europe including feudal to national states, the Protestant Reformation, overseas expansion, rise of science, disappearance of serfdom, growth of world commerce, the Renaissance in art and literature, and the invention of printing.
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Europe
Chiragy Tribune
The Island of Cloves Zanzibar and Its Pearly Perfume
The Island of Cloves Zanzibar is praised as a prolific clove center with all world supply coming from limited spots. The dried bud is harvested before flowering for commerce. flowering ruins quality and soil in Zanzibar and Pemba appears to affect Clove scent. About ten thousand tons are exported yearly, mainly to Britain.
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Zanzibar
Zansibar
Pember
Britain
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