Beneficial Effects Seen From Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Washington reports the migratory bird treaty act is yielding gains. US Department of Agriculture surveys show breeding waterfowl increasing, especially in North Dakota, with many species rising after protections. War duties limited some participation in fifth count. The effort notes more nesting in familiar localities.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey
North Dakota
Nebraska
United States
Old Convict Is Set Out From Western Pennsylvania Prison
William Josiah McMeen, jailed for 33 years for his wife’s murder, was released after a pardon board recommendation. Convicted on circumstantial evidence during Grover Cleveland’s first term, McMeen had been a model prisoner. District Attorney John J. Patterson Jr. opposed the release, but McMeen’s freedom was granted. He awaits work in a Juniata County coal yard. The case involved buying strychnine in 1885 and his wife dying after ingesting jelly made with it.
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Barrisburg
Western Pennsylvania
William Josiah McMeen
Grover Cleveland
McMeen
Pardon Board
John J. Patterson Jr
Juniata County
Patterson
Harrisburg
Wonderful Chronometer Sets World Record at Geneva Contest
A chronometer showing a daily variation of six one hundredths of 2 second won the world record at the Geneva conservatory contest. Scoring totaled 300 for daily precision 300 for immunity to temperature 800 for resistance to position changes and 100 for quick return to precision. 111 watch chronometers and five ship's chronometers were entered.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mechan Ices
The Boss and a California Return Comment
A wartime observer recalls a bronzed doughboy watching officers at Brest and a sharp spoken grocer’s clerk turned officer. He concedes the German defeat may be near and asserts the returning serviceman will feel valued in California after leaving the service.
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Brest
Leutenant
California
Rival Hamlets and a Slow Terrapin Trade
A traveling salesman asks about Torpidity the rival hamlet. The Right Place store proprietor in Petunia dismisses the rival as slow, implying terrapins and town chatter slow things down as people hurry to learn the cause of any excitement.
What is this intensive course in domestic science
An advertisement explains an intensive domestic science course for a girl who plans to marry a duke but is engaged to a worthy young man named Merk. It emphasizes six weeks to learn cookery.
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Merk
Louisville Courier-Journa
Restoration to Entry of Lands in Tongass Forest Alaska
Lands comprising 139.7 acres in Tongass National Forest near Kasaan and Five Mile Creek, Alaska, will open for homestead entry on August 2, 1920. Applicants listed include Ben Leibrant Kasaan Alaska and Harry D Corp Petersburg Alaska. servicemen eligible for preference rights may file earlier. First publication June 4 1920. last publication June 25 1920.
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Tongass National Forest
Alaska
United States
United States Land Office
Juneau
Germany
Forest Service Monument
Long Island
Kasaan Cannery
F.S. M
Ben Leibrant
Kasaan Alaska
Metes
Forest Service
Five Mile Creek
WFSM
Sukoi Island
Wood Point
Thomas Bay
Harry
D- Corp
Petersburg
Palaska
D. K. Parrott
General Land Office
Painter Van Ruith Faces Sight Decline Amid Armistice Portrait
Veteran painter Van Ruith, eight years into a large canvas about Edith Cavell, discovers his eyesight fading. Oculists warn he may go blind in months, yet he continues and completes final touches on the armistice anniversary.
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London
Edith X .Cavell
van Ruith
Girl's Prayer Answered as Trish Mail Is Recovered
In Kenosha Wisconsin eight year old Gladys Roemer who is crippled and uses a Trish Mail to travel to St Thomas church could not attend school after a boy stole the machine. Officer Jobin Breidt found the cart with the boy who admitted taking it and hid it in a barn. The Irish Mail was returned and Gladys said it came in answer to her prayers.
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Kenosha
Wis
Gladys Roemer
Trish
St. Thomas’ Church
Gladys
Jobin Breidt
Irish Mail
Bird in Bath Jail Prompts Odd Prisoner Tale
A crane from Woolwich was held in Bath jail for safe keeping as the remarkable prisoner. The crippled bird measured ten to twelve feet from wing tip to wing tip and was on display for 24 hours before release. All fines were remitted on condition of good behavior.
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Bath
Woolwich
Sun Bone for Her Spine Water No Y
Fragmentary text notes a medical procedure or term relating to spine health and a patient named Rene Houghes from Alexandria Bay. The readable portion mentions water and a portion replacing a diseased spine section.
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Rene Houghes
Ole
Alexandria Bay
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