Birds Fight to End Gull and Tern Slaughter on Coasts
The Millinery Merchants' Protective Association backs a campaign to stop sea bird shootings along the Atlantic and Great Lakes islands. Wardens funded by the Thayer fund report horrors of market hunters who tear wings and kill thousands for fashion and profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tering
Atlantic
Thayer Fund
William Dutcher
The
Amer
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Sam
United States
Philadelphia
Ican Ornithologists’ Union
Small
California
Lake Michigan
Huron
Superior
Moonlit Burglar Bust by a Poet Officer
Hadley, a self described poet with a practical bent, traps a burglar during a moonlit scene. He notices a photograph of a woman in the desk and hides the evidence as a girl calls for help and a rescue unfolds. Hadley poses as an officer and guides the burglar outside, escaping with the photograph safe in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Fradley
Pearla
Tiffany’s
Bob
Central
Alona
Knave
Benek
Western Canada Wheat Boom Draws American Farmers North
An American author reports on Western Canada's grain surge from Winnipeg to Calgary, with Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta yields surpassing U S levels. He notes wheat oats and barley boons, rising farmer fortunes and a shift from rough homesteads to modern homes as settlers find wealth and independence in the land of greater hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Canada
Land of
Dominion Provinces
United States
Dominion West
Winnipeg
Alberta
Canadian West
Western Prairies
Calgary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Montana
Edmonton
Denver
Wyoming
California
New England
Japan
Ain
A. Kaltenbrunner
Regina
Rouleau
Drinkwater
Moosejaw
Western Canada
Union
Western
West
Rockies
Thoreau’s Sensible Answer From the Forest
Fragmentary lines discuss Thoreau and his forest hermit life and personal doubt. The text hints at a reflective exchange about self knowledge and stance toward society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoreau
Shaunting
Jay Zonhis
Vinistic
Tégarding
Gydand
Quar
Reledt
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Edward B. Clark
American Ornithologists’ Union
Joseph B. Bowles
North America
Shortstory Pub. Co
James Oliver Curwood
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