Federal protection of insectivorous birds urged nationwide
A 1904 report highlights $420 million in crop losses from pests and warns that insect eating birds are vanishing due to state laws. It urges federal protection for migratory birds, praising bills McLean and Weeks and urging swift congressional action this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Colorado
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
W. L. McAtee
America
Congress
Senate
Harem Customs Shake Old Turkish Morals
A New York Sun report compares sultanate life with common Turkish households noting that royal women have little standing while the Valide sultan wields power. Divorce grows as men can repudiate wives with the nekyah, leaving poorer women to seek shelter after separation.
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Imperial Palace
New York Sun
Kadin Effendi
Dence
Turkey
Constantinople
Paris
Day on Which Women Rule in Holland
The piece notes Candlemas is less observed in Holland, replaced by Slipper Day when Dutch women claim superiority over their husbands. Women rule on that day, husbands largely submit with good humor, except in cases of women seeking year-round dominance.
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Holland
England
Netherlands
Philadephlia Inquirer
Fireman Jumps to Death in Montreal Yard Collision
Ernest Woods, a fireman, leaped from the engine and was killed when a baggage car toppled on him as a Grand Trunk yard collision occurred in Montreal. Engineer Fred Lebush remained at his post and escaped death during the crash with a train from St. Albans.
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Ernest Woods
Fred Lebush
St. Albans
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Woods
Armour on money and happiness from a working man's view
J Ggaen Armour of Chicago, a multimillionaire, argues money is not the measure of happiness and that the poor can be as content as the rich. He says everyone should work, notes his father’s miner background, and rejects rich men as employees, claiming reliance on a salary undercuts worth.
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B. A. McIlhenny
Avery Island
Mr. McIlhenny
Society of Man
South
J. Ggaen Armour
Chicago
Atlantic
California
Wisconsin state board of public affairs shapes reform agenda
A Wisconsin board led by the governor and including legislators and the secretary of state has sweeping powers to study and reform state finances. It prepares departmental budgets, champions economy, and replaces multiple committees with a single body focused on efficiency and welfare.
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Wisconsin
MecCovern
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Commonwealth
State Board of Public Affairs
Assembly
Great
Badger
Helens Gould Fiancé in Rail Work
Finley J. Shepard, 45, assistant to B F Bush on Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain railroads, became engaged to Helen Gould after meeting during a 1911 operating department entry. He joined her Denver & Rio Grande inspection trip last March and plans a soon marriage arranged by Gould relatives in the east.
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Finley J. Shepard
Miss Gould
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Santa Fe
B. F. Bush
Iron Mountain Lines
Denver & Rio Grande
Mr. Shepard
President Bush
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Shepard
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Federal Protection OF Birds
New York Zoological Park
American Natural History
William T. Hornaday
Charles Scribner's Sons
Bureau of Biological Survey
Great Plains
Wilson
Mr. McAfee
Osaseee
Robin
The
Nighthawk
BOARD
Helen Gould
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