The Story of Our States Vermont's heritage and dawn of statehood
The article traces Vermont's name origin from ver de monts or green mountains and recounts Champlain's 1609 voyage. It notes the 1724 Brattleboro fort, disputes with New York and New Hampshire, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, Vermont's 1777 constitutional abolition of slavery, and its 1791 admittance as the 14th state with 9,564 square miles and four presidential votes.
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Ph Derivas Stion
Vermont
Monts
Green Mountains
Champlain
Brattleboro
Massachusetts
Hartford
Yale College
New York
Lake Champlain
New Hampshire
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
McClure
Music therapy aids shell shock recovery in England
The Society of Vocal Therapy founded two years ago in England trains teachers for soldiers to use singing under medical supervision. At the second annual meeting Lieut. Col. Sir Frederick Mott reported memory recovery through music, noting singers recalled songs while forgetting daily experiences. He recounted aphasic cases where singing aided speech, such as a gunshot survivor who could sing but not name objects, though a month later he could speak.
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Society of Vocal Therapy
England
Frederick ‘Mott
Tipperary
Footprints 130 Years Old Found South of Pele Crater
In the Kau desert near Kilauea's crater, Prof. T A Jagger Jr and Dr Jagger report discovering footprints dated over a century old. The tracks, preserved in volcanic ash, suggest a Hawaiian army fleeing Pele's wrath around 1790 as legends tie them to Keoua and stages of Kilauea's explosions. The site lies within the new Kilauea National Park being prepared for dedication.
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Hilo
Island of Hawaii
T. H
Pele
Kilauea
Kau Desert
Great Crater
T. A. Jagger, Jr
Volcano Observatory
Jagger
Kau
Keoua
Eoua
Kamehameha
Hawaiian Islands
Keona
New Kilauea
Veneer Waste as Paper Raw Material Proposed
The Scientific American notes United States veneer waste from red gum yellow poplar cottonwood birch wuipelo basswood and beech offers high grade pulp potential. Tiny log cores and waste clippings could become pulp stock with profit. Many veneer firms near pulp mills could supply daily veneer waste equivalent to 50 cords of pulpwood, supporting a central mill if economics allow.
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United States Forest
Neta Laboratory
Scientific American
Pneumatic Crowbar Quickly Dismantles Street Pavement
The Clubman Eraction Company uses a pneumatic crowbar to rip up paving around street car rails. One operator with the air tool can replace four men, sinking through hard pavement as if it were dirt. A square yard can be torn up in under three minutes.
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Clubhman ‘Eraction Company
How Romans Built Roads Two Thousand Years Ago
Romans constructed four earth road layers the statumen radius nucleus and pavimentum forming a durable four course system. Heavy stone laid with mortar carried chariot and packhorse traffic, sustaining the empire’s transport backbone for about eight centuries.
Miners Protected by U S Bureau of Mines Rescue Cars
The United States bureau of mines operates ten mine rescue railroad cars that travel to mining districts providing first aid and mine rescue training. It also maintains eight fixer mine rescue stations, seven with auto rescue trucks, serving mines and miners in disasters and fires. The service has saved lives and minimized property losses across the industry.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Aliki Recrenge
Dente
Inines
Children fed ether to beat hunger shocks Westfield officials
Westfield Massachusetts reports a disturbing case revealed by school authorities after an investigation. Young children were found receiving sugar lumps soaked in ether to curb appetite. Superintendent Chester D. Stills discussed the matter with state educational and health authorities. Ether could be bought in any quantity.
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Westfield
Mass
Chester D. Stills
The House at the End of the Road Meets Lyn Walford
Lyn Walford seeks his uncle’s estate but meets Marguerite Daisy Brown at a roadside tea house run by the uncle's ward. Daisy explains Marguerite’s fate, her work to keep the home, and the pair sense old adventures rekindling as he considers his place and the will. The scene blends nostalgia, romance, and financial intrigue in a crumbling country house setting.
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Lyn Walford
Lyn
Daisy Brown
Shis
Walford
Marguerite
Daisy
Speed limits set by new motor vehicle law
Provisions of the law, effective July 4, cap speeds by weight and tire type, with city districts able to set 20 mph suburban and 15 mph business limits. It also caps total load per wheel at four tons with an overall 14 ton vehicle weight, limits wheel load per inch width, and confines enforcement to the state highway commission. Maximum vehicle width is eight feet, with exceptions for loose farm products.
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State Highway Commission
Chautauqua July 4 to 8 1921 Attraction Details
Signor Alessandro Liberato, world renowned cornetist and bands master, highlighted as a premier Chautauqua draw for the Federated Club event set July 4 to 8, 1921. He is widely regarded across the United States and Canada, often called the Wizard of the Cornet, with a career long marked by top billing and acclaim.
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Signor
Alessandro Liberato
United States
Canada
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