Windmill built by Long Island boys on Great South Bay
Three Long Island youths construct a wind driven device with a large pinwheel like wheel, wooden axle, belt wheel, movable tall pierce, and a pivoted wind facing mechanism. The framework uses saplings, embedded feet deep, with casters to allow orientation to the wind.
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Oys
Long Island
Great South Bay
Uncle Sam and His Army of Commercial Men
A brisk portrait of the U S government as a vast business, with secretaries of the treasury and state as managers. It describes revenue officers, consuls, and consular agents as Uncle Sam’s traveling sales force pushing American goods abroad, and recounts adventures from the Orinoco to the Holy Land as evidence of global commerce.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Uncle Sam's
Lower California
Bering Straits
Pacific Coast
Uncle Sam
Texas
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Maine
United States
Revenue Officers
Sam
Tele Sam
Theritish
Madagascar
Peru
Borneo
Orinoco River
Netie Washington
Solomon
Ophir
Wilmington
South America
Andes
Africa
Bible Country
State Department
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Bire
Holy ‘Land
America
Siberia
Java
Lillie
Turkey
Massachusetts
Newcastle
Sheffield
Sem
The Ladderman's Rise to Deputy Chief's Seat
Danny Hale, a young messenger for engine house No. 9, dreams of becoming a fireman. He endures punishment at school, admires firefighters, and shadows the department’s daily routine, balancing ambition with duty as a crisis erupts and he rushes toward the station to witness the life and dangers of the fire service.
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Danny Hale
Danny
Chile
Atterbury Street
Engine House
Engine House No. 8
Milo Prancis
Millie
Dan
Cross
Sonny
Dan & Idime
Haskins
Mack
Hansen
Coleman
Mike
Collecting Butterflies The Gentle Field Guide
A practical guide to catching and preserving butterflies without harming them. It covers nets, killing bottles, pinning techniques, setting wings, and arranging specimens, plus dating and boxing in a storage cage for value.
Haverty Describes YMCA Camp at Demorest Outing
Robert Haverty recalls two weeks at the Young Men's Christian Association camp in Demorest. He describes military style rules, daily court martial, swimming, fishing, and field sports, plus a Fourth of July celebration with a Demorest parade and fireworks.
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Robert Haverty
Demorest
Young Men's Christian Association
Revenie
Robert
Brooks
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