Venus of the Vatican loses bronze skirt after 125 years
The Gnidian Venus in the Vatican galleries, once covered by a bronze skirt designed by Albert Nordwaldsen for Pope Pius IX, is now revealed. The statue, about 2000 years old, stands without its garment and now accompanies a partial Praxiteles group, The Three Graces, placed nearby.
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Vatican City
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Vatican
Praxitees
Albert Shornwaldsen
Louvre Museum
Paris
Dolores Rey Shuns Hollywood for Stage Love
Dolores Rey 19, a New York show girl, says Hollywood climate and men irritate her. She prefers the stage to the screen and dislikes five year talkie contracts that trap her in Hollywood. Born in Fresno, she has spent most of her life in New York.
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Hollywood
Dolores Rey
Dolores
New York
Miss Rey
Jean Harlow
Constance Bennett
Fresno
Calif
Plant hunter Clyde Hurley returns with 69 cactus varieties
Clyde Hurley leads a Cactus and Succulent Society of America expedition into Mexico and returns to the United States with 69 subtropical plant varieties, including some sticky cactus bushes. The project aims to introduce new crops for American farmers.
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Clyde Hurley
United States
Hurley
Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Mexico
Keynoters in Nominee's Life
A furniture manufacturer is the principal aid of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the governor and Roosevelt kin. She aided his rise from law school days to state senate, Navy secretary, and presidential candidate, while maintaining her own roles as teacher, editor, and social leader. Also includes a stray cooking instruction about slow cooking ham.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Alfred FE. Smith
Sunday Dinner Menu and Desserts
Menu offers Fruit Cocktail with Bettina Ham and sides including creamed potatoes, buttered asparagus, plum jam and lettuce. Bottled Bettina ham simmers with cloves, bay leaves and brown sugar glaze, then bakes until tender. Chocolate Pudding chills rich with cocoa and vanilla, served plain or with cream.
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Bettina
Mt Ararat attends Miss Napier adult opportunity school
A large number of people attend the adult opportunity school led by Miss Myrtle Napier at Mt Ararat. Miss Grace Brown of Dawson, Georgia, is spending some time there with her.
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Myrtle Napier
Grace Brown
Dawson, Ga
Miss Doll Skipper
Mrs
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Local Social and School Program Highlights Recap
Mrs Cauley Whitten and others spent Saturday with Mrs J J Maddox. A large Friday program at the Gedult School featured Bible Reading Miss Myrtle Napier Lord's Prayer and multiple performances. Miss Grace Brown of Dawson Ga and Angus Whitten were top spellers. Henry Harrison gave closing remarks. Several families and visitors from Cowarts Donal Ga Jakin Ga and Weyland were mentioned in social notes.
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Willie Katherine Whitten
Grace Brown
Dawson, Ga
Angus Whitten
Henry Harrison
Alto Whitten
Thraben
Whitten
Poy
Mra
Dare
Aw Cochran
Buck Maddox
Donal Ga
J. J. Maddox
A. M. Gay
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