Invention of Rayon Tied to Bicycle Spinning Pot Tale
A historical note recounts how the rayon process evolved from silk worm biology to man made fiber. It credits Sir Joseph Swan and others for early patents, then Henry Mallinson and Charles Topham for devices like Copham's Spinning Pot that made continuous threads possible, fueling the US rayon industry after 1910.
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Robert Hooke
Sir Joseph Swan
Charles Cross
Ernest Bevan
Charles Topham
Iis
Copham
America
United States
Amazing Stone Images From Easter Island Quarry Reveals
The article describes Easter Island stone wages from a single Rano Raraku quarry. It details unfinished images, transport methods, and the likelihood that backs were carved after placement, with many figures lining ancient roads and mortuary platforms.
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Aster Island
Rano-raraku
Ranotaraku
Crater
Easter Island
Arts of the
Ralph Linton
Paul S. Wingert
Réne d’Harnonecourt
Men to train as supermen by Copenhagen club
An official in Copenhagen announces a department for a so called superment club to train men to help their wives with housework. The remark on wives staying at home is paired with a wedding guest joke about a bride's father being a plumber.
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Copenhagen
Enmark
Staco
A Cubyes At This Time Of Year For Sports Writers
A fragment notes that writers waste time trying to fill column space with a list at year end. It comments on perennial habit of compiling year end notes rather than reporting. The tone is sardonic about sports journalism practices.
Gaspé Peninsula Portrait and a Cartier Medal Found
From Lille Percée The Finial of the St Lawrence or Gaspé Flankries by John M Clarke. The narrative tours Cape Gaspé and Forillon focusing on Rosiers, cliffs, wrecks, and a 1704 Jacques Cartier medallion found in an old Rosiers house. The piece blends travel prose with maritime lore and a rare discovery.
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Fox River
Riviere-aus-Renards
Grion Cove
L Anse-au-Grisfond
Jersey’ Cove
Louise Cove
Cap-des-Rosiers
St. Lawrence River
Cape Gaspé
Gaspé Bay
Canada
Isles of Percée
Great Gulf
Rosiers
Jacques Cartier
J.C
Cartier
Hôtel-de-Ville
St. Malo
France
Lille Percée
St. Lawrence
Gaspé Flancries
John M. Clarke
Candle Wax Cleanup And A False Alarm In Central Falls
The article offers methods to remove candle wax from rugs and linen using scraping and carbon tetrachloride with care to avoid fiber damage. For colored stains, a water and denatured alcohol mix is tested first on a hidden spot. It ends with a Central Falls report of a young woman explaining she filed a false alarm seeking a ride home.
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Central Falls
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Barney
Goldman
Cae
Frank M. Harris
Quebec
BABY
Atred
Cnckerel
Guelph
Uni
R.C.P
Wight
Wyers Poultry Barm
Myrtle Station
Ont
Lloyd Nmusehl
Holmywood
R.O.P. Sirel
R.O.P
Versa
Ontario
Craig Bros
Niagara Walls
Parker's Dye Works Limited
Davidson
Boata and
Johnson
Strand Cycle & Sports
Ing
Sanford
Hamilton
P.O. Boz
Qutremont
Quebéc
Wilson Limited
Dufferin Street
Toronto
Olé ‘Taylor
Ridgetown
Meee Broa
Kinka
F.C.B. Hamilton
Magnitimes
Almen
Stock Limited
Robert Jones Lumber & Coal CO
Ingen
Purkey
Miatchery
Flatraw
Furmacics
Waverley
Armstrong Coat
Babbitt Bearings
Armstrong Faundry & Machine Shop
Orangeville
Jeremiah
Daniel
Isaiah
Hzekiel
Micclesiastes
Divine Fife
Jon Shiloh Rommel
Niagara Falls
New York
Kottmeter
Fonthill
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
Ottawa
POST
St. E
Lozan
al. Peterson
Flint
Mich
Granville Street
Vancouver
BOR, WE
Idi
Marvel
Blaar St. W
Forante
Line St
Rideau St
Canadian Writers’ Service
West 28Th Avenue
B.C
Reo Guest
W. KR. Mott
Robina Avenue
E. Emery
E.R
Victoria
Aime Arvisais
Murray Street
Huron County
Ashfield Township
Kilpatrick
Lee
Kagan
High Park Géns
IBM
Erices
Ate
Taylor Wimit
Tereate
Redd
COMET
Basterm Can., Ltd
Drolet St
Montréal
Can
Samuel Preesco, Ltd
Wellington St. E
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