Predatory Wildlife Extermination Urged by New Mexico Group
A New Mexico memorial urges Congress to fund and coordinate predator control and rodent extermination with the Biological Survey. It cites state and federal cooperation, reports from New Mexico on 1918 field work, and substantial livestock savings from reduced predator losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
New Moxico
Congress
New Mexican Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Albuquerque
IN. M
Biological
West
New Mexico
Hernandez
United States Biological Survey
United States
New Mensico
Biological Survey
the Biological Survey
Council of Defense
Far West
Fernandez
Philadelphia
Boston
Department
Pecos Mountain
Pecos
Black Range
Mogollon Mountain
Had Forgotten His Part in the Daughters’ Drama
A London Answers item recalls Mr. Corpulent Newrich who funded his daughters' dramatic society with a condition of securing a role. He refused a part yet agreed to enter in the second scene to command silence. On curtain rise he appeared and shouted one word, Ush.
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Mr. Newrich
London
Grandpa’s head and a cucumber lime tale
A grandmotherly tale centers on Grandpa’s head attracting flies during a troublesome season. A neighbor uses lime on cucumber plants to repel bugs, prompting a child to joke that Grandpa could use a can of lime for his head. The line ends with a quip about a woman’s strong point at the end of a hat pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
Grandfather
Jane
Begging and crime in Syria as seen by a British observer
The Anglo-French Review notes widespread begging by Syrians and Turks described as a skilled trade with child actors posed in ragged poverty. It also cites theft, piracy, and fraud flourishing on arrival of the British, while noting selective police surveillance and wary attitudes toward horses and animals.
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Syria
London
Mamma
Kissing Mischance Sparks Apology Refusal
A humorous exchange reveals Miss Ann’s anger after a kiss in the dark but she refuses the apology. The speaker insists the kiss was mistaken for her cousin, highlighting mistaken identity as the comic core of the incident.
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Miss Ann
Why George Washington Cut Down the Cherry Tree
A witty exchange questions the legend of Washington and the cherry tree. The joke links the tale to a coal shortage, implying practical motives behind a famed act.
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George
George Washington
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