Parrot Hero Saves Mistress From Rattlesnake Fight
In Bend Texas, a talking fighting parrot named Pedro jumps to defend Mrs. Andrews from Miguel the Mexican who releases a rattlesnake. Pedro attacks the snake, claws its neck, allowing Mrs. Andrews to flee to safety. Miguel escapes on his mule as locals pursue him.
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Andrews
Bend
Texas
Pedro
Polly
Morgan Witherspoon
New Orleans
Miguel
Mrs. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Tess
Picayune
Belief and Blisters and the Power of Thought
A Colier's excerpt cites cases where belief triggers physical changes such as blisters or ulcers. It references St Francis of Assisi receiving stigmata and notes an experiment by Professor Krafft-Ebing using a stamp on a hidden skin area to induce a blister, illustrating mind body connections.
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St. Francis of
Vienna
Frederick Peterson
Collier's
Mallard Duck brood grows in Martinsville home
City Engineer Herb Johnson of Martinsville Indiana raises a fine brood of twenty seven Mallard ducks at his home. The flock started when a hunter sent eggs from the Kankakee swamps to Mooresville where they were hatched under a hen. Johnson bought ten of the ducklings for a dollar fifty and the group has since grown. He notes the hen ducks are good layers and the eggs are excellent for cooking though with a stronger flavor than poultry eggs.
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Martinsville
Ind
Herb
Johnson
Kankakee
Mooresville
Roosevelt Urges Immediate Action on Natural Resource Conservation
President Roosevelt transmits a national conservation commission report calling immediate steps to protect rivers forests and mineral resources. He argues for inland waterways development water power safeguards and stronger government oversight to prevent waste and monopoly, urging a $50,000 appropriation for the commission.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Conservation Commission
Conference of Governors
Clarly
Inland Waterways Commission
Ioi
Joint Conference
Congress of
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Pang Wangling and Hone Words Add Color to Language
An Atlantic essay admires playful terms pang-wangling and honing as warm affectionate expressions. It argues these words convey cheerfulness amid minor discomfort and intimate longing, enriching language with regional color.
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Pang-Wangling
Pang-Wangle
Atlantic
The Hoop Snake Hoax and Presidential Sniff Test
The New York Press reports on a hoax about a hoop snake said to lure President Roosevelt into a debate on snakes. It describes a fantastical reptile forming a hoop, rolling at speed to strike trees and embed its tail, a claim treated as unreliable and humorous.
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Roosevelt
South
Icelandic Horses and Sneep's Horns Revealed
A brief note reports Icelandic horses in unusual relation to sneep horns, detailing local folklore and curious symbolism without graphic detail. The piece emphasizes cultural context and traditional beliefs surrounding the animals and the horned object.
Government Cotton Report Highlights 1909 Ginned Bales
Washington special census bureau data shows 12,667,231 running bales ginned from 1908 to Jan 16, with 27,441 active ginners, up from last year. State totals list sizable gins in Alabama Georgia Texas and South Carolina, Sea Island figures split by Florida Georgia and SC, with 12,465,298 bales corrected for the season to Jan 1.
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South Carolina
Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Kentuck and
New Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Supply of cotton shows 6,563,567 bales vs 5,415,900 last week
Secretary Hester reports world visible cotton supply at 5,563,567 bales, up from 5,415,900 a week earlier and 4,837,600 a year ago. American cotton totals 4,529,567. other kinds total 1,034,000. Global distribution includes 3,207,000 afloat in Europe, 297,000 in Egypt, 347,000 in India, and 1,713,000 in the United States. New York spot quotes steady. futures mix with months listed and closing near steady.
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Hester
New Orleans
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
United States
New York
Gulf
Eels
Aces
Wen
TMG
Ubilee Cores
Columbia Cotton Market Saturday Prices and Receipts
Quotations by L. V. Dibble show Good middling at 91.2, Strict middling 93.8, Middling 91.8, and Low middling 91. So Raleigh Spot Cotton receipts Saturday recorded 955 bales with top prices from 93.4 to 97.5.
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Columbia
L. V. Dibble
Raleigh
Virginian Railroad Completes New River Bridge
Roanoke Virginia special reports the completion Saturday of the long bridge across New River west of Roanoke. The bridge closes the last gap in the Virginian Railway line built by Henry H. Rogers from coal fields to seaboard. First train runs through from Roanoke to Deepwater West Virginia, the western terminal.
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Roanoke
New River
Virginian Railrad
Henry H. Rogers
Clos
Deepwater
W. V A
Thaw Sanity Trial Ordered in New York City
Justice A S Tompkins orders a sanity trial for Harry K E Thaw in New York City. The hearing will be before a judge or court without a jury, with possible referee assistance, as requested by Mrs. William Thaw, his mother.
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Thaw
New York
Harry EK
New York City
A. S. Tompkins
William Thaw
Harry
Tompkins
Mrs Palmer Found Not Guilty In Palmers Murder Trial
In Tampa Florida a jury acquitted Mrs Pauline Palmer of murdering her husband Luke Palmer at their home in July last. The defense said the killing protected Mollie Powers a 13 year old servant girl who was being assaulted. The State alleged a conspiracy to kill Palmer for life insurance.
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Palmer
Tampa
Fla
Pauline Palmer
Luke Palmer
Mollie Powers
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Billingsgate
Tr Lang
Mil Bird
Sha Pak
Elbert Hubbard
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National Commission
Iceland
Sneep
Gov’mt Cotton Report
Virginian Railroad
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