Various Materials Used in Making Cameos
A reporting overview explains cameo cutting as relief carving in two colored layers of stone. It lists materials from translucent crystals like amethyst and chrysoprase to jaspars and lapis lazuli, plus metallic oxides, coral, mollusk layers, and vitreous pastes used to imitate antiques. It notes Oberstein industry, possible Egyptian origin, and rare signed antiques including Dioscorides on select intaglios.
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Indianapolis News
Oberstein
Oldenburg
British Museum
Florence
Naples
Dioscorides
Cicero
Kinds of Wood in the World Count
The forest service notes no total estimate for wood varieties. In the United States there are 862 tree species, 228 varieties and 87 hybrids totaling 1,177 forms. In the Amazon valley at least 2,500 species exist with hundreds more described annually, suggesting a global total likely between five and ten thousand.
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The
Forest Service
United States
Amazon Valley
South America
Habits of Polar Bear Revealed by Arctic Behavior
The polar bear stays on icy coasts and islands near the North Pole. Males roam year round and may nap after large meals, while females settle in a snow covered chamber toward spring for cub births.
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North Pole
U S Spain Island Deals Payoffs in Colonial Transfers
The 1808 treaty saw the United States pay Spain 20 million dollars for relinquishing claims to Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines while a 1900 treaty paid 100 thousand dollars for cession of additional Philippine islands such as Cagayan and Jolo beyond December 10 1898 lines.
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United States
Spain
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippine Islands
Any and All Islands
Cagayan Jolo
Philippine Archipelago
Sunday Norwegian Services Led by Holbeck
At Big Timber Lutheran no Sunday School. Norwegian language services at 11 a.m. Melville church services scheduled for 3 p.m. The notice lists Pastor A. A. Holbeck and details two congregations and times.
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Big Timber Lutheran
A. A. Holbeck
Melville
Evangelical Church Announces June Activities
The Evangelical Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a.m. Children’s Day exercises at 11 a.m. E. L. C. E. at 7:15 p.m. Evening service at 8 p.m. Sermon on Fulfilled Prophecies Concerning the First Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ. Prayer meeting and Bible study Thursday at 8 p.m. E. L. C. E. monthly meeting Friday at 8 p.m. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday June 26 at 2 p.m. at Mrs. N. E. Oliver’s home.
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the Evangelical Church
Andrew Roukema
Lord Jesus Christ
N. E. Oliver
Congregational Chas. E. Tate Pastor Sunday Plan
Congregational Church notes Chas E Tate as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 and worship and sermon at 11 00 a.m.
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Chas. E. Tate
A. m
St Joseph Parish Monthly Mass Schedule
St Joseph’s Catholic Church announces Mass times by Sunday: 9:30 a.m. on the second Sunday each month and 11 a.m. on the fourth Sunday. Fr. Schuh, pastor, leads the services.
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St. Joseph’s
Fr. Schuh
St Marks Episcopal Church Service Schedule
Regular service after Sunday School. Y P E service at 7 30 p m Evangelistic service follows the Y P E meeting. Prayer meeting each Wednesday.
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Church of God
R. H. Klaudt
Banks and Borrowers Slow to Move in Postwar Credit
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt by Albert W. Atwood notes that banks show high approval rates for loan applications while many borrowers, especially small-city firms, pay down debt. Banks remain cautious, favoring self liquidating loans and avoiding long term commitments as demand for credit is not easily created.
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Albert W. Atwood
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Atwood
How One Farmer Helped Himself
A farmer who kept records found corn cost 16.50 per acre with 33 bushels sold at 0.50 each, breaking even. By applying experiment station findings he raised yield by 4.5 bushels per acre to 37.32 from 83 and cut costs to earn a profit of six cents per bushel.
Windsor Chairs Rich in History and Romance
Detroit News recounts how Windsor chairs spread from Philadelphia through New England to the South, with regional makers adding distinct marks. It notes King George II’s interest, Jefferson’s drafting chair link to the Declaration, and details on woods used and chair construction methods.
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Windsor
Philadelphia
New England
Georgeii
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Detroit News
Collie Named Oldest Known Dog Breed by Kennel Experts
The article argues the collie is the oldest breed, supported by a majority among kennel historians. It notes collie blood in many later breeds and confirms the breed’s enduring popularity in the United States, especially in rural areas where work dogs are common.
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New York Herald Tribune
Cultivation of Wheat Origins in Ancient Times
The article traces wheat’s likely western Asian origin and notes its domestication before history. It cites Egyptian and Greek attributions, Swiss lake-dwellers in the Stone Age, and early Chinese ritual sowing 2700 years before Christ, while stating wheat did not reach America before Columbus.
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Western
Asia
Switzerland
China
America
Pilot and Two Passengers Die in Rudyard Plane Crash
A pilot Chick Brown 31 of Great Falls and two Rudyard passengers Adolph Peterson 25 and John Fisher 23 were killed when a plane crashed onto the Great Northern railroad tracks near Rudyard during Rudyard’s twenty fifth anniversary events. Eyewitnesses said the craft fell from 150 to 200 feet, burst into flames, and was destroyed. The wreck shifted rails requiring repairs. government inspector E. E. Hughes called the plane mechanically sound after repairs. The bodies were taken to Havre. Brown left a widow and three children. The passengers were unmarried.
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Havre
Rudyard
Here
Chick” Brown
Great Falls
Adolph Peterson
Theodore Peterson
John Fisher
Joe Fisher
Goldstone
Young Fisher
Brown
Rudyard Field
E. E. Hughes
Department of Commerce Airways Division
Hughes
Vatican Palace Described as World Largest Residence
Pearson's Weekly notes the Vatican in Rome as the largest and most magnificent palace. It reportedly contains about 11 000 apartments eight grand staircases and 200 smaller ones and 20 courtyards with its famed art collections and manuscripts.
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Vatican
Rome
Pearson’s Weekly
City Founded in 1565 St Augustine Oldest US City
St Augustine Florida claims status as the oldest city in the United States after its 1565 founding by the Spaniards. Over the centuries it has changed hands among Spain France England the Confederacy and the United States.
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St. Augustine
Fla
United States
Spain
France
England
Confederate States of America
Braddock Tops Baer In Brutal Round Fight For Crown
James J. Braddock dominated early rounds against Max Baer, then wore him down from the ninth round, winning 13 rounds in a grueling title bout on Long Island as Braddock neared the championship. Baer, flashy early, faded as Braddock pressed the pace and seized the new crown.
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Page Six
Braddock
Max
Baer
Jim
Long Island
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Die Motor Co
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James J. Braddock
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