Italian Immigrants Shaped Early American History United by Columbus Day
The piece chronicles Italian born figures linked to American founding era. It highlights Columbus Cabot Vespucci Tonti Vigo and Henry de Tonti as pioneers who aided exploration settlement and commerce in North America. It notes Mazzel Jefferson associate and Vigo’s disputed claims and funding role with Clark and the Mississippi boundary.
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America
Giovanni
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Juan de la Cosa
Santa Maria
Martin Alonso Pinzon
Francisco
Vincente Yanes Pinzon
Antilles
Espanola
Hayti
New World
North America
Lief Ericsson
Greenland
St. Lawrence River
Vinland
Continental
Giovanni Cabato
Cabata
Genoa
Venice
Bristol
England
Henry VII
Sayle
John Cabot
Matthew
Sebastian
Cabot
Halifax
Hudson Strait
India
Newfoundland
Virginia Capes
Florida
Labrador
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Germany
National Library
Paris
Edward VI
Mary
London
Muscovy Company
Columbia
Cabatta
Amerigo
Americus Vespucci
Italy
Vespucci
Spain
South America
Ojeda
Mundus Novus
Rtoa
Arla
St. Die
Vosgess
France
Geograph
Europe
Mathias Ringman
Martin Waldseemuller
Waldseemuller
Americus
Amerige
Colombo
Cabato
Henri de Tonti
Lorenzo Tonti
Naples
Tonti
Marseilles
Toulon
Messina
Libisso
Metasse
Sicily
Robert Cavelier
Sieur de la Salle
New
D'Iberville
Lower
Louisiana
Iberville
Mobile
la Salle
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Francesco Vigo
Mondovi
Piedmont
Matteo
Maria Maddalena Vigo
Vigo
Havana
Cuba
New Orleans
St. Louis
Don Fernando de Leyba
Upper
George Rogers Clark
Kaskaskia
Clark
Vincennes
New Republic
Allegheny Mountains
Virginia
William Henry Harrison
Indiana Territory
Philip Mazzel
Thomas Jefferson
Mazzel
Tuscany
Smyrna
Jefferson
Monticello
Poland
Czar Alexander
Russia
The
Virginian
Union
Ethylene Gas Process Misleads Fruit Buyers
A Department of Agriculture bulletin says color tests mislead shoppers as pale oranges lack relation to nutritive content. Ethylene gas accelerates ripening on mature fruit, not affecting acidity or sugar levels, and is allowed for mature fruit but prohibited on immature fruit.
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Department of Agriculture
Hitch-Hiking Fly Spreads Disease Warns Health Officials
The common house fly acts as a hitch hiker traveling on trains planes and autos spreading disease germs. Health authorities note distant infections trace to flies and urge better cleanliness and awareness to curb this insect threat.
Fly Spray Efficacy Against Flies Highlighted in Home Use
A home defense note promotes a fly killing program using fly spray with ample Pyrethrins derived from Pyrethrum flowers. The product, when sprayed as a fine mist, is described as death to flies and suitable for household use.
Kansas Marks Extreme Temperature Swing in Short Span
Kansas recorded a 137 degree range in under six months from 119 degrees in August 1934 across several cities to 18 degrees below at Colby in January 1935 highlighting drastic temperature fluctuations.
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Kansas
Colby
Milnesia Wafers Offer Quick Pleasant Elimination
A health note promotes Milnesia Wafers as a pleasant milk of magnesia tablet option to correct acidity, gas, headaches, and bloating. The ad claims easy daily use, with bottles priced 85¢ and 60c and tins at 20c, endorsed by thousands of physicians and available at druggists.
Tubeless Crystal Sets and Build Plans Highlighted
A 1900s listing features Tubeless Crystal Sets with 2100 miles of efficiency notes, plus instructions for 18 types. The note references a subscription titled Setbuilders Data priced at 25 cents and cites Laboratories at 151 T Liberty in San Francisco.
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Laboratories
Liberty
San Francisco
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