Word: muskrat
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...high prices in recent years for furs, especially for muskrat, have resulted in a steady increase in the value of swamp land in many parts of the U. S. and in the rise of the new business of muskrat farming...
...Prosser White, dermatologist to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in England, has completed a careful study of the way in which eruptions on the skin are caused by poorly 'dyed furs. In the fur business it is necessary to dye fitch to represent sable, goat for bear, muskrat for seal, nutria for beaver, rabbit for seal, beaver, otter, mole, chinchilla or sable, and house cat for skunk or sable. The substance of importance in the process of dying is paraphenylendiamin, which is also the basis of most dyes for human hair that are now on the market. When oxidized this...
...Junior at Mt. Holyoke College, Miss Ruth Muskrat, Cherokee, presented the President with a book, The Red Man in the United States, dedicated to: "The Great White Father." Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge invited her to stay for lunch...
...Sunset on the Atlantic," T. M. Fisher '05; "At Long Range," M. D. Miller 1M.; "Lake Sunapee in Winter," H. S. Welsh '04; "Mont Orgueil," G. O. Carpenter '02; "In Holland," H. P. Williams '02; "A Pyramid," Mr. W. C. Lane; "Lonesome," W. A. Rorer B.I.; "Home of the Muskrat," H. R. Colson...