Ferocious butterfly with unusual feeding habits
The piece describes a black and brown butterfly whose caterpillars prey on other insects, even siblings, and whose adults do not visit flowers. It notes interactions with plant lice ants and honey dew, mentioning ants as both protectors and destroyers of butterfly life, and invites readers to send questions to Nature Magazine through the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin H. Clark
Smithsonian Institution
Lee
de With Nature
Nature Magazine of
Washington
Early Newspapers Face Church Opposition and Innovations
The text traces early newspaper origins from public handbills in 1566 at Ventes to the first daily paper the Daily Courant in 1709. It notes church opposition under Pope Gregory, the spread of news letters in James II’s era, and mentions key London titles like Morning Post, Star, Times, and Daily News with Dickens, including price cuts from sixpence to threepence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventes
Church
Gregory
England
Daily Courant
Morning Post
The
Star
Times
Ani-vernal Register
John Walter
Daily News
Charles Dickens
Blended Indian Faiths in Texas and Seminole Customs
Readable fragments describe survivors of an old southwestern tribe with a mixed pagan and Catholic influence, unable to be fully eradicated by missionaries. The piece also notes Seminole customs in the region where Christmas marks Lent’s end and pork is allowed at feasts with tea as a sacramental drink, reflecting African and Indigenous roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Southwest
Rio Grande
Baltimore Bun
Africa
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Greenawalt
North Market St
Parerh Birk
Isene
Chichen Itza
Yucatan
Mexico
Kemp
Silk
Mezzammne
Gto
Aderd
Praissog
Teday
Herssieft
Ben Med
C. Thomas Kemp
Frederick
Florida
Via
Atlantic Co
Washingtonnah
Hollywood
Jacksonville
Peckeontiler
Lakeland
Lake Wales
Miami
Moore Haver Ocala
Okerchobee
Orlando
Palmetto
Plant City
Punta Gorda
Sarasota
Sebring
St. Augustine
St. Petersburg
Tampa
W. Palm Beach
Winter Haven
Winter Park
Tonightmaryland Theatre
W.L. Q. Fisher
Jack Daugherty
Craig Kennedy
Bonomo
Crooks
Ben Wilson
Vic Dyson
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
MIRRO
Quynn’s Hardware
Modern Lighting Company
Weill Wire
the Pearce Pharmacy
Central Trust Company
Maryland
Myersville
Emmitsburg
Union Bridge
Monrovia, Md
Thurmeont, Md
Geo
S. Rodock & Son
Will Flautt Company
Jewelers
W. Patrick St
Scott Key Hotel
Frederick, Md
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