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Word: wisconsinian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they go. You report only an iota, however, of the vast amount of work that goes on in these extremely important fields constantly. How much better "Diggers" [TIME, April 25] would be, for instance, if you had told about Halvor H. Skavlem, a 78-year-old Wisconsinian who has devoted many years of his life to studying Indian relics and is the only white man who has ever discovered and imitated the lost Indian method of chipping flint arrowheads with bits of bone and a crude hammer! Recently he gave an exhibition here, chipping out perfect heads in 15 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 17, 1926 | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

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