Figure This: Carver, Koruna, Old Woman, Decameron
George Washington Carver was a famed American agricultural chemist and educator. A koruna is the currency of the Czech Republic. The old woman who lived in a shoe faced the problem of overcrowded, unhygienic housing and hungry children. The Decameron is a 14th century collection of tales by Giovanni Boccaccio. The quote Be sure you are right then go ahead is attributed to a famous military or political figure.
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George Washington Carver
Helen Sobel
Miss Sobel
Margaret Wagar
Atlanta
Helen
Margaret
John R. Crawford
Philadelphia
West
Miss Wagar
Maggie
Sia
Name of Texas leader in war against Creek Indians
The article outlines a Texas figure who led during the War for Texan Independence against Santa Ana’s Mexicans, became Texas president, later U.S. senator, and governor. He was deposed for opposing Texas secession and died July 26, 1863. The piece asks for his name.
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Jackson
Santa Ana
Texas
Confederacy
Early American milestones from Hartford Courant era
Items include the Hartford Courant’s 1764 emergence as a regional paper, the 1800 birth of Helmuth Karl von Moltke the Prussian field marshal, and the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal for traffic marking transportation and media history milestones.
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Hartford Courant
Helmuth Karl
Count von Moltke
Erie Canal
Notable cheers for Eliot Faris and Coogan on today
Today the newspaper salutes Thomas S. Eliot the poet and essayist Barry Faris editor in chief of International News Service and Jackie Coogan former child motion picture star for their contributions and public presence.
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Thomas S. Eliot
Barry Faris
International News Service
Jackie Coogan
Symmetry and Proportions in Art and Language
A compact note tracing symmetry as a noun balanced proportion in beauty, noting its origin from French or Latin and ultimately Greek roots in symmetria. It highlights how harmony in form arises from balanced parts across art and language.
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Symmetrie
Symmetria
Remember that life is serious business with courage
A quote attributed to Charles Henry de Tocqueville emphasizes that life lies between pain and pleasure and must be faced with courage and self sacrifice.
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Aleris Charles Henry de Tocqueville
Quiz Proves Colorful Riddles From Tuskegee to Crockett
A Negro chemist and teacher at Tuskegee Institute Alabama, a Czech oslovakia currency unit, and a witty saying about a woman with many children appear in a playful list. Davy Crockett is noted with playful garble at the end.
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Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Oberammergau to Stage 300 Year Passion Play With U S Help
U S funds provide a $300000 loan to Oberammergau for repairing the playhouse and buildings, roads, and water supply as the village reopens its 1634 Passion Play in 1950. The production uses about 700 villagers, with 18 acts and many tableaux, staged Sundays from May, drawing 300000 visitors before the war.
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U. S
Oberammergau
NEA Foreign Service
Rochus Dedler
Batteries Should Be Kept Cool For Best Life
New York report advises hearing aid batteries be stored in the refrigerator to extend life. Olin Industries executive W S Allen says dry cell A batteries last longer at 45 degrees Fahrenheit, kept in a sealed glass container to reduce humidity. rest periods of two to three times the use are recommended, with a full day’s use as maximum without rotation.
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New York
W. S. Allen
Olin Industries, Inc
Allen
Stellarium aids pilots named for UNC professor patent
Dr Roy K Marshall of the University of North Carolina has received a patent for a miniature planetary instrument called the Stellarium to help pilots orient themselves at night over unfamiliar terrain. Built for World War II training, the device offers a sky guidance system and a psychological boost to lone fliers, with potential as a cheaper substitute for larger Zeiss planetariums in colleges and military schools.
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Chapel Hill
United States Patent Office
Roy K. Marshall
Morehead Planetarium
University of North Carolina
Marshall
Morehead
United States Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
Selman Field
Monroe
A.A.F
Dr. Marshall
High Point
N. C
Web
Zeiss
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Hoey
Stella
Dublin
Lexington
Tennessee
Andrew
Lilian Campbell
Central Presse
Happy
Czechoslovakia
Giovanni Boccacio
Davy Crockett
Kofel
Christus
Mary
Mother of
Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Greyhound
Atlanta, GA
Augusta
Savannah
ST. Augustine
Fla
Daytona Beach
Winter Haven
New Orleans
W. Broad
Lindsay St
William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA
Mara
Fleetwood
ACM A
America
Piaklee
Oldsmobile
Hydra-Matic
Highland Motors, Inc
N. Main Street
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