Prairie dog extermination drives range improvement in forests
A forest service backed plan to poison prairie dogs gains stockman support in Arizona and New Mexico. Early spring campaigns aim to prevent grass loss, with 60 to 70 thousand acres tested and 80 to 90 percent of dogs killed on first pass. Poison mixed with wheat is distributed by riders using quick, near instantaneous effects.
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Arizona
Forest Service
Great Canyon Diablo Plateau
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Washington
C. Hart Merriam
Division of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Merriam
Leadville
Pike
Ingenious Orkney Bird Trap Ends Fatal Dive
An Orkney method uses a painted herring decoy on a weighted plank to lure gannets. A gull falls for the trap and dives, striking the timber and breaking its neck, a tactic described by the London Telegraph.
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Orkney Islands
London Telegraph
Carrying Plague From Rats Across Warm Countries
The article explains that rats carry fleas which spread plague worldwide. Man and cat fleas can transmit plague but are less deadly than rat fleas. A flea’s stomach holds about 5,000 germs which can survive 15 days until white blood cells in rat or flea blood kill them.
Idle Times Cited as Family Joke in Dialect Sketch
A humorous exchange features Mr Bones noting family idle time and an interlocutor remarking his brother's rise as a matinee idol. The dialogue portrays a light social vignette with dialect humor.
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Mr. Bones
Dr Wilson for Governor A Princeton President in Politics
The article discusses Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University, as a potential Democratic candidate for governor and possibly for president in 1912. It notes his dual role as scholar and politician, his legal experience, and his public speaking ability, with emphasis on press reports and party dynamics.
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Hfe
Repubic
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Doctor Wilson
New Jersey
Lawyers’ Club
Manhattan
United States
Wall Street
Wilson
Democratic Party
Father of aviation Octave Chanute praised for early flights
The veteran engineer Octave Chanute, born in Paris in 1832, is honored as the real father of aviation. He directed New York elevated railroad work and, at age 60, began glider experiments with his son, guiding the Wright brothers who built the first passenger flight.
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Octave Chanute
Paris
Elevated Railroad Company of
New York
Chanute
Third
Sixth
Ninth Avenues
New York City
Lilienthal
Verdier
Wright Brothers
Maj John M Carson set to study trade abroad
Maj John M Carson chief of the bureau of manufactures in the commerce and labor department will go abroad to study general trade conditions and opportunities for American manufactures. He rose from a newspaper career in Philadelphia and Washington to become Washington bureau chief after the 1902 paper consolidation.
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John M. Carson
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Washington
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia Ledger
Gridiron Club
Army and Navy Club
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment
Philadelphia
National Republican
New York Times
William D. Kelley
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Major Carson
Brazil’s President-Elect Fonesca Visits United States
The visit by Hermes Fonesca to the United States aims to strengthen ties between Brazil and the U S. The itinerary includes Beverly Hills and Valley Forge visits with Taft and Knox, plus receptions in New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago Washington and Pittsburgh. Plans include tours of West Point and Annapolis for military and naval school inspections.
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Hermes Fonesca
Brazil
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Washington
Pittsburg
West Point
Annapolis
Army
Navy
Taft
Knox
United States
Republic of Brazil
Benham Questions Travel Fare Rule for Married Couples
In Norway the paper notes travel rules about fares for married people and singles. Mrs Benham asks if the rule excludes married couples, wondering aloud if married people are treated the same or differently even in Norway.
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Benham
Norway
Eczema Cure Claim From Cuticura Remedies
A Brooklyn resident relates how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolve cured her niece of eczema after five years of struggle. She notes dramatic skin clearing and sleep improvement, sharing a before photo and praise for the products.
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Eezema
Cuthura
H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Most unanswerable argument about domestic happiness
A bachelor asks a married man for the toughest argument he heard. The man replies that the line If they can afford it we can is the most unanswerable argument and will never be flawed.
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DR. Wilson
Maj. Carson
Carter
Ato
Paxton Toulet CO
Mase
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Souris
M Boses
Meath
Daisy Fly Kuller
Puta
Bari Gomes
Arenee
Thompson’s
Denver
de. Pierge
Schoole of Medicine
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N. Y
Feayo
Bickel
Continental Oil Company (Incorporated
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