Warrior Ants Attack Village in Central American Jungle
Worthington's Magazine recounts a government survey near the Caribbean coast where warrior ants invade a hut, carrying off prey and closing wounds with their mandibles. The narrator endures a leg injury during a climb, aided by natives, and learns ants scrub homes and heal wounds, though he remains wary of their ferocity.
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Tonduras
Caribbean
Lutterward
Moyself
Aerhis
Boston Globe
Expenses at the Fair Show how visitors spend at 1900 exposition
A World’s Fair column examines the costs of a day at the Jackson Park exposition. It contrasts frugal plans with lavish spending, outlining transportation, admissions, meals, and small luxuries. It argues a careful visitor can manage a day on about $2, while a spender could reach $10.28, and suggests weekly costs need not exceed $25.
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Liberty
Turis
Esquimaux Village
Hagenbeck
Illnois Central
Michigan Boulevard
Otal Beautis
Nate
Jackson Park
Fric Andeau
Chicago
Peotone
Chebanse
Indian Mound
Woman Feeds Wild Fox Daily At Ash Hill Farm
Mrs. By ron J. Mapes of Ash Hill in Ovington Township befriends a hungry fox spilling scraps near her henhouse. Over days the fox learns her whistle through a crack, accepts meat by hand, and grows tame returning each morning to be fed. The tale ends with a bond that keeps the fox visiting and unharmed by the Mapes family.
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Byron J. Mapes
Ash Hill
Ovington Township
Scranton
Penn
New York Sun
Be Ready for Breakfast Lesson on Punctual Service
A Buffalo Commercial article shares a rule for punctual meals. A man explains he has kept a consistent breakfast time for twenty years by being ready at the appointed hour and expects servants to do the same. He notes household habits create delays and lack of order.
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Buffalo Commercial
Deaf Mutes Invents Gopher Trap For Digging Gophers
A deaf mute of this city, formerly a teacher at the Sodom mute school, has devised a new gopher trap using a spiral spring and long barbed wire arm to pierce gophers as they exit their burrows. He already promotes other inventions like a churn and oil-can holders and has a dishwasher on the way. The trap targets the pest amid a local bounty system.
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W. S. Smith
Sodom
Morning
Oregonian
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al Darling
Sailor Boy
Ike Ama
Bonnie Boy
Jill
Sailor Lad
Joop
Jeep
Qhen Hushaby
Husbaby
Tookaby
Jack
Little Petrel
Worthington’s Magazine
Toose
Cassa Anes
Deatsu
Dmissio
Venice
Mendelssoon
Jenny Lind
Elise Polke
Mendelssohn
Leipsic
Gewandhaus
New England
Westfield
Massachusetts
Deweys
Black River
Tim
Cousin Tim
Carver
Plum Creek
Indianapolis Journal
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