Delft China Origin Country
Delft china takes its name from Delft in the Netherlands. The Nile child is Moses rescued by Pharaohs daughter. Mack Sennett is a pioneering film comedian and producer. The line There never was good war or bad peace is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The Northern Lights are also called the aurora borealis.
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Mack Sennett
Richmond
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Union of South Africa
Capetown
Pretoria
Canberra
Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
Holland
Amsterdam
Ramona author Helen Hunt Jackson dies in 1885
Obituary notes Helen Hunt Jackson, prolific American writer known for Ramona (1884) and A Century of Dishonor, who did travel and social reform work. She published poems and novels, earned Emerson’s praise, and served as special commissioner on Indian affairs in California. She died in San Francisco on August 12, 1885.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
California
Ramona
H. H
San Francisco
Hope as a fountain of life in Francis Bacon’s view
The quotation presents hope as the most beneficial affection that lengthens life when not repeatedly frustrated, yet it warns that hope can tire the imagination if expectations of good are overly frequent.
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Francis Bacon
Births of Johnson and Gladstone and FDR lend-lease pledge
In 1808 Andrew Johnson who would become the 17th U S president was born. In 1809 William Ewart Gladstone future prime minister of Great Britain was born. In 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt announced Lend Lease aid to Allies in World War II.
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Andrew Johnson
United States
William Ewart Gladstone
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Birthday salutes to noted performers and athletes
Congratulations go to William Ritt renowned columnist Pablo Cascale Emmanuel List Metropolitan Opera baritone and former heavyweight champion Jess Willard on their birthday anniversaries in this edition.
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William Ritt
Pablo Casale
Emmanuel List
Metropolitan Opera
Jess Willard
Magnificent adjective defined in dictionary entry
The word magnificent denotes sumptuous splendor and grand beauty with origins in Old French. It describes things characterized by lavish adornment and majestic appeal.
Defense Planners Seek Safer Site Than Washington
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson confirms that several national sites will serve as emergency capitals if Washington is hit. The piece notes past capitals and historic moves, mentions cities like St Louis and Chicago as considered centers, and cites plans to strengthen underground shelters and broader defenses for the atomic era.
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John F. Lemnbower
Central Press
Defense
Louis Johnson
St. Louis
United States
Russia
Wiley
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Congress
ST Louis
Federal Triangle
Pennsylvania
Constitution Avenues
Johnson
White House
Moscow
Dickson
Chicago
Sheep Shorn With Knife in New Guinea Highlands
Native jackeroos in the New Guinea highlands astonish their employer by shearing prize sheep with pocket knives. R H Gibbes flew ten prize sheep from Australia to Wewak New Guinea for a trial flock and the youths clipped the rest neatly after watching the first shearing. Gibbes praises the Wawat hills near Wewak as suitable for sheep-raising. James Bland, author of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, was born in Flushing New York.
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Australia
New Guinea
R. H. Gibbes
Wewak
Gibbes
Wawat
James Bland
Old Virginny
Flushing
Long Island, IN
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