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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

Description: From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that ha… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Peas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an old Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year Day which is supposed to bring good luck throughout the new year.
Date: December 31, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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