Horse, Hero and Ice Water Rescue at Fort Greble
Ray Hopper, a Roslindale soldier with the U S Army coast artillery, fell from a wheeled cart on a frosty December day at Fort Greble Rhode Island. He survived after being pulled from icy water by his buddy as a frightened horse fought to climb atop him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Coast Artillery
Ray
Fort Greble
Rhode Island
Cook Shack
Ray Hopper
Quartermaster’s Department
WNU
Japanese Girls Are Expert Pearl Divers in Japan
A Kansas City Times correspondent describes Japanese girls ages sixteen to twenty five who work as pearl divers, exporting millions of oysters annually. The article notes Pearl island in Miye prefecture as the center, the ama divers, and Kokichi Mikimoto's influence requiring white waists. It highlights their independence, endurance, and social expectations that keep them in sea labor even after marriage and childbirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Kansas City Times
Pearl Island
Miye Prefecture
Kokichi Mikimoto
Minos
Crete
Morgan Horse Dates to 1793
The Morgan horse line traces to 1793 with the sire Justin Morgan, named after a farmer. Morgans are noted for ruggedness, style, courage, intelligence and usefulness in harness and saddle. They have served as remount stallions for the army and spread to Japan, China, the Americas, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Guam, leaving a lasting mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Justin Morgan
United States
World
Japan
China
Central and
South America
Canada
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Guam
How the Honey Bee Lives and Performs Its Duties
National Geographic Society explains the queen’s wedding flight and mating, drone roles, and queen worker differences. It describes colony recognition by scent, the dangers of queen struggles, drone expulsion for winter survival, and the need to store food for cold months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
IULE
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adventurers’ Club
By Floyd Gibbons
Raymond J. Hopper
Roslindale
Henry Ford
New Dearborn Veterans Hospital
Detroit
John Russell Pope
America
John J. Pershing
Montfaucon
France
King Carol of Romania
London
Regent Street
Harold Dahl
Champaign
Ill
Paris
Dahl
Iron Lung
Frederick D. Snite, Jr
Chicago
Rosemary O'Farrell
Mary
Santa Ana
California
Joffre
The
Marne
Maxime Real del Sarte
Burbank
Calif
Aerial Nurses Corps of America
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