Strange Birds and Curious Tales From a Distant Pages
A layered collection of odd events spans hawk versus crows near Seaberry Settlement New York to legends of Cape Horn’s post office and giant fossils. Reports describe a hawk killed a crow, crows avenging with fatal strikes, and a dramatic aerial battle. Additional notes cover Cape Horn mailboxes, a Mississippi fisherman’s son found dead by a catfish, and snakes in captivity. Other items recount a bear den find in India, a prehistoric ruin discovery in California, road runner snake control, mythical eruptions near Megaponte, and a mastodon jaw unearthed in Illinois.
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Bombay Anthropological Society
Sarat Chandra Mita
Jalpaiguri
Mr. Lewis
Secundra Church Mission
Mr. Mitra
Record of Montana's largest Yellow stone trout caught recently
The largest Montana trout was taken in the upper Yellowstone weighing eight pounds nine ounces. It was likely caught below the falls where larger fish are found. tributaries yield smaller specimens. Yellowstone trout diet and parasites affect growth and eating quality, with one in four fish unfit for food due to a white worm beneath the skin and a common leech.
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Montana
Yellowstone
San Francisco Examiner
Entomological Paradox of the Vine Fretter Insect
The St Louis Republic notes a paradox in the vine fretter, an arthropod that is born viviparously in spring and early summer. Newborns reproduce without distinct sex and produce offspring who later lay eggs that hatch only with warm weather. The piece hints at possible other paradoxical insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Why Trees Attract Lightning From Beech to Oak
Scientific note cites Professor Hellman statistics showing beech trees resist lightning more than pine or oak. Oil and glucose content in wood influence attraction, with oily trees more susceptible. Dead branches raise risk and acorns contain high glucose but low fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Hellman
Lia
Louis Post-Dispatch
Nation's Solons Debate Silver and Adjournment
Washington notes show expectations of a mid September adjournment if compromise on the silver issue prevails. Key figures include Hutchison, Voorhees, Bryan, and Peffer as debates and bills unfold in Senate and House with nominations and committee actions shaping the financial policy battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Peete
Est
Senate
House
Cleveland
Burrows
Michigan
Charles F. Belknap
George F. Richardson
Richardson
Hutchison
Texas
Cockrell
Voorhees
Charles H. Page
District of
Oregon
Jefferson A. Huff
Grand
Utah
Bryan
Slike
Peffer
Kansas
Manderson
Nebraska
Senan
Omaha
Neb
Bank of England
Chipman
Fibley
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Watcbings
Mississippi
Committee On Rules
Senator Voorhees
Allen
Crisp Wilson
Ways and Means
Springer
Sayers
Hreckinrides
Kenetucky
Powers
Wilson
Hooker
Cooper
Berry
Cox
Little
Bentay Morrill
The Body and Its Health Tips
An article from Cassell's Magazine summarizes Dr Negeli on yawning as natural lung exercise aiding health. It also gives dietary guidance on meal timing, digestion, and portions, stressing rest after eating, chewing well, and avoiding overeating for improved vitality and economy.
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Yawaxina
Acta
Negeli
Negceli
Berlin
Cassell
Fires Consume Block of Buildings in Texarkana
Currency condensed report notes a block of buildings burned at Texarkana Arkansas causing a loss of about 40000 dollars. Also reports a ship Kermula burned at sea, banker Kinkaid reappearing in Mound City Kansas with debts of 200000, burglars loot 84000 at Nebraska City Missouri Pacific freight office, Irish Catholic Benevolent Union meeting fixes York Pennsylvania as next gathering site, and Southern Distilling Company Dallas files chattel mortgage securing claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currencley
Taxarkana
Ark
Hark Kermula
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Valparaiso
Kinkaid
Mound City
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska City
Neb
Irish Catholic Benevolent Union
Pittsburg
York, Pa
Southern Distilling Company
Dallas
Texas
Orchid Hunter's Odd Voyage Ends in Forced Marriage
In a London Telegraph extract, M Hamelin recounts his Madagascar expedition with Mayombosa, where his guide dies in a mauling. The chief forces Hamelin to wed the widow to save his life and pledges to bar all other orchid seekers from the lands.
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M. Hamelin
Madagascar
Mayombosa
M. Mamelio
London Telegraph
Wind Power For Electric Light Potential Shown
British tests with a wind driven machine lit a flour mill using twenty seven sixteen candle power lamps and three arc lights. In Havre France a forty foot Halliday mill produced 17.8 power at a 23 feet per second wind.
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Great Britain
Raou
Havre
France
Halliday
Detroit Free Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seaberry Settlement
N. Y
South America
Veesela
Straits of Magellan
Cape Horn
Captaina
Caps Town
Oceanica
George Winey
Pearl River Swamp
Jones County
Miss
Mone
Jit
Wiley
Wan
Knox
Dasbury
Conn
Yuma
Cal
Colorado Desert
San Diego
Ferguson
H. C. Gordon
John F. Gay, Jr
Capt
Lapeyre
Galveston
Zante
Metaponte
Morea
Lare
Megaponte
Blu Springs
Leslie Vail
Lew
George Conner
Patkintenobapical Society
Turin Opera House
Sonoma
Joaquin Carrillo
California
House OF Representatives
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