First Flight Lessons Teach Controls and Stall Awareness
A student pilot recalls a 1930 flying lesson where the instructor guides through straight flight, turns, climbs, and stalls at 1500 feet. They practice keeping wings level, watching instruments, and following landmarks like a railroad, brickyard, and a large red building while coordinating stick and rudder inputs.
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Scenic Plaques Debut In Holiday Display
Art plaques charm Christmas shoppers with affordable beauty. The display features two top pieces titled The Half-Way Change and The Roadside Mil, both plaster relief with ivory finish. Additional subjects include A New England Home and Edinburgh Coach, forming a four piece series.
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Edinburgh
Eagle as King of Birds in Nations and Flags
The eagle, revered in myth and history, has been chosen as national emblem by France, Prussia, Italy, Mexico, and by America since 1782. It appears on flags, seals, and coins, including state flags of Maine, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, and Utah, and on U S army, navy, and presidential insignia.
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Prussia
Italy
Mexico
America
Haineis
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
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Army and Navy
Nature Magazine
Listen to the Mocking Bird Composer Story
The tune Listen to the Mocking Bird was composed by Richard Milburn. Septimus Wenner urged Milburn to whistle it, Wenner wrote it down, and published the song in Philadelphia in 1855. An 1833 edition credited music to Richard Milburn and words to Alice Hawthorne, a Wenner pseudonym.
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Septimus Wenner
Milburn
Wenner
Mr. Wenner
Philadelphia
Alice Hawthorne
Peace Conference Fails in Schoolyard Fight
Jacok, prone to quarrels with playmates, holds a peace conference after a black eye. His mother warns him to stop fighting, but days later he returns draggled and admits the talks failed as Billie overpowered him during a dispute.
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Jacok
Billie
Self rising flour boosts kitchen efficiency for homemakers
Grace Viall Gray notes growing interest in time saving home devices and highlights self rising flour as a major aid. It blends leavening and salt, eliminates baking powder measures, and promises consistent results, with recipes for drop cookies and doughnuts illustrating its practicality.
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Hyliten Wann
Hair Burning and Longevity superstitions origin
A short discussion on the belief that burning hair predicts lifespan. It traces the practice to hair as a vital part of the self, notes ancient offerings of hair as sacrifices to gods, and suggests hair offerings may mirror earlier human sacrifices as savagery declined.
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McClura Newspaper Syndicate
Trays in Holiday Displays Show Global Styles
2h trays register as smart Yuletide gifts in displays. Interior decor trays move from English quaint stagecoach and hunting scenes to French rococo designs with antique lacquered flower coloring.
Turn Over a New Leaf Romance Gone Awry
Irvin S Cobb story features Ones advising a bored husband to rekindle romance. He plans a grand evening with candy roses and opera but returns to a chaotic home: Aunt Clara visiting, children ill, cook quit, and the husband arrives drunk triggering his wife’s tears.
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Ritz-Carlton
Clara
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