Invention of Rayon Stirs From Bicycle Rain
The article recounts early silk fibre history from silkworms to Dr. Hooke and Swan. It credits Charles Topham with a spinneret based spinning pot that shaped rayon production and notes Henry Mallinson’s praise for the device. The innovation helped establish the U S 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
The most publicized feature of Easter Island is its great stone images made from light, soft rock quarried in the crater of an extinct volcano, Rano Raraku. Unfinished figures reveal carving order and transport methods, with many images positioned along ancient roads from the crater and on mortuary platforms of clans.
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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 Plans Training for Super Men
An official announces a new department for a Copenhagen club aimed at creating "super men" to assist wives by training men to share housework. A wedding guest quips and a verger notes the bride's father is a plumber who forgot to bring her.
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Copenhagen
Enmark
Unclear clipping mocks sports writers at year’s end
A fragment critiques sports writers’ year end habit of filling columns with lists, noting the activity as time consuming and essentially repetitive. It reflects a light editorial jab rather than reporting a specific event.
Travelogue of Gaspé Coast and Jacques Cartier Medal
The author describes the Gaspé coast from Fox River to Cap-des-Rosiers and the Forillon peninsula. He notes dramatic sea cliffs, wrecks, and evidence of ancient patterns along Rosiers bayside. A carved Jacques Cartier medallion, found in a Rosiers house, is dated 1704 and thought to depict Cartier, linking to the region’s early exploration lore.
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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 Tips and a False Alarm Case
The column offers methods to remove candle wax from rugs and linens, advising scraping with a dull knife and sponging with carbon tetrachloride, then using a water alcohol mix for colored stains. A test on an inconspicuous area is urged to avoid fading. In Central Falls a young woman explains she filed a false alarm hoping for a ride home after being stranded on a country road.
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Central Falls
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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
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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
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