Connecticut Yankee Founded Nation's First Hardware Store
Amasa Goodyear opened what is believed to be the first hardware store in the United States in Salem village near Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1827. The piece traces Goodyear's innovations, including pearl buttons and a hayfork, the growth of hardware retail, and the rise of American manufacturing during the early 19th century.
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Amesa Goodyear
United States
England
Amasa Goodyear
Goodyear
B ‘c Yankee
Ventors
Charles
Christopher Beat
Casey and
Hubber
New York
George H. Gray & Co
Hesner & Green
Boston
Footyear
Fenn
Butter and Trade Talks Stir Washington in Reorganization Debates
Washington rumors note Roosevelt faced a narrow defeat on the reorganization bill while debates widen over the World Court the St Lawrence Seaway and Supreme Court size. Trade shifts and reciprocal agreements with Argentina spur Wisconsin butter lobbyists as Congress hears dairy concerns amid federal power moves.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
St. Lawrence Seaway
World Court
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
United States
League of Nations
Middle
Great Lakes
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Canada
Middle West
St. Lawrence
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Norfolk
Savannah
Jacksonville
Orleans
Conference Committee
Capitol Hill
White House
House
Senate
Aes
Capitol
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Georges Bonnet and Japan face shifting alliance moves
New French foreign minister Georges Bonnet advocates a four power, possibly five power, pact with Poland amid Anglo Italian shifts and Russian isolation. Japan shows a drift toward fascist style control under War Minister General Sugiyama as potential successors to Premier Konoye emerge.
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Georges Bonnet
France
M. Bonnet
Poland
Russia
Stages de Ionne
Didos Roo
Japan
Konoye
H Sugiyama
Diet
Sugiyama
En Hess
Jea
The
National Military College
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Elmo Scott Watson
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