Black bears a study of habits and habitat across ranges
The author details black bear life from hibernation to breeding, diet, and behavior. Bears migrate from Mexico to Alaska, den and emerge with seasonal patterns, feed on berries, insects, and small animals, and are poor climbers but adept at foraging and fishing. The piece notes weights and typical behaviors with personal observations from Sierra Madre and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Alaska
United States
Labrador
Quebec
Alberta
Assiniboia
British Columbia
Mackenzie River
Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
South America
Sierra Madre Mountain
Siam crowns Masa Vajiravudh with rapid modernization
The coronation marks Siam's swift embrace of Western ideas under the new king. Foreign royals attended the ceremony while Siam advances infrastructure, education, and governmental reforms, including a benevolent despotism, a standing army, and railways run by the state.
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Masa Vajiravudh
Phra Mongkut Klao
Siam
Bangkok
Prince Alexander of
Teck
Suite
Great Britain
Grand Duke
Boris
Russia
Prince Waldemar
Denmark
Prince William
Duke of
Sudder Maine
Sweden
Prince Fuhimi
Japan
Prince Nicholas
Greece
Chulalongkorn
Phra Chula Chom
Kloa
England
Military Academy
Sandhurst
Christ’s College, Oxford
United States
Foreign Office
Department of the Interior
War Department
Department of Justice
Ghosts For Two In Rural Courtship Farce
Miss Kitty Vernon and Jack St. Clair chase snipe and a potential marriage as rain, a haunted house, and a mistaken ghost scene drive a comic meet-cute. He pursues hunting, she hopes for romance, and fate brings them together after a spill and a fright.
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Vernon
Jack
Miss Kitty
Mr. Jack
Parsons House
Parsons
Ghost
Llamas as Carriers In Peru
Engineer work in Peru's interior relies on llamas for pack transport due to rugged roads. Each animal carries about one hundred pounds, works in herds of around a hundred, and governs pace by its own instincts. After two weeks of work, every animal receives a one week rest.
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Peru
Pace and manners noted in lighthearted exchange
A playful exchange compares His Pace and Mary-Easy going with greetings and a quip about travel from hat-rack to front door. The dialogue style echoes a social column snippet from Han per's Bazar.
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Alice
Missouri Women Aid Good Roads Movement
Prominent Missouri women, many motorists, have shown women in other states that persistence in petitioning the governor and legislature aided the good roads movement. They sent hundreds of letters to the capital, indicating zeal for better highways and insight into road betterment.
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Missouri
Parody of a lamp incident described as light assault
An exchange mocks a courtroom remark as queer heavy damages in a lamp incident. The dialogue portrays a light assault characterization and questions the appropriateness of damages.
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Dan J
Byright
Fitid
Stem
New Brunswick
France
Far East
Germany
China
Siamese Coromutay Ceretlion
Miss Kitty Vernon
Keith Hall
Jack St. Clair
Canada
Kitty Vernon
Jack Sinclair
Weather Bureau
Sinclair
Women
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