Monument to Daguerre: Father of Photography Erected
A proposed Smithsonian fronting monument to Louis Daguerre, the father of photography, with a 11 foot statue by J S Fartley. The project aims for a $10,000 granite pedestal and bronze head, honoring Daguerre’s early light sensitive experiments and the 1832 diorama work in Paris.
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Cooperative Mousekeeping Experiment In Cuise France
The Cuise cooperative household project near Paris has thrived for 29 years, growing from 600 to 2000 participants. It funds itself through profits, with workers now owning about half the social capital and poised to own it all, while expanding education and child care.
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Orange quarrel prompt in Harper's Bazar joke
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Deceptive Divining Rod Turns Treasure Tale Sour
A skeptical account from the New York Herald recounts a would be gold mining venture using a divining rod. The narrator, lured by a con man named Dennis, pursues a Los Angeles area treasure claim, sinks a shaft, pays six miners, but floods the mine and abandons the effort after losing about $1,200. The piece ends noting the rod can be made to point to any target.
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Similarity Of Some Songs Of Taiway And Vrasvorites Of Dirty Years Ago
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