Rocky Mountain Herbarium Hosts Wyoming Plant Legacy
The Wyoming University Herbarium holds a vast Rocky Mountain plant collection led by Prof. Aven Nelson. Since 1887 he has organized expeditions across Wyoming Colorado Utah and nearby states gathering thousands of specimens including Yellowstone Park material. The herbarium collaborates with other institutions and has exchanged or received many specimens two thousand in sixteen months.
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University of Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Western America
Aven Nelson
Rocky Mountain
University of Wy- Cumbing
Nelson
University
Wyoming
Colorado
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Nevada
Montana
Idaho
Yellowstone Park
Laramie
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Royal Herbarium
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India
Cabinet Members Named in Wilson Administration
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan heads the cabinet with William Gibbs McAdoo as Treasury secretary and Lindley M. Garrison named War secretary. James Mc Reynolds is Attorney General and Albert Burleson Postmaster General. Franklin K. Lane leads Interior, David A. Houston Agriculture, William C. Redfield Commerce, and William I. Wilson Labor.
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William Jennings Bryan
State Department
Treasury
Wr. G. McAdoo
New York
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
James McReynolds
Tennessee
Albert Burleson
Texas
Navy
Josephus Danilds
North Carolina
Franklin K. Lane
California
David A. Houston
Missouri
Commerce
William C. Redfield
Wm. I. Wilson
Pennsylvania
University Plant Exchange Supports Field Work
The university collects duplicate plant specimens with type set kept for the university collection and the other sets sold or exchanged. Funds from these actions finance ongoing field research efforts.
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University
Not Much Real Difference in Society Notes and Hidden Will Tale
A reader compares city society gossip in Gomip of Society notes with the Goshkonong Gazette items showing similar life events of the wealthy. The piece shifts to a London mystery about a hidden will sought by a woman from Gunnerebury, tied to a bricked up wall in a shed and the long-closed cellar of a historic house in Bradley Fold near Holton.
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Tobe Snagg
Gomip
Goshkononk Gazette
Mee
Thibald Postlethwalt Golden Gawhe
T. Livermore Golden Gawta
Lorda Watt Golden-Gawhe
Italy
Whillereline
Apra Hens
Ralph Slicer
Hunkayuok
Jomber
London
Suffragist Farewell Dinner Touts Unlikely Birth Strength Debate
Mrs Pathick Lawrence, the Boghah suffragist, speaks in New York about a controversial claim by Professor Dantan that girl babies are stronger than boy babies. The comment draws laughter and refers to women facing mock predicaments, including a humorous boot shop moment about choosing the correct boot and a stocking hole.
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Pathick Lawrence
New York
Dantan
Frenchman's Bong Collection Sparks Courtroom Jest
A quirky French official faces mockery over a personal songbook during public duties. The dialogue turns on lighthearted jests about his policies and personality as colleagues sing affectionate tunes at a formal dinner, drawing amused scrutiny.
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Blague
Indignant exchange over wakeful bells and rules
Dialog shows Josiah confronts Mandy about a loud disturbance at the front bell. Mandy asserts a strict no-north, no-south, no-east, no-west rule known by all, while Josiah questions how the rule was applied and who understood it. The scene captures tensions around authority and conformity.
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Josiah
Sim Saale
Hard Life of Balkan Women Amid War and Winter
The article describes the Balkan women as bearing the hardest burden during wartime. It notes wives and mothers support families, tend flocks, and endure harsh winters while male rulers wage conflict. It cites Serbia as a rare place where women take part in life events, and mentions arranged weddings sometimes end with brides abducted to the church.
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Balkan
Turkey
Balkans
Europe
Usnually
Balkone
Servia
Fog delays work as farmer slips from thatching task
A country yokel recalls working under dense fog that halted field tasks. While repairing a roof stack he begins thatching but slips and falls as the fog lifts, losing balance and tumbling to the ground. No serious injuries are reported.
Lister and Harvey Compared as Medical Pioneers
A London Lancet issue highlights Lister’s growing influence on antiseptic methods after surgical procedures, paralleling Harvey’s validation of blood circulation. The piece notes cautious respect for new theories and warns against reckless imitation of operative practices.
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London
Lancet
Lister
Harvey
Eiett
Came to Tone on Diet and Health Advice
The passage presents an archaic dialogue urging moderation in eating and drinking to preserve health. It references weight, longevity, and a dramatic miscalculation tied to a costly rewritment, while noting a grim tally of deaths in a framed caution.
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Yio
Sidney Swith
New Preacher Briefly Addresses Dinner Plan
A garbled note mentions a preacher named Tommy and a dinner with a coat cost of 700 pepes. It hints at a pledge that he would not eat free lunch for two weeks, with unclear local context and missing details.
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Tommy
Ants Use Compass-Lold Body Orientation in Algeria
A French naturalist M Cornett reports in La Nature that ants navigate by fixing their body angle on the outward trip. On returning they reverse direction precisely, acting like a compass needle. If moved, they lose their way, but when left undisturbed they resume a straight return path from the outward voyage.
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M Cornett
Algeria
la Nature
Fragmented Sun Day School Tale and Odd Dialogues
An unclear relic from a periodical recounts a superintendent questioning a class about a weapon used in a tale. A child mistakenly answers with a humorous misphrasing and a brief, comic exchange follows. The text then shifts to disjointed moralistic anecdotes and a plea for memory preservation.
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