Bird Banding Aims To Track Migration By Aluminum Rings
The American Bird Banding Association formed with headquarters at the American Museum of Natural History to study wild birds by ringed aluminum bands. Over eight hundred birds were banded last year, each ring bearing instructions to notify the museum of the specimen. The system seeks data on migration distances routes and winter quarters, recognizing results will take a long time. A magazine editor offered pay to publish a manuscript under another name, but the author refused, preferring his own name to protect his wife’s share of earnings.
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American Bird Banding Association
American Museum of Natural History
Durin
American Museum
New York
Miller's Worm Powders advertised as safe for children
An advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders are a pleasant medicine for worm infestations in children. It asserts the remedy is harmless when used as directed and will quickly restore health by eradicating internal pests.
Kilbarker asks Seedmiller about college sports role
Squire Kilbarker questions the value of letting his son pursue college games and sports. Mr Seedmiller answers with a humorous remark about wearing extensive baseball and tennis attire as undergarments.
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Squire Kilbarker
Mr. Seedmiller
Poker Scene Dream Sparks Applause in Band Preview
A dream of a poker scene fuels a performer’s plan to win applause and energize a band. The anticipation centers on stage presence and audience reaction as key to success.
Analogous She insists on swimming teaches for all
A dialogue contrasts learning to swim with a fish that wants to walk on dry land. The exchange highlights differing views on skill adoption and the suitability of learning in unfamiliar environments.
Minard's Liniment Cited For Chest Injury Recovery
A Nova Scotia reader reports a fall left him unable to work and in pain, tried various liniments. One bottle of Minard's Liniment, warmed and applied to the chest, cured him completely according to Co H Collaboom of Rossway Digts Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard’s
Liniment Co
Minard
Portrait Provokes Dispute Between Mrs. Jipes and Mr. Jipes
Mrs Jipes rejects a portrait proof while Mr Jipes defends posing for the photograph. The exchange suggests domestic tension over a family portrait in a candid moment.
Woman’s Role in Machines Spurs Debate at Market
A shopper muses on progress saying men may be replaced by automatic machines but women cannot, while another person counters with the pecnograph as a possible example of technological change.
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Miss Pepper
Knox
Little Bays Smoke The Clydix Tale
A cryptic exchange hints at where young bays retreat as a smoky riddle. The dialogue suggests a peculiar locale and sly humor in a regional vernacular.
London's Champion Timekeeper Belleville Keeps Precise Greenwich Time
Miss Belleville, known as London's champion timekeeper, visits Greenwich Observatory weekly with a near perfect chronometer. The device varies only 0.1 second weekly, maintaining accuracy to fractions of a second for clients citywide. The trade follows a family lineage from the Observatory through her father and mother.
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London
Gensai
Greenwich
Miss Belleville
Metropolis
Greenwich Observatory
Miss Beleville
Observatory
The Secret of Good Health and Patent Remedies
The article extols blood quality as the key to health and urges Dr Williams Pink Pills for pale people. It cites Ellen Maude McQuodale of Harriston Ontario detailing relief from backaches rheumatism and nervousness after using the pills. It notes the pills cost 50 cents a box with six boxes for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. It also mentions new photography light using vapor tube electric lamps with mercury vapor.
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Ellen Maude McQuodale
Harriston
Ont
Dr. Williams
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Unreasonable Demand Over Return of Tepid Soup
A customer complains after being served soup that is not hot enough and scalds their thumb, insisting the kitchen made an error. The exchange centers on a returned dish and the server’s defense.
Western Canada Irrigation Association Meeting At Lethbridge
The Western Canada Irrigation Association prepares for its annual meeting in Lethbridge on August 5 6 and 7 with expected large attendance and sessions. Invitations have been sent to top agricultural leaders in Canada and the United States. Premiers and ministers of agriculture are invited to participate, with strong British Columbia representation anticipated and Sir Richard McBrides possibly in attendance.
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Western Canada Irrigation Association
Lethbridge
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Richard McBrids
Price Allison
Finance
Agriculture
W. RR. Ross
Saskatchewan
Walter Scott
W. RR
Motherwrell
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promises Relief for Eye Ailments
An old advertisement offers Marine Eye Remedy for red weak watery eyes and granulated lids. It claims soothing eye pain and lists liquid and salve forms sold by the Marine Fee Remedy Co of Chicago with related eye care products and free eye books by mail.
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Marine Fee Remedy Co
Chicago
Pigtail Reform and Chinese Politics Aboard by Sir Alfred Turner
Sir Alfred Turner recounts his China trip noting Chinese officials aim to modernize and curb opium. Yuanshi Kai meets in the palace amid youth of parliament and a shift toward non pigtail attire. He advocates colonization plans for British North Borneo with migrant grants and support.
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China
Sir Alfred Turner
England
East
Sir Alfred
New Republic
West Ridgeway
Yuanshi-Ka
Alfred
Yuan-shi-Kai
Train passenger and boy misread Oshkosh stop tale
An elderly matron travelling to Wisconsin dozes in a train car seat near the middle while a young boy sits ahead. The brakeman announces the approaching station and sneezes. The woman wakes abruptly asking, Where are we Bobby.
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Wisconsin
Bobby
Oshkosh
Origin of the crescent and the Vienna loaf tale
The crescent’s origin is Christian, used by Byzantines and the Western church, adopted by Turks after Constantinople’s fall in 1453. The Viennese crescent bread story dates to the 16th century siege of Vienna, when underground bakehouses near the walls sounded alarms as mines neared completion.
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Constantinople
Vienna
Why Mantelpiece Clocks Stop Working
A clock maker explains mantelpiece clocks stop because they must be perfectly level. If tilted, they run fast or slow and people adjust by moving the hands, eventually jamming the mechanism. Watches and travel clocks differ and work in any position, so they are relied on more than ornamental mantelpieces.
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McClary
Oil for the Farmer
A bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil in the farmhouse would save many trips to the doctor. It helps children with colds and croap and adults with pains and aches, and there are directions for its use on sick cattle. There should always be a bottle in the house.
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Thomas
Customs officials face travel pressures in big nations
Mr. Loeb of New York customs notes that a large country attracts skeptical tourists, recalling a Montenegro frontier incident where an impatient automobilist told officers to “shut up the trunks” and warned they were “only a spot.” The anecdote illustrates tensions in cross border travel.
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Loeb
New York
Montenegro
Indian Chief Recounting Trade Tales At Oklahoma Inquiry
Reverend lectures class on sin and self regulation while a joke about a faulty watch lands with students. Green McCurtain notes white traders outwit Indians and likens bargaining to diamonds. Two pale faces hunted in my camp, then a trading tale ends with deaths and a joke about a boss.
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Green McCurtain
Choctaws
Chief McCurtain
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Bill
Sam
Dea
Bright Kind Ms Rales Mrs Ranlee Smartest Woman in Town
Percival recalls Mildred telling him his mother forbids staying past eleven while he plans for nine. The exchange highlights neighborhood chatter about Mrs Rales Ranlee and the town’s social dynamics.
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Ms. Rales
Ranlee
U S Cement Production Reaches A New High
Official figures show United States cement production last year at 83,851,191 barrels, a new high and up 3,309,000 barrels from the prior year.
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United States
Dictionary Lesson Earns Procrastination Lesson at Debacle
A comic exchange in a train car features Mr. Erastus Pinkley insisting on procrastination while the conductor challenges him. The passage ends with a clerk asking for a dictionary to verify the meaning of procrastinate.
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de Nax
Erastus Pinkley
Willie Jones Runs Away From Home After Haircut Incident
The report notes Willie Jones has run away from home following a cubist haircut given by his mother. No further details on location or motive are provided.
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Willie Jones
Photograph Purchases and a Bearded Auto-Worker’s Quip
A sympathetic woman buys a photo and asks about a worker named Harry who reveals he has spent 16 of his 50 years in bed. He jokes that his problem is a regular habit of sleeping eight hours daily, despite appearing strong.
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Harry
Aviator and Miss Sweetums Dialogue on Stage Ambition
The Aviator explains six months of training to operate the plane and asks Miss Sweetums about her pins. She replies Arica and wonders why he wants the stage. He says the theatrical business will be dull for months and suggests she enter manicure work to find a rich husband.
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Miss Sweetums
Arica
Blood in Spring Weakens Nerves and Organs
The article notes that springtime blood is thin and watery, causing nerves to starve and organs to lose their ability to perform their natural functions. The discussion frames spring physiology as a period of diminished bodily efficiency and health challenges.
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Consolidated Bicycle & Motor Co., Limited
Notre Dame
Pletely
Pason
Snap Company, Linhico
Pigtail
Hether
Tme
Canada Cement
Canada Cement Company Limited
Montreal
Eddy
Eddy’s
Percival
Mildred
Dr. Chase
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