Campaign Against Vermin Sparks National Debate on Birds
The 1924 vermin campaign sparked a nationwide clash over which animals are pests and who should decide. Officials warn that indiscriminate killing risks ecological balance while crows and hawks draw support as natural pest control. debates hinge on law, science, and practical wild life conservation.
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Humane Society
Alaska
Gunpowder Company
Eugene Lehioffelin
Central Park
New York City
Providence
R. L
State Capitol
State House
Bird and Animal World
Powder Company
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
America
Ultra
Flo
Madison
Antelope
Nebraska
Tilden
California
The
Humane Association of California
Allied Humane Organizations
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
Machete Sparks Panama Termite Ant Warfare Scene
A US entomologist in Panama sparked a minute revolution by cutting a termite nest beneath a stump. Termites released milky fluid disabling attacking ants. fighting lasted about 20 minutes with heavy casualties on both sides and termites victorious. The piece notes US spending on termite damage at Hotel Tivoli in Ancon, C Z.
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United States
Panama
Tivoli
Ancon
C. Z
Damaging Influence on Political Opinions
A fragment quotes Uncle Eben lamenting how fear of harming friends’ or relatives’ offices silences men. The remark centers on how too many men are swayed by concern for political consequences rather than candor.
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Eben
New Method Suggested For Anthracite Diamonds
A Duluth Herald note proposes that anthracite is carbon in impure form and could be transformed into diamonds with enough pressure applied by the consumer.
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Duluth Herald
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Bureau, of Biological Survey
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Crow Bacheard
Starling
Goper
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OUR Comic
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Mr. Boop
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