Newfoundland in 1920s: dogs, journeys, and frontier towns
The narrator recalls a Newfoundland dog and a voyage from Sydney to Port au Bas, Newfoundland. He details barren inland areas, forests, elk herds, and a single paper mill town. Villages show distinct color schemes, Irish-descended fisherfolk, and a railroad tycoon figure in the capital, posing questions about Canadian rule.
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Newfoundland
Chicago
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Cabot Strait
Port Au Bas
Dominion of Canada
Island of
St. John
London Daily Times
White House
Reid
John Cabot
Henry VII
Georgia woman teaches plain print writing for retail savings
Madeline Rose Hosmer Brenner of Atlanta leads a Nation-wide program that trains retailers to use bold straight line print writing to reduce errors in sales slips. The system, based on simple shapes, was created by her mother Madeline Flint Hosmer and taught to soldiers and clerks to improve accuracy and cut costs. Brenner trains up to 60 store supervisors at a time to spread the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Georgia
Madeline Rose Hosmer Brenner
Atlanta
Madeline Flint Hosmer
University System of Georgia
South
Hosmer
Brenner
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Norway Dresses Up Whales In Many Tasty Menu Bits
In Oslo Norway whaling is portrayed as a coldly scientific industry with a $60 million yearly payoff. Floating factories sail to Antarctica each winter returning with 160 000 metric tons of whale oil and refrigerated steaks.
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Oslo
Norway
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Antartic
Russia Claims to Have Most World Centenarians
A new documentary reports the Soviet Union had 29 000 citizens over 100, the most of any country. It highlights centenarians in the Caucasus with Moscow hosting many, featuring Mamsyr Kiyat 147, Dzhadzh Khagba 125 and Osman Dzeniya 111 in vivid portraits.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Caucasus
Mamsyr Kiyat
Abkhazian Republic
Black Sea
Dzhadzh Khagba
Osman Dzeniya
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