Early tea ads and timepieces in old scrolls
The text surveys odd facts from history including the first newspaper advertisement for tea in 1658 England and the late 17th century invention of minute hands on watches. It notes the Metropolitan Museum of Art housing period timepieces, Santos Brazil as a top coffee port, the jacinth as a protective amulet, and Minnesingers as 12th and 13th century German lyric poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tay
Tee
Sullaness Head
Royal Exchange
London
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Santos
Brazil
Fragmentaryviation confusion in a local page note
A garbled OCR style fragment mentions names like DEAR AQAH and MRS ART HANSEA, with scattered terms such as air pilot, plane clothes, Walla Walla, and Miss Zumberlan. The readable content is minimal and unclear, providing no coherent event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aqah
Art
Hansea
Savanna
Bay salt and shorebirds and a Welsh river note
The text defines Bay salt as salt from sea water via solar evaporation from coastal marshes in France, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies, noting its inferior grade for limited uses. It lists shorebirds like the sandpiper and hilldeer making long annual migrations of about 16 000 miles. It mentions British suffragists seeking nationality retention after marriage, and notes Conway river in North Wales famed since Roman times for its beauty and peaks. A line hints at fur from a tree dwelling creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Mediterranean
West Indies
Conway River
North Wales
Ree
Puzzle Corner Cryptoquote Puzzle From Saturday Page
A scrambled cryptogram and word clues appear in this Saturday puzzle corner with numbers guiding letter placements and a quotation from Tennyson about love and loss as the featured cryptoquote.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ainmenr
Brick Bradford
Earl OF
isLuGs
Gander T
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
Africa
Paul Robinson
Muggs
Skeeter
BY Wally Bishop
Big Sister
Qene
Malfy
Wes
Felix the Cat
Stanley
Hank
Agah
Tom
Walla
Zumberlan
Great Britain
Maren
Scott's Scrap Boc
BY AL Scott
Yezzo
Saghalien
Kurile Islands
Petree
King
Sally
Bill
Daily Crossword
Woody Perennial
Prgt
Tennyson
Lon
Og Features Syndicate, Tne
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