Too Careful Man Falls Between Buildings in Feb 1932
Thomas McDonough a woodside worker on the Bankers Trust project in Manhattan faced a fatal leap between two connected buildings. A strap snagged on a bolt, leaving him dangling seventeen stories above the cellar. A rescuer from the opposite building pulled him to safety as the strap tore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ello
Thomas McDonough
Woodside
N. Y
Tom
Bankers Trust Company
Pine Street
Manhattan
Land of Coffee Plantations Surrounds Sao Paulo
The article describes a vast tableland near Sao Paulo with about 45,000 coffee plantations and 3,000,000,000 trees, representing 25 percent more than all other countries combined. More than half the trees are in Sao Paulo, with 5,000,000 acres of red soil producing a large portion of an annual crop averaging 21,000,000 bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paulo
Brazil
World Corn Harvesting Patterns Across Regions
The article notes six harvest months for corn worldwide: January March April May September and October. New South Wales picks in January, Argentina in March or April, South Africa in April or May, Europe mainly in September and October, and the United States mostly in October as the leading producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Argentina
South Africa
Europe
United States
12 Year Old Girl Heads New England Geese Flock
Fay Jacques of Manchester Maine, at age twelve, reportedly owns the largest goose flock in New England. She began six years ago with a small group her father E C gave her and has expanded it into a substantial flock.
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Fay Jacques
Manchester
Maine
New England
E. C
Cree Chiefs Defeated by Mounted Police Serpent Siege
Pie a Pot and Long Lodge, Cree chieftains, resisted railroad construction on their reserve. A Northwest Mounted Police sergeant dispersed their camp by kicking down tepees, forcing the two chiefs to move. The incident ended with the Cree tribe retreating toward the reservation amid warnings about treaty aid.
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Long Lodge
Pie-a-Pot
Northwest Mounted Police
Pie-a- Pot
Filet Squares Form Lovely Table Cloth
Crochet lacy companion squares in odd moments then join into a cloth. Design features easy K stitch. Pattern 1726 includes charts directions materials illustrations. Send 15 cents for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York. Include name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Hawaii’s Grass Skirt Made From Ti Plant Leaves
The article explains that Hawaii’s traditional grass skirt is not woven from grass but from ti plant leaves. It notes a misbelief and clarifies the botanical source, highlighting cultural craft practices.
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Hawaii
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd Gibbons
Adventurers’ Club
No. 16
Wall Street
No. 9
West Pointers
The
United States Military Academy
Mitchellfield
Jacques
Princess Beatrix
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Beatrix
Dutch Empire
Soestdijk Palace
Hague
China
Hisaichi Terauchi
Shunroku Hata
Suchow
Esther Walker
Oceanside
Calif
California
Atlantic City
N. J
Betty Lewis
Peggy Martland
Helen Rink
Helen Price
Jean Cowan
Captain G. Elliott - Nightingale
WNU
Lydia E. Pin
Lice
Emerson
Yager’s Liniment
Daisy
Daisy Daz
Harold Somers, Inc
de Kalb Ave
B'klyn
N.Y
Doan
Gray Country
Tonto
Doans
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