Song of the Wood Thrush and the Shrikes’ Feasts
The piece extols the wood thrush for a sweet summer song heard in city cemeteries and thickets. It contrasts the thrush with the loggerhead shrike, detailing its predatory habits, nesting behavior, and impact on other birds, plus notes on other species like the goldfinch and grosbeak and their feeding peculiarities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jin. Chapman
God's Acre
Janius Iudovicanus
Canadian
Maryland
Dearborn
Field Columbian Museum
Earth
Markind
Woman turns clever trick wins New York club election
A New York men's club chose a new president after a letter allegedly written by two women attacked the rival candidate as “meanest man.” The letter urged members to reject the wealthy manufacturer tied to local gossip, and the clerk candidate won the contest.
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New York
New York Financial Institution
Little Club
Epigrammatic Insight on Speaking and Distance
A concise reflection notes that loud talk does not guarantee farseeing understanding, suggesting wisdom lies beyond noisy assertion and emphasizing measured speech over volume. It contrasts rhetoric with true insight, implying restraint and clarity yield greater reach.
Girl Lost In Mountain Hunt Reunited With Mother Power
Thermopolis Wyoming A four year old girl wandered from a sheep camp and survived 48 hours in the mountains. Her mother Mrs J Powers led a determined search party then tracked the child to an abandoned sawmill. The pair were reunited after the mother followed a path to the child six miles from camp. Coyotes and wolves were observed nearby but did not threaten the child.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Mamma
Bse
Man Fights 300-Pound Swordfish To Save Dory Boat
Boston report recalls Anthony Dexter of the Eva and Mildred crew wrestling a 300 pound swordfish in a 12 foot dory. Dexter leaped aboard, hooked the fish, and hauled it into the boat after a frantic struggle. A tail blow knocked him into the water but he regained footing and finished the fight.
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Boston
Anthony Dexter
Eva
Mildred
Dexter
Dory
Morristown Youth Earns Carnegie Medal For Bravery
Morristown New Jersey honors Joe Gilligan an 18 year old who lost both legs and one arm in a Brooklyn trolley crash. He rescued two drowning boys Alexander Patterson and Eustace Monahan at a gravel pit pond directing another boy to help Patterson and swimming Monahan to shore despite his handicap.
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Morristown
N. J
Joe Gilligan
Brooklyn
Alexander Patterson
Eustace Monahan
Giigan
Patterson
Monohan
Gilligan
Brakeman Sacrificed Life to Avert Wreck in Paris
Paris brakeman Lawrence Friend saved scores by diverting a train onto a side track just moments before being crushed beneath the wheels. The lone engineer, a witness, cited Friend’s premonition as the day’s tragedy unfolded.
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Paris
Lawrence Friend
Friend
Trance Victim Ella McGee Faces Starvation in Hazleton
Ella McGee age 28 of Hazleton remains in a trance since the other night when she retired in good health. Her jaws are firmly set and doctors fear she may die of starvation unless she is aroused. The case attracts local physician attention.
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Hazleton
Ella McGee
Deputy Jim Delivers Prisoner by Mule and Swim
In Alabama a deputy marshal chased a bail jumper into Georgia. He wired the judge that the suspect would come, then rode in with the prisoner tied to a clothes line. The judge quipped about walking, and Jim explained part was dragged and at the Tallapoosa river the man swam.
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Alabama
John D. Fearhake
Georgia
Jim
Tallapoosa River
Two Cures of Eczema Reported by Louisville Reader
In 1884 a grandfather describes his grandchild’s eczema clearing after Cuticura. He also recounts his own severe eczema lasting a winter with sores from knee to toe, cured after using Cutienra Remedies. The letter is dated Louisville Kentucky April 23 and May 14, 1907.
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Seventh St
Louisville, Ky
Work as Grand Cure for Mankind’s Misdemeanors
Quote attributed to Carlyle on the healing power of honest work. The message emphasizes that diligent labor is the remedy for human ills and sufferings.
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Carlyle
Fragmented Minnesota Trade Snippets Highlight Local Ads
A jumble of ad like lines mentions buying dip and disinfectant and shopping pelts and wool in Minneapolis and St Paul. References to tent awnings flowers and prices appear with brands Lord Chesterfield and American Tent and Awning Co. The text ends with a quip on spinster romance.
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U.S
Eide & Pur Cou
Minneapolis
Mann
American Tent & Awning Co
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Deviltry
Grosbeak
Edward 8. Clark
American Ornithologists’ Union
Joseph B. Bowles
Mean Man
Niel
Monster Swordfish
Sailor
Funny Creature
Sycup
Fiss
Phas
Aluax
California Yrup Co
Baby
Grandfather
Lord Chesterfield
Meither & Tholines
St Paul
Minnesota
Paxton Toilet CO
Mass
Min Seo
H.S. Inmonth
Park N
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