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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
4
Neosho county faces a blackbird infestation that drives away other birds and damages fruit in Erie. Sunset flocks fill court house park trees and sudden flights resemble a black cloud. Chanute and Erie authorize residents to shoot blackbirds. Farmers seek a bounty due to widespread pest.
A Philadelphia Record article notes speculation on Japan's future policy after the mikado's death. Officers at League Island doubt a material shift toward conflict, predicting the young emperor will pursue peace and keep good relations with the United States.
The National Museum displays Mrs. George A. Custer’s gifts including a white buckskin coat worn by General Custer as a plainsman and scout. The collection also features a yellow plumed cavalry helmet and a buckskin gauntlet from 1866 to 1876, linking to the Sioux campaigns and the Little Bighorn battle where he died.
A light exchange shows a wife noting a ten year age gap with her husband while he jokes about her youthful appearance. The banter appears in a Boston Transcript clipping format.
Woman's National Weekly reports a method using melted alum to repair glass pieces with the mark invisible, offering a discreet fix for shattered or broken glassware.
In 1850 General Garibaldi sought privacy in the United States. He declined an ovation, wished to earn an honest living, and live under the American flag until he could renew the fight for liberty. He worked briefly as a candle maker on Staten Island before returning to seafaring.
A 1911 London Tit-Bits item lists storm safety tips. Warns against sheltering under trees or near buildings and hay, avoiding unfinished houses with wet scaffolds, keeping away from telegraph poles and electrical devices, and not riding bicycles or using cars during storms. Also cautions about umbrellas, fishing rods, and guns due to metallic projections attracting discharges.
A St Louis Republic excerpt claims a long tongue signals generosity and sociability while a short tongue marks secretiveness and clever deceit. Very thin tongues appear in failing lives and broad tongues imply craft. a vibrant tongue signals artistic temperament.
A river bed drag in southern Russia uncovered a buried forest of oaks spanning about 200 square kilometers. Trees 120 to 180 feet tall and at least 18 inches in diameter remain perfectly preserved with colors from dark brown to pale rose. About 150000 ancient oaks have been turned over to cabinet makers.
A father and son visited the circus where the boy, after seeing the street parade, was drawn to the calliope. He inspected the boiler heated instrument and watched the operator pound out tunes, exclaiming that the music was hot.
William Allen White writes to the Southwestern Lumbermen's association at Kansas City warning that centralized mail order retail threatens the American country town. He argues home town trade preserves institutions, neighborliness, and economic balance, while unchecked mail order houses could destroy towns and worsen social contrasts.
A writer on civic beauty argues insect eating birds decline in cities but improves, praising the English sparrow for its entomological value while noting the robin’s charm. The piece cautions about cats harming birds and suggests banning them to protect urban avifauna.
Chief Engineer Goodrich of the New York Department of Highways proposes double decking Forty second Street between Fifth and Lexington Avenue. The plan aims to separate traffic and double street capacity on a corridor already among the busiest in the world as modern tall offices rise and downtown congestion worsens.
The Oak Park Citizens' club executive committee formed a bureau to list vacant village lots for rent as flower gardens. The aim is to transform weed patches into beautified public spaces.
Mary Dawson is tied to KVEGHEN ABINET in a brief local item with unclear context and a fragmentary note. The readable text centers on a namesake association and a single line reference. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
Practical domestic tips cover washing lace curtains in cold water then borax, rinsing silk stockings, keeping cheese and plum pudding moist with paraffin, using a garden trowel for ice cream, and toothpicks to secure stuffed fowl. Also included are pastry tips, beets peeling, coffee in gravy for color, azalea care, soap on nails, thread storage, and thread gauge guidance for buttonholes.
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