Old Astor House Becomes Mackinac Immunity Center
Historic Mackinac Island site of John Jacob Astor’s fur empire is to be saved from decay and transformed into a community center by local women and Girl Scouts. The Astor house will house meetings and celebrations while preserving original beams, stair rail, and a desk once used by Ramsey Crooks. The project links past fur trade with present civic life on Mackinac Island.
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Elmo Scott Watson
America
John Jacob Astor
American Fur Company
Mackinac Island
Mich
Mackinac
North America
Americas
France
England
Little Fellows
Hudson's Bay Company
Montreal
Northwest Company
Great Lakes
Europe
Michillimackinac
Mackinaw Company
New Republic
United States
A. F.C
Waldorf
Heidelberg
Rhine
New York
Astor
Lake Superior
Prairie Country
London
China
Orient
Great Britain
Canada
Mackinaw
Southwest Company
St. Louis
Oregon Country
Columbia
Washington Irving
Astoria
Southwest Fur Company
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Hudson’s Bay Companies
Matthews
Don S. Hubbard
Chicago
Lachine
St. Lawrence
Robinson’s Folly
Ramsey Crooks
Robert Stewart
Mt. Astoria
Fur Company
Astor House
Rose
Webb
Girl Scouts
Island
The Unknown Fate of Henry Hudson
This historical sketch recalls Henry Hudson, famed for the river that bears his name, and questions his birth, death, and final fate. It covers his 1607 and 1609 voyages, mutiny in 1611, and lingering mystery surrounding the seven sailors and his own demise.
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America
Hendrik Hudson
New York State
Hudson’s Bay
Explorer
North Pole
Hudson
England
London
Muscovy Company
John
Hopewell
New York Bay
Ooney Island
Manhattan Island
Holland
New World
Polar Sea
Northwest Passage
Little Band
Washington Irving
Hudson’s Bay Company
Company
Wheeler Syndicate
Susie Finds Hidden Diamond Ring in Gum and Romance
A clerk named Susie, hungry for love, finds a diamond ring inside gum wrapped around a stray puppy named Princess. The ring leads to a lost dog notice and a meeting with a man who hints at romance and social ascent, ending with Susie stepping toward a possible future.
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Susie
Princess
Bill
Susie Green
Colonel Waters
Hope in Prosperity and the Word’s Etymology
The article explains that prosperity originates from Latin pro meaning according to plus sperare meaning to hope, defining prosperity as an earnest hope for better living conditions and the realization of that wish. It cites Webster’s New International dictionary tracing the term to this origin.
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Webster
New International Dictionary
Laissez-Faire Origin in Expression Laissez Faire Laissez Passer
The first element of the phrase laissez faire laissez passer is laissez faire, which means let do or make. The full expression is interpreted as non interference and governs the idea of letting things proceed without restraint.
Towns Name Honors Two Captains Newport News
The town’s name honors Capt. Christopher Newport and Capt. William Newce, with News being a corruption of Newce.
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Newport News
Christopher Newport
William Newce
News
Gave Name to Glass Henry William Stiegel
Henry William Stiegel, born in Germany in 1729, emigrated to the New World in 1750. At his Mannheim factory in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, some claim the most beautiful American glass was blown. The name Stiegel became a generic tag for American glass, with many pieces miscalled mauve or foreign.
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Henry William Stiegel
Germany
New World
Mannheim
Lancaster County
America
Stiegel
Moravian Peasants Excel in Wicker Work in Czechoslovakia
Wicker goods remain a cottage industry in Moravia and Bohemia with Moravian basket makers forming tight groups around firms. Marikovice and Melnik serve as centers for wicker production while prisons and the Prague based Klarov Institute for the Blind also contribute. Government river regulation and reforestation efforts affect raw willow supply, limiting new enterprise growth.
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Czechoslovakia
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czechoslovak Republic
Austrian Empire
United States Commerce Reports
Cesp
Klarov Institution For the
Prague
Markovice
Bohemia
Melnik
Vitava
Moldau
Labe
Elbe
Slovakia
Cleaning Enamel Paint for Durable Kitchen Surfaces
Cleaning enamel paine the enamel paint that is mixed with varnish forms a hard smooth surface. It dulls by soap. Rub first with a woolen or cotton flannel cloth wrung from hot water then with a clean dry cloth. Stains not removed by hot water may be eased with a fine scourer applied lightly to avoid scratching.
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Western Newspaper Union
JOH Jacob Astor House
The
DRUOR
Princess and the
Usie
Etta
Jerry
Spruce and
James
Prudence
Wala
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