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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
4
The Philadelphia Call notes the katydid first heard Aug 14, with frost two weeks later in New England. It describes katydid habits, locality quirks, and compares it to the fall cricket and erexet. The piece blends folklore with entomology, detailing singing behavior and regional variations.
A Boston Advertiser correspondent recalls severe English laws against begging and the fate of tramps. He notes old soldiers begging timidly on the road from London to Oxford, workhouse lodging for scrounging vagrants, and a Keighley case where a tramp was arrested for begging after food was refused at the local union.
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