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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manufacture of 25 gal. of wine at his home in September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Semi-Soft Cider | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

...Manufacture of 30 gal. of cider at his home in September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Semi-Soft Cider | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

...Somebody Stole My Gal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANS FOR SENIOR SPREAD COMPLETED | 6/6/1924 | See Source »

...archipelago where no human beings live but a small colony of convicts; where only pirates, adventurers, and scientific expeditions have sojourned, where flora and fauna of vanished geological ages flourish in greater abundance and variety than in any other spot on the earth's surface-that describes the Galápagos, locale of William Beebe's latest scientific and literary exploits. His new book* issued under the auspices of the New York Zoölogical Society, is a saga of man, the ever-curious, in a garb that fits the tale, replete with gorgeous color plates, beautiful photography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beebe at Gal | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

...returned May 16, having steamed nine thousand miles, and crossed the Equator eight times. Actually less than 100 hours was spent on the islands themselves. It may seem absurd that a scientific expedition should spend so limited a time at its objective. The reader soon learns why. The Galápagos are all but uninhabitable. There is little or no water to be had on the islands. Water both for the boilers and for drinking and personal use had to be carried along. The Noma watered and coaled at Panama, sailed for the Galápagos, 800 miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beebe at Gal | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

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