Crow defending birds rally against Illinois bounty law
The Illinois Legislature set a five cent bounty on crows, prompting strong local defense from the Illinois Audubon Society and farmers. Studies show crows and other birds aid in pest control, eating weed seeds and insects, while hawks and owls also help the farm. Proponents urge repeal as birds face organized hunts across counties.
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Electrical Pageant of Old Home Week in Baltimore
Two miles of fairyland pageant will light up the Thursday October 17 Old Home Week parade. Bir Jerome Joyes leads a hard working committee to complete a luminous display with floats, bands, and fairy attendants. The parade starts 8 pm from Baltimore and Smallwood streets, proceeding to Broadway and back, featuring 16 themed floats such as The Birth of Day The Waters Under the Earth and The Haven of Happiness with an estimated outlay over 10000 dollars.
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The Autumn Fever Fiddle Dance Alive on Field and Floor
A fragment crowded with dancing imagery and fiddle calls. It evokes autumn fiddling, plowing fields, and open-air dancing with phrases about changing partners and bells. Baltimore based, it reads like a rural celebration of music and motion.
Local gambling crackdown impacts property owners in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania judge sentenced a wealthy New Castle man and a tenant to 80 days in the workhouse with fines of 75 and 5 dollars respectively after gambling was run in a house the owner owned. The ruling holds owners responsible for uses of their property and warns they must prevent unlawful activities.
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New Cantie
State Candidates Recognized As Official Nominees
Fragmentary notes from multiple papers reveal mentions of state candidates being officially aware of their nominations. The text references a Baltimore World line about time and money, and a New York Herald remark on presidential trust and hospital context, but specifics are unclear.
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Baltimore
John D. Rooksfeiler
New York Herald
Woman's Love Story Shared In Simple Union
A Cumberland Times excerpt recounts two women who met for the same purpose, fell in love, and married, presenting a concise tale of devotion without flourish. The piece emphasizes their mutual affection and the quiet validity of their bond.
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Cumberland Times
Quotable Snatches and Punning Bits Across Papers
Fragmented humor and misread dialogues from multiple papers. Jokes about menus in French, stationery, writing paper prices, and a plat portrait valued at fifty thousand dollars plus a cartoonish dialogue about life’s thread. Contains scattered captions and comic snippets.
Various Uplifting Snippets From Federal Papers and Essays
A collage of clippings discusses a haunted house in Minneapolis with a honey stash, a Punxsutawney school girl's 260 word essay on an automobile, and anti-lying machine claims from Harvard professor Munsterberg. The items mix humor and speculation on truth devices with brief commentary on reliability and publication suitability.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Munsterberg
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Becausa
Moments With The Musz Passing Of The Straw Hat
The piece laments the passing of a beloved era and the straw hat era. It recalls lively days in town with sunlit strolls, trolley rides, and social mingling. It mourns the loss of a stylish figure once central to fashion and public life as if a chapter ends.
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Regus
Lords
Josa Wrn
Baltimore
Uncle Joe Optimistic at Fuscola Rally
Speaker Cannon addressed about 5000 people in Fuscola Illinois on the courthouse steps. He argued wealth concentration and noted numerous millionaires while stressing opportunities for the younger generation to improve their fortunes, recalling his own humble start as a prosecutor in Douglas County.
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Fuscola
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Gais
Chicago
New York Herald
Douglas County
United States
Rocckefeller
Farriman
Moran
Bath Pools in Schools Proposed by Washington Official
Henry B. Davis, inspector of plumbing for the district, urges making swimming part of Washington public school curriculum. He recommends pool baths in public schools to serve as free bathhouses when not used by authorities and argues compulsory swimming could have prevented river fatalities. He advocates year round public baths as a civic necessity, citing German, English, Swiss and Austrian cities with large facilities.
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Henry B. Davis
Ington Herald
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Germany
England
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Tourist Exposition to Be Held in Bergen Norway 1909
A tourists exposition will be held in Bergen Norway in 1909 featuring domestic and sporting goods for travelers. An accompanying notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Cheney & CO
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