When America’s Wild Life Was Abundant and Vanishing
The article traces North America's rich mammal life before mass settlement, noting vast buffalo, elk, caribou, and deer herds, extensive sea mammals, and a thriving fur trade. It contrasts ancient abundance with rapid declines in the last century due to hunting, farming, and commercial demand, and mentions fossil warns from asphalt pits near Los Angeles showing extinct fauna and possible origins of local legends like the thunderbird.
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North America
Africa
Arctic
Weat
New World
United States
Canada
Greenland
America
Allouez
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Perrot
Manitoulin Island
Lake Huron
Chao Po
Allke
California
North Pacific
Great Plaine
West
Los Angeles
Calif
Alaska
Bering Straits
Rocky Mountain
Quantrill the Guerrilla a Notorious Frontiersman
The piece chronicles William C. Quantrill alias Charley Hart a notorious outlaw and guerrilla leader. From canal Dover Maryland to Kansas Missouri border warfare Quantrill leads raids and killings culminating in the Lawrence massacre. He dies in 1865 after a fugitive career ending in an unmarked grave with bones later found.
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Quantrill
Illiam C. Quantridil
Charley Hart
Ed Hart
Outlaw
Guerrila
Canal Dover
Maryland
Ohio
Mendota
Iia
Paola
Kan
Utah
Lawrence
Kansas
Missouri
Jim
Richmond
Holt
Grand River
Quantril
Confederacy
Kentucky
Lee
Edwin Terrill
Bloomsfield
Milbeary
Louisville
Leeter
Colby
Baby's Handicap Called the too much Child by Women’s Home Companion
The piece argues that an only child bears excessive training anxiety and scrutiny, labeling the child as overburdened by interference and observation as described by Women’s Home Companion.
Britain Drops Oak Growth Slowdown in Reforestation
British plan emphasizes faster growing species as oak saplings prove too slow. Larch replaces oak for fence posts with a 12 year lifespan, while elm backs interior work but rots when exposed. Beech poplar and sycamore unsuitable for fencing due to rapid decay. spruce and silver fir fare little better.
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Great Britain
Collins
Poiret Recounts Theatre of Fashion in New York
Paris dressmaker Paul Poiret recalls a stark incident in his New York shop where a mannequin showcased dinner gowns to a middle aged couple. The mannequin, tall and alluring, aroused the wife’s jealousy as she nudged her husband and whispered. George muttered that she never looked like that.
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Paul Poiret
Paris
New York
George
Economic shifts at Bowdoin College in 1835 bills
Records from Bowdoin College in 1835 show tuition for one year at 24 dollars, room at 16 dollars, commons at 40 dollars, incidental charges at 10 dollars, and small expenses for wood lights and supplies at 10 dollars, totaling under 200 dollars. The documents reveal rising costs and details of undergraduate living.
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Irunawick
Maine
Bowdein College
Bowdol
Boy’s claim of torn pants confounds mother’s tale
Five year old Robert brings into the house the seat of his play overall torn away. His mother accuses him of climbing causing the damage. Robert denies it and insists he did not climb. He finally confesses he tore the pants when coming down.
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Robert
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Snow-White Clothes
Advertisement notes that true blue results from Red Cross Ball Blue, claiming snowy-white clothes will be achieved and visible, with all good grocers carrying the product.
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Red Cross
Adv
One's Enough Blinks in Jestful Exchange on Wives
A humorous exchange questions how a man copes with many wives. Jinks jokes that he does not envy Solomon for having a thousand wives to trouble him, implying the count is excessive.
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Solomon
Community chest debate fuels quiet tensions
A fragment hints at local concerns over a community fund and its management. Residents weigh claims of transparency as discussions surface about who benefits and how funds are allocated.
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Black
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