Anecdotes On Animals And A Bishop's Berry Tale
A collection of short items covers a retriever tale of maternal instinct with two drowned Aberdeen puppies found by Maggie the dog, a tiger cub raised by camp terriers, and a thief restrained by the tigress. Also recounted is Bishop Berry’s youthful berry quip and notes on the candle nut native to Pacific islands and its uses in food, ink, and tattooing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tims
Aberdeen
Maggie
India
Ihain
Jhim
Pacific Islands
Hawaii
Europe
M. de la Condamine
Peru
America
Amazon
Scallop Cocktail With Tabasco Opens Aged Palette
The scallop cocktail is baked in cups and served hot with Tabasco sauce ketchup pickles Indian relish and lime juice. Garnished with celery it provokes appetite and is eaten with a fork rather than picked up.
Deer Hero Lightfoot Saves Boy From Snake
In a Kentucky farm tale, a fawn named Lightfoot uses a deer’s instinct to attack a six-foot copperhead to save Jim, the farm boy and pet keeper, after the boy is found in danger beside a snake in a grotto. The deer vaults into the snake, paws together, ripping through scales as the reptile writhes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon
Lightfoot
Jim
Ip Jim
Catesby
Jin
Copperhead Grotto
Willie
J. C. Sintes
Globe
St. Louis
Mr. Sintes
Hotel Grunewald
Bowling Green
Louisiana
Glenring
Grotto
Jite Jim
Ccopperhead
Sweets From Refuse Attracts Mill Waste To Candy
A cotton mill waste becomes the base for popular jujubes or pastilles. Used pickers from looms, with wire teeth, are cleaned and processed into a candy confections. The refined hide and grease are removed, sugar colored, and the product marketed to sweet lovers.
Wearing of Mourning and What It Means Today
A column discusses mourning practices declining over decades, arguing outward garb is less meaningful than inner grief. It contrasts modern attire with deeper loss, notes children once dressing in black, and advocates restraint and patience over ostentatious displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Clever Household Device and Artful Waterproofing Tips
A fragment describes a clever ironing aid with a wooden handle assembly and emery paper aiding crease removal, plus a homemade waterproofing method for garments using clam powder and sugar of sand in soft water. A drifting poem reflects twilight, waves, and solitary thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Pollahes
Four Million Year Old Animals Found in South Dakota
A South Dakota expedition led by Albert Thomson secured complete skeletons of prehistoric beasts including the toxolophodon and related antelope-like species. The finds, destined for the New York Natural History Museum, illuminate life from the Miocene to earlier epochs as they are displayed in Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Taosnurtie
Buch
Museum of Natural History
New York
Athera
Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
Elaosaurus
Central Park
Omion
Wyoming
Montana
Matural History Museum
Nole Rollin
Natural History
Walter Granger
Washlake Hawn
Albert Thomnson
Dir
Matthews
Earkent
New York Museum
Also Mentioned on This Page
INTER
Mountain
H. H. Gunderson
Pub
Hulett
Crook County
Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Australia
J. W. Gregory
Rhodesia
Lowestoft
England
Blackpool
Wales
Johannen Mulfer
Greece
Ge Eelyn
New Haven
Hing
Dlap
Jimmy
Colla
Mr. Catenby
Rascal
Cho
Mimaela
HIST
Teddy
Foightin
Agint
Kentucky
Jas
Kelly
Jowi
C. C. McCabe
South Dakota Plains
Abstauinor
Houdlek
Jerry Amit
Hibluse
Tom and
Jerry
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