Royal Splendor on Field of the Cloth of Gold
Europe saw a record pageant as Henry VII met Francis I in France at Guines. A three acre temporary palace housed 2,800 tents, 36 priests served the chapel, and about 2,200 sheep fed the guests over twenty days. A Hampton Court picture shows Great Harry sailing from Dover as Yeomen and guards prepare to follow. Diplomatic gains matched by near-zero results.
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Europe
Henry VII
Francis I
France
Guines
Calvais
Hampton Court
Harry
Dover Harbor
Lecturer’s “Sovereign Woman” Provokes Quiet Roar in Hyde Park
Sir John Foster Fraser recalls a failed idea for a lecture titled Sovereign Woman. A Scot with sentimental views, he gathered photographs of women in Hyde Park and South Kensington for a cheery talk delivered in a Surrey town. The chairman’s dinner praise turned awkward when he quipped about experiences with 38 women, prompting laughter and embarrassment.
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Hyde Park
Sena Istands
Surrey
Sir John Foster Fraser
London
Haunted house finally rented for lighting fittings
A once empty big house in the wood, rumored to be haunted, was redecorated with electric fittings and labor-saving devices and offered for a modest rent. The owner learned someone viewed the house. the agent grimly said only the electric light fittings had been taken so far, with hope he may return for the rest.
Why small objects attract in water surface tension
The Washington Star explains that floating particles create surface dimples as they approach. The weight stretches the water surface, dimples merge into one, and surface tension pulls the particles together to minimize exposed area.
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Bureau of Standards
Washington Star
Self referential riddle from Vancouver Province
A circular family riddle from Vancouver Province traces marriages across generations. The narrator reveals paradoxes: after marrying the girl’s mother, the girl becomes his daughter. his father marries the girl, making her his mother. this makes him his own grandfather through tangled relations.
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Vancouver
Where the Shed Horns Go in the Woods
Field and Stream notes that shed deer and moose horns vanish quickly because rodents such as mice, chipmunks, squirrels, ground squirrels, and porcupines eat them. Many sheds are found partly eaten or with teeth marks, leaving few horns behind in the woods.
Centralzhat Faces Task Supplying Books to Many Nations
Versatile Publishers The Centralzhat, central publishing house of the Soviet republics, works to supply books to small nations of Russia in their own tongues. Textbooks dominate output as education and knowledge drive the effort. Six fundamental alphabets print 42 dialects including Russian Latin Hebrew Arabic Gothic and East Gothic.
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Centralzhat
Soviet Republics
Russia
Chevrolet Six Exhibit Draws Big Crowds Nationwide
Chevrolet announced fifty additional advance showings for the new six cylinder model due to high demand. Crowds in Philadelphia Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Kansas City and Flint joined early openings in New York Detroit Chicago Los Angeles Washington with near million attendees across cities. Showings in St Louis San Francisco Cincinnati Portland Dallas and Atlanta follow December 18 as production races to meet January 1 deliveries and December 26 display.
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Chevrolet
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Flat
Columbus
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington
St. Louis
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Portland
Dallas
Atlanta
H. J. Kiingler
Flint
Desler
Fort Des Moines Cavalrymen Upgrade Food and Comfort
Generous meals replace hard tack for 780 soldiers at Fort Des Moines with improved fare and dining arrangements. Daily cost rises from 17 to 59 cents per man while tables, linen, and silver are provided. Breakfast includes fruit, cereal, beef, toast, butter, and coffee. Dinner features vegetable soup, fish, salads, creamed potatoes, desserts, and milk or coffee. Supper options range from fried spaghetti to fresh buttermilk.
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Fort Des Moines
Foor
Community Oil Company of Buffalo Center Incorporation
Public notice records the incorporation of the Community Oil Company of Buffalo Center Iowa issued November 1 1928 by Secretary of State Ed M Smith. It outlines principal business in Buffalo Center, authorized capital of 20000 stock at 10 each, life of 20 years, nine directors, maximum indebtedness two thirds of capital, and that stockholders private property is exempt. Incorporators listed and dated November 15 1928 in Buffalo Center Iowa.
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Ed M. Smith
State of
Iowa
Community O11 Company
Buffalo Center
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J.H. Sowers
Johnston
L. P. Miller
Aya. Asues
Dick Feldick
Ray Murray
Ben Swanson
A, K. Mastin
Wm. F. Kiewlete
John G. Daum
MYL
Ath Street
Henn
Nic
Modern
Thompson
McCormick-Deering
Deering
John Deere
New Century
Great Western
Ford Motor
Hauskins & Sleper, Owners
R. T. Devries
Audt
J. J. Guyer
Ames
First National Bank
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