Mona Lisa fans persist after 450 years remain enticed
The Mona Lisa still attracts admirers who write personal notes to Leonardo da Vinci's famed portrait of Lisa de la Giacondo at the Louvre in Paris. Visitors crowd the Grande Galerie daily, a low railing guards the painting as guards and police protect the priceless work, which is not insured because it cannot be replaced.
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Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona
Lisa de la Giacondo
Francesco de la Giacondo
Germany
Louvre
Paris
France
Louis XIII
Here's A Pal For You Pen Pal Request Column
Readers seek pen pals across states listing ages and addresses. Messages from Jerome Bell Carol Ann Morgan Ralph Bender Virginia Linder Kevin Chadbourne Jane Arathuzik Sharon Casey Theresa Brown Barbara Lohnes Marlene Shook Mary Huebsch request letters from Massachusetts Texas California Hawaii and beyond with hobbies and ages for cross state friendship.
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Judy Harrison
Rt. 1
Grove City
Theresa Brown
Newhall St
Saugus
Mass
Barbara Lohnes
Williams Ave
Lynn
Marlene Shook
Rt. 2
Saruen
Mary Huebsch
Lake Lillian
Minn
People and Places By Frances Gorman Risser
A fragment from Frances Gorman Risser blends literary figures with a playful travel through seas and kingdoms. It evokes Noah, Jonah, Peter, Hansel, Gretel, King Arthur, Tarzan and more in a mosaic of imagined scenes and tiny captions.
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People and
Frances Gorman Risser
Sandpaper Tip for Notebook Cleanup
A practical note suggests gluing a small square of sandpaper to a notebook for on page use. It states dirty erasers can be cleaned quickly by rubbing them on the sandpaper, offering a convenient quick fix.
Cowboy Is Still the King and His Myth Endures
A professor of English at Wittenberg College asserts the cowboy embodies U S national qualities. Dr. William T. Coyle credits The Virginian and Hollywood for popularizing the cowboy hero, noting his honesty, simple heart, and justice. He describes roundup duties, cattle handling, and the enduring skills of cowhands who live and work in saddle. Weldon D. Woodson
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United States
William T. Coyle
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Coyle
Hollywood
Owen Wister
The
Weldon D. Woodson
Salt Deposits Forever Safe Says Weldon D. Woodson
An essay asserts salt reserves will outlast humanity, citing Hutchinson Kansas as a vast salt bed with 250000 years of supply and noting major U S deposits in New York Michigan Ohio Texas and Louisiana. It traces salt use from salarium to money and describes modern mining through blasting undercutting loading and purification.
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Hutchinson
Kan
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Africa
South Sea Islands
South America
New York State
Puzzle Pete completes Homophone maze with Parades clues
Dungf Pee column presents a word puzzle about homonyms and a word triangle built on PARADES. Clues yield lines of letters to rearrange so readings align across and down, culminating in a stepwise change sequence from ACORN to SHIRT and a district attorney abbreviation, pronoun, river, and engaged terms.
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Puzzle Pete
Pete
U.S
Crafting a Minnow Sack From Open Mesh Materials
A simple method for a minnow net uses an open mesh onion or potato sack sewn to a discarded net frame, then fixed to a broom handle. The fine mesh lets the net scoop small minnows efficiently.
Flattening a Warped Phono Record Improvised Fix
A quick home fix suggests placing the warped record on a towel atop a warm clothes dryer, weighing it with a heavy book, and leaving it until the dryer cools to restore flatness. The method relies on gentle heat and steady pressure to relax warped grooves and flatten the disc.
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Lisa Giocondo
Hal
Capt
Massachusetts
Jerome Bell
Carlysle St
Akron
California
Sunshine Gir
Carol Ann Morgan
Ash Hill
Frostburg
Hawaii
Ralph Bender
Urichsville
Capt. Hal
Pennsylvania
Virginia Linder
McLaughlin Dr
New Kensington
Kevin Chadbourne
Woodland Ave
Jane Arathuzik
Franklin St
Peabody
Sharon Casey
Euclid Ave
Vista
Pascagoula
Robinson Crusoe
Noah
Jonah
Jack
Neptune
Peter
Hansel
Gretel
Arthur
Tarzan
Zoo’s Who
George
Sahara Desert
Aalatia
Tionvins
Stoys
Aiods
Tees
Olnyt Lya Ty
Nouavu
VINIA
Catherine
New Testament
Magroducti
Cowboy
Pacific Ocean
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Compass Point
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