Intimate Glimpse Into Birddom Reveals Bird Speech Wonders
May brings back meadow lark and robin as ornithologists note birds can imitate and learn songs. Canary, bluejay, crow and other species mimic calls and even form phrases. Experiments show environment shapes song, with sparrows adopting canary tunes before returning to their own. Nesting quirks, migrations, and bird play highlighted.
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Robin Redbreast
Whippoorwill
Cuckoo
Bobwhite
Jay
Chuck
Will
Killdeer
Dicklind
Bluejay
Phe-Phay
Conradi
Clark University
America
Europe
Lories
Middies Summer Cruise At Annapolis Naval Academy
Cadets at the Naval Academy in Annapolis depart for a summer practice cruise aboard a modern cruiser after exams. They drill aboard for weeks, then rest at northern resorts before returning to Annapolis for a thirty day summer vacation, resuming studies in late August.
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Weet Point
Tnsted Brages Novel Academy
Anapolis
Adutrals
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake
Annapolis
Memories of the Past in a Cleveland Main Dealer Cabinet
A fragmentary reminiscence item notes items like square spectacles top pockets trousers Brava toed boots railroad passes curling tron heaters fancy front room curtains embroidered wall mottoes candle snuffers plush manicure sets pencisiers creton portraits plated centers diamond shirt studs mustaches jettvitual saltennines dackknives and references to Negro minstrels nightcap and family prayers linked to a Cleveland main dealer with cultural context.
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Cleveland
Bank Heist Tale From Stagecoach Era
In a Denver to Sanitary era tale a stagecoach holdup unfolds with masked robbers and a quick thinking young woman who distracts the gunman. The cashier reveals fifty one thousand dollar bills sewn in a plot to protect valuables, a plan that yields her a stock certificate worth three thousand dollars as the robbers flee.
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Denver
Sanitary
Laramie
Indy Furl
Worner
Otte
Bret
Rebbers
Pam
London Birds Notes on Pigeons in Kensington Gardens
The piece recalls Sir Digby Pigott describing wood pigeons in 18th century London as shy and residing high in trees at Kensington Gardens. Now the birds overrun the area, described as corpulent and lazy, barely moving to avoid passersby, with critiques of their feeding habits and abundance noted in the Saturday Review.
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Digby Pigott
London
Kensington Gardens
Jokes That Have Been Kicked Around Mere Grammar
A collage of humorous misstatements and wordplay from various papers lampoons on language abuse and social quirks. Lines parody misprints, malapropisms, and awkward phrasing, with quotes from Harper’s Bazaar Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago Record Herald. Names and places appear as part of the spoof.
Offer Accepted and Secret Engagement Questioned
In a brief exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Polly asks why Molly’s engagement must stay quiet and Dolly confirms the secret. The dialogue hints at fatigue and a request for a favor, with implied social pressures around secrecy and upcoming nuptials.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Polly
Molly
Dolly
Corroboration of Hokus Borrowell as Noted Artist
The statement asserts Hokus-Borrowell is a skilled artist with notable work. The speaker claims personal involvement and belief in the artist's credibility, indicating support and recognition within informal circles.
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Hokus—Borrowell
Consideration of Saphedde by Belle in Philadelphia Mecora
A fragmentary exchange cites Nell and Belle as they discuss how Saphedde is mocked or misled by a younger man. The brief dialogue hints at social tension and personal embarrassment in a Philadelphia Mecora context.
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Nell
Mr. Saphedde
Belle
Philadelphia
His Only Fault Washington Herald Comic Line
A Washington Herald quip captures a wife asking if her husband is a good man and receiving a wry answer that he is good yet sneaks out the back whenever the minister calls, highlighting a domestic humor angle.
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Gost
Chicagy Hocord-Herald
Washington Herald
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Bobolink
Cardinal Grosbeak
Peter Bird
Tom Kelly
Texas
North America
Bengal Tigers
India
Bird Kingdom
Miy
North Pole
Labrador
Atlantic
Bermudas
Gulf
Venezuela
Brazil
South America
Patagonia
Andes Mountains
Panama Country
Louisiana
Bloodgock
Shrike
Rob
AGE
Vultur
Tessie Foy Coyne
Pater
Tommie
Wen
Harper's Bazar
Bixby
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tapper
Girton Marerian
New York World
Mrury Gaste
Len Devil Courier Journal
Watson
Asiils Yong Brown
Mra. Watson
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