The Bird Stomach Man and the War on Birds
A vivid portrait of the Bird Stomach Man at the Smithsonian, who tests birds’ diets to judge their impact on agriculture. The piece follows the triallike lab work, cataloging stomach contents, seed analyses, and the owl pellets, revealing birds as both pests and beneficials. It chronicles sparrow hostility, bobolink depredations on rice, and government reports guiding farmers on bird-management tactics and ecological balance.
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Aristophanes
Humane Societies
Sam
Agricultural Department
Washington
Looking Glass Land
Biologi
Tower
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Tower
Jekyll and Hyde
New England
South America
Longfellow
Byron, Murray, and the Isles of Greece in Borrow notes
The note recalls Byron's poems and the publisher John Murray's links to Byron and Borrow. It reveals Murray's confirmation that Glorious John was Murray's grandfather and that The Isles of Greece sparked literary and political sensation. It mentions Chillon and Don Juan, Don Juan cantos, and Murray family history in publishing.
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George Borrow
Lord Byron
Lavengro
John
Borrowites
Indiana
John Murray
Albemarle Street
London
John Murray I
Byron
Murray Press
Murray
Isles of
Greece
Sappho
Delos
Phoebus
Ravenna
Marino Fallero
Cain
Dante
Paris
House of Murray
Borrow
Murray Publishing House
McMurray
Edinburgh
Royal Marines
Sandby
Disraeli
Moore
Campbell
Irving
Mungo Park
Belzoni
Parry
Franklin
Livingtone
Darwin
Barrow and Smiles
Smith
Eton
Magdalen College
Oxford
Publishers’ Association
Gibbons
Modern Fables by George Ade Vacation Plans and Moral Adversity
A humorous sketch traces a couple's overambitious vacation planning from Niagara to California and the Adirondacks, then a forest canoe trip, ending with a Parade Day encounter and a moral about how adversity reveals true character. It satirizes travel dreams, social pretensions, and domestic dynamics through vivid scenes and dated motifs.
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Ilege
Salt Lake
Yellowstone
Wifey
Uncle Foster
Brown County
Pike
Rand
Main Street
Ote
Sephy
Otis
Toby
The Modern Fable of the Red Letter Night at Smart Weed Junction
A satirical tale set in Smartweed Junction recounts the Pilkins family who run a corner store, the town’s social froth, and a jamboree that ends with a moral about excess. It chronicles local eccentric figures, a milkman hero, and a revelry described with period voice and humor.
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Smartweed Junction
Corporation
Pilkins
Prairies
Sophy
Otis
High Life
Mink Patterson
Uncle Tom
Pilkins Place
Destructive Insect Plague Alarms Killingworth
The town of Killingworth faces a sweeping ecological crisis as insects devour crops and birds are slain. The land has become a desert with no shade or leaf, and residents fear further devastation as the relentless march continues unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killingworth Town
Mary Bronson Hartt
The Unreturning Poem by Albert Bigelow Paine
A reflective verse set on a gray sea and brown sands describes ships that sail toward Spain but never return. Through tears and distant horizons the speaker waits as seasons drift and vessels vanish beyond the sea.
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Spain
Albert Bigelow Paine
Lippincott’s
Sermon References Ford Tragedy and Youths Scholarly Turn
Harper's Weekly notes a Plymouth Church Sunday prayer by Brother Hillis of Brooklyn after the Ford brothers deaths. He prays for young men to turn from excessive bodily exercise toward books, pictures, and literary pleasure, urging a balanced life.
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Harper's Weekly
Paul
Malcolm Ford
Brother Hillis
Brooklyn
Plymouth Church
Hillis
Love of books and bodily exercise in the Lord’s sight
The passage argues that the Lord favors truth, health, and sanity whether found in books, pictures, or physical sport. It suggests possible misquotation and emphasizes that righteousness includes balanced pursuits, with harm to the soul being unacceptable even if tied to literary interests.
Coffee Consumption and Prices Track Decline in Us Markets
The Philadelphia Record notes U S coffee consumption remains the top beverage, with a large visible supply in markets and expectations of low prices for the next year. Cheap coffee may ease household budgets amid high prices for other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Cliff Dwellers Country Mines and Minerals
The extreme southwestern corner of Colorado is described as a little known land near Arizona Utah and New Mexico. It features ancient cliff dwellings with pottery shards and ruined castles with moats built on knolls. Navajo bands roam amid red pink green and gray rock sculptures and plateaux.
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Colorado
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Ship Rock
Great Plateau Plain
Aztec
Boston Critics Fire Back at City Theater Taste
A veteran Boston drama critic savages the city’s theater scene, calling Bostonians provincial and gluttonous with poor taste. He laments Boston’s weak first-night reception and contrasts it with New York audiences who hiss plays. The piece notes New England roots and later immigrant influences as possible factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
New York
The Janitor's Trouble in New York Times Story
State Superintendent Skinner recounts a city school janitor quitting after being slurred for reporting items found in the school. He recalls a chalkboard message, Find the mult, and notes he could not locate the missing item.
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New York Times
Charles R. Skinner
Garret
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Scribners
Sanium
Europe
Castle of Chillon
Prisoner of Chillon
Diodati
Geneva
Switzerland
England
Missolonghi
Childe Harold
Manfred
Chillon
George Ade
Robert Howard Russel
Niagara
Thousand Islands
Atlantic City
Mammoth Cave
Great Lakes
Mississippi
California
Priv
Silver Cornet
Patperes
Kod
Yrass
Bor
Eddie
Dolly
Hamlet
Iticura
Charterhouse
Rue de la Paix
Porter Drug Np Chem. Corp
Sole
Boston
Seige
THE
Theaters
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