Hoax Gorila Tracks Spark Shelby County Turmoil
In Shelby County Alabama residents, including a college professor, investigated nine inch tracks resembling a gorilla found near Montevallo. A local radio station later aired that Pete Pickett of Bessemer planted the tracks to deter turkey hunters before hunting season.
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Montevallo
Ala
Alabama
Shelby
Pete Pickett
Bessemer
Average food consumption per person last year tops
The report shows that food consumption averaged 1,488 pounds per person during the last year, indicating high dietary intake across the population.
Dueling Outlawed After Congressman Died
Maine congressman Jonathan Cilley was killed in a duel with William Graves of Kentucky in 1838 outside Washington. The incident spurred Congress to impose the death penalty for duel participants and limited challenging others, though Graves faced no punishment.
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Portland
Maine
America
New England
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
William Graves
Kentucky
Jonathan Cilley
Rockland
Washington
Cilley
New York
Graves
James Watson Webb
Woods
Congress
Chocolate Fondant Recipe From a Food Editor
A vintage recipe describes a chocolate fondant method with step by step instructions and tips. The process yields about 1 1/8 pounds of fondant and includes variations for using the finished product with walnuts, almonds, and shaping ideas.
Nylon anklets hit market in fashion brief style
Style briefs note sheer nylon anklets for women and girls preferring nylons over garter bands. The 15 denier mesh features reinforced heel and toe and a skin tight stay up cuff. Designer Anne Fogarty evokes historical and Western styles in this fashion blurb.
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Anne Fogarty
Miss Fogarty
Manila fiber shift links abaca to fashion use
The Manila Development Board reports progress in cottonizing or softening abaca to make it weave easily and stay soft in apparel. Rope work around posts and steamship docking serves as a vivid image of a world tied to trade and textiles.
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Manila Development Board
Unofficial term arises for martini steels in new alloys
New York reports a term for high strength low alloy steels developed by research martini steel. The concept likens small alloy additions to dry martinis with vermouth. Tiny amounts of columbium vanadium boron tellurium improve weldability hardenability machinability.
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New York
Martini
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