Sunbeam Machine Heats Homes by Sun Rays
Dr. Maria Telkes in Dover Massachusetts installs an 800 square foot glass and metal solar unit to heat a five room house. The pioneer system costs about 3000 dollars and aims to end fuel bills while avoiding fire hazards and coal transport issues. She plans to test through winter to prove its practicality and relies on heat bins using sodium sulfate dekahydrate to store warmth.
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Dover
Mass
U.P
Maria Telkes
Dr. Telkes
Boston
Slave crafts museum in Charleston preserves slave-made bricks
Miriam B. Wilson of Charleston travels the south collecting slave crafts for her museum in Charleston, the only museum dedicated to preserving slave made crafts. The New Orleans visit highlighted her collection of more than 100 exhibits and two types of slave made bricks.
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New Orleans
U.P
Miriam B. Wilson
Charleston
S. C
South
Southern Louisiana slave crafted tools and craftsmanship
A researcher notes that slave crafted items, including a mule bridle mouthpiece carved from wood, appear in southern Louisiana. She estimates about 90 percent of southern plantations were built with slave labor, though current owners often resist parting with authentic components of their homes.
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Louisiana
Beer Parlors Outnumber Milk Shops in Cleveland
A survey by 50 sociology students finds 327 beer parlors in downtown Cleveland and 13 000 area children suffer health issues from milk shortage. Over one third of bars lie within 1000 feet of a public school in a six square mile zone near downtown. Church attendance at 115 places of worship is irregular while over 82 percent of children attend a movie weekly.
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Cleveland
U.P
Fenn College
Patient deer helps first time hunter score 10 point buck
Lowell Hawkins of Montgomery Michigan hunted without a license and was told to use buckshot. He obtained the proper license and buckshot. The deer waited in a pasture and Hawkins shot it with one shot earning a first time hunter success.
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Montgomery, Mich
U.P
Lowell Hawkins
Conservation Department
Hawkins
New Bald Mountain Camps Names Skunk Chanel
In Rangeley Maine a baby skunk at Bald Mountain Camps on Mooselokmegan Lake is named Chanel a nod to its fame in the perfume industry.
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Rangeley
Me. U.P
Mooselockmegantic Lake
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