Word: habitats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wild and mysterious creatures perish when progress overtakes them. First the Indians went. Then the buffalos. Now the Brownies are almost gone. Who remembers them? They lived and flourished less than 20 years ago, their habitat neither forest nor prairies, but the pages of St. Nicholas Magazine and their own special books. They are almost gone because they are almost forgotten; children read about Abe Kabibble, Powerful Katinka and the Hall-Room boys. The other day Palmer Cox, artist and author, died at his home in Granby, Quebec. Everybody suddenly remembered the Brownies...
Whether it was because Stearns and Butler came from his native habitat, because he naturally leaned toward their type, or because he considered it the part of wisdom to seek such assistance, Mr. Coolidge associated himself with this busino-political rather than a pure-political group. One of the first fruits of this general policy was the antagonism which developed between Congress and the President. The next in importance was the revolt which led to the nomination of General Dawes for Vice President...
...live was looked upon as valueless and unproductive. Today, muskrat fur is in constant demand at good prices and some muskrat swamps are now worth far more than nearby arable soil. In proportion as irrigation projects are reducing the swamp area of the country, both the muskrat and his habitat are gaining steadily in value...
...then called, when it was still unknown among its own people. His books, his pamphlets, his articles, went broadcast over Kansas, over the U. S., beyond the continent. They had fetching illustrations, wonderful titles: The Corns that Kansas Farmers Have, Alfalfa's Affinity, The Hog's Happy Habitat, The Beef Steer and His Sister, The Helpful Hen. Some of his work went out at his own expense, some at the expense of the State. Once the Kansas legislature, fearful of the way he overshadowed it, denied him his annual appropriation for postage. There is a story that once...
...which, at the end of a three months' season, has killed the most crows or other birds or animals termed "vermin" in the prospectus of their competition. To prove the verminosity of the crow, an expedition of the duPont company went to the islands off the Virginia coast, habitat of the "fish crow"-peculiarly vicious. Many notable men have sprung, indignant, to the crow's defense. To his people of the State of Maine, Governor Percival Proctor Baxter made proclamation as follows: It would seem that a great corporation like the one that controls the powder industry...