Heath Hen Near Extinction on Martha’s Vineyard
An1914 article recounts the heath hen on Martha’s Vineyard dwindling to a single bird after decades of protection efforts. It notes the last bird’s sightings in 1929 and discusses broader extinction in passenger pigeons, great auk, and threats to trumpeter swans and snowy egrets, with calls to save the bald eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Cincinnati
Martha
Mississippi Valley
Martha's Vineyard
New England
Cape Ann
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Long Island
Winthrop
Boston
Jersey Plains
Martha’s Vineyard
William Brewster
State Department of Conservation
Martha’s Vineyard Island
James Green
West Tisbury
Green Farm
Division of Fisheries and Game
Michigan
Robert H. Wright
Munising
Doctor Landes
Kokomo
Ind
Indianapolis
Florida
Cadillac
Oden
Emmet
Straits of Mackinaw
Upper
Ontario
North Atlantic
New World
Fire Island
Iceland
Congress
Mock wedding prank ends with surprise real nuptials in New York
A social circle plans a mock wedding for Jack Day and Elaine, but the ruse backfires as the couple reveal they were married the previous day in New York, prompting mixed reactions from friends and a swift confession. The gang had arranged a staged ceremony with a minister and a faux reception, aiming to urge marriage, only to be upended by the couple’s real nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Elaine
Folwell
Country Club
Bill Grimes
Lorimer
Bill Prescott
Prescott
Jack Day
New York
Grimes
Nadine
Bill
Justice by Ordeal in Early Celtic Germanic Slavic Traditions
The Celts in Ireland Germans before Christianity and early Slavs used ordeals to prove innocence. One form had the defendant walk on red hot plowshares blindfolded to avoid stepping on them. The other required carrying a red hot iron for about nine feet. This iron ordeal was typically chosen by the ranked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Prisoner Escapes Verdanouva Prison Then Returns On Time
A prisoner escaped the Verdanouva penitentiary near Brescia leaving a note saying he would return at seven to see his mother. He kept his word and reported for work. A guardian blamed for the lapse was arraigned and sentenced to 75 days in prison and three months barred from public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdanouva
Brescia
Washington Star
Emerson on the Knower Doer and Sayer threefold virtue
The essay frames the universe as three eternal offspring: Knower Doer and Sayer. They appear in all systems as cause operation and effect or as personifications such as Jove Pluto Neptune or Father Son Spirit. Emerson calls them the loves of truth good and beauty and asserts their equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jove
Pluto
Neptune
Sayer
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mexico fights rat plague in Jalisco and Michoacan
Agents from the department of agriculture wage war on a rat plague spanning Jalisco and Michoacan. Farmers appeal for help as enormous traps are built and a single night’s effort claims 50,000 rats captured in a trap half a kilometer long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexican Department of Agriculture
Jalisco
Michoacan
Song Sparrow's Repertoire Reflects Species Identity
Nature Magazine notes that a song sparrow can sing up to twenty distinct tunes, each song as its own unique property. Yet all songs, including those of other sparrows, share qualities that mark the singers as members of the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Hach
Letter Writing by Men Seems to Be Lost Art
William Feather argues few men write satisfactory letters to wives. The Ohio State Journal notes that women outwrite men in personal letters, and only mail order specialists produce notable male letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Cleveland
Roy Davis
Boston University
Ohio State Journal
Underwater Classes At University Of Miami Marine Lab
University of Miami marine biology students conduct underwater laboratory work using glass bottom boats to study ocean life in marine gardens. Students wear bathing suits and shoes with a diving helmet as oxygen is supplied by boat pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Miami
New York Patriots Melt King George Statue for Bullets
In 1776 the Liberty Boys led by Isaac Sears toppled a Nassau Street figure of George III and a Bowing Green king statue. The lead was melted into 42 000 musket balls as Washington fortified New York and prepared for a British attack after declaring independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Boys
Isaac Sears
Rivington
Howe
Boston
Halifax
Washington
New York
England
Bayard
Staten’sland
Long Island
Brooklyn
Wallabout
Gowanus
Fulton Ferry
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
City Hall Park
General Washington
Leisler
Nassau Street
City Hall
Wall Street
George III
Bowling Green
Wilton
Conn
New York Historical Society
P. B. Cole
Story of
New York World
Declaration of Independence Origins and Jefferson’s Influence
The article traces the Philadelphia site of the Declaration of Independence and argues Jefferson’s writings shaped the document’s enduring ideas. It cites sources from the Milwaukee Journal and James Sullivan, linking Cicero to concepts of natural rights and government by consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Seventh and Market Streets
Philadelphia
Loan National Bank
Continental Congress
Jefferson
Milwaukee Journal
Dunning
Columbia University
Boniface VIII
Philip the Fair
France
James Sullivan
Protagoras
Cicero
Ride from Watertown to Philadelphia spread Lexington news
Israel Bissell rode from Watertown to Philadelphia on April 18 1775 to warn towns along his route that the war had begun. His cry To arms resounded from Worcester to Philadelphia and marked the first alert of Lexington’s battle along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Bissell
Watertown
Boston
Philadelphia
Lexington
Paul Revere
Worcester
Detroit News
Molly Pitcher and her service at Monmouth
Molly Pitcher wife of John Hayes fought at Fort Clinton and Monmouth where she stood in for her fallen husband. General Washington promoted her to sergeant and she retired on half pay. Her remains were moved to West Point for full military honors in the post cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
John Hayes
American Artillery
Fort Clinton
Monmouth
Washington
Morgan
New York
Post
United States Military Academy
West Point
General Artemus Ward and the Continental Army
General Artemus Ward served as first commander in chief of the American army appointed by the Continental Congress. The Army of New England besieging Boston was named the Continental Army, with Ward commanding before Washington’s appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward Washington
Continental Congress
Congress
New England
Boston
Washington
Antemus Ward
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Edgartown
William B. Mershon
Saginaw
America
Norman A. Wood
University of Michigan
Irimpeter Swain
Knower, Doer, Sayer
Mexico
Sparrow
Moore
Yorktown
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
George
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