Protect Birds to Stop Insect Pests Say 1904 Experts
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates 1904 insect damage at 420.1 million dollars urging urgent federal protection for insectivorous birds. It cites robins, doves, purple martins, nighthawks, shrikes and shorebirds as key pest controllers and condemns shooting them for sport or food. Congress is urged to pass migratory bird bills now.
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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
BE. A. McIlhenny
Avery Island
Mr. McIlhenny
Society of Man
South
America
Congress
Senate
Haresms Out of Date in Turkey
A New York Sun analysis explains how Ottoman harems differ from European households, noting the sultan’s separate system led by the Valide sultan and kalfas. It contrasts royal privilege with commoners, and explains divorce rules and dowries shaping domestic life and women’s freedom.
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Turkey
Imperial Palace
New York Sun
Kadin Effendi
Dence
Constantinople
Paris
Day on Which Women Rule in Dutch Slipper Day
In Holand Candlemas is less celebrated, replaced by a festival less known here. Slipper Day marks a annual Dutch claim of female superiority over husbands as wives rule for that day, with husbands often docile unless their wives aim for year round dominance.
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Holand
England
Netherlands
Holland
Philadephia Inquirer
Train collision claims two workers in Montreal yard
Ernest Woods a fireman J umped and was killed when a baggage car toppled on him as a Grand Trunk yard collision occurred in Montreal. Fred Lebush an engineer stayed at his post and escaped death. The train from St. Albans was involved in the wreck.
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Ernest Woods
Fred Lebush
St. Albans
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Woods
Mrs. Austin's Pancakes Dominate Breakfast Menu
Mrs Austin earns praise for her famous pancakes delivering a wholesome breakfast option. Consumers praise taste and homey quality with steady demand for morning meals.
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Mrs. Austin
Adv
Quip on Constitution and Baseball Season
A judge is told that a man shows no clue about the constitution yet did not miss a ball game last season, prompting a wry remark about assimilation and priorities. The exchange blends civic knowledge and sports devotion in a humorous bite.
Baby heals from skin eruption with Cuticura in Kingsley
Mrs. W. J. Cleland reports a 13 month old girl suffered a spreading cheek eruption that touched the eye and nostrils. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the sores subsided within days with no scarring and no recurrence. Cuticura advertised with offer of free samples.
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Kingsley, Mich
W. J. Cleland
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Crashing Iron Casting Hits Workman on City Curb
A workman on a curb nursed an injured foot after an iron casting fell from a building. A bystander asked if it was solid iron. The man replied that half of it was only lead.
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OF Birds
American Natural History
Wiliam T. Hornaday
Charles Scribner's Sons
Bureau of Biological Survey
Atlantic
Great Plains
Wilson
the Robin
The
Nighthawk
Otel Disanuel Ptr
the Centaur Company
NEW_YORK
Castoria
Bears
Castoria Tmg Contaur Company
New York City
Him
Carter
Ry . Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
P. J. Schwelkert
Spotswood
N. J
PISD
Piso Company
BOX
Warren, PA
Sabel & 3One
Louisville
F. E
Meeker
Portland
Indiana
Watson EF. Coleman
Wasthen DG
D.C. Booka
POST
Dept
Waltham, Mass
Leo. L. Sternberg & Company
Morrisonville
Ulimels,a
Wharton School
L 2
Minneapolis, Minn
Harper Specialty Co
Marye
W.va
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M.D
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