The Vanishing Buffalo Returns to Modern Herds
The essay traces bison recovery in the United States and Canada from near extinction to about 25,000 animals today under government and American Bison Society protection. It notes wild Yellowstone herds, national parks, and the plan for a Great Plains National Monument. It contrasts bison with true buffalo, detailing habitats, size, and domestication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
America
New World
Yellowstone National Park
Victor H. Cahalane
American Bison Society
Europe
North America
Caucasus
Russia
Lithuania
Old World
Americas
Africa
Australia
South America
Platt National Park
Oklahoma
Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado National Monument
Great Plains
National Park Service
Great Plains National Monument
Cahalane
How Would You Like to Be a Bat Boy
A historical column describes bat boys as hands on team helpers with long hours and big tips, plus a primer on bat making from ash wood. It notes proximity to major teams matters and provides anecdotes from former bat boys and players like Eddie Collins and Babe Ruth. It also includes a quirky Q&A and a classroom misprint about a first grade girl who thought she "exploded into the second grade."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Eddie Collins
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Jimmie Fox
Billie Herman
Bill Terry
Paul Waner
Mel Ott
Mickey Cochrane
Patch of Vegetable Puzzles 1 Hidden Garden Veggies
Puzzle Pete hides three vegetables in a rebus with anagram rows PEG PREENS REP RAKE TO CHI RAP US SAGA LETTUCE. The center word LETTUCE, plus clues for fondle, father form, armitice, and frozen water point to garden vegetables. Find all four vegetables embedded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puzzle Pete
Peg Preens
Pete
Legends of People and Animals on the Moon Across Cultures
The piece surveys moon legends from American European, Prairie, Norse, New Zealand, and Indian traditions. It connects moon figures such as the Man in the Moon woodcutter, an old woman weaving, a rescued toad, Mani and earth children, and a self sacrificing rabbit to lunar lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Coyote
Biver Fox
Mani
New Zealand
India
New York
Venezuela
Water games and backyard fun ideas for summer
The piece suggests including Wilma or William in activities but notes some dislike them. It offers safe water games like swimming to marks and tricks, plus tandem swimming. It lists backyard games such as giant checkers, clock golf, croquet, shuffleboard, and brain teasers like the Lie Game to entertain groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma
William
Puzzles and Riddles List with Homonym Clues
Answers to Puzzles include VEGETABLE REBUS items Potatoes onions Eggplant Pumpkin with options yogurt pirogue barracuda vervain scallion cornè lian kinglet tarantula palomino manx merino magenta whippet paprika cassowary. Riddles cover dandelion and tiger lily boar hear sighs and great guns as clues.
Young listener in Kalamazoo hears future classics on Phil concert
Billy Thompson, nine, sends a dollar to the New York Philharmonic after enjoying a CBS radio broadcast. James Fassett recalls his own nine year old music hunger and notes plans for Billy to hear Beethoven Emperor Concerto, Brahms concertos, Rubinstein Tschaikovsky, and future Philharmonic performances led by Bruno Walter with Flagstad and other stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Philharmonic Symphony
James Fassett
CBS
The
Philharmonic
Fassett
Billy Thompson
Kalamazoo
Mich
Philharmonic Symphony
Billy
Leominster
Mass
Clifford Curzon
Rudolf Serkin
Robert Casadesus
Artur Rubinstein
Tschaikovsky
Myra Hess
Schumann
Heifetz
Milstein
Francescatti
Brahms
Bruno Walter
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Monteverdi
Orfeo
Strauss
Salome
Metropolitan Opera
Kirsten Flagstad
Wagner
Wesendonck
Kalamazoo, Mich
Games With Words Puzzle Answers
Two options per item with correct nets. Mark correct choices by drawing lines. Ten correct answers yield an average rating.
Banyan Tree Wonders Across Indian Regions
The banyan tree is among the world’s most remarkable. It grows chiefly in India and sends out long branches that root on contact with the ground to form new trees. Some trees cover seven acres and provide shade for thousands. Its fruit and bark have noted uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
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Egypt
China
Italy
Gascony
Hungary
South
Central
Asia
Tibet
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Lele
Joey Sasso
Marian P. Stevens
Rita F. Dewey
Jene
Wall Iles
Punch Mae
Twe
Mee Nares
Areo
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