Champlain and the Shot That Shaped Nations
Samuel de Champlain, explorer and founder of Quebec, earned a pivotal role in early North American history. His 1609 battle with Mohawks near Lake Champlain and his broader voyages laid the path for New France and future colonial power dynamics between France and England.
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Elmorcott Watson
America
United States
Samuel de Champlain
Champlain
Don de Dieu
St. Lawence
Notre-Dame-des-Victories
Quebec
New World
New France
Enghand
France
Quebec Newas
Brounge
Bay of Biscay
Henry of Navarre
League
Anevica
Mexico
Panama Canal
Samuel Clamplain
Brourge
West Indies
Chagres
Pacific
Atlantic
Americxa
St. Lawrence
Honchelaga
de Monts
Acadia
Chiamplain
New York
Ticonderoga
Concord Bridge
Byrd Besieged With Pleas For Pole Trip
Boston reports Commander Richard E. Byrd faces a flood of requests to join a South Pole expedition. He receives about 40 letters daily, ranging from pleas for funding to invitations to speak, with a steady stream of soft letters from fans and critics alike.
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Boston
Richard Evelyn Byrd
South Pole
France
Antarctic
Byrd
North Pole
Bryr
Ffe
Annnapolis
Navy
Tron
Hiyrd
Radio helps Alaska lighthouse keeper reach aid
A Scotch Gap lighthouse keeper with cardiac asthma was moved to Ketehi kan hospital after radio broadcasts by the Public Health Service doctor guided treatment during the weeklong journey. The incident shows radios delivering medical advice to isolated regions.
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Radio
Washington
Alaska
Scotch Gap
Ketehikan
Public Health Service
Brazilian baby nosey bear charms New York crowd
Alfred WW. Stark displays a Brazil brought baby nosey bear in New York describing it as related to the anteater. He says the creature eats pests and is more friendly than a dog or cat.
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New York
Alfred WW. Stark
Brazil
Pexel Jelly Helper Promises Fast Gelation
Pexel offers a pure fruit product that makes jelly jell quickly, colorless tasteless and odorless it sets by full boil. It claims to save fruit sugar flavor time and fuel and pays back 30c cost within one to three uses. Sold by grocers with a recipe booklet from The Pexel Company Chicago Ill.
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The
Pexel Company
Chicago
Ill
Courdze Accepts Unpleasant Duty and Starts Task
Courdze acknowledges the disagreeable duty and begins the required work promptly, signaling responsibility and commitment despite reluctance.
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Pussaimaquoddy Bay
St. Croix
Port Royal
Canada
Hudson River
Ottawa
Cathay
Indies
Great Lakes
Lake Oneida
Richelieu
England
Trench
Mariner
Brousage
Wiliam Bennett Munro
Yale University Press
Haier
DATS
Elizabeth
Pole Trif
Pexel
Courdze
Grove’s
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