Lafayette National Park Historic Coastline Of Mount Desert Island
A historical overview recounts the creation and features of Lafayette National Park, formerly Sieur de Monts, on Mount Desert Island near Bar Harbor Maine. It highlights private funding, Champlain’s landing site, Bar Harbor Gateway, the park’s scenic peaks, sea views, bird sanctuaries, and memorials to Lafayette and early explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oopright
the International Syndicate
Atlantic
Mount Desert Island
Mains
Bur’ Harbor
Sieur de Monts
Arcadia
George ©. Derr
Boston
Aun Bar Mare Bor
William Kent
San Francisco
Muir Woods National Monument
Dorr
Mr. Dorr
Sieur de Monts National
Lafayette National Park
Samuel Champlain
Henry
Navarre
Champlain
Island Des
Lafayette Park
Mt Desert
Bar Harvor
Oean
Niyang
Moynglaing
Lok
Biue
Goat's Head
Frenchman's Bay
St. Lawrence
Amazon
Our Only National Park
Mississippi
Mt. Desert Island
The
State
Books Are Savage in U. S. A. and Boston Tops
New York and Boston are highlighted as major book towns with Boston leading in per capita sales. The piece notes 46 percent of books sold locally are school books, many given to pupils, and discusses the economics of bookselling, including a single bookstore surviving on more than book sales and the Midwest as a strong book region. It recalls Thomas Bailey Aldrich as a regular customer and comments on the culture of book buying in New York and the East Side.
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New York
Upitel
Boston
America
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich
Evansville
Ind
Florida
Middlewest
NewEngland
East Side
New York Times
Smith
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
United States
Fisheries Biological Laboratory
Mississippi River
Fairport
Iverse
Canada
The Book Trade Gamble and Reform Push in 1920s America
The piece argues book publishing is a high stakes gamble driven by population and per capita reading, noting distribution patterns from coasts to Denver and California. It highlights publishers Adae and Harper's schemes to build a stable market, the rise of mass jingles and children’s books, and calls for steady advertising aimed at broad readers rather than niche labels.
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Lgar
Ivadad
W. Ne Far
Thomas
Tlardy
Hardy
W. KE. Norris
Buble
Ralph Mayhew
Combie Mayhew
Harper's
Harpiv
Mayhaw
Margaret Hha McCarien
Divine call to labor and worthy work across life
Omnidirectional exhortation to work with all might, citing St. Paul’s “work out your salvation.” Emphasizes duty to world and family, effort as life’s core, and the joy of labor. Includes a parable of a prize-winning saw and references to industrial machinery and capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywerk
Redling
Publishers fund education effort for readers
The passage notes publishers subscribing two fifths of one percent of their business for a year to educate the American public about their books. Jobbers contribute one sixteenth of one percent of gross, and retailers one eighth of one percent. The plan aims to educate readers about the books available.
Gypsies and Legislation Stirring Guildford District
The article outlines debates on the legal status of Gypsies, their treatment in various towns, and proposed restrictive measures. It notes long-standing tensions when Gypsies appear in districts and mentions Guildford, urging assimilative provisions and district easements. It references myths about Gypsy origins and the push for action to address perceived menace to national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Cei
Wrought Iron Across New Orleans Forges a Vanishing Craft
Longtime ironworkers like Mangin recount the decline of handmade wrought iron railings in New Orleans as industrial casting and cheaper imports replace artisan craft. He notes a 40 year lull with few trained apprentices and the shift from hand forging to mass production, while describing the old shop, patterns, and the cultural value of true wrought iron work.
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New Orleans
Paris
Madrid
Seville
Christan Ience Monitor
Fithy
Ily
Avery
Iran
Guyals
Mangin
Peurbonsstreet
Dee
Sonia
Lilly
New York
Mr. Mangin
Americas
Mc Muugin
Evers
Max
France
Meaux
DT Harid
Dt Iseoma
Emuy
Don Carlos
Anerica
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Lafayettte
Secretary of the Interior
Ube Monument
Lafayette
Trenchman
Monts
Kent
Maine
Mininuin
Nar W
Jonic
Pheri
Latiyette Escadrigie
Avialoca
Laangley
Smithsonian Museum
Aiiglor
Langley Head
Cadillac Mountain
Thonor
Cadillac
Debroit
Louisiana
Somes
Pero . Bock
Colley Lfero
LILLE
Tice CO
EL Ocplhele
EAL LE
Peliolelor
U. A
Yealers
New England
Washington
St. Pan
Kunsesity
Denver
Salt Lake City
California
San Frazcisco
Tal
Indianapolis
Yenre Agoin
Dungheon
McCarver
HuUbalan
Che Urs
Solve Valley
Tuye Lakua
Bork
Imieng
Hed Uel
Atany Vale
Bork Pubishers
Wowk
Oak
Ana Hook Gellars
Renmvdlinig Wleplant
AHL House
Sind
Sears
Yiephant
Elephant
Erbtie
Chetper
Thirlistey Wns
Francois Peluns
Forge Irons
Lafitte
Dean
Pierre
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