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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
7
An Fulton orchardist accuses robins of ruining cherry blossoms and hearts, but a Jobo Burroughs society member says birds only remove defective fruit and aid in pest control. He notes sparrows nest among trees and that cherries remain plentiful overall in Oregon.
An observation cited by a New Orleans Times-Democrat reader challenges the belief that blacks eat more than whites. The witness, prompted by Senator Anse McLaurin, notes blacks in regular meals eat about a third less than white men, though admits the generalization may be premature.
A New York Times interview with a stylish hatter reveals customers argue over hat ventilation. Some demand perforated crowns while others avoid holes entirely, with advocates claiming no vents safeguard comfort and color retention though some fear baldness later.
The old Lincoln homestead near Edgeville Kentucky, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, faces sale by court order following a bankruptcy case. A. W. Linforth, trustee, seeks to set aside a prior sale of the farm to David Crear by Alfred W. Dennette. The historic log cabin and birthplace marker have a storied history, with artifacts moved to the Buffalo Exposition and later to New York City.
A Utah bill introduces a Yearly Health Day on the first Monday of October requiring all buildings to be cleaned and disinfected. City and county authorities must enforce it under a $50 penalty for noncompliance. Rep. William E. White promotes the measure as a disease prevention and sanitary education effort.
Travelers in the Connecticut valley may see acres covered with white cheesecloth nine feet high on posts and wires. Sumatra tobacco thrives under these tents while the US Department of Agriculture tests the system. Seed is federal, cultivation supervised, farmers bear costs and gain profits. A hail storm last July showed shade canopies shield crops. Shade cost ranges from 260 to 360 dollars per acre.
A Kansas railway engineer petitions to ride faster than sixty five miles an hour to outpace a taunting jack rabbit. The story blends odd local notes with a Bronx real estate item detailing a 44 square inch parcel valued at 200 dollars and a curious medical device claiming to revive conscious victims by rhythmic tongue traction.
Paris discovers that Russian maker Ruchomowski is behind cherished curios misidentified as antiques. M Reitingler, related to financier Cat tani, owned four pieces now exposed as his works. A noted display in the Ruchomowski collection features a tiny gold human skeleton about three inches tall, drawn to scrutiny by magnifying lenses.
A three year accord between the Millinery Merchants' Protective association of New York and the Audubon Society pledges milliners to abstain from importing manufacturing purchasing or selling gulls terns grebes humming birds and song birds. The Audubon Society will work to prevent illegal wardens interference with the trade and will oppose legislation restricting sale of fancy feathers from domestic fowl or plumage of foreign birds not specifically named.
The Indianapolis pastor Dr J Cumming Smith urged Saturday half holidays as necessary and warned that denying them would make Sunday baseball violations a minor crime. He argued that business must be secondary to humanity and outdoor exercise is essential for good men amid labor in shops and factories. A Paris police chief announced a 20 year service medal for rural and municipal police, silver with Minerva head, ribboned tri color. In Kansas a 200000 acre cattle ranch in western Kansas was purchased by Indian and Ohio capitalists to raise polled Angus cattle.
A Memphis Scimitar item describes a newly married couple renting a suburban house. They garden together and watch beans emerge from the soil. The husband, noting the beans seem to sprout in reverse order, decides to uproot and replant them to ensure proper germination.
The Enkimion possess the most remarkable place of worship a gealakin church with a light frame tent of 18 by 19 feet used for Gun cay services. Eskimos once tested lore by a dog proof tabernacle after a harsh winter left only the frame. Smithsonian ethnologists report Pilipinca veins show blood of varied races, noted by Scientific American.
Professors Panichi and Tizzoni report to the Academy of Sciences of Bologna that they found the pneumonia bacillus and that rabbit serum can destroy it. The Vienna daily credits Dr. Margorek with tuberculosis serum shown to help several patients, supported by Vienna professors Schroetter and Weichselbaum who deem the claim plausible though unproven.
In Colyton Devon England the embalmed bodies of Mrs Jenny Kingdon who died forty years ago and her daughter in law Mrs Sarah Jane Gibbs Kingdon who died fifteen years ago were interred side by side before a large townspeople crowd. Mr Harry de Spencer Kingdon recently died and his mother and wife were found embalmed in the house and greenhouse respectively. He had built a mausoleum with three sarcophagi for himself wife and mother. his own burial did not take place there.
Dr Arthur MacDonald of the United States Bureau of Education reports in Congress that over the last 30 to 40 years crime suicide insanity and other abnormalities have risen relative to population. He cites rapid global development and increased consumption of refined foods and alcohol as possible factors, noting higher rates in educated northern central and western states and urging further study. He links civilization's pace with nervous strain and suggests technology and wealth may contribute to social ills while stressing no definitive cause yet established.
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