Moravian School Guards Eskimo Children at Makkovik
In Makkovik Labrador a Moravian church boarding school run by two Englishwomen serves Eskimo and white children. A yearly mission steamer delivers supplies and transports students to the coast for winter, where travel by dog sled is the only option. The school offers music, lantern slides, a library, and a solid education despite the severe cold.
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Mukkovik
Labrador
Moravian Church
Service Has Many Duties The Coast Guard Formation
The United States coast guard service, created by an act of Congress on January 28, 1915, merged the revenue cutter and life saving services. Its duties include aiding distressed vessels, saving lives and property, removing wrecks, aiding deep-sea fisheries, protecting customs revenue, and serving in the navy during war or by presidential directive. It enforces anchorage rules and navigation laws, combats mutinies on merchant ships, protects fisheries in Alaska, and acts as an international fire patrol off Newfoundland.
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Alaska
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Origin of the word darn traced to archaic terms
The New York Herald Tribune notes that darn derives from Shakespearean dearn and mern meaning terrible or darkened and soiled. It clarifies it is not an intensifier but a milder form linked to tarnish and color loss in early usage.
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County Surveyor W. H. Mc Donald Visited Pinedale on Business
County Surveyor W. H. Mc Donald was at Pinedale Tuesday on business.
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W. H. McDonald
Pinedale
Wyoming hides inspection law cited in cattle larceny notice
The notice cites chapter 53 of the 1921 Wyoming session law on inspecting hides of neat cattle carcasses for sale or possession, with penalties for violators. Local items follow: Sylvester Griggs drove the Homer family to Kemmerer. O’Neil moved haying gear to Rich place. Louie Bartlette left Griggs’ truck post resignation. L D Tanner party toured Yellowstone. Mrs Hopkins and children visited Rock Springs. Andrew Homer and son went to Salt Lake for winter. Homer to join after shipping season.
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Andrew Homer
Logan
Salt Lake
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