Ten Best Birds for Farmers Revealed by Ornithologist
A noted ornithologist lists the ten most beneficial birds for farmers, led by the nighthawk and killdeer plover, with others including the chimney swift bluebird downy woodpecker phoebe chickadee barn swallow and purple martin. He notes their insect diets and helpers in crop protection while warning against misunderstanding and persecution of these feathered allies.
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Cently
Waleed States
Aattle
A. K. Pisher
Biological Survey
Bureau
the Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Tates
F.be
I Beal
Anya
Ornithologiot
United States
Dooryard
Fabric gloves and gear protect from barbed wire
A British trench innovation features waterproof insulated gloves with a split thumb and index finger and sleeping bags that can drape over barbed wire. The fabric, used again for vests and tunics, resists shrapnel and bullets and carries antiseptic wool to prevent infection. Details about the fabric remain secret.
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Mya Popular Science Monthly
Advances in Science and Inventions Across Realms
Read of France promoting gardening insight and blue eyed immunity claims. Reports mention baron Krupp’s sheet iron cards, lethal nicotine drops, a watch with 175 parts, and electrical devices purifying air from sockets. A Californian adds canvas belts for desert traction. new French bike engine. a yacht designed to power via car. Eleanor of Bulgaria’s charity spend. and a magnetically transmitted automobile power system.
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France
Baron Krupp
Elenore
Bulgaria
Jo Auld
Inventions Introduce Automatic Ore Alarm and Lighting Device
A South Carolina inventor patent introduces an automatic ore alarm using phonograph and telephone to alert a central operator of a blaze and its location. A lever-operated mechanism lowers multiple ventilators via joined strips. An electric light reflector design supports direct or indirect lighting use.
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South Carolina
Afro American Gullings at Houston Night School Graduation
In a Houston address, Prof J M Terre said city support for a colored night high school signals growing acceptance and usefulness of the race. He praised officials and urged graduates to be indispensable through education and honest, skilled work, citing Mary McLeod Bethune and a district hospital built with black fundraising.
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Houston
Tex
J. M. Terre
Post
Texas
Mary McLeod Bethune
Daytona
Thomas H. White
Andrew Carnesie
Cornerstone replaced by silver rivet in New York building
The article notes a shift from traditional cornerstone ceremonies to driving a silver rivet in the 26 story Forty-second Street and Madison Avenue building in New York. The rivet will be sealed in a silver box in the lobby wall upon completion. It also discusses nettles as a thrifty, nutritious food rivaling spinach and their worldwide ubiquity.
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Forty-second Street
Madison Avenue
New York City
Switzerland
Negro bishop Scott to retire from M E Church
Bishop Isaiah Benjamin Scott the sole Negro missionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church notified the subcommittee on Effectiveness of Bishops of his intention to retire at the current general conference session. Negro delegates proposed two Black candidates to succeed him, Dr J W B Bowen and Dr R B Jones. Scott cites health of his daughter in Africa and separation from wife in Nashville as reasons. He is 62, elected 1904 for Africa with residence in Monrovia and reportedly to retire on 1600 a year pension.
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Isaiah Benjamin Scott
Methodist Episcopal Church
Scott
J. W. B. Bowen
Atlanta
Gammon Theological Seminary
R. B. Jones
Southwestern Christian Advocate
Bishop Scott
Africa
Nashville
Tenn
General Conference
Monrovia
Liberia
British Ads Echo Tiny Labor Clue In 19th Century Papers
American readers notice odd wording in British advertising columns. Phrases like "Wanted, strong, tidy general, wall recommended" reveal no army leadership shortage. Here "general" stands for general servant or houseworker, not rank.
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Wall Recommended
Plane built from many nations with advanced fog screens
A plane uses forty eight materials sourced from at least sixteen countries. In England, fog blocking screens for electric ventilating fans have been perfected.
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England
Montenegrin Crisis Fears End of Petrovitch Era
Political writers predict extinction of the Petrovitch dynasty in Montenegro regardless of state fate. Montenegrins protest King Nicholas’s surrender to Austria. Annexation to Serbia is seen by many if the Allies prevail, reuniting two closely related peoples. Also noted are inventions: a folding inflatable pontoon system weighing 28 pounds and a bicycle-driven craft, and an electric machine to split kindling wood.
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F. E. L. Beal
The
Biological Survey
United States
Teels
Petrovitch
Montenegro
Nicholas
Austria
Serbia
Fragments on Language and Electricity Usage
A fragmented passage notes that counting letter a yields an average under one per thousand, followed by a statistic about seventy percent of Americans using electricity in some form. The text appears patchy and incomplete, offering only hints of literacy analysis and energy usage without a clear narrative or conclusion.
Truthful Trout Stream Tale From Irish Estate
A country gentleman in Ireland advertises a small sporting estate then discusses the trout stream with a visitor. The owner dismisses the stream as meager but jokingly argues its value, noting it could overflow if more water were poured in and insisting it is fine as is.
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Ireland
Pompeii tourist quip stirs debate on hairpin drop
A dialog between a tourist and a professor centers on a hairpin found at Pompeii. The professor questions whether it belonged to a Pompeian woman or was dropped by another visitor, weighing the odds in a brief, playful exchange.
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Pompeii
The Macedonian Call and Pauls Second Mission
Lesson outlines Paul and Barnabas evangelizing in Antioch, then revisiting journeys. It covers the split with Barnabas over John Mark, Timothy’s circumcision, and the Asia to Macedonia shift. The open door in Philippi centers on Lydia’s conversion, the first European church, and God guiding mission strategy.
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Antioch
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
John Mark
Sharp
Mark
Gilas
Luke
Timothy
Aasia
Asia
Troas
Jesus
Troan
Jesua
Damascus
Christ
God
University of
Tarsus
Pauli
Macedonia
Lydia
Europe
America
John
Pep Ceyreathees Ee Eewrens
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Glover
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
North Wind
Downy Woonsc
Edward G. Clark
Postscripts
Sellers
Mnday Behool
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Western Nawspaper Union
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