Certain factors can exacerbate the patches of dry skin that develop around your mouth. This includes frequently licking your lips, according to NetDoctor. If you live in a cold climate, cold weather can dry the skin, causing patches to develop on the lips.
Seven months after being released from Landsberg jail, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle:Muckraking the Meat-Packing Industry. Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws.Before the turn of the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States.ut The Jungle took on a life of its own as one of the great muckraking works of the Progressive Era. Sinclair became an accidental muckraker.. The White House was bombarded with mail, calling for reform of the meat-packing industry.