Last Flamingoes Said to Perish From Hurricanes
An expedition from Andros Island searches for the coastal flamingo colony feared wiped out by September hurricanes. Elgin W. Forsyth reports only three flamingos remain in Grassy Creek area, warning the bird life faces disastrous losses and urging conservation.
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Washington
Andros Island
Nort America
Arthur Newton Pack
American Nature Association
Florida
Elgin W. Forsyth
Mangrove Cay
Grassy Creek
Andros
United States
England
Ack
Forsyth
Andris
Rural Teacher Rescued After Desperate Snow Odyssey
Florence Weber, a Westbury township teacher in Buchanan county, got lost in a blizzard while walking to her school. She fell into ditches twice, wandered long in open prairie, reached a cornfield and then a farm house exhausted. She had a frozen foot and ear and needed a physician. School directors and neighbors had searched for her.
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Florence Weber
Westbury Township
Buchanan County
Stilts Guide French Shepherds Across Marsh and Moor
In southern France shepherds use six to eight foot stilts to watch flocks and trek through bogs. Both genders race and knit on stilts, aided by long canes. A recent contest saw a fourteen year old boy and girl win, with a shepherd about seventy finishing third.
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China
Japan
France
Splendid Fossil of Ancient Sea Terror
A teleosaur fossil, a Jurassic sea crocodile about ten feet long, is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. It comes from Wurttemberg, Germany, and its nearly complete skeleton shows sharp teeth and armored plates. The specimen preserves the skull, jaws, vertebrae, and limbs in exceptional detail, indicating carnivorous habits and predatory life in ancient seas.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Wurttemberg
Germany
Europe
Hawk species food habits divide hawks into prey types
The U.S. Department of Agriculture survey notes several hawk species differ in diet. Some hunt small mammals like mice and rabbits, while others mainly prey on birds. Bird eaters should be killed when possible, but meat-eating hawks that control pests should be spared. Cooper hawk and sharp shinned hawk chase prey by swift darts from concealment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Five Children Welcome New Baby Sister at Breakfast
The father announces a baby girl to his four children Saw Sally Lois and David at breakfast. He jokes that five children make a happy family. Lois, age five, notes there is an orphans' home nearby as the moment ends.
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Stork
Sally
Lois
David
Dance to Health in Early Science Beliefs
The article notes that modern science echoes primitive ideas linking physical activity to mental well being. It cites the Tarantella, a lively Italian folk dance named for the belief that dancing to exhaustion cured spider bites, as an example from James G. Dunton in the Dane’s Magazine.
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James G. Dunton
The
Danes Magazine
Fragmentary humor dialogue about a man named Jenkins
The text presents a clipped dialogue praising a man described as polite, then notes his death as unhappy. A character named Algernon is referenced, and there is a bleak joke about his last breath being mistaken for a hiccup.
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Algernon
Jenkins
Gotham’s Own Reflections on Global Labor and Identity
An exclamatory tale of cross cultural labor and travel, narrating encounters with Arabs Turks Armenians South Americans Greeks Swedes Chinese and Africans. The speaker asserts endurance and exposure to diverse peoples, claiming kinship with New York and a worldly, collective experience.
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Gotham
Arabia
Africa
New York
Oldest Iowa college graduate claims title at 95
Mrs. Mary Walker of Lamon in Decatur county says she is the oldest college graduate in Iowa. She finished the collegiate course at Maini University in 1959 and, now 95, remains active with her alma mater's alumni association and sends erectings to every annual reunion.
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Iowa
Mary Walker
Lamon
Decatur County
Maini University
City Plans Wood Pile to Shelter Tramps in Cold
Sioux KR Buena Vista county proposes a large wood pile and buck saw to aid tramps during zero weather. City supplies stave and wood pile while Mr Hobe must handle the rest or leave town.
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Sioux KR
Buena Vista County
Hobe Olmust
Radio lights up chores with opera on the air
Greenfield resident reports listening to Chicago Symphony Orchestra conduct Wagner and Goldmark while cooking and washing dishes. She had traveled to hear the orchestra live, heard Nina Morgana, met Metropolian Opera soloists, and praised the radio program for easing household tasks.
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B. J. Sidey
Greenfield
Adair County
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fred Stock
Nina Morgana
Metropolan Opera Company
Josef Pasternack
Bartone
Patten
Metropolitan Oners
Praeram
Afr
Sidey
Radia
Tansehald
Remembers Charitable Institutions John Bawards In Will
Audubon county resident John Bawards named several charities in his will. The Bowery Mission New York City receives 400 dollars and 500 dollars to Mt Tong Children’s Home New York. Other bequests total 4700 dollars to relatives. The remainder goes to Near East Relief through Walter T. Head in Omaha and to the Christian Home of Crmei Binffs.
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John Bawards
Extra
Audubon County
Bowery Mission
Bowery
New York City
Mt Tong
Tome
New York
Mty
Tess
Youngerman
Des’ Mair
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Nebraska
Sit
Walter T. Head
Treasmm
Omrsha
Crmei Binffs
State Teachers College to Offer Summer Extension Services
State Teachers College at Cedar Falls will feature extension summer school programs at Sheldon Corning and Muscatine from June 5 to August 23, a twelve week period. The number of extension schools has been reduced from six to three by a budget director's ruling.
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State Teachers College
Colese
Cedar Falls
Sheldon, Corning
Muscatine
Iowa Banks Show Savings Increase in December Reports
Iowa banks reporting to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago posted a 9 percent rise in savings deposits from November to December and a 9.4 percent gain for the year ending December 31. Total savings deposits stood at $102,203,783 across thirty eight institutions.
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Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Cost of Raising Hays and Educating Children Comparet
A Burlington correspondent laments state spending on county agents and school superintendents. He notes 111 county agricultural agents and 9 county school superintendents, with averages of 2568 and 1950 dollars annually, respectively. He argues these officials earn about 25 percent more than those educating children outside urban areas.
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Burlington
Flag Salesmen Rally At Huch 7 Pechig ACB Event
Local listing notes flag salesmen including Milt Leffertz Hicks J Sparde Yard men Ronald Brazzel WLR Smith AW McPhearson J BR and Sharon associated with the event at Huch 7 Pechig ACB.
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Milt) Leffertz
Hicks
J &. Sparde Yard
Ronald Brazzel Wlr
Smith AW
McPhearson
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