Life Among Moonshiners in North Carolina Mountains
Priscilla and I observe mountain life near the border area with Allen gang rumors, noting moonshine production, federal arrests, and community resilience. We meet a woodchopper, a butter-maker family, and mountain industries teaching crafts, while discussing child labor and education as a path toward staying with the soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
North Carolina
Allen
Southern Weekly
Daurhpon
Is the American Man a Failure Explored in The April Woman's Home Companion
The piece argues that modern husbands chase appearances and social status over homelife. It recounts a New York tale of a college man who moves his wife to costly rooms, seeking social polish while she longs for a simple, domestic life and real family closeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Becky
April Woman's Home Companion
New York
South
Jack
Beavers moved to multiple national parks
Yellowstone beaver colonies attract tourist interest prompting the interior department to trap and ship groups to Glacier, Sequoia, General Grant, Yosemite, Platt, Mount Rainier and Wind Cave parks and to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Additional colonies slated for Crater Lake and Sully's Hill when funds allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Washington
Department of the Interior
Glacier, Sequoia
General Grant
Yosemite
Platt, Mount Ranier
Wind Cave
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Crater Lake
Sully’s Hill
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Corpus Christi
Flanders
All Flanders
Collins Auto Co
Darkey
Res
National Child Labor Committee
New York Evening Post
Nell Brinkley
U. S
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