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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
2
The article recounts a jar trap used in Burma to catch rats, detailing a jar large enough for two rats, with paddy in husk and a top blocked by board and stone. A traveler notes it captured seventy two rats in one night, while rats can enter but cannot escape.
In Colombia and northern South America a fireproof tree called chaparro survives prairie fires and provides shade in treeless plains. Natives link its growth to gold in the soil and it is common in auriferous districts. Separate items note false hair fashions in Europe and a tragic poisoning death in Reading, Pennsylvania.
A Philadelphia intern doctor, once among social circles, oversleeps and treats Irish patient Pat who jokes about counting faults. In New York, a lanky man stares from a Sixth Avenue store balcony as a boy pleads not to be spat on. Witty quips follow about Uncle Sam’s sailors and Navy posts.
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