Mines and civilization linked by mineral wealth and myth
The article argues minerals shape all human life from birth to death. It highlights helium in airships and mining's role in daily goods, technology, and even funerary practices, asserting civilization rests on mineral wealth and industry.
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Washington Monument
White House
Mining Congress Journal
Trailmakers of the Northwest Preview in Youth's Companion
In Paul L. Haworth's Trailmakers of the Northwest a North Woods trapper lifestyle is contrasted with Dr. Greene on Peace River. Greene uses field glasses to monitor traps from his cabin and hunts only when a fox is caught, yielding several hundred dollars from a single silver fox.
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Testing Intelligence of Job Applicants in a Humorous Tale
A Harper's Magazine excerpt satirizes hiring tests for different positions. A superintendent applicant faces all questions, a clerk only half, and a porter is asked a single query about who invented the castor oil product. The punchline shows the clerk’s ignorance and the porter’s practical knowledge.
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Harper's Magazine
Getting Acquainted in a Rainy Bus Encounter
A wartime era bus scene unfolds as rain soaks the street. A conductor invites a passenger to share shelter with a lady under his knee and a buxom woman steps forward to accept. A male passenger then asks about destinations and reveals his home as the cook’s contact.
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