Birds in Winter: Chicago’s Feathery Survivors
An article on how various birds endure the harsh Chicago winter. It describes sparrows nesting improbably on electric light pole hoods, goldfinches hiding in oriole nests, chickadees using warm nest linings, swallows and hummingbirds departing, kinglets and jays adapting, and water birds such as long tailed ducks and golden eyes thriving on Lake Michigan. It notes human help with feeding and the role of gulls and waterfowl in cleaning the lakes.
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Ione
Chicago Avenue
North Side
Tropics
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Wola
Western Springs
Brrde
Roma
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Joe
Government
Lincoln Park
Indiana
Jackson
Lincoln Parks
Kittewalee Gulf
Fragmented wartime tale from Melabon siege report
An unclear wartime incident describes a siege near Melabon with a copper weapon and a forced breach. Reports mention a gun in the grip, a dispersal of bystanders, and a custody scene as officers examine the evidence amid a tense daylight inquiry.
Our Diplomats and Their Small Pay
Secretary of State Knox backs generous appropriations for embassies and legations to reflect U S credit abroad and cover ambassador expenses. The piece argues diplomats, paid 10000 to 12000 annually, need better support to compete with foreign counterparts and avoid restricted service due to poverty.
Uncle Sam Held Up in Fuel Purchases by Bidding System
Brigadier General J B Aleshire charges the army bidding system forces high fuel prices. He cites open market coal at 3 60 a ton versus 54 25 under bids, saving about 4000 for one vessel and projecting large yearly savings. He urges congress to grant discretionary purchasing authority as navy officials already have. He notes mule replacement by auto trucks is underway with trials in San Francisco Fort Sam Houston West Point and Manila and plans for lighter field trucks to handle 3000 pound loads over fragile bridges.
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United States
J. B. Alewhite
Army
Alshiro
Congress
Navy Department
Aleshire Eltes
Murnside
Pacific Coast
Philippines
Atlantic
Aleshire
Ciiles
San Francisco
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
West Point
N. Y
Manila
Census Shows Big Shortage of Women in the United States
A 1910 census bulletin reports 47,332,122 males and 44,400,144 females in the United States, a ratio of 106 males per 100 females. It notes men lead in most states, with only five states and the District of Columbia having more females, and explains that male mortality drives the age shift toward more females in later life.
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United States
District of Columbia
Rhodesaland
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Virginia
Georgia
Bure Pead
Damely
New England
Dead Letter Office Auctions Off Mail Items
A March sale by C O Sloan Co auctioneers offered about 10 000 packages from the Dead Letter Office of the Post Office Department. Bids began with lot No 1 containing a pair of worn items and a picture and goods ranged from cheap trinkets to jewelry. The event drew hundreds as items from envelopes to hardware and electrotypes were auctioned, with musical instruments and other curiosities listed among the lots.
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C O Sloan @ Co
Wsterme
Iwo
Peckile
Lee
Fragmented OCR Notice on Local Disorder and Curtains
A damaged OCR passage describes a chaotic scene with references to suffering people and a water issue. It mentions a remedy, alarming phrases, and partial words about curtains and a location. The readable parts suggest a public notice style, though many words are garbled.
Kid Gloved Reformers Clash With Grafter Crux
A garbled passage suggests reformers versus grafter interests, aiming to curb corrupt craft within a snarled political landscape. It hints at efforts to curb graft while highlighting the tension between reformers and entrenched interests.
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Atenwrepather
Dinner Honor Promised Within Kin Family Circle
A fragment shows Mee Subbubs inviting playful threats of kinship and a promise to host dinner in someone's honor every week, implying a lighthearted family dynamic and recurring hospitality. The dialogue hints at social bond and playful tension within the family context.
Electrified Pupils Show Rapid Growth in Arrhenius Room
In Dr Svante Arrhenius Swedish physicist room wires ran around walls and ceiling supplying alternating current to fifty pupils. After six months electrocuted students grew two inches taller while nonelectrified peers gained only about one inch. Weight, vigor and alertness differences observed.
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Svante Arrhenius
Why Man Likes Dog. Why doom a man like a dog
Suffragettes argue a man may prefer a dog for loyalty and obedience. They describe a dog as forgiving, non confrontational, and uncritical, always grateful and never demanding rights or voting, seeing the man as supreme even in late hours.
Notable Figures in Suffrage Era Raise Public Debate
A collage of names and rumors spans politics and society. Indianapolis mayor Shank faces pressure over a pledged chance for a woman suffragist to serve, while Mrs Pauline Mason of Stow revisits a will left to a sick man. Mrs Mary Hamilton Frye contemplates illustrating a Lagerlof tale for a memorial library. Rev Anna Shaw is accused of cattiness by New York suffragists for omitting Carrie Chapman Catt. Kipling, Rudyard, backs a Nathaniel Hawthorne memorial plan. A Rudyard Kipling is named vice president of the fund committee. A chaotic letter addressed to Lord Kinowe Butler arrives in Ohio. Samuel Greseman, once Navy, faces questions about a stalled engagement and a jail threat in New Hampshire.
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Anna H. Shaw
Woman's Suffrage Party of
New York
Carrie Chapman Cat
Homegremers Excursion Rates to Texas and New Mexico
The Colorado and Southern announces round trip homeseekers excursion tickets to Texas and New Mexico points during the first and third Tuesdays of each month as part of an ongoing excursion sale.
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Texas
New Mexico
Colorado and Southern Way
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