Quiz Challenge from Ask Me Another General Knowledge
A public quiz item lists twelve trivia questions with answers including Francis Marion for the swamp fox, German language vs Dutch, type sizes, Kentucky birth, March as boundary, Appalachian and Rocky Mountains, bishop mitre, Urals, a small account, St Helena in the Atlantic, a gambling decoy, and Hindu sacred writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Europe
Asia
Island of
St. Helena
Francis Marion
Germany
Netherlands
Kentucky
Ural Mountains
Atlantic
Tail balance aids racing greyhounds and horses
A Collier's weekly note explains how a good tail serves as a rudder and balance for racing greyhounds like Mick the Miller and horses. It contrasts Mick's success with Coron-son of Coronach, who failed due to lacking a tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mick the Miller
Coron
Coronach
Collier's Weekly
Steel unions gain ground as 40 hour week grows
John L. Lewis and the CIO push a wave of agreements across major firms led by Carnegie-Illinois, with higher wages and a 40 hour week. General Electric considers a national pact with United Electric Workers while textile targets loom. Sit down strikes flare in Canada and Illinois as wage disputes widen across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yooave
John L. Lewis
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
United States Steel
Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
General Electric Company
United Electrical Workers
United Shoe Workers of America
New England
Commerce Roper
Perkins
Sarnia
Ont
Holmes
Chrysler Motor Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler
Detroit
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
North Chicago
Max Adelman
Wisconsin
Horner
Ilinois
Woolworth
Iowa Senate backs farm to market road bill and school name changes
The Iowa Senate approved a farm to market road bill by 44 to 2 and sent it to the House as sponsors praised it for directing potential tens of millions yearly to improve secondary roads. A House bill would rename the Feeble Minded Institute at Glenwood as the Glenwood state school and rename the Woodward hospital as the Woodward state school and colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Reedom
Senate
Key Pittman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Borah and
Johnson
Austin
Bridges
Gerry and
Lodge
House of Commons
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Europe
Germany
League of Nations
Navy
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
Britain
Iowa Senate
House
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Feeble Minded Institute
Glenwood
Des Moines
National Farm Tenancy Institute
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Ilinois
A. J. Surratt
Illinois
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Surratt
Iowa Planning Board
WPA
Howard Henry
J. A. Greene
Harlan
Adams, Taylor and
Mills
Henry
Wilbur H. Simonson
United States Department of Public Roads
Highway Department
Iowa State College
Nelson G. Kraschel
W. W. Alexander
Alexander
Vincent Harrington
Drouth Area
Kraschel
Farm Credit Administration
Resettlement Administration
Harrington
Washington
Drouth
Experiences of Life by Lydia Le Baron Walker
An essay on life experiences shaping growth and character. The piece argues that varied events, both thrilling and challenging, foster wisdom, selflessness, and strong judgment when viewed beyond personal stakes. It reflects on memory, humor in past events, and developing through experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Ware
New York City
Lydia le Baron Walker
Bell Syndicate
Doughnut traced to Mayflower origin in American bakers
The St. Paul Dispatch cites a theory from the American baking industry that doughnuts arrived with Pilgrims from Holland, linking the pastry to Plymouth Rock and New Amsterdam. It notes the first U.S. doughnut shop opened in 1796, adding venerable status to a familiar treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
New World
Plymouth Rock
New Amsterdam
America
St. Paul
Virginia Batter Bread Recipe Steps
A brief recipe shows mixing 1 pint buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon soda butter and lard small egg 1/4 cup meat melt fats then add remaining ingredients and 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Bake twenty to thirty minutes. Copyright WNU Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
WNN
Dean
Idoans
WNU
Magnesia
Steel
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Usiness
Supreme Court
Holyoke Water Company
Armerican
Holyoke Company
War Department
Woodring
Army Air Command
Sen
Pittman
Fiorella H. la Guardia
New York
Hitler
Luther
State Department
Berlin
la Guardia
Iowa News
Walter S. Woods
Shelby County
Fred Peters
Armour and Company
Denison
O Coon Rapids
Mapleton
Virginia Batter Bread
Denton
Dentons Facial Magnesia Z Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
M. Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!