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Lumber Grade-Marking History: 1918
Date Published 02/07/2019
Introduction Even though we don’t necessarily think about these early years of the 20th century as critical to human history today, all it takes is one cursory glance at some of the things that happened during 1918 to see that if anything, that may just be a bit of an understatement. At the end of Continue reading..
Lumber Grade-Marking History: 1917
Date Published 01/08/2019
Introduction 1917 was a year of many firsts. Jeannette Rankin officially became the first female member of the United States House of Representatives in March of that year, right around the time that Woodrow Wilson was sworn in for his second term as president. The Republic of China would later terminate all diplomatic relations with Continue reading..
Lumber Grade-Marking History: 1916
Date Published 12/13/2018
Introduction 1916 was a year that gave us a great many things for the first time, many of which our lives literally depend on today. On New Year’s Day, the British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out not only the first successful blood transfusion in history, but they did so using blood that had already Continue reading..