Zoo Feeds Snakes with Nonliving Prey After Protests
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports that after reader protests against live pigeons, the zoo will substitute freshly killed prey for snakes. Curators in New York say skilled presentation can fool snakes into believing food is alive, and some snakes may go long periods without eating. The piece notes humans accept feeding practices while condemning the slaughter of animals by others.
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Zoo
Post-Dispatch
New York Zoo
Zoological Gardens
Lords of Creation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Simple Device That Revolutionized Music
The article credits Hawaiian youth Joseph Kekuku, a Kamehameha student, with inventing steel guitar playing in 1893 by placing metal on the fingerboard. The technique created a new twang, spreading from Hawaii to the world as a major musical innovation.
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Joseph Kekuku
Kamehameha School
Islands
Hawaii
Congo
Piping Hot Dishes Bring Meals to Life at Country Boarding House
A city woman recalls summer meals served piping hot at a country boarding house. She contrasts truly piping hot dishes with merely warm plates from maids, noting the impact on digestion and sociability. The piece highlights coal stoves and the challenge of keeping vegetables hot, yet when meals arrive steaming in a whiting covered dish, the dining experience feels hearty and communal.
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Springfield Union
Sargent and the House Painter On Piecework Banter
A humorous exchange features Sargent and a house painter joking about painting a barn a village a castle and a river then a mountain with quick strokes and a lightning bolt quip. The painter notes brisk trade while Sargent laughs at the coincidence of their similar lines of work.
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Sargent
Gota
Bird's-eye Maple: Scarce Wood Across Regions and Markets
The article describes valued bird's-eye maple with a wavy grain from Newfoundland to the Great Lakes and Nebraska to Kansas. It explains a parasitic swelling forming eye-like patterns, which do not harm the wood and may increase value. The wood is scarce and sought after.
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Newfoundland
Georgian
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Kansas
Forest Service
Sevenfold Misfortune
A Jersey City trolley overheard dialogue suggests a string of mishaps for Professor Isaacs who was once fluent in seven languages and is now said to be struck dumb.
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Jersey City
Professor Isaacs
Elm Grove Sickness and Social Notices in One Week
This week in Elm Grove records illness across the community with several families listed as sick including Mr. and Mrs. Ree and Mrs. Hurt. Visits occur among local households and church services shown as scheduled but weather and illness prompted cancellations.
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J. E. Hurt
Sunny
Dan Hurt
Dennis McGilothin
F. A. Ferrell
W. A
Indiana
J. K. Bingham
Beatty
W. W. Smith
Brother Scott
B. M. Payne
I. T. Hurt
Fort Worth couple Sisemores visit Proctor home
Mr and Mrs Sisemore of Fort Worth visited Proctor last Thursday. He works as a lineman for the Frisco Telegraph Company, reading with ease. They travel between Fort Worth and Brownwood, but she stays in Proctor during winter.
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Proctor
Sisemore
Ft. Worth
Brownwood
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Fly
Doctors recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or curb grippe and sore throat. The purified calomel tablet provides cleansing effects with only mild side effects, followed by a refreshed morning. A family packet with directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
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Ona
Smoker
Blindman’s Buff
Chucks
Texas Power & Light Co
Frisco
Fort Worth
G. W. Jessup
Comanche
Texas
Jessup
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Barry Bros
Home Abstract & Title Company
B. L. Stewart
Comanche Co
P. O
Comanche, Texas
F. W. Bradshaw
Atwoods
N. W
EF. R. Green
D.C
Texas Chiropractic College
Backstrom
Jackson
North Side Square
Comanche Poultry Farm
Peapany
Singer Sewing Machine
Singer
Chas. Withers
North Side
E. L. Wallace
Clyde
Agent Pierce Petroleum Corporation
Y. W. Holmes
Masonic
J. M. Cochran
F. & M. Bank
Tom J. Cunningham
Eastland County
Justice Courts
Eastland
Burks and Son
L. B. Thomas M. D
Paris Smith
the Powder Puff Beauty Shop
Marcel
D. C. Thrasher
P. A. Pettit
Comanche, Theas
Fleming
Jessup & Allcorn
Mattress Factory
Elkin
Tio
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