Weather myths and memory shape climate views, says professor
Professor Willis L. Meare, chief of the weather bureau, argues against climate change beliefs by citing how memory and selective history distort perceptions of winters. He references Jefferson's notes on Virginia climate and notes that people recall a single great snowstorm, not average conditions, to claim winters are milder now.
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State Department
Virginia
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Sheep Dogs Know Every Sheep and Lead Runaways
An article on highly trained sheep dogs and their ability to recognize individual sheep by sight and scent. It recounts a collie that can separate stray sheep from another band, with examples of recall, biting, and guiding, including Bourdaloue at Stockton landing who cleared a herd in eight minutes.
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Harper’s Magazine
Bandits Kill Engineer on Northern Pacific Line
A violent train robbery near Welch's Spur east of Butte ends with the engineer killed. Five highwaymen halted the Northern Pacific Coast Line express using a red signal. Guards fired, robbers fled toward the woods after a burst of gunfire that left the engineer dead and ammunition looted from the express car.
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Spokane
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Yongine
Kreening Chameleons Alive In Sunlit Netted Frames
Chameleons can be kept alive for years by a frame over a pot and netting, kept in a sunny window. Water daily through the netting. the creatures will drink eagerly once they overcome fear. A wire fly trap under the netting helps provide insects for feeding.
Changing Color of Canaries Through Pepper Mixture
An item notes orange canaries becoming popular and describes a simple process to color their feathers. It says mixing a small amount of pepper with the feed and feeding young birds yields a deeper hue after weeks or months.
Edster Drives Fresh Content Into Work
A Baltimore American cartoon notes a newcomer as unusually energetic. The seasoned reporter jokes that being green fuels his productivity and focus on personal business to outpace rivals.
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Edster
Seach
Baltimore American
Notable historical anniversaries and events list
A compiled catalog of historical dates and happenings from 1486 to 1906 noting crowns, discoveries, battles, assassinations, abdications, inaugurations, fires, exiles, and exhibitions. It ranges from Lambert Simnel’s Dublin crowning to the 1906 Louisiana Purchase Exposition dedication, with figures like Columbus, Bayard, and Witte referenced.
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Sing Sing
Deeming
Melbourne
Australia
Duchess of Marlborough
Lord Willian Beresford
London
Trinity Church
New York
Congress of the Universal Postal “Puiou
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Thritish
Dalai Lama Located by German Explorer in Tibetan Monastery
Dr. Tafel reports locating the Dalai Lama at a monastery near the Tibetan border in Gombum. The lama, described as very small, supervised priests and candidates as questions were asked. The discovery marks the first face to face encounter with the pope of Buddhism by a European. Century-old notes describe the Lama’s conduct and the exam method.
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Lhasa
Tafel
Gombum
Efe
Dr. Tafel
Rail Breakage Surges in New York State Lines
The New York State railroad commission reports 3014 broken rails on principal steam lines in Q1, up from 126 last year. It has been referred to the American Railway Association in Chicago to consult rail manufacturers on whether the rise is due to manufacturing changes or metal deterioration.
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American Railway Association
Chicago
Packers' Fines Upheld in Concession Case
In St. Fan the Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sandorn affirms judgments against Armour Swift Morcis and Cudahy for accepting concessions of 12 cents per hundred from Kansas City to foreign points. The western Missouri district court fined $15,600 on each indicted firm. The ruling may be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
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Riots in San Francisco as streetcar strike turns deadly
Nine men were shot, one killed, and several wounded in a pitched battle Tuesday afternoon between striking streetcar workers and guards hired by the Ready to protect cars. Police failed to disperse the mob as bricks and stones rained down and shots echoed through Turk and Fillmore streets.
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Nino Piclets
Government Aids Cotton Industry Against Weevil
Secretary Wilson describes a government program to rescue the Sea Island cotton industry. Experts develop disease resistant cotton and promote early varieties to beat the boll weevil, with demonstration work guiding 100,000 farmers in Texas and Louisiana to rotate crops improve land and sustain fertility using legumes and alternative crops.
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Texas
Trouisiana
Fire and accident notes from Alderson to Alabama trains
Short news notes report Alderson mining town burned causing 25 4000 dollars loss. Cincinnati car barns destroyed with 80 000 dollars loss fully insured. Pennsylvania Ice Company Creston plant razed with 14 000 dollars loss and 200 tons ice gone. Two killed and twelve injured in Southern railway collision at Woodlawn Junction Alabama. Pennsylvania black hand trial at Wilkes Barre cites conspiracy and more arrests. Monument plans for Edgar Wilson Nye noted by American humorists via F T Searsight of Los Angeles.
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Georgetown
Tortsmouth Mustead
Pennsylvania Ice Company
Creston
Southern Railway
Woodlawn Junction
Ala
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Edgar Wilson
F. T. Searsight
Loa Angeles
Organisation
Wholesale Price Rise Seen Across 1906 Markets
A 1906 bureau bulletin reports wholesale prices rose to a peak in December 1906, with 258 commodities averaging 4.1 percent above 1905 and 22.4 percent above 1890–1899, led by increases in cheese fish fruit hog products milk rice and vegetables. Clothing also rose with 66 of 75 items higher. Food overall up 3.6 percent. bread unchanged. some declines for coffee eggs wheat flour corn meal rice sugar tea.
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Bureau of Labor Lastiken
Lok
School Gardens A Success In City Education Program
Philadelphia's municipal school gardens engage 7 800 students in outdoor work and scientific growing. The boards closed summer schools to focus on garden maintenance and playground exercise, with pupils recording plantings and yields to assess season productivity. Professor Adolf Harnack urges church harmony through separation of church and state and dialogue.
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Board of Education
Adolf Harnack
Bertin
Strike of Ship Officers Aims at New York Vessels
The American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots has set a general strike for first second and third officers on all coastwise ships sailing from New York starting May 1 to demand wage increases of 10 100 80 and 40 respectively. The move followed individual designations required by law as notices to quit work. Later the strike expanded as lines like Grusswick and fuller lines agreed to pay the proposed wages.
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American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots
New York
Grusswick
Navy Uniform Not Immune Court Rules Buenzie Case
In Providence Superior Court Fidel Sweetland rules Chief Yeoman Buenzie may recover only the price of his mission after Newport hall barred him for wearing Navy uniform. The judge says owners may admit or exclude soldiers in uniform. no special rights for naval dress. Roosevelt and naval officers helped fund the legal costs.
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Newport
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Industrial Peace Prevails on May Day Across Nation
Across Chicago and the United States May Day showed fewer labor conflicts than in past years. Chicago reported no significant strikes as wage agreements in building trades were renewed or improved. Other cities such as New York Saint Louis Boston Philadelphia and Pittsburgh saw limited activity with some worker wage demands still pending.
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SOCAK
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Boston
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Wittsburg
Railroads, politics, and a world of curious quips
The column mixes satire and stray observations on railroads legislative black humor and a parade of odd facts. It mentions costs to telegraph babies trade tensions with Russia a naval build up and odd notes about rain Cuba and South America. It cites divorces price contrasts and a Presbyterian St Patrick claim amid broader social nods.
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Russia
Peruna Credited By Kidney Patients In Kentucky Letters
Readers from Sterling Kentucky report long battle with kidney and bladder trouble ending after using Peruna and Peruna Manalin. They praise relief and attribute recovery to the tonic and cleansing action, urging others to try the remedy.
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Geo
Simser
Grant
Gutario
Dan
Parana
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Baby healed by Cuticura soap and ointment
A mother reports her infant’s eczema began at three months and improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. One cake soap and two boxes ointment cost $1.25 total. The note cites address 843 East 65th Street New York dated March 30 1906. The second item notes Aldrich Deep at 30 950 feet east of New Zealand.
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East 65Th Street
New York
Aldrich
New Zealand
Artificial sunlight rivaled by acetylene gas in plant growth
A Victorian report cites that acetylene gas provides light close to sunshine in greenhouses. Professor John Craig of Cornell notes acetylene outshines artificial illuminants for crops. The piece warns without artificial sun plants suffer and greenhouse fruit and flower production declines. Also mentions twenty million rabbits exported from Victoria last year.
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William T. Walsh
Technical World Magazine
Das
Arefylene
John Craig
Cornell University
N. WY
Victoria
Australia
Change in FooD Works Wonders in Health
A testimonial claims a change to Grape-Nuts food cures dispersia by predigestion reducing stomach upset. The speaker says a doctor recommended it, and the family uses four packages weekly. The item promotes Grape-Nuts as suitable for all ages and references The Road to Wellville.
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