Quiz on history and trivia memory test
Answer these ten questions to gauge your genius level. Quito is the capital of Ecuador. The phrase and so to bed comes from Samuel Pepys. Queen of Battle refers to the infantry. The sunk ship at Santiago Bay was the USS Merrimac. Gretna Green is a Scottish elopement haven. The Cubs were once called the Hitless Wonders. A spatula is a kitchen utensil. it is not a skin disease or an archway. Florida was acquired during the Adams-Onís Treaty era under President James Monroe. One would wear an amulet. one would eat or rite in various contexts. The line about raising a boy to be a soldier is from I did not raise my boy to be a soldier.
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Quito
Santiago Bay
Elopers
Scotland
Florida
Trott
Spain
Miss Adelaide Bartlett Named Corry Hospital Superintendent
Twenty years ago report notes Miss Adelaide F Bartlett of Pittsburgh appointed successor to Ruth Clyburn as superintendent of Corry Hospital. Bartlett accepts via telegram to hospital board. Also covered are state plans adding West Church Street maintenance, limited Eas Columbus avenue improvement, Pirates exhibition game vs Corry Merchants on Sept 1, and Pennsylvanian National Guard Company A camp at Mount Gretna ending today with return overnight.
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Adelaide F. Bartlett
Pittsburgh
Corry Hospital
Ruth Clyburn
Bartlett
West Church Street
Spartansburg Road
Columbus Avenue
Warren County
John
King
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Pirates
Corry Merchants
Wattshire
Loedimlé
Pennsylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Bursin
Cory
Stolen Bond Peddler to Be Sentenced Aug 31
Federal Judge Rabe F. Marsh will sentence Arthur A. Rocco on August 31 after a conviction on 18 counts for transporting and selling 181000 dollars worth of stolen bonds. The bonds, part of 2000000 taken from banks on the east and west coasts, were traced to Homer City, Indiana County, where Rocco, a used car dealer, handled them.
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Asswomteneres
Pittsburgh
Rabe F. Marsh
Arthur A. Rocco
Rocco
FBI
Homer City
Indiana County
Red apology called inadequate for Korea talks
Ridgway presses for firmer assurances after receiving the Red reply. He delays redeploying negotiators to Kaesong, confers with Vice Admiral Joy, and issues a new ultimatum to the two top Communists. He cites reports that Kaesong areas will keep armed guards out of conference areas to prevent repeats of the August incident.
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Ridgway
Tokyo
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Ares Munrda
Rates and Hearings Shape AT and T Long-Distance Cuts
The Federal Communications Commission and AT&T prepare for hearings that promise long-distance rate reductions. Historic cuts preceding and during investigations reduced annual costs by tens of millions, while local and intrastate charges rose postwar as BAT flags expansion. Regulatory dynamics continue to drive pricing across interstate and local services.
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AT & T
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FCC
Commission
AT &P
AT &P ‘T
Bell System
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Dallas
Lenoi
Nations Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Io Mediately
Otter Public Utilities
Towa
Texas
Citizenship training in Pennsylvania schools broad program
Aug 4 Shale Golleghn reports that nearly 100 school systems in Pennsylvania run active programs to train boys and girls as better citizens. Dr. C H Arendt of Penn State notes the college's role and the state study council's influence on the initiative. The national program began in 1849 at Teachers College Columbia with a Carnegie grant.
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Shale Gollegn
Pennsylvania
C. H. Arendt
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Auband
Teachers College
Columbia University
Carnerie Gorporation
William §. Vincent
Baptist Conference at Findley Lake Hosts Youth Event
The Young People's Bible Conference of the Bethany Independent Baptist Fellowship meets at E U B grounds Findley Lake from last evening through Sunday night August 12. Speakers include Cad Elena Philadelphia Jesse Warnkent French Equatorial Africa Hall Daniel Erie and Kenneth Elgenn Boston. Music led by John Marshal Minneapolis with nightly special numbers. Over 190 registered and services start 745 PM open to the public.
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Francis G. Whiteman
Baptist Church
Bear Lake Notes Celebrate Snows Twenty-Year Anniversary
A large crowd gathered at Mr and Mrs Edward Snows Bear Lake home to mark their 20th wedding anniversary with cards gifts and a purse of money. Attendees came from nearby towns including North Clymer Ashville Lakewood Glymer Jamestown Niobe Corry Buffalo Columbus and Bear Lake. A benefit dance is planned for Saturday night August 11 and a community meeting will follow to plan hall repairs. The Community Ladies Aid meets next Wednesday with light refreshments. Hubert Perkins visited Sugar Grove and Mr and Mrs C Wilson hosted visitors from Youngsville during the weekend.
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Bear Lake
Edward Snow
North Clymer
Ashville
Lakewood
Glymer
Jamestown
Niobe
Corry
Buffalo
Columbus
Justees
Community Ladies Aid
Hubert Perkins
Sugar Grove
C. Wilson
Youngsville
Mrs Lettie Titch 76 dies in Corry hospital
Lettie Titch aged 76 died at Corry Memorial Hospital yesterday. Survived by five daughters Lizzle Kimmey Wattsburg Flossie Kimmey and Emma Alford Union City Mary Titch Connell Ohio and Ruth Lige Waterford five sons Archie Willie Clarence Roy all of R D Corry and Carl Union City one sister Florence George Syracuse New York two brothers Roy Marsh Waterford and Frank Marsh Walconer New Jersey. Body at Glenn Funeral Home Union City. Friends may call. Service Thursday at 2 in the funeral home with Rev Gordon Abrams officiating. Interment in Mill Village Cemetery.
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Lettie Titch
R. D
Corry Memorial Hospital
Lizzle Kimmey
Wattsburg
Flossie Kimmey
Emma Alford
Union City
Mary Titch
Connesut
Ruth Lige
Waterford
Archie
Willie
Clarence
Roy
R. D. Corry
Carl
Florence George
Syracuse
Roy Marsh
Frank Marsh
Walconer
Glenn
Gordon Abrams
Mill Village
Technician Joins Erie County Soil Conservation Unit
Franklin L. Groves of Yarmouth Maine becomes a technician for the Erie County Soil Conservation work unit, taking over most duties from Joseph Krivak who will assist farmers in Erie and neighboring counties. Krivak has aided PMA in permanent soil practices since 1961 after prior work in Jefferson and York counties.
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Franklin L. Groves
Yarmouth
Erie County
Joseph 8. Beard
American Agricultural Chemical Company
University of Maine
Coast Artillery
San Diego
Calif
Japan
Groves
Joseph Krivak
Krivak
Jefferson
York
Mercer
Crawford County
SCS
PMA
U. S
Population rise and per capita food use in 1959
The American population grew 14 percent from 1941 to 1950 while domestic food consumption per person in 1959 was 3 percent higher than in 1941, indicating rising demand and living standards across the period.
Hitler’s Bavarian Retreat to Be Destroyed
Waldemar von Knoeringen of the Social Democratic party of Bavaria announced that Hitler’s mountain hideaway atop Obersalzberg will be torn down to prevent it becoming a neo Nazi shrine after Bavarian cabinet members visited the bomb shattered ruins.
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Hitler
Associated Press
Munich
Germany
Savarian Mountains
Waldemar von Knoeringen
Socialist Democratic Party of Bavaria
Obersalzbers
Are You Distressed Getting Up Nights
Disturbing up nights may signal kidney weakness. The ad promotes Borsoma tablets and Golden Sex Tablets as remedies, claiming they flush kidneys and cleanse stomach, liver, and bowels. It cites price and urges purchase at drug stores.
Five incidents flagged as important not minor
The text criticizes labeling incidents as minor while stressing their fundamental significance. It discusses stalled peace talks,Red China influence, and propaganda from Pyongyang and Peiping as negotiators failed for nine days on halting lines. The article notes that Reds want the line at 38th Parallel, while UN insists current fronts are needed.
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United Nations
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