radio war humor mixes brands and politics in 1940 letter
A humorous wartime letter parodies radio news by mixing consumer brands with geopolitical chaos. It references Greece, Britain, Germany, and France, plus a playful jab at conscription and wartime logistics, ending with cultural snippets from radio, film, and theater.
Restyling Bent Wood Chairs With Slip Covers
Two old bent wood chairs with worn seats and scarred varnish are transformed via slip covers. The sketch shows a living room side chair in cretonne with red and blue green tones and wine bindings, while the cane seat is reinforced with plywood reshaped to fit the customized pattern.
Oldest inhabited city in world and famed pacifier
The quiz asks which city is considered the oldest still inhabited, the statesman known as the Great Peacemaker, Buonarotti’s surname, the meaning of Je suis pret, the focus of metrology, the definition of an eon, the Pentateuch, which color reflects most light, and the identities of Aramis Porthos and Athos.
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Buonarotti
Aramis
Porthos
Athos
Answers to a 9 item quiz including Damascus and Michelangelo
The list provides brief answers to varied prompts. Damascus Pharaoh Henry Clay as pacificador Michelangelo ready weights and measures an unmeasurable period of time the first five books of the Old Testament White and The Three Musketeers in Masera novel The Three Musketeers.
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Damascus
Henry Clay
Michelangelo
White
Damas
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Peace Organization
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Ion Antonescu
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Carol
Norman Phillips
Toronto
Canada
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Phillips
Kempe
Lest
William Carson
Huntsville
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
von Reichnau
von Witzleben
von Kluge
List
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von Bock
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United States
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England
Gould Foundation
Senate
George Paish
Wheeler
America
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Mentena
Vim
Vigor
Greece
Tastee Gum Drop Alliance
Africa
Mussolini
Suez Canal
France
Petain
Vichy
Paris
Congress
Bermuda
Dr. Whoziss
Yours
Luke
Wilbur Gaines
Buffalo
Frisco
Pen Yan
Westinghouse Electric Company
Jack Haley
Alexander
Haley
Ruth Page
Ima Dato
British Empire
New York Yankees
al Phillips
Petite
Mary Wolf
Frederick
Niagara Falls
Mary
Frank Higginson
Brooklyn
Ruth Wyeth Spears Brawer
Gedford Hills
New York
Cam uTgt
Ise
Shakespeare