Red Men Take to Air Travel for Trapping
In northern Canada tribesmen expand trapping range using airplanes. Four trappers from White Horse Yukon chartered a plane in mid April to Wolfe Lake 150 miles away in British Columbia, arriving in under two hours. More natives joined, making air taxi operations profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Wolfe Lake
British Columbia
Dispute Over Hand Organ Centennial Debated in Italy
Florence based Le Staffile supports celebrating the hand organ centenary arguing the hurdy gurdy honors popular culture while La Tribuna opposes the observance wishing to banish the organetto and the palm of the attendant monkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Florence
le Staffile
Tome
la Tribune
la Tribuna
The Rise of Hot Dogs as a Big American Industry
Rich From Hot Dogs describes the growing scale of hot dog production and sales in the United States. It notes an estimated 400 million pounds consumed this year, with a Coney Island stand earning about $15,000 weekly during the season. The owner, known as Hot Dog Joe, later took his family to Italy for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Coney Island
Italy
Oranges From America Rise in Popularity in England
English shoppers favor American oranges over Spanish imports as demand shifts in the fruit market. Trade patterns show American citrus gaining ground amid changing tastes and supply routes.
Genius Boy Blows Up Then Settles Down
A young prodigy gains attention but a malfunction ends a risky experiment. Authorities supervise as the incident closes without lasting harm and the boy returns to school under care.
Traffic Cop Warns About Nujol And Summons
A voice urges readers to heed warnings on traffic and health about Nujol a product marketed as a natural aid not a medicine. It claims Nujol keeps body functions regular aids in removing poisons and is produced by Natal Laboratories New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Nujol
Ull
Natal Laboratories
Park Avenue
New York
San Francisco
Overland Mail Pioneers Portrayed In Historic Routes
The piece surveys the development of transcontinental mail from 1846 to the Civil War era. It highlights Butterfield and Central Overland routes, the Pony Express, and figures like Russell, Holladay, and Wells Fargo. It notes deadlines, rates, and the shift from stagecoaches to telegraph as the West connected to the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield
Overland Mail
Colorado
West
William H. Russell
Russell, Majors and Waddell
Plains
Leavenworth and
Pikes Peak
Central Qoverland California
Pikes Peak Express Company
Rocky Mountain
Russell
Pony Express
Central Overland Stage Lines
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Pioneers
Hafey
Atlantic
Pacific
Ben Holladay
Central Overland California
Overland Stage Lines
Holladay
Mark Twain
Holy Land
Moses
Jack
Egypt
Israel
Benr
Wells Fargo Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harford
Neal Co
Nashville
Winrens Mills
Chaffey
Valim Spring
California
Houston
Galveston
Sherth
Pont Tre
Roxio City
Masion
England
Spain
Toledo
Ohio
Nature’s Law O. K
Bey
Elmo Scott Watson
Leroy R. Hafey
State Historical Society of
Arthur H. Clark Company
Cleveland
St. Louis
Congress
Great Britain
Oregon
Polk
Rocky Mountains
Charleston
S. C
Chagres
Panama
Astoria
Ore
Telegraph Hill
Lnk
Kit Carson
United States
Utah
Oregon Trail
Oregon Country
California Diggings
Great Plains
Butterfield Overland Mail
John Butterfield
Fort Smith
Ark
el Paso
Texas
Tucson
Ariz
Fort Yuma
Los Angeles
Saint Louis
Pioneer Stage
St Louis
Buchanan
Atlows
Abraham Lincoln
William J. Russell
THE
Pony Exposes
the Overland Stage