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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
5
Violin Makers Pace Pace Slow Craft Across Ages
A craftsman spent 45 years making 30 violins highlighting the slow artisanal process. Each violin requires one month to prepare for the varnish and six months for 12 to 14 coats. Pinewood is sourced from the Tyrol and Carpathians and seasoned up to 75 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrol
Carpathian Mountins
Rosedale and Local Social Updates In Iowa Town
Alvin Rosedale returns from Iowa City for weekend. John and Clinton Perisho home from Kansas trip. Kenneth Graham family visited Perisho home. C B Hoover hosted Alda Hoover Alice Sloat and Cora Hoover. Q L Club meeting rescheduled and new officers chosen. Visitors included Hagen family from Paulina Gaza and Dunbar with Bernadine Skaar Alfred Idson. Birthday guests at Oliver Rosedale home May 24 included Meltvedt Males Wolken and Hagen families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Rosedale
Iowa City
John and
Clinton Perisho
Kansas
Q. L. Club
Emmet Rubenbauer
Sidney Hagen
Bernadine
Paulina
Susie Skaar
Alfred Idson
Gaza
Sven Hagen
Esther
Dunbar
Marie Rosedale
California
Rosedale
Oliver Rosedale Ihome
Carney Meltvedt
Cecil Males
Marshalltown
Elmer Wolken
Dillon
Sven Hager
Oldest Breed of Fancy Chickens Polish Bantams
Oldest breed of fancy chickens are Polish or crested bantams. Pictures found on King Tut's tomb walls show their antiquity. They are good layers but refuse to set. their eggs must be hatched by another breed. Polish bantams typically live 12 to 20 years. Also notes milk by product casein used in glazing paper glues paints printing cotton cloth and makers of buttons combs handles and knobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Tut
Egypt
Dillon Items from Our Special Correspondent
Mr and Mrs Emmet Ruben bailer visited Sunday at the Arthur Wolken home Laura Wolken of Cedar Rapids weekend at Charles Wolken home. Mrs Maggie Haynes Olen Irons and Mrs Carl Parsons of Garwin called at the Dan Brucklacher home Memorial Day. Mrs Dan Brucklacher Rev j and Mrs J Kitzman and family visiting his mother and sister at West Bend. Mr and Mrs T E Ingebritson and son Gene of Kansas City weekend at Dan Brucklacher home. Ingebritson remained longer. Mr and Mrs Dan Brucklacher and family and Loretta and Margaret and Rosina Wolken attended confirmation at Redeemer Lutheran in Marshalltown Sunday. Mr and Mrs Urban Goodman and son Darrell of Rhodes Mrs G H Harmon and sons Robert and Richard Mrs Lawrence Knott and son Vernon of Marshalltown and Mrs Harry Wolken and daughters and Laverne Funke of Lamoille visited Sunday at Dan Brucklacher home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Ruben‘bauer
Arthur Wolken
Laura Wolken
Cedar ‘Rapids
Charles Wolken
Maggie Haynes
Olen Irons
Carl Parsons
Garwin
Dan Brucklacher
T. E. Ingebritson
Gene
Kansas City
Robert
Richard
Lawrence Knott
Vernon
Marshalltown
Harry Wolken
Laverne Funke
Lamoille
Florence Nightingale Medal Awarded Since 1919
The Florence Nightingale medal is the top nursing honor conferred by the International Red Cross Committee. First struck in 1919, the award has been presented biennially to outstanding nurses worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale
International Red Cross Committee
A Pyrrhic Victory Explained and Origin
The term describes a victory in which the winner suffers heavy losses. It traces to Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, after his 279 B.C. triumph over Rome at Asculum in Apulia, where the cost nearly outweighed the gain and he allegedly warned of another such victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrrhus
Epirus
Apulia
Soap berry and Viking ships near Sweden site
The Soap Berry tree Sapindus utilis yields arils rich in saponia and its extract is used as soap for delicate fabrics. Off Sweden’s coast at Oland island, prehistoric Stone Age remains include massive Viking ship shaped rocks with benches for rowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oland
Sweden
Curious Pepys Diary and the Beaver in History
The article recounts how Pepys Diary manuscripts were deciphered in 1818 at Magdalen College Cambridge revealing day by day life from 1600 to 1668 and its portrait of Restoration England. It also notes beavers shaping history from fur trade to town founding and their dammed landscapes altering vast fertile areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepys
Magdalen College
Cambridge
Samuel Pepys
Charles II
John Smith
Montreal Herald
Ding Darling
Indianapolis
Quebec
Montreal
Detroit
St. Louis
Buckeye Lore and Uses in Early America
Horse chestnuts were favored shade trees of pioneers. In Daniel Boone era a false belief claimed buckeyes in pockets prevented rheumatism. Hunters noted the nut’s coat darkened with use, its eye-like scar inspired the name buckeye. The nut’s meat could produce alcohol, and wood yields strong light timber used for wooden legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Boone
Stone Age Urban Life Seen in Mesopotamia Find
Archaeologists report an Anacropolis unearthed in Mesopotamia suggesting that Stone Age humans lived in urban centers rather than primitive camps. Findings indicate organized settlements and complex social activity in early urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesopotamia
Water Gusher Bursts From Ground in Jamaica River
In Jamaica's Trelawny parish a river, the Rio Bueno, erupts fully from the ground, creating a dramatic natural feature on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Trelawny
The Name Beryl and Greek Origins and Seth Thomas
The Name Beryl explains its Persian origin meaning crystal and notes its use for both genders. Greek tragedy arose from Dionysus festival dances, with the term meaning a goat song. Seth Thomas Clock Company began when Seth Thomas bought Eli Terry’s interest and formed the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Thomas
Eli Terry
Terry
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Alda Hoover
Alice Sloat
Cora Hoover
J. Kitzman
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Lloyd Thurston
United States
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State Senate
Congress
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Knudson
Dinty Moore
Holand & Holland
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