Heath hen on Martha's Vineyard last of its kind
An article traces the decline and final solitary life of the heath hen on Martha's Vineyard, once common from Cape Ann to Virginia. It chronicles fires, predators, and protection efforts, noting the last bird disappeared into scrub oaks and the species nears extinction alongside other birds like the passenger pigeon and great auk.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Cincinnati
Martha
Mississippi Valley
Martha's Vineyard
New England
Cape Ann
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Long Island
Winthrop
Boston
Jersey Plains
William Brewster
Gross
Bowdoin College
Martha's Vineyard Island
James Green
West Tisbury
Green Farm
Edgartown
Michigan
Robert H. Wright
Munising
Doctor Landes
Kokomo
Ind
Indianapolis
Florida
William B. Mershon
Saginaw
America
Norman A. Wood
University of Michigan
Cadillac
Oden
Emmet
Straits of Mackinaw
Upper
Ontario
North Atlantic
New World
Fire Island
Iceland
Congress
New York Figures in Talks and Arts Across Europe and U S
A New York businessman visiting Geneva weighs the League of Nations, while a lower east side bread line offers morning food to spark job hunting. Andres Segovia plays in a car, S V Dine notes crime fiction, and deaf theater talks rise with talkies. Cock fighting thrives in rural New York area barns at night.
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New York
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Lower East Side
Andres Segovia
Florida
Pullman
Talkies
Metropolitan Opera
Tanbark Ring
Gnats Mistake Fire Alarm At Columbus Court House
The Bartholomew county courthouse in Columbus reported a “smoke” seen curling around the tower. Firemen found no spark after inspection. Custodian Mode Pennybaker explained the phenomenon: a swarm of gnats hovering around the tower looked like smoke at first glance.
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Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County
Fire Department
Pennybaker
Chile to Punish Rumor Spreaders as Traitors
Under a presidential order, authorities in Valparaiso will punish all whisperers who spread rumors harming the country economically. Those who originate rumors face traitor charges, while those who spread falsehoods are to be tried as criminal offenders.
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Chile
Valparaiso
Ibanez
Eight Voters Rule Windsor New Hampshire Town Meeting
Windsor New Hampshire covers fifteen square miles with eight registered voters and three selectmen who manage town affairs from a single one room town hall. The village sits 1200 feet up amid Lightning and Windsor mountains near Hillsboro, with every family owning a radio and most owning cars and dogs.
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Windsor
N. H
New England
White Mountains
Windsor Mountains
Hillsboro
Lester Chapman
Lester
Pat
Mike
Chapman
Mary
Herman
Hillsboro Lower Village
Charles Nelson
Nelson
Stanley
University of New Hampshire
Clarence Jones
Boston
Selectman
Cemetery Fund
Charles Harrison Russell
Cleveland Radio Owners Guilty of Breaking Law
Cleveland officials reveal many radio owners violate a municipal code requiring a 50 cent permit for outside aerials. Each day a non permitted aerial remains up counts as a separate offense. penalties range from 10 to 100 dollars daily. Officials say few permits have been issued and no jail actions planned.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Spanish onion cures insomnia says carpenter
James Vincent of 27 Holland Park Avenue credits a nightly Spanish onion with ending 18 months of severe sleeplessness. He reports sleeping eight hours per night after trying the alleged folk remedy proposed in a newspaper.
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Toronto
James Vincent
Carpenter
Holland Park Avenue
Vincent
Rare Continental Bills Found in Amsterdam Book
Raymond Christman found two rare specimens in an old book. The six and seven dollar bills issued by the Continental Congress bear the date November 2, 1776. The bills are about the size of modern currency.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Continental Congress
Raymond Christman
Triplet Calves Born to Pure Bred Holstein Cow
Triplet calves all megs were born to a pure bred Holstein cow at Brook farm in Chester N Y. The calves are heifers with strong prospects for survival. The mother cow yielded more than 20000 pounds of milk in the last year.
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S. van Dine
Willard Huntington Wright
Philo Vance
Wright
N. Y. Chester
Brook Farm
Town romance ends with elopement in Brownsville
Linda Watson seeks thrills in Brownsville New England. A dashing stranger from Hollywood arrives prompting a flirtation that triggers Granger Hicks to confront Linda’s suitor. After a tense confrontation at the Town Hall, Granger carries Linda to his car and to Pastor Smith's for a timely marriage.
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Inda Watson
Brownsville
New England
Granger Hicks
Linda
Granger
Sheik
Hollywood
Springfield
Lindan
Hicks
Romance
Linda Watson
Pastor Smith
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