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Title
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Thomas County, July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Date
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July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Narratives
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Identifier
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321301-1911-0154.jpg
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Transcription
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25 … to me and viscera [entrails] to the University for the class in parasitology. Weasels are said to fairly common here. This specimen was in the usual summer pelage — the body soft brown above and white beneath. On July 12th there was a violent hail — and rain-storm at 4:30 p.m. Over an inch and a half of rain fell within a few minutes. The hail did very great damage to crops, the leaves being entirely stripped from corn and the bare stalks bent over flat upon the ground by the violent northwest wind. There had been other rains during the month and the result was such an unusual amount of moisture that Prof. Pool’s investigations regarding soil moisture were seriously interfered with, the month being abnormal in this regard. Many birds were killed by the hail. Italians working on the railroad at Halsey were said to have found large numbers of dead prairie chickens, but I was unable to learn the facts. On the 13th Profs. Pool and Williams brought in a short-eared owl with a broken wing, doubtless a victim of this storm. I was busy with facsondence and had no time to photograph the bird, but Prof. Pool got a good picture, which is shown herewith. The bird was released among the pins, with a prayer that he and Teddy might not meet. There was abundant food, and
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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