Greats Mooking Bird: A Mockingbird’s Range and Value
The mocking bird Mimus polyglottos reaches ten inches with no eye stripe, ranges from southern Mexico to Maryland, and is famed as a versatile singer. Despite protective laws, it feeds mainly on fruit and insects, including grasshoppers and boll worms, and farmers are urged to boost nests under structures to enhance its beneficial pest control.
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Mexico
California
Wyoming
Town
Ohio
Maryland
Western Hemisphere
House Wren Description and Range
A brief note on the House Wren Trogiodytes aedon describing length four and three fourths inches has whitish underparts and lacks a light eye ring. It ranges across the United States and southern Canada, wintering in the southern United States and Mexico, with a note on its song and nesting behavior among cavities, noting competition with the English sparrow.
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United States
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Canada
Mexico
Persistent Advertising Pays and Steady Effort
A Western Monthly note on consistent small space advertising yielding better results than sporadic bursts. The text advocates steady, continuous ads over short, interrupted campaigns and quips about a league for everything except suppressing the open faced sneeze.
Killdeer: A shorebird that benefits crops and farms
Killdeer, an oft heard shorebird of ten inches, breeds across the United States and much of Canada. It visits farms and pastures, nests in fields, and, though wary and noisy, largely aids agriculture by feeding on pests such as beetles, caterpillars, crabs, ticks, worms, and various insects.
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United States
Canada
South America
Ruby Crowned Kinglet details and range in North America
The Ruby Crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula measures about four and a quarter inches with olive upperparts and soiled white underparts, a bright red crest, and a restless habit. It breeds in southern Canada, southern Alaska, and western high mountains, wintering across much of the United States to Guatemala. The bird eats wasps, bugs, beetles, and some seeds, and helps control pests like leafhoppers and scale insects that affect fruit growers.
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Canada
Alaska
United States
Guatemala
Record Drop of Oats in Canada Last Year
Canada produced 488 million bushels of oats on 11,365,000 acres of land last year, according to official agricultural data. The vast harvest underscores strong yields across major oat regions and highlights the crop’s outsized role in national grain output.
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Canada
What becomes of the Goats
The Goats question ponders goat shortages in the United States amid varied causes. A humorous aside notes British interference with neutral trade and neighbors with autos returning loudly at midnight. The piece compares to questions about lights going out in Springfield Republican.
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United States
Springfield
PROHIBITION IN BOISE HIGHLIGHTS PUBLIC SHIFTS
Boise Idaho seeks no saloon substitutes as three wholesale liquor houses update for other uses and saloons convert to soft drink rooms music stores and barber shops. Adj Burnett notes improved soldiers home conditions while Sheriff Prost reports record drops in county prisoners since dry law. The Boise Statesman cites January library gains from anti saloon mood including doubled attendance and foreign readership, with high municipal reading room use and demand for more periodicals and games.
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Boise
Idaho
Adjutant Burnett
Sherif Prost
Jalas
Idsho) Statesman
Carnegiebrary
Union Labor and Prohibition Speak On Bartenders
Major Dan Morgan Smith, once an attorney for liquor interests, argues that prohibition harming a union bartender hurts over thirty other union workers yearly. He says unionism forbids handling nonunion goods and questions a union man who supports nonunion whisky or beer, urging loyalty to fellow workers and their families.
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Dan Morgan Smith
Major Smith
United States
London banker voices view on wartime drink policy
A London banker quoted by the Review of Reviews blasts the drink question as the worst wartime policy mishandling. He argues Lloyd George's total prohibition would have funded war costs, says sacrifices are wasted by continued alcohol use, and predicts another year of war to make Britain sober up.
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London
Review of Reviews
England
Lloyd George
Prohibition Backers Rally State Booster Convention
The Sooth Dakota State Boosters and Builders convention announced support for prohibition as a key to state prosperity. It gathered the State Corn Growers association, State Association of Commercial Clubs, State Press association, State Live Stock association and leading real estate dealers.
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Sooth Dakota State
State Corn Growers’ Association
State Association of Commercial Clubs
State Press Association
State Live Stock Association
Tried to Be Moderate Quote Sparks Debate on Drink
The National Advocate cites a provocative line about moderation and drunken behavior, arguing that calls for moderation often mask harsher outcomes. The remark, framed as a warning about drinkers, underscores tensions in temperance discourse.
Underworld Alone Sees Alcohol Favor in One World
Mary Harris Armor declares alcohol enjoys sole support from the underworld. She says the business, sporting, and religious worlds all oppose it, outlining a stark cultural divide surrounding alcohol in society.
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Underworld
Mary Harris Armor
Temperance Leaders in Parliament Debate Prohibition
Charles Steiszle claims forty labor MPs in Britain are abstainers and many serve as vice presidents of temperance groups and trade union circles. A skeptic warns the ocean must go dry before national prohibition, while a supporter cites Secretary Daniels' prohibition order.
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Charles Steiszle
Temperance Fellowship
Society of the Trade Unionists of England
Bible Bindings and Hidden Motive At City Shop
A man asks a salesman for a Bible bound with a plain back and no edge lettering so he can read without attracting attention. He plans to disguise the Bible with paper covers to avoid misjudgment by colleagues and friends while he reads, admitting he has not been a churchgoer and fears comment. The saleswoman quietly helps, sensing his worry a reader might seem pious or deceitful.
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The
New York Sun
Saloswoman
Straws Decide Marriage for Knox County Couple
George Kirchoff and Miss Margaret Myers chose a straw draw to decide which Washington justice of the peace would marry them after obtaining a license. J. C. Sheley received the longer straw and conducted the ceremony in the clerk’s office.
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George Kirchoff
Knox County
Margaret Myers
Odon
J. C. Sheley
J. W. Kellams
Washington
Kirchoff
Sheley
Justice Kellams
Justice Sheeley
Indianapolis News
Musk from Tachlenlu Deer Gland Exports Rise
Facta About Musk explains the Chinese town Tachlenlu as the musk trade gateway. Three thousand pounds are exported annually mainly to France for perfumery. Musk comes from the male musk deer gland, secreted only seasonally, and the species is shrinking toward possible extinction due to overharvesting.
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Tachlenlu
China
Tibet
France
Indian as a Walter on Broadway
The New York Tribune notes a full-blooded Cheyenne waiter in a Longacre Square chop suey house. He left the Western plains seeking fame as an Indian melodies singer but finds little chance amid Broadway’s syncopated music. He hopes Yiddish and Irish songwriters will revive Sioux Cherokee or Chippewa spirit.
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Walter
Broadway
New York Triune
Longacre Square
Western Plains
The Uplifted Christ Draws All Men to Him
A sermon explains that when Christ is lifted up on the cross, he draws all people to himself. It cites John’s gospel and the story of John Maynard to illustrate sacrifice’s power to attract, urging listeners to yield to the uplifted Christ and accept salvation.
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Christ
Great Lakes
John Maynard
John
Earth
Calvary
Jesus
Daddy
Nick
Nancy
Moon Party in the Pines Keeps Night Awake
On a hot day the sun tires and the moon throws a party for fairies and pine trees. The fairies arrive in glittering gold and silver outfits while the moon, teased by the trees, laughs at their dancing. The pine trees enjoy the revelry as the guests.
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Fdar
Man In the Moon
Tree Saves Family as Balloonist Son Escapes
Clevelander Mr. Jephtha Wade who wintered in Thomasville, Ga. and his amateur balloonist son were saved when a muddy road caused an automobile to skid. A plowing farmer hauled the car from a bank with his team. The farmer quipped that the tree saved them, and then revealed that a balloonist had just been freed from the same tree by another. The farmer added that the Wade family might life easier if they stayed home more.
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Jephtha Wade
Cleveland
Thomasville
Wade
Poet’s Affliction Recalled By A Student
A juvenile class teacher asked about Milton’s affliction. A pupil answered he was a poet, noting Milton’s blindness as the key fact. The exchange reveals a simple classroom joke highlighting the poet’s fame.
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Milton
Pa and Son Challenge Grows in Farmyard Banter
Little Joe dares his father with a boastful claim to grow something, sparking a playful exchange about abilities on the family farm. The brief exchange captures a rural, homey moment between father and son in a laboring setting.
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Little Joe
Rather Poor Showing by Persistent Candidate
Dialogue notes Mr Dubwaite announced for another office despite a long campaign. Mrs Dubwaite vents patience exhausted as unpaid printing bills mount, implying the persistent running has not yielded tangible results.
Not at All Surprising Twobble Girls Object to Society
The Twobble sisters return from finishing school and find Mr. Twobble’s society irks them. They deem him not polished enough as he supposedly learned coal business but lacks superficial French flair and grand opera taste.
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Twobble
Ainishing School
Mr. Twobble
How old would you say he is in the exchange
A humorous dialogue notes a man aged about seventy while another insists he is no more than thirty five and jokes that only a woman with fifty years could tame him, highlighting a playful age misperception.
Barometer of Business
A snappy exchange notes a pompous man pacing the lobby with a cigar, identified as a leading gasoline merchant. The quip suggests another gasoline price rise based on the tilt of his cigar, reflecting market mood and merchant influence in the trade.
Fat man in business slim chance in hiring joke
A brief humorous dialogue about a job offer where one character notes a friend is too fat for the work. The other replies that in their business a fat man has only a slim chance. The exchange hinges on a punchline about weight affecting employability.
Forgetting Politics in a Political Life
A humorous exchange has Senator Sorglum advising a friend to reflect on the political affect of attitude. He replies that there are times when a man must forget politics to preserve a political life. The dialogue hints at the tensions between personal judgment and public roles in governance.
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Sorghum
Recollections of Childhood Burr Quote on Straps
A vivid reminiscence recalls a boy’s fear of a woman with a strap, sparked by a question about giving up a seat. The anecdote, attributed to Burr, highlights childhood nerves and social etiquette in a bygone era.
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Burr
Kutter Marital Jibe Sparks Laughs in Odd Exchange
A brief quip about eyesight and marriage surfaces in a lighthearted line, recalling a husband’s joke about his wife’s nearsightedness and the wedding ring. Detected as a dated, humorous aside within a social column.
So your son in college eh burning the midnight oil
A playful note from St Patrick's Monthly Calendar questions study habits and prompts a sly joke about staying up late. The line iterates a lighthearted exchange on education and effort, framing a humorous tone.
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St. Patrick's
Briggins Faces Quiet Fear Behind Cheerful Demeanor
In Briggins an optimist claims to be happy yet his constant effort to cheer others masks underlying anxiety. He insists he is fearless, while observers note the visible strain of maintaining a facade amid unseen worries.
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Briggins
At the Dance Collision Sparks Comical Exchange
A lighthearted scene unfolds as Miss Heavyweight collides with a man and calls him by an awkward nickname while he, in pain, requests a proper call as an ambulance is offered. The snippet captures a humorous moment of mistaken identity and offhand remarks.
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Rene Christian Tamperance Union
W. W. Ketchum
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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J. R. Lowell
Bonner
Saltor
Uglymus
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