Cardigan to Cashmere: Hawick Knitwear Firms Help Shape Trade
A historical look at Hawick Scotland as a center of knitwear from 19th century rugged mills to 20th century export power. It notes 26 firms in Hawick, high foreign sales, and cashmere sweaters traveling from Himalayan goats to North American markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cardigan
Hawick
Hoyk
Scott Border
Gaunt Stone Mills
Chevie
Treviot
Bi Mills
Melita Knowles
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Braemar
R. Taylor Wilson
Himalayan
Marco Polo
Silk Road
DentaIm
Newcastleton
Duns
Berwickshire
Hsking
Arbroath
Father wins damages in hospital operation suit
Haymond L Stevenson told the judge his son was sent home after a hernia operation with the hernia still present but his tonsils removed. The judge remarked the hospital aimed a little high and awarded the father 2000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymond
L. Stevenson
Gogro of Ivory Coast rises amid sorcery and politics
Gogro, a planter and trader from Abijan, co-founded the Democratic African Assembly and opposed U S imperialism. He built a large house with suspect financing, faced threats from a local sorcerer, and saw clashes with native Communist guards. Hassoldt Davis records these events in Sorcerers Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogro
Ivory Coast
West Africa
Abijan
Democratic African Assembly
U.S
Hassoldt Davis
Krong
Magic tape reveals guarded truths in elder wizards tale
Davis uses a tape recorder to entertain rival elders who fear rivals. An erased New York tape bleeds into playback causing Armstrong like singing to erupt. The chief mistakes the voice for his own and the interpreter claims it reflects the soul while hints of hunger loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cion
Davis
New York
N’drr
Louis Armstrong
N’dri
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Fast Skin Relief
A praised antiseptic remedy used across Canada, Moone's Emerald Oil claims to heal Herema Salt Rheum licking toes and other skin disorders in a few days. The product is noted as pleasant to use, antiseptic, and penetrating, with many long standing cases yielding to its influence. sold by druggists for pimples and stubborn skin troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Moone
Go Into Business for Yourself Sell Exclusive Houseware Goods
Advertises a mail order opportunity by Murray Sales offering exclusive houseware products and appliances not sold in stores. Claims no competition and profits up to 300 percent. Promises a free color catalogue with retail prices and a separate confidential wholesale price list. Location listed as 3822 St. Lawrence, Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
St. Lawrence
Montreal
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Tiebissou
Yho
Dodd
Bie Wan, Barry Proale Wee Ee
King Boas
Merry Menagerie
Wires Syndicuse
Publex
Gerrard East
Toronto
Ogilvie Line
O'Conner Station
Toronto 16
Ontario
BABY
Bray Hatchery
John N
Hamilton
S. Patterson
Haldimand West
Gaspe, Quebec
Turner
3Rd Street North
St. Petersburg
Florida
P.O
Brantford
Trans-Canada Wholesale Co
Ottawa
Ont
Thorne
St. Antoine
Hydro
Lewis D. Benson
Dundalk
R.R
Robert E. Hart
Sidney
Newark
Dixon’s
Munro’s Drug Store
POST
St. Clair Avenue East
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau St
ABC
Cassan Systems
Superior Ave
MacDonald & Renno Greeting Cards
Euclid Ave
Merilie
Bishop Falls
Newfoundland
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Fetherstonhaugh & Company
University Ave
Deafeneg
Leonard
Leonard Company
Dept
Station F
Medico Agency
Welland
Niagara Falls
Liberal Commission
Eighteenth Street
New
Chartwell
Churchill
Fergus
Swine Parm
Fergus Ontario
Hay Apply
Brantford, Diemen
Uit
Roy Markle
Grafton
Prestone
Evarendy
Prime
National Carbon
Evision OF Union Carbide Canada Limited
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