September 6, 1899: The Carnation Company processed its first can of evaporated milk.
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September 6th, 1757 was the birthday of Marquis de Lafayette (often known simply as Lafayette), a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. (Sept. 6, 1757 – May 20, 1834) came to America at age 19 and served meritoriously in the American Revolution at his own expense.
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Today’s feature article is a guest post by Jennifer Rader [1], an author who is a prize donor for our writing contest, so it is not a writing contest entry.
We are in great need of entries for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [3] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [4]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.