Federal protection of insectivorous birds urged by experts
The U S Department of Agriculture warns that 1904 insect pests caused $420 1 million losses and urges urgent federal protection for insectivorous birds. It notes robin, purple martin and other species are hunted as game in several states, risking crop damage and higher living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Colorado
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
W. L. McAtee
Bureau of Biological Survey
Atlantic
Great Plains
Wilson
Joan
H. A. McIlhenny
Avery Island
Mr. McIlhenny
Society of Man
South
America
Congress
Senate
Turkeys Harem Shifts From Old Style to Modern Practices
The piece describes how Turkish royal and common households diverge from Western norms, detailing the sultan’s harem with mother of the eldest son as real queen, royal princesses, and kalfas. It notes divorce rising among all classes, the nekyah as the dowry, and the impact on women from slave-born to noble, with wealth dictating freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Palace
Thema
New York Sun
Kadin Effendi
Dence
Turkey
Constantinople
Paris
Day on Which Women Rise in Dutch Folklore
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Candlemas is less observed in Holland, replaced by Slipper Day when Dutch wives claim authority over husbands. Men usually submit with good humor unless their partners pursue yearlong dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
England
Netherlands
Philadephia Inquirer
Train collision claims two lives in Montreal yards
Fireman Ernest Woods leaped from the engine and was killed as a baggage car toppled onto him after a Grand Trunk yard collision with a second engine. Engineer Fred Lebush stayed at his post and escaped. The Montreal accident involved a train from St. Albans.
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Ernest Woods
Fred Lebush
St. Albans
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Woods
Return of Morris Burton Tests Anne Graham’s Heart
Anne Graham confronts Morris Burton at a party after five years apart as rumors swirl about a wager and a second chance. Burton seeks reconciliation, but Anne rebukes him, confirming growth and mercy learned while professing a new alliance with Professor Lawson who later helps her leave with him.
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Anne Graham
Mrs. Trueblood
Morris Burton
Anne
Dr. Bliss
Morris
New York
Professor Lawson
Mr. Burton
The
McClure Newse Paper Syndicate
Emperor Helps Courtship with Chocolate and 6000 Livres
In Paris during Louis XVI’s era Emperor Joseph II visits a coffee house incognito. After a brusque start, he enjoys cordial talk at a second shop where a wealthy landlord’s daughter appears. He drafts an order on his banker for 6000 livres to secure her marriage, leaving the chocolate ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph II
Paris
Louis XVI
Object Out of Sight in Schools Drawing
A humorous school incident describes a boy who swallowed a banana during a drawing lesson featuring objects like hats and hammers. The scene shows anxiety about classroom materials used as art supplies and a pupil’s nervous explanation to a teacher about his swallowed object.
Oyster Fear Spurs Oxymorons in Local Talk
A fragile narrator recalls a shock from reading a doctor’s claim that raw oysters cause suffering. While watching an oyster opener, the reader imagines a shriek, but it proves only the knife scraping the shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wiley
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Federal Protection OF Birds
American Natural History
William T. Hornaday
Charles Scribner's Sons
Bvedeesan
the Robin
Purple Martin
Opareg
Frances A. Corey
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