Furlough Origins and Nationwide Military Movements Trivia
The quiz answers cover origins of furlough from Dutch verlof, repeated overseas deployments, a Jeru salem pony, a bamboo tree, a boarding house, and a casual group talk. It also notes a record mortgage of 44.3 million dollars for Rockefeller Center, and autophobia fears solitude. The U.S. flag nicknames include Star Spangled Banner among others.
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United States
Jerusalem
Europe
America
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Guard Your Thoughts Quote by Marcus Aurelius
A concise adage quotes Marcus Aurelius Antoninus stressing that life happiness rises and falls with the quality of one’s thoughts. The selection urges vigilance over inner dialogue and mindset.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Bayer Aspirin Provides Fast Relief For Neuralgia Pain
You may be utterly surprised at the speed with which Bayer Aspirin brings relief from neuralgia head aches and pains of rheumatism and nephritis. Among the fastest most effective ways known Bayer Aspirin not only brings relief very fast and is inexpensive. It may save dollars once spent on high priced remedies. Once you try it you actually feel its quick relief and will know why thousands insist on Bayer Aspirin by its full name when they buy not by aspirin alone.
Impersonator Meli Plunders Funds Aimed at Hollywood
A 16 year old Lawrence Massachusetts boy named Anthony Meli dressed as two men and stole about $1000 from his father to fund a trip to Hollywood. Police recovered $195 on arrest after the boy spent money on male attire.
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Hollywood
Anthony Meli
Lawrence
Mass
Papa
Interesting Manuscript in Cambridge Library Spotlight
A 597 date is cited for Augustine’s mission to convert the English, claimed as the most interesting manuscript in England, visible to visitors at Corpus Christi College Library in Cambridge or in Gregory’s papal Gospel copy from that early Christian outreach.
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England
Corpus Christ! College
Cambridge
Pape Gregory
Augustin
Second Largest Congo and Oddities in a City Scene
The article lists Congo River as second only to the Amazon and mixes odd notes from Prague and Budapest. It mentions a man disrupting a theatre, a notary memorial in Hungary, and notes on submarine cable gutta percha from tropical regions. It also cites 2,000 U.S. public campgrounds and Lake Geneva as the Alpine region's largest lake.
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Java
Malay
Sumatra
Amazon
Grape Industry Legislation in Early American History
Legislation influenced grape growing and wine production in colonial Virginia. Laws set grape cultivation densities, reflecting early attempts to govern viticulture in America. Record notes enforcement unclear and sparse compared with later prohibitions.
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United States
Virginia
America
Safety Plate Glass Study Spends Millions on Research
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia reports that Ave chemical and glass firms have invested about 8 million dollars in the last six years to develop a new safety plate glass with greater elasticity and two to five times the shatter resistance, while 6 million dollars is allotted to advance safety plate glass research.
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Ave Chemical and Glass Companies
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
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BAYER
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Salt Lake’s
Ry Sea
Temple Square
Mormon Temple
Ernest
Rossiter
Mar
Byrd
Thomas Pointer
Chicago
Armour Institute
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
New York
San Francisco
Great Britain
Scotland
Stne
Brookfield Zoo
Chengtu Province
China
Roy Stott
Utah
Frank Mortensen
Midvale
Congo
Congo River
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Budapest
Hungary
Alpine Lake
Geneva
Lake
Alpine Region
Beko
Nevada
Ofen
HOTEL
Golden
Reno
Hotel Plandome
Salt Lake Ath So
State St
Bannock
Pocatello
Shubrick Hotel
Apt. Am
South Salt
Salt Lab Cats
Rvis
West Temple
Salt Lake
Ges
South State Street
Tarrington
Servier Hariingtons
Tl. c
Blanton
Isnewriter Co
Lake Terk
Liake
Salt Lake City
Mentor Aml
Schraga | Electric CO
Net
Piemont
Neverview
Cape
South Am
Sumacal Ns Tassil
Klasse Storlanss
Suily Company
South St - Salt Linke City
Wales
Troadway
KODAK
Kraft Economy
Schramm-Johnson Drugs
KRAFT
LD. S
L. D. S. Business College
Galt Lake City
Belvedere
Kates
St. Salt Lake Giry
Sentinel
Surning Co
Manustrtuter
Salt Like
City
William J Glark
Ben Lomond
Coles Shop
Aame of Notary
Hiwonis—Executives Exchange
Optimus
Chamber of Commerce
Ad Cool
Ben Lomond Comens Gorate Y. & Hlyscerald
Mer
Salt Laue
Calvin O Jack, Mor
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