Buffalo Herd Declines as New York Park Plans Disposals
Reports indicate the Wichita nation buffalo herd in Oklahoma faces reduction due to planned disposal by New York Zoological Park under 1910 appropriation plans. The herd, now about 100 animals, includes 28 individuals this year with several aged cows. Public parks and state care remain key, but disease or pests threaten remaining stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Bison Society
United
Ae Herenne
States Department of Agricul
Wichita Nation Preserve
Oklahoma
Sibivon
Dixon
New York Zooligien Park
Druggists and Health Data From Early 20th Century
A fragment discusses pharmacists duties and a customer scene at a drugstore amid anecdotes. It cites 1917 death rates by disease, noting high mortality from heart and kidney conditions and rising deaths from accidents and arteriosclerosis.
Unclear Mining Strike Talk From Early Report
Fragmented OCR notes describe sick miner Elbert and others discussing a strike at Inneheon. Statements hint at government pressure and miners planning rapid action within days, while one miner remains in bed as others inspect him and debate the course of the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert
Inneheon
By Fair Means or Foul on a Yacht Club Tale
Hadley wagers Gill on a 18 nautical mile triangular race. Gill plots by foul means marooning Hadley’s Boston bulldog Cracker on Ledge Rock to ruin the contest. The rescue hinges on a dangerous return as the crew outsails toward the finish.
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Wammer
Ledge Cove
Giusanu
Ant @ etree
Hadley
Yale
Boston
Wifecton
Osteeng
Gil
Jack Ia
Eli
Inna Reef
CGH
Hadley Neally
Crekar
Gill
Cap
Tie
Transoma
Jack
Cracker
Tata
Somdrom
Mois Coe
Eothuxtaars
Yacht Club Plasen
USA
Hadiey
Ledge
Eield
Bell’s Bizarre Anatomy Prank Ends Society
Alexander Graham Bell in his youth formed a mock arts society calling members professors. He attempted an anatomy lecture on a pig with a butcher knife, causing panic before officials proved it only released internal air. The gathering disbanded after the stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Society For the Promotion
Belt
Dntity
Bell
Modern Kid In Hard Luck Faces Rising Prices
A corner tobacconist laments high costs and cuts to advertising. He recalls a time when chromes of Ethel Barrymore and Jim Jeffries appeared with packs of cigarettes, noting that today a child cannot even afford an education.
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Ethel Barrymore
Jim Jeffries
Oregon Enacts Cooperative Marketing Law for Farmers
The passage of a marketing bill in Oregon creates legal machinery for cooperative marketing associations and makes marketing agreements enforceable by injunction. It clarifies that such associations may consolidate business activities while protecting members from unlawful restraint or price fixing. Five persons may form a cooperative under the law.
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Portland
California
Oregon
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Drugeiat
Walidon
Frank R. Tucker
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LYM
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