Rich in History of the American Fur Industry
The article traces the fur trade from early Canadian traders to modern times, noting its key role in opening the country and shaping foreign and domestic commerce. It cites Ada Gridley noting nearly half of raw skin imports are rabbit skins from New Zealand and Australia, with 30 to 40 million Australian rabbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ada A. Gridley
Fur Trade Review
America Today
New Zealand
Australia
Devil's Post Pile National Monument Mystery
A remote California basalt formation known as the Devil's Post Pile enthralls scientists with its bizarre natural towers. Local legend blends Italian tradition and Piute history as a coyote figure traps a devil beneath the rocks, with steaming waters hinting at ongoing nature’s oddities.
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California
Devil
Danes Consider Madagascar Settlement Plan
The French government proposed to the Danish foreign minister a large scale settlement in Madagascar. Danish emigrants would receive a land area, bring their teachers and ministers, with doctors ready to accompany them. Danish public opinion is divided due to Madagascar’s climate and disease risks.
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International Labor Office
Madagascar
Denmark
Split Virginia parallels North South clash before Civil War
The Detroit News notes that before 1861 Virginia was split into a slaveholding Eastern region and a western area with few slaves focused on rain ing and manufacturing. legislative tension mirrored national divisions as West Virginia later separated, echoing the North South conflict that led to the Civil War.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
Richmond
Washington
trans-Alleghany Virginia
East
West Virginia
Old Dominion
Detroit News
Burglar-Proof Window Demonstrated in Popular Mechanics
A burglar-proof window design permits the sash to open to any height while iron bars five inches apart are raised or lowered with the window. Bars telescope between wall and wood when down and are mortised and locked to a metal strip at the sash bottom, making forced entry unlikely.
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Popular Mechanics
Passenger Mistakes Conductor for Barista on Streetcar
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a sleepy rider who, waking near the line’s end, asked for coffee and mistook a masculine conductor for a barista. The humorous misrecognition ends with the rider realizing the error.
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Woodward Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Woman Chosen for Welsh Baptist Church Pulpit
A woman has been selected to fill the pulpit of a leading Baptist church in Wales.
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Wales
Woman in High Place Miss Lawson Leads London Branch Firm
Miss Marie Lawson is described as the only woman managing director in England, heading the London branch of a well known American manufacturer. She has been honored with membership in both the London chamber of commerce and the British chamber of commerce in Paris.
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Marie Lawson
London
England
Lawson
London Chamber of Commerce
British Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Woman preserves food with single Christmas ice in unheated pantry
A Manchester woman kept using one piece of ice since Christmas to chill her pantry where no heat exists. As the ice melted it froze in a pan beneath, preserving food and serving as a ready replacement.
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Manchester
N. H
Japanese Invent Wind Turbine Powers Homes At Sea
A Japanese inventor unveils a wind turbine that harnesses air currents to generate power. At eight meters per second it develops four horsepower and includes a storage battery to hold energy for use when wind dies.
Arthur’s Escape Wish Sparks Lighthearted Family Feud
In the tale Arthur, cared for by three stern spinster aunts, vents his frustration at constant supervision. He sighs that so many women prevent him from getting away with anything, revealing a humorous clash between youth and propriety.
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Arthur
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Thecford
Coca-Cola CO
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Coca-Cola
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