Inventor's Rainy Ride Sparks Rayon Industry Origin
The article recounts early rayon development from 19th century experiments by Swan Cross Bevan and Hooke to the 1890s breakthroughs. It highlights Charles Topham’s spinning pot inspired by bicycle mud, enabling thread formation and launching the American rayon industry with Mallinson praising the device’s impact.
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Robert Hooke
Sir Joseph Swan
Charles Cross
Ernest Bevan
Charles Topham
Iis
Copham
America
United States
Amazing Stone Images of Easter Island Quarries and Figures
The article describes Easter Island stone images carved from a soft futa material from a single quarry in the Rano-raraku crater. It notes unfinished statues revealing the sculptors carved faces first, transport methods, and the large size range from 12 to 60 feet in length with weights up to thirty tons.
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Aster Island
Rano-raraku
Ranotaraku
Crater
Easter Island
Arts of the
Ralph Linton
Paul S. Wingert
Réne d’Harnonecourt
Copenhagen club to form department for supermen
An official announces a focal club in Copenhagen plans a department for supermen to train men to assist their wives with housework. A wedding guest prompts action while a verger notes the bride's father is a plumber who forgot to bring her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Enmark
Sports writers fill column with season end lists
At this time of year it is common for sports reporters to fill space with a lengthy list of seasonal items and notes, creating a column that reflects on the period even as it repeats familiar topics and names.
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R.C.P
Wight
Wyers Poultry Barm
Myrtle Station
Ont
Lloyd Nmusehl
Holmywood
R.O.P. Sirel
R.O.P
Versa
Ontario
Gaspé Flancries: A Quebec River Road and Cartier Portrait
Excerpted from Lille Percée The Final of the St. Lawrence, Clarke describes a coastal trek from Fox River to Cap-des-Rosiers and the Forillon coast. He notes rugged cliffs, storm seas, shipwreck legends, and a rare 1704 Cartier portrait found in a Rosiers house revealing an early Malouin skipper.
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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
The guide explains removing candle wax from rugs and linen using scraping and carbon tetrachloride, with a test spot to prevent fading. It notes a colored stain may need a water and denatured alcohol mix, applied cautiously. The piece ends with a Central Falls incident: a young woman explains why she reported a false alarm during a lonely country road wait.
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Central Falls
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Parker's Dye Works Limited
Davidson
Boata and
Johnson
Strand Cycle & Sports
Ing
Sanford
Hamilton
P.O. Boz
Qutremont
Quebéc
Wilson Limited
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Olé ‘Taylor
Ridgetoewn
Meee Broa
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F.C.B. Hamilton
Magvitimes
Almen
Stock Limited
Robert Jones Lumber & Coal CO
Ingen
Purkey
Miatchery
Flatraw
Furnacics
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
Ween St
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
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Tereate
Redd
COMET
Basterm Can., Ltd
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