Nature Study Feats Kellogg Films Beavers in Maine Woods
Professor C R Kellogg a New York naturalist returned from the Dead river region near Kennebago Maine after a month filming beavers at work and at play. He captured dam building log hauling and tree felling with motion pictures and recorded animal sounds with a phonograph including music experiments showing flute draws animals while violin repels them. The project aims to illustrate lectures on nature study and challenge fakir narratives with real pictures and sounds.
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Maine
C. KR. Kellogg
New York
Dead River
Kennebago Chain of
Maine Fish and Game Commission
Professor Kellogg
Rangeley
New York World
Kellogg
A Bird Curfew for Montclair Town
A Montclair resident asks Councilman Charles H Mlattshorne to extend the dog curfew to birds, citing robin and sparrow chatter waking him early. A Valley road woman seeks a cat curfew, and Hartsthorne jokes about silencing tree noises as well.
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Montclair
N. J
Charles H. Mlattshorne
Valley Road
Hartshorne
Substitute For Rabbits In Salt Lake Plans Coursing
A Salt Lake syndicate proposes a humane substitute for live rabbits in coursing contests. A feed bunny runs on an underground trolley along a straight field, vanishing through a narrow slot to avoid hindering greyhounds. Speed is adjustable and the run is scored accordingly.
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Salt Lake
The Bride's Table Crown and Centerpiece Ideas
A set of wedding table ideas features a symbolic crown center with a wire framework, white satin ribbons, maiden hair fern, white hyacinths, starry white narcissi, and tiny lit tapers with a white dove suspended above the center. Alternative diagonal ribbon latticework centers on a round mirror with lilies, Easter lilies, and taped flowers, finished with whipped cream and orange ice in the flower cups.
Cleaning White Gloves The Gentle Wash Method
Morning use requires care. gloves stay clean with little effort and cost. Soak in warm soapy water overnight, use soap directly on very dirty leather sparingly, then rinse in warm water. Squeeze, not rub, in a fresh bath to remove grime and reshape on a towel, then rub gently hourly to keep soft.
How to Dry Wet Furs From A Practical Guide
How to dry furs after dampness or immersion. Some skins tolerate air drying in a cool room while others require hanging with the grain down to let moisture drain away. After initial drying, lightly beat with a riding whip and finish by brushing soft furs with a velvet brush and hard furs with stiff bristles aligned to the grain.
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Chinchilla
Cutting a Plaid or Stripe Skirt Pattern
The guide describes aligning front gores with plaid or stripe centers. For circular skirts, place the gore edge on the width and align crosswise stripes, adjusting up or down a block until matching. Repeat with the second gore and continue until the skirt is fully cut.
How to Mend Worn Shoe Linings
A simple repair method uses velvet skirt binding inside the heel to reinforce worn areas. Apply strong glue to the wrong side and paste the binding inside the heel to prevent slipping and extend stocking life.
How to Renovate Black Gloves
Black kid gloves worn and white at fingertips can be refreshed by mixing sweet oil and black ink in equal parts. Apply with a camel hair brush to restore a near new appearance.
Witty cautions on statecraft and human folly
A collection of humorous aphorisms on governance and life. It ponders misfortune as a lesson, cleverness in politics, borrowing and restraint, luck and love, and the tension between business and religion. Each line wittily exposes human foibles and social folly.
Gossip and the News We All Hear in Time
A reflective verse about gossip and its pull in daily life. It questions how readers consume gossip about Jones and neighbors, acknowledging discomfort with sensational talk while admitting we often seek out the latest tidbits and pay for the paper. The piece ends with a challenge to examine our own role in spreading rumors.
Beauty With A Thousand Years Has A Fault
A humorous exchange notes that the subject’s charm endures across time. The dialogue plays on beauty as a long standing trait, suggesting longevity as both compliment and subtle critique. The brief quip reflects timeless vanity and affection.
Working and playing blur for working people
A brief exchange reflects on labor and satisfaction as two sides of the same coin. One character suggests that doing what you dislike is work while doing what you enjoy may resemble play, implying work and play are not strictly separate concepts.
Sane or insane prisoner tested in court room talk
A cryptic exchange between a clinician and counsel reveals the expert struggle to determine the prisoner mental state. The expert notes both sides seek his testimony and questions the influence of money on his findings.
March moods reveal shifting patterns across days
A lyrical note on March presenting varied moods as days unfold its leaves. The verse hints at changeable weather and subtle shifts in tone, suggesting the month’s unpredictability and rhythm through a concise, atmospheric reflection.
Why Don't You Marry a Millionaire Maud Edith Exchange
A brevity filled dialogue shows Maud and Edith debating marriage to wealth, Edith skeptical of attempting such a match, Maud arguing it would require nerve, Edith admits she lacks the face for it. The exchange hints at social pressures and personal image in pursuit of marriage.
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Maud
Edith
Officers Safe Do they have corporal punishment in the army
A quoted citizen expresses views on army discipline. The speaker asserts officers prohibit corporal punishment and warns against striking a lieutenant. The exchange reflects attitudes toward military authority and treatment of officers.
Has the Ladies Guessing in a Witty Conundrum
A playful exchange forms a small riddle scene as a bachelor is probed for a clever puzzle. The dialogue centers on identifying a witty conundrum and the notion of a bachelor as the subject of the mystery.
Cultivating Ferns for Shade and Window Display
Garden Magazine advises ferns suit cool rooms 50 to 65 degrees and shaded moist spots. Start in three inch pots with six per pot, later transplant singly as they grow. Do not repot often, keep soil porous with charcoal, avoid overwatering, and watch for pests like green fly and scale insects using tobacco water camphor wash and alcohol cleanses.
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Garden Magazine
How to Keep Honey Fresh and Test Purity
Practical advice on storing honey in a warm place to prevent granulation and how to restore granulated liquid honey with hot water. It notes that granulation is not proof of adulteration, and warns against assuming purity from a lack of granulation. Comb honey is said to remain pure. Honey’s food value and use as a sugar substitute are discussed.
Gas Leak Quick Fix by Soap Solution
The text advises opening windows to vent gas and using a soap mixture to detect a leak. It suggests mixing soap with water and applying to the pipe, where bubbles indicate leaks, and rubbing soap to delay leakage until plumbers arrive for permanent repair.
How to Loosen a Glass Stopper
How to loosen a glass stopper several methods exist. Stand the bottle in hot water or apply a small amount of oil between stopper and container with a feather near the fire. Gently strike the stopper on all sides with a piece of wood and repeat if needed. A strip of flannel around the neck, pulled back and forth, can produce friction to loosen the stopper.
How to Make Cheap Kindling for Fires
Spread open newspaper on the floor and sprinkle resin over it. Fold roll and twist into strands the right length for the stove. Place four to five prepared sheets in the fire box and add two or three shovelfuls of soft coal. Ignite to get a quick, effective fire without pine kindling.
How to Mend an Oriental Rug
The guide explains identifying rug shades and stitches. For slight fray, stitch to match the rug’s weave. For a large hole, bind a canvas underlay and weave colors and designs into it.
Sun Git Window Gardens Show How Grass Grows On Pottery
The article explains growing grass on red earthenware pots shaped like animals and a head. Seeds sprout in a week, with moisture keeping the outside wet. sun direction shapes grass growth for comical effects.
Try This Candle Blowout Trick With a Paper Funnel
All you boys and girls at home are asked to sit around a table with a lighted candle and a paper funnel. The game is to blow out the candle through the funnel. If the funnel is positioned opposite the flame it seems impossible. Blowing through the funnel makes wind hug the sides and fail to extinguish the flame. To put out the light you must hold the funnel above or below the candle.
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Mamma
Weather forecast for Iowa features fair days
Special to the Evening Journal reports Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Not so warm Sunday and north portion tonight.
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Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Local Holiday Visitors and Travel Roundup at Cedar Junction
Local notes list several visits and trips around Keota Broomfield and Cedar Rapids. Ralph Shannon visited the camp north of the Junction while Miss Clare Jay traveled to Keota. Mrs Frey and Mrs Baker are home from visits, with Misses Hattie Chilcote Rose McGugin Gretchen McDonald Helen Reeves and Hazel Miller taking Sunday or short visits to nearby relatives and towns.
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South Side
Ham
Ralph Shannon
Clare Jay
Keota
Susanna Scranton
Broomfield
Iowa
Baker
Cedar Rapids
George Dye
Hattie Chilcote
Rose McGugin
Gretchen McDonald
Oska- Joosa
Wilt Chilcote
Helen Reeves
Des Moines
Hazel Miller
Brighton
District Court of Washington County Iowa Original Notice
Alexander Henderson files suit seeking to quiet title to multiple parcels described as the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five in township seventy-five north range six west, with numerous defendants and unknown claimants. Plaintiff alleges twenty years of adverse possession under color of title and seeks general and equitable relief, including title quieting and removal of clouds. notice warns that default will be entered if defendants fail to appear before noon on the second day of the next term starting September 1, 1908 at the Washington County Court House.
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Alfred T. Brown
Alfred T. Burris
Elizabeth J. Burris
A.T. Burris
Jacob T. Hayden
James H. Young
H. Carringer
W. H. Carringer
Paul Porter
William M. McConnell
William H. McConnell
E. C. McConnell
Herter
Washington County
Iowa
District Court
Alexander Henderson
City of
Washington
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