Old Whale Ship Characteristics and Island Crew Traditions
The article contrasts whalers with other ships, noting rigging shifts to barques, varied hulls, and long decks. It emphasizes islander crews trained as skilled oarsmen, the distinctive 28 by 6 by 3 foot whale boat, and Charles W. Morgan as the last representative on the New England coast, urging interest in sailing history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
California
Charles W. Morgan
South Dartmouth
Massachusetts
United States
Gasoline gondolas replace oars in Venice romance
Sad news from Venice notes gondolas becoming gasoline powered with at least thirty motor gondolas due by spring. Many traditional gondoliers may vanish as numbers dwindle from 10000 to under 500, yet Venice remains famed for its canal beauty and festivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Grand Canal
Preservation credited to Col E H R Green and New Bedford group
The text credits Col E H R Green and a New Bedford group for preserving the ship book as cited by Joseph T. Higgins.
The Alpine Mule Trek of Louis Pasteur
A Frenchman and an Alpine guide climbed Mont Blanc with a mule carrying twenty sealed glass flasks of 250 cm3 each. The mules trek, though seen as mad, led to Pasteur's later work ensuring milk safety with documented experiments using liquids like yeast-water blood beer wine and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont.Blanc
Chamonix
Louis Pasteur
Pasteurized milk cuts infant mortality in London
A past era note shows in 1911 infantile diarrhoea killed 203 per thousand in summer. By 1921 half of London’s milk was pasteurized and deaths fell to ninety per thousand. The tale ends with a punchline as a man visits a doctor to claim benefit from treatments not his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasteur
Lord Verulam
National Baby Welfare Council
World Health Organization
Britain
London
Go into business selling exclusive home goods ads
Sell exclusive houseware products and appliances via Murray Sales in Montreal and F. Chaddock position in Mada waska Ontario. No stores compete, profits up to 500 percent, finish with free color catalog and separate wholesale price list. Apply now for salary by experience and duties starting September 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
St. Lawrence
Montreal
F. Chaddock
T. S. A. Murchison & Lyell
Madawaska
Ontario
Gems of Wisdom From All Over
A collection of proverbs from diverse cultures about life, virtue, and human behavior. Each saying offers a concise moral or observation, spanning Chinese Japanese Persian Arabian Danish Russian German Nigerian Indian Turkish Korean Italian Romanian Czech Spanish Dutch.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Virdon
Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Hobie
Landrith
Eddie Miksis
Jean Paul Richter
Seagram
Aldo Abir
Montevideo
Uruguay
Montevideo City
Minn
U.S
Abir
Americas
Handycraft Supply Company
Peterborough
Dayold
Ames
Bray Hatchery
John N
Hamilton
Rhode Island
Fergus
Massey-Harris
C.C.D. Federal
King St. E
Toronto
M.H
Ferguson
Deere
P.T
Gilson Freezer
M.H. Mower
Donald McVittie
Alliston
Trailer Mart
Wharncliffe S. At
Base Line
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
Ottawa
Post
Eczema
St. Clair Avenue East
Canada
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau St
Mack
Mott
Santa Cruz California
Harvey Hager
N.E. 20Th Street
Miami
Florida
Heinrichs
Station C
Winnipeg
Malone
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Etherstonhaugh & Company
University Ave
Ramsay Co
Bank St
Delux
The
Medico Agency
Terminal
Toronto Ont
Alvin Dutton
Lanett
Alabama
Winston Churchill
Fergus Landrace
Swine Farm
Fergus Ontario
Dodd
Ly Tae Lees
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!