White albino moose killed on Kenai Peninsula
A pure white moose was killed by trapper Ezra Higgins on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The skin and head reached Seattle on the steamship Northland from Cordova after the Northland left Cordova. Thrinket Indians view the albino moose as the spirit of a beloved chief’s daughter and fear its extinction may end their sightings of the creature.
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Kenai Peninsula
Alaska
Ezra Higgins
Seattle
Wash
Northland
Cordova
Gave horse a real funeral in Philadelphia
Mrs. E. S. Krewson, a philanthropist and animal lover, buried her sixteen year companion horse with a pine coffin, burlap lining, and a dray hearse. The funeral procession moved to Blackwood farm where the animal was interred in a pasture.
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Philadelphia
E. S. Krewson
Blackwood Farm
Graft From Dying Man Restores Kalem’s Arm
A Michigan hospital reports a pioneering graft where 360 square inches of flesh were taken from a railroad accident victim’s legs and grafted onto Jacob Kalem, an employee of the Kalamazoo Paper Company. Kalem has recovered and is in good health.
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Michigan
Jacob Kulem
Kalamazoo Paper Company
Kalem
San Francisco Call
Lightning Strikes Creole Farmer, Kills Horses in Rayne Area
Pierre Desse, a Creole farmer living near Sidney Arceneaux six miles north of Rayne La, was struck by lightning while returning from town with a wagon of cotton seed. The bolt shredded his hat and clothing, melted eyelets from his shoes, tore soles, and ripped trousers, killing his two horses. Desse sustained severe burns and shock but is not seriously injured and expects to recover.
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Pierre Desse
Sidney Arceneaux
Rayne
Butterflies as Mimics in Insect Imitation Theory
A Hindu Nature correspondent notes that butterflies in the local district show strong immunity to bird predation, challenging Batesian mimicry. Nocturnal moths facing daytime flight are vulnerable, suggesting unfamiliar species suffer higher attack. Migration may reveal mimetic protection when birds are unfamiliar with models.
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Nature
England
America
Washing a Hill Away Near Calgary by Hydraulic Jets
A Calgary area project uses a hydraulic plant to wash away dirt from a hill a mile from the city center. At 8 p.m. nightly for ten hours, water under 200 psi from a giant nozzle displaces 110,000 cubic yards of dirt over about 90 days to terrace the hill and fill an old river channel. The system runs at night to avoid daytime water demand.
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Calgary
Alberta
Fortune Out of Revenge and the Rise of a Rat Poison Inventor
The death of H. S. Welles in New York recalls his rise from poverty with a single loaf of bread to wealth as the inventor of Rough on Rats. He and a partner faced hunger before Welles vowed vengeance and developed a rat poison in a Jersey City barn, achieving rapid fortune in four years.
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New York
H. S. Welles
Jersey City
Swallows 6000 Mile Journey Ends in Natal Nest
A swallow ringed and marked in England completed a 6000 mile migration to Roodeyand Farm Natal where it nested after wintering in South Africa. The bird had hatched near Cheadle Staffordshire and traveled to Natal.
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Natal
England
Cheadle
Staffordshire
Roodeyand Farm
Nest Building by Fish Fathers Revealed in Sticklebacks
A feature on parental care in fishes describes how sea sticklebacks craft pear shaped nests from seaweed and silk like threads with the male guarding and repairing eggs. Ten spined sticklebacks attach nests to water plants and burrow inside to shape a muff like form. Catfish reportedly nest in stoves and sacks. In species showing parental care the male leads nest building and chick rearing.
Man switches train to save boy and wins love and business
Ralph Walters acts at a rail crossing to save a child from a passing through train. The conductor lauds him as the biggest thing he will ever do. He later meets Lucy Delmar, learns she is Morris Delmar’s ward, and a plan by Ralph’s uncle’s lawyer launches a business name swap to Jonathan Walters, leading to a proposed partnership and marriage.
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Ralph Walters
Warburton
Ralph
Limited
Morris Delmar
Walter Moore
Moore
Delmar
Jonathan Walters
Young Walters
W. G. Chapman
Carpenter’s Shocking Moment Sparks Indignation
Fred W. Carpenter now in the diplomatic service and once Taft aide is cited as one of the mildest men. Wade Ellis recalls the only instance he heard Carpenter swear when taft Foraker row unsettled the 1908 campaign and a newspaper exposed harsh charges.
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Carpenter
Fred W. Carpenter
Taft
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Mr. Taft
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Popular
Hair Rules Block Girl’s School Admission in Devon
The Devon education committee received an inquiry from the board of education over a girl refused admission because her hair was not in pig tails. The incident occurred at a small school near Bishopsteignton South Devon. The medical officer urged pigtails for health and the child, ten to twelve, was sent home daily until education resumed.
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Devon Education Committee
Board of Education
Bishopsteignton
South Devon
London Mail
People vote on hardest quotes from classic poets
Voters selected top quotable lines from Shakespeare through Tennyson, ranking ten famous lines. Notable picks include To be or not to be, They also serve who only stand and wait, and It is better to have loved and lost.
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Shakespeare
Milton
Dryden
Pope
Cowper
Campbell
Byron
Shelley
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Pier Lengthenings Show Longest in New York Harbor
The longest pier in New York Harbor measures nine hundred feet. The Imperator is scheduled to arrive at the port on May 27 and is 919 feet long.
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New York Harbor
Imperator
Major McClaughry’s Humane Prison Reform At Leavenworth
Maj. R W McClaughry, Leavenworth warden for fourteen years, resigns at seventy four. He advocates humane discipline, eliminating aristocracy, mixing prisoners by temperament, and using recreation like Saturday baseball and vaudeville to reform inmates. He stresses prisoners’ shared humanity and family futures.
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Maj
R. W. McClaughry
Leavenworth
Turkey
Mitchel Named New Collector of New York Port
John Purroy Mitchel independent Democrat and president of the New York board of aldermen is appointed collector of the port of New York to replace William Loeb Jr. The post pays twelve thousand dollars yearly and oversees a large corps of staff. Mitchel, born in Fordham thirty four years ago, is a Columbia and New York Law School graduate who began under counsel William B. Ellison.
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John Purroy Mitchel
Board of Aldermen of
New York
William Loeb
White House
Mitchel
Gaynor
J. J. Gallagher
O'Gorman
O’gorman
Mr. Mitchel
Fordham
N. Y
Columbia University
New York Law School
William B. Ellison
Henry D. Purroy
Calhoun Predicts Peace For China
William J. Calhoun the retiring American minister to China arrives in Washington with his wife from Peking February 27. He sees China at a crucial moment but believes power in the new government is not yet clearly defined and that unrest will lead to a peaceful outcome without a bloody war. He notes limited disruption to imports and cautions about the coast versus inland knowledge of events. He mentions possible roles for the gentry and the brains and moral force of the old government.
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William J. Calhoun
China
Washington
Calhoun
Peking
Mr. Calhoun
France
House of Deputies
Japan
Filipinos Elect Resident Commissioner Earnshaw in Manila
The Philippine commission and assembly selected Manuel Earnshaw of Manila as resident commissioner. The post acts as a liaison between Filipino and American peoples, with functions closer to a foreign minister than a standard legislator. The Jones bill for potential island independence lingered near Congress.
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Fenito Legardo
Philippines
Washington
Manuel Earnshaw
Manila
Philippine Commission
Philippine Assembly
General Legislative
Jones
Congress
Earnshaw
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George Elmer Cobb
Lucy Delmar
St. George and the Dragon
Danube
Hungary
Servia
Galambocz
St. George
Maj. M’claughry
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