Word: crafts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nowadays, however, the scene has changed. The clipper ships have disappeared and the only sailing craft that have increased in numbers are the fishing boats which are slowly drawing from Cape Ann all the glory that in former years was Gloucester's. Even though the sail has given way to the funnel, however, and cargoes are now coal and lumber instead of silk and spice, Boston's sea commerce is rapidly decreasing; freight differentials and a lack of American vessels, it would seem, are responsible for the removal of many shippers to New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, where no such...
...President set aside 7,100 acres in Emery County, Utah, as "Helium Reserve No. 1," for the purpose of preserving the gas for the nation's lighter than-air craft...
...final act the piece turns into a bedroom farce without warning. But it is innocuous enough to make Avery Hopwood blush for his craft...
Besides being thoroughly versed in the technical development of flying craft, General Patrick has the advantage of being a flyer himself. He will be welcomed, therefore, not only as an expert, but as a devotee, a practitioner, in a field peculiarly modern and almost uniquely fascinating...
...attend the smoker this evening at 8 o'clock at M. I. T. of the Aeronautical Engineering Society. The design, construction, and operation of the "Shenandoah" will be described by Mr. C. P. Burgess, who was associated with its design and was aboard the huge "lighter-than-air" craft during its recent runaway flight...