Luncheon Bridge Hosted by Miss Ramona Norris
Miss Ramona Norris hosted a luncheon bridge at her East Severth Street home. The attractively decorated scene featured holly from North Carolina and grand pine from Virginia with a Christmas tree awards display. Attendees included Mrs. Carl Norris, Mrs. Thomas Bush, Mrs. Pau Norris, Mrs. Howard Henley, Mrs. A. W. Winfield, Mrs. H. T. Beher, Mrs. L. D. Cooper, Mrs. Grace Doherty of Chicago, Mrs. James Beher, Mrs. Robert Hinshaw, Mrs. Ollie Cartmel, Mrs. Dick Miller, Mrs. Will Norris, Mrs. Russell Tittsworth, Miss Margar et Hager, and Miss Wanda Wyatt of Rushville.
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Ramona Norris
East Severth Street
North Carolina
Virginia
Carl Norris
Thomas Bush
Pauu Norris
Howard Henley
A. W. Winfield
H. T. Beher
Newcastle Man Visits on Monday Business
Irwin Renegar of Newcastle was here Monday on business. Jackie Benton Moore, who has been ill for the past week, is reported some better.
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Irwin Renegar
Newcastle
Jackie Benton Moore
Leg Rulers in Spiders Web Design
Scientists note spiders build highly regular webs using instinctive geometry. A spider lays perimeter lines, then spokes or radii, finishing with spiral turns. The forelegs and leg length guide spacing, producing a consistent, self replicating web pattern.
Chihuahua Dogs Connected to Queen Isabella and Mexican Origins
The article traces the Chihuahua breed to Queen Isabella of Spain who favored small white dogs. It notes Spanish and Mexican influences, with explorers Grijalva and Cortez bringing dogs from Spain to Mexico, where interbreeding with local dogs contributed to the Chihuahua’s development and naming in the region of Chihuahua.
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Isabella
Isabella of
Spain
Jean Grijalva
Cuba
Mexico
Hernando Cortez
Chihuahua
Meteors and Meteorites From Space Visit Earth
The article states meteors are small planets entering Earth’s atmosphere daily, numbering about 20,000,000. They come from all directions and travel 7 to 70 miles per second, burning up upon entry. Fragments survive as meteorites for study and chemical analysis.
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Earth
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wedding Cake Lore Through the Ages
The article traces wedding cake origins from ancient Rome to the form of the bride cake. It notes the bride cuts the cake as the woman’s duty to prepare food for the man and mentions the superstition about sleeping on cake to dream of a future husband.
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Rome
Water consumption through history in major cities
The article notes that Imperial Rome used about fifty gallons per person daily while medieval Paris used one quart. Modern contrasts include Naples around twenty gallons, Paris Berlin and London about forty five, and American cities from forty eight gallons in Fall River to 430 gallons in Tacoma, averaging around 140 gallons per person daily.
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Rome
Paris
Naples
Berlin
London
Fall River
Tacoma
Scientific American
Turtle fishing in East Africa with eel-like sucker fish
Natives in East Africa employ a large eel-like sucker fish, two to four feet long, which grips turtles by an iron ring placed around the tail. The hold is incredibly strong, capable of supporting a bucket of water, and is hard to release even after death though the fish can detach quickly when it chooses.
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East Africa
Sixty-Nine Noted Persons in New York Hall of Fame
A New York university hall of fame lists sixty nine notable Americans including George Washington Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson Ulysses S Grant Daniel Webster Robert Fulton Henry W Longfield Harriet Beecher Stowe George Peabody Nathaniel Hawthorne Peter Cooper Eli Whitney Robert E Lee Horace Mann Mary Lyon Audubon James Kent Henry Ward Beecher Joseph Story Adams Channing Stuart Gray Adams Lowell Bryant Bancroft Jackson Audubon Whittier Cullen Bryant Morgan Adams etc. The roster spans presidents poets inventors and reformers.
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New York University
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Ralph W. Emerson
Robert Fulton
Henry W. Long
Washington
Irving
Jonathan Edwards
Samuel F. B. Morse
David G. Farragut
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
George Peabody
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Peter Cooper
Eli Whitney
Robert Edward Lee
Horace Mann
Mary Lyon
John James
Smithsonian Institution Given by an Englishman
The Smithsonian in Washington D C was founded by James Smithson an Englishman whose estate funded the institution to advance knowledge. A board of regents governs it with branches of government and private appointees and can accept gifts consistent with its purpose.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Congress
James Smithson
United States
Regents
Board of Regents
Senate
House
Bell of the Lost Lutine Remains at Lloyds in London
The bell from the Lutine, sunk off Terscheling with almost all hands lost, hangs today at Lloyds in Leadenhall Street. A chair and a rudder table from the wreck also reside in the directors’ room. Three strokes of the bell signal underwriters must settle and pay crew heirs.
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Terscheling
North Sea
Lloyd's
Lloyd’s
Leadenhall Street
London
Origin of Military Colors Through History
The article traces military colors from ancient times, noting evidence of a cult of the standard in India over five thousand years ago. It cites biblical references to standards and states cloth banners emerged just before the Christian era, with Julius Caesar’s standards often metal and topped by an eagle.
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India
Israel
Julius Caesar
Scotch and Scottish usage in the United States and Britain
The Literary Digest notes interchangeable use of Scotch and Scottish in the United States while Britain trends toward Scottish or Scots in most contexts. It clarifies Scots law and distinguishes Scotch items such as whisky, bonnets, and tweeds from references to people and literature.
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United States
Great Britain
Literary Digest
Early Fashion Dolls Sent From France to England and America
In pre magazine days French designers sent sample dolls dressed in latest styles to England and America to show mantua makers what was new. These dolls caused excitement along New England’s coast as women sought small replicas of Paris and London fashion.
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Modes
France
England
America
Great Britain
New England
Paris
London
First annual gross income tax filing under way in Indiana
Indianapolis officials prepare for the first year of gross income tax returns with an expected 275000 to 350000 filings. Individual exemptions of 666.67 apply, and January 30 is the final filing date. New information and multi-location business schedules will affect many taxpayers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State House
Gross Income Tax Divison
Dow
Gross Income Tax Division
E L B O W Meeting Planned For Monday Night
The E. L. B. O. W. will meet Monday night with Mrs. Walter Chonan and Mrs. Hubert Hill serving as assisting hostesses. Mrs. John V. Gates and her children returned home Sunday after a week with relatives in Bloomington.
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Walter Chonan
Hubert Hill
John V. Gates
Bloomington
Indiana Crime Wave stained McNutt record in 1933
A long critique cites Governor McNutt's handling of the Dillinger mob and a statewide crime wave starting in October. It condemns executive weakness, notes vigilante mobilization, and links the unrest to policy shifts after the Michigan City prison incident. It also questions eight division reforms and fiscal strains, forecasting a $5 million red general fund by July 1934 and reduced teacher pay from $600 to about $200 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Govenor McNutt
American Legion
Dillinger
Michigan City
Govenor Paul V. McNutt
State House
Sult
Statehouse
M. Clifford Townsend
Townsend
William Cosgrove
State Board of Accounts
McNutt
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Carthage
Rush County
Bruce H. Stephens
Mgr
Schrichte
Rushville, Indiana
Howard E. Henley
P. J. Sattler
Carthage, Indiana
Attorneys-At-Law
Henley & Ingle
W. J. Henley, Sr
O. F. Ingle
Rushville
Atlantic
Alantic
the Alantic Monthly
Arlington St
Boston
Ratliff
Knightstown
New York
Hall of Fame
Pathfinder
Order Pathfinder
Middle West
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