Oddball German Museums Show Variety From Dolls to Cuckoo Clocks
Special to The Gazette surveys German oddball museums in Nuremberg and Kassel, among others. Dollhouses in the German National Museum impress with 300 year old, fully furnished miniatures. The Toy Museum in Nuremberg hosts Peewee kitchens and regional toys. A wallpaper museum in Kassel features rare pieces including leather wallpaper. Other museums cover soup recipes, bread, tin soldiers, violins, tobacco, beer, liquor, torture, horses, and cuckoo clocks, notably Triberg’s clock collection where clocks may chime at noon drawing a birdsong chorus.
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Ulm
Germany
Kulmbach
Mittenwald
Buende
Munich
Hinderrg
Rothenburg
Ob der Tabner
Verden An der Aller
Triberg
Black Forest
Favorite French Fortune Teller Hosts Radio Show
Madame Soleil, France's premier voyante, hosts a daily radio program on Europe One in Paris. She answers listener questions about love, divorce, illness, exams, and finances, avoiding traditional occult props and celebrity gossip.
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Paris
UPI
Madame Soleil
Madame Germaine Soleil
France
Europe
Seal Aids in Swimmer Rescue at West Germany Beach
A grey seal helped rescue a drowning girl at a sea resort in West Germany. The seal swam beneath the man and girl, aiding their ascent to shore, as reported by The World Almanac.
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Germany
Giant Saguaro Faces Extinction Threat in Arizona Desert
In the Arizona Sonoran Desert near Tucson the saguaro cactus at Saguaro National Monument faces decline due to overgrazing by cattle and ecological disruption from varmint control. Naturalists warn seedlings struggle for shelter and predators’ changes boost rodent populations that feed on mature cacti.
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America
Arizona
Tucson
Saguaro National Monument
United States
National Geographic Society
Want ads seek sellers for items you want
Local notice invites readers to place want ads to connect with sellers for desired items. Call 398-8234 to inquire or arrange sales.
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