Five Centuries Later Annunciation Picture Reunited
A long lost Annunciation painting once cut into four parts is shown reunited at a Burlington House exhibition in London. Fragments once housed in the Louvre Amsterdam Brussels and a private collection are now joined, with photos confirming the whole. The piece was first seen as a complete work again two years ago in Paris.
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Burlington House
London
Louvre
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
Exercise of the Veto Traced to Roman Law
The veto power traces to ancient Rome where tribunes interdicted acts of the senate. Polands 1642 law allowed any diet member to block legislation by saying I do not allow. English kings hold a veto rarely used since 1707. The U S Constitution also allows a presidential veto that can be overridden. President Jackson vetoed the bank charter bill as an early example.
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Poland
England
Jackson
Bank of the United States
French Spoliation Claims Against U S in 1793 1800
The article recounts long disputed claims by American merchants for damages to ships and cargoes taken by France from 1793 to 1800. It notes treaties in 1778 1890 and 1805 releasing both sides from certain obligations and the failure of Congress to reimburse claimants, while courts of claims in 1885 awarded about 4 million dollars to petitioners.
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United States
France
Congress
Courts of Claims
Wonderful Cheddar Caves and Wookey Hole Described
The piece extols Cheddar caves and Wookey Hole in Mendip with stalactites stalagmites translucent pools and ice cold waters lit by electric light. It notes the Cheddar Gorge drive and the white village Cheddar and recounts a legend of a witch turned to stone by an ancient clerk of Glaston.
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Cheddar
Wookey Hole
Mendip
Cheddar Gorge
Glaston
London Times
Sanctuary for Birds In Liverpool Cathedral Patch
A green patch by Liverpool Cathedral hosts bird tables baths nesting-boxes and shelters. City naturalists note common birds along with tits great white throats yellow hammers and chiff chaffs. Archdeacon Heweona calls it the only sanctuary of its kind in a great city.
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Liverpool
Archdeacon Heweona
Londos
Anniversary of a Sea Captain’s Death and a Lamb
Teaching The landlady recalls the death anniversary of her uncle, a sea captain who perished at sea twenty five years ago. She mentions a parting gift, a lamb, given when she was a child as she serves dinner. A hoarder fixates on the lamb amid the memory.
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Tie
Testi
Banish Insomnia With Brisk Two-Mile Sprint
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat writer argues that a two mile run before bed could cure insomnia, suggesting outdoor exercise as the real remedy. The piece playfully notes practical obstacles and jokes about a nocturnal sprint through city streets.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Oldest Words Live On In Modern Speech Across Generations
The piece notes that numbers and many modern terms trace back to ancient roots. It links finger counting to current number names and suggests modern words like cinema television automobile and broadcasting preserve old language forms.
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London
Tenga Swimming Postmen Deliver Mail by Swim
In Tenga island of the Tenga group native postmen swim two miles through shark infested water to deliver and collect mail. A swimmer carries a short stick with letters, a bucket lowers mail from the steamer, and a mailbag biscuit tin is dropped overboard before the return swim.
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Tenga
Niua-fu
Defining Energy and Its Forms
Energy is the capacity for performing work and exists as potential or actual energy. Potential energy includes stored water in a reservoir and stored heat or fuel energy, while actual energy is the work a moving body can perform against resistance until at rest, equal to the work to accelerate from rest to its velocity.
Who Is Silvia inspires Schubert and Sullivan link
Schubert loved the name Silvia and wrote Who Is Silvia inspired by Shakespeare. The piece influenced Arthur Sullivan to compose Orpheus and His Late. Who Is Silvia appeared soon after Schubert’s death alongside three 1827 songs later titled Opus 106, dedicated to Marie Pachler in Graz.
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Schubert
Silvia
Tite
Arthur Sullivan
Orpheus
Marie Pachler
Graz
Beestial Phrases and The Idea of a White Man’s Country
The passage contrasts the labels White Man's Country and God's country with a description of Australia as a land where poverty among whites is rare, the aged and infirm are cared for, labor is adequate, and the vast territory offers development and exploitation prospects, presenting a favorable view of the nation.
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Bulletin
Australia
Wisdom not taught but lived through experience
Wisdom is not heritage from ancestors nor learned in a classroom. It grows from living life and deepened judgment shaped by knowledge and tempered by experience.
Goat Superior to Cow in Mountainous Lands
The text notes goats thrive in rough rocky regions like Canaan and Syria, being more agile and drought tolerant than cows. Goats long lived and less prone to contagious disease, they climb high altitudes and nibble scarce forage while sheep avoid brambles. Job’s riches imply vast flocks of sheep and camels, not goats.
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Canaan
Syria
Lebanon
Job
Modern Sleuths Shift from Black Mustaches in Detective Tales
The piece notes a shift away from the visible mug of the classic detective with a black mustache toward the mild mannered investigator. It argues the best detectives are those not suspected of detecting and rely on intuition and quiet scrutiny to uncover facts.
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Plato
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tin Cans Tested For Leaks Before Packing
Millions of cans are produced for fruit and vegetables and rarely defective. Each can undergoes a water immersion air test before leaving the factory, similar to detecting leaks in bicycle inner tubes. Special machinery speeds the process, ensuring contents stay pristine despite transport.
Syrian Goat Immortalised
The article describes a common goat of Syria and Palestine with long legs and hair nearly reaching the ground. It notes its long drooping ears about a foot and its nearly black color, and links its hair to a biblical line from Song of Solomon.
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Syria
Palestine
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Mount Cilead
Solomon
Solomon Ivi
Erin
Dove
Portraits on stamps history and notable likeness limits
The article notes Martha Washington and Queen Isabella appearing on early stamps, plus Pocahontas on the Jamestown issue and the Red Cross stamp. It states that while other female figures have appeared, women known by name have not been used on portage stamps, with no named individuals beyond these examples.
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Martha Washington
Isabella
Red Cross
Bell ringing pioneer Fabrian Stedman honored in festival
In Cambridge England a bell ringers festival celebrated the life of Fabrian Stedman who founded the ringing of changes as an art. The event marked his centenary with old and new bells noted across Britain including Lanark’s 1110 dated parish bell as prior history.
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Croster
Cambridge
England
Fabrian Stedman
Stedman
Britain
Lanark
Europe
Notice to Creditors Estate of Albert L Phillips
In the District Court of Montana sixth district Sweet Grass county the executrix Trene G Phillips of the estate of Albert L Phillips deceased invites creditors and all persons with claims to present vouchers within four months after May 12 1932 at the law offices of Chas W Campbell Big Timber Montana. Public notice runs May 12 19 26 and June 2 1932.
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Sixth Judicial District
Oficntana
Sweet Grass
Albert L. Phillips
Chas. W. Campbell
Big Timber
Montana
Trene G. Phillips
Executrix
Notice of primary election registration closing
Notice announces the Sweet Grass County Montana primary registration books close June 31, 1932 at 5 00 p m for electors to register with County Clerk W A Conwell in Big Timber court house between 9 am and 5 pm on legal days.
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Sweet Grass
Montana
Big Timber
Pygmy Hunters Form Order of Lion Defenders
Pygmy tribesmen band together forming the Order of Lion Hunters to defend their people. They dress in ostrich feather headdresses and capes, shield and spear, circle the lion to close in, and often fight until the animal is overcome. Wounds and occasionally deaths mark the hunts as badges of honor. Lions sustain a meat diet and require a kill every two days.
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Africa
Early Fire Fighting Machines From Ancient Siphon to Pumps
Ancient sources describe early fire fighting techs. Apollodorus notes leather water bags with pipes. Hero of Alexandria details siphons with two cylinders and pistons using a reciprocating beam to spray water in bursts.
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Apollodorus
Trajan
Hero of Alexandria
Church Services Schedule Led by Rev A A Holbeck
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Norwegian service at 11 a.m. Melville service at 2 30 p.m. Baccalaureate service at 8 p.m. Special selections by a male quartet featured.
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A. A. Holbeck
Melville
Evangelical church notices and services listed
Rev Andrew Roukema presides at Big Timber Church with 11 am service and choir music. Christian Endeavor at 7 15 pm. Baccalaureate at Lutheran church 8 pm. Choir practice Tuesday 7 45 pm. Ladies Aid to meet Wednesday May 25 2 pm. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm. Glasston Church Sunday school 2 pm and afternoon service 3 pm.
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Andrew Roukema
Big Timber Church
Christian Endeavor
Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Glasston Church
Church of God Preaching Schedule Ends Tonight
Church of God announces preaching at eight in the evening on Sunday and Wednesday nights, inviting the community to attend services.
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Church OF God
St Josephs Catholic Services Schedule
Rev A J Schuh administrator conducts services on the second Sunday at 9 a.m. and the fourth Sunday at 11 a.m. Reed Point Church offers services on the second Sunday at 1 a.m. and the fourth Sunday at 9 a.m.
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ST. Joseph’s Catholic
A. J. Schuh
Big Timber Church
Reed Point
Sabbath School at 2 P. M. by Seventh Day Adventists
A note announces a Sabbath School session by the Seventh Day Adventists scheduled for 2 p m. Local attendees are invited to join this weekly gathering at the designated meeting time.
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Seventh Day Adventists Sabbath School
Sermon and Communion at St. Mark's Episcopal
Rev. Frank Durant, pastor, leads sermon and communion service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Service begins at 11.00.
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ST. Mark’s Episcopal
Frank Durant
What Is Wrong With Us Sermon Series and Montana Conference
Rev M H Terry leads church services with a sermon on What Is Wrong With Us pondering causes from prohibition to religion. A 8 pm Saturday talk, Religion as the Source of Poise and Power, closes this study series. Montana Congregational Conference planned in Livingston Wednesday to Friday featuring Carl Patten North Kansas City Rev Earl Wiley and others.
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M. H. Terry
A. m
Congregational State Conference
Montana Congregational Conference
Livingston
Carl Patten
Los Angeles
West
North
Kansas City
Earl Wiley
Turkey
Montana
Big Timber
Signs that Annotate Shops in New England Fall From Sight
In New England towns signs marking shop specialties are vanishing. Fifty years ago gilded mortar and pestle signs marked drug stores and dentist offices boasted large timepieces above jewelers. Cobblers advertised in white letters on giant boots while tobacconists used wooden figures with raised hatchets.
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New England
Lightning protection gaps threaten property losses nationwide
The U S Department of Agriculture reports only two of every 100 buildings have proper lightning protection. It says lightning causes annual losses around 12.04 million dollars and that improved protection could materially reduce these costs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Comprehensive Montana Official Directory Entries Listed
The document provides a detailed roster of public officials across Montana including Governor John E. Erickson and Lieutenant Governor Frank A. Hazelbaker. It lists state executives, judicial figures, and county and city offices such as Secretary of State W. E. Harmon Attorney General L. A. Foot and Sheriff Ed Brannin with multiple district and local appointments.
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United States
Herbert C. Hoover
California
Charles Curtis
Kansas
House
John N. Garner
Texas
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Navy
Charles F. Adams
Massachusetts
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
William D. Mitchell
Minnesota
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Robert P. Lamont
Illinois
William N. Doak
Virginia
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Benjamin N Cardozo
Wills Vandevanter
Wyoming
James C. McReynolds
Tennessee
Louis D. Brandeis
George Sutherland
Utah
Pierce Butler
Harlan F. Stone
Owen J. Roberts
Pennsylvania
U. S
Thomas J. Walsh
Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Butte
John M. Evans
Missoula
Scott Leavitt
Great Falls
Montana
Geo. M. Bourquin
Charles N. Pray
Wellington D. Rankin
Charles Garlow
C. A Rasmussen
Rolla Duncan
State of
John E. Erickson
Frank A Hazelbaker
W. E. Harmon
F. E. Williams
L. A. Foot
George P. Porter
Elizabeth Treland
J. Ward Crosby
Lee Dennis
Dana Boyle
Leonard C. Young
Lew L. Callaway
Albert J. Galen
John J. Matthews
A. H. Angstman
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W. A. Conwell
Lutheran
Professional Directory
J. D. Herries
Masonic
E. C. Overland
Goodkind
Frank Arnold
Attorney At Law
Thompson Block
Livingston, Montana
L. H. Townsend
A. P. O'Leary
M. D
Sergeen
Commercial Bank At
Ment
DR. D. Claiborn
Sargeen
Big Timber, Montana
L. W. Baskett
Sergece
Montana Power CO
Block Big Timber
M. W. Barr
Ber. H
Official Directory
Benjamin E. Berg
E. H. Amick
D. V. Digbdlie
R. 8. Jarrett
Big Timber Commissioners
Theo. T. Olson
Everett Farr
A. A. Lamp
Ed Brannin
F. R. Hickman
Emma B. Rees
C. A. Bishop
John N. MacFarlane
Ethel EK. Steens
G. H. Goosey
Ted C. Bush
Ted C
J. B. Hinds
Ethel K. Steensland
G. O. Rostad
Jarrett
E. R. Patterson
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