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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
11
In 1926 Frank Herbert Sweet explains how to tell Christmas trees apart by needle form and arrangement. Spruce needles are stiff and pinlike. hemlock needles lie flat with whitish undersides. fir needles split on both sides. pine shows two leaf forms. cedar, like Lebanon cedar, is slow growing and hard.
The frigate Essex commanded by Captain David Porter was the first American warship in the Pacific. She cleared Cape Horn early in 1818 and stayed in the region until her capture. March 8, 1814.
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