Violin Maker Panormo and Sleep Research in 19th Century Notes
Notes on Vincenzo Panormo a famed violin imitator of Stradivarius born in 1734 and active in Paris London and Ireland. Also brief items on Sir James Dewar thermos flask and sleep studies showing daytime naps disrupted by noise and light. Ends with Mexican song La Golan dina rendered as Home Sweet Home of Mexico.
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Vincenzo Trusiano Panormo
Paris
London
Monreale Dei Palermo
Lupot
Aldric
Panormo
Stradivarius
Ireland
James Dewar
After the Drought Promises Comeback Across the Nation
The drought across the United States appeared dire but later gave way to revived vegetation and wetter conditions. Pastures and late vegetables improved, livestock prospects rose, and seed corn concerns for 1931 persisted. Tobacco and lawns fared better than expected, suggesting the country will emerge stronger than feared.
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Union
Gulf
America
Owl Hill News Social Gathering And Travels
Mrs. Chester Habecker and Romaine called at the Eckert home in Rome Thursday evening. Doings include visits by Mrs. John Habecker of Kissel Hill and Eva Bushong with Verna Reidenbach Sunday evening. Lancaster visitors from multiple families spent Sunday along the Conestoga near Oregon with roast dogs as the main dish.
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Chester Habecker
Romaine
Adam Eckert
Rome
Thursay
John Habecker
Kissel Hill
Reidenbach
Martin Boas
William Boas
Blanch
Sara
Frank Ritchie
Mary Jane
John
Jean
Hart Shaub
Kathryn Heinley
Anna Grimsey
James White
James
George
Kathryn Seaman
Helen
Alexander Heinley
Norman
Thomas White
Lancaster
Louis Anne
Longbranch
N. J
John G. Habacker
Lititz Pike
Loomis Houck
Verna
Dorothy
Raymond
Minnie Erb
Salunga
Conestoga
Oregon
Verna Reidenbach
Chester Haabecker
Repeated Tonight Drama At Brownstown Church
K L C E Society of Brownstown Evangelical Congregational Church repeats the three act religious drama One of the Nine tonight. Rendered last Fall it proved successful and will be staged again. The play portrays the parable of the ten lepers and delivers a sermon for all with characters Paul Wolf N Lee Klopp Chas Slair Chas Roberts Harold Wolf Mabel Slair Vera Wolf Esther Weidman Luella Keller.
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K. L. C. E. Society of the
Brownstown Evangelical Congregational Church
Paul Wolf
N. Lee Klopp
Chas. Slair
Chas. Roberts
Harold Wolf
Mabel Slair
Vera Wolf
Esther Weidman
Luella Keller
Remarkable Opal and Other Historical Notes from Australia
A vivid report highlights a striking black opal found in Walgett New South Wales named Light of the World with an estimated value of 15 000 to 25 000. It notes a woman’s silhouette visible within the gem and surveys varied antiquarian curiosities across topics like Austria’s regal motto and Anglo-Saxon place name origins.
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Walgett
New South Wales
Silence and Cathedral Definitions in Classic Writings
A digest of quotes on silence as virtue from Tillotson and on cathedral meaning as mother church. Includes Aurelius on broadening the mind through systematic observation and Goldsmith on ridicule opposing enthusiasm.
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Aurelius
Made Famous by Byron Prisoner of Chillon hero Bonivard
Last inmate of the dungeon of Chillon is Bonivard. He was prior of St Victor at Geneva and held captive by the duke of Savoy in 1530. Byron’s Prisoner of Chillon is his historical figure.
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Byron
Chillon
Bonivard
St. Victor
Geneva
Duke of
Savoy
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Lititz
OWL Hill News
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Country Home
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Ossining
Tillotson
Oliver Goldsmith
Mecklenburg
Heiligendamm
Terre Haute Tribune
Belgium
Japan
China
Prescott
Ariz
Garvin
M. T. Garvin & CO
King St
Lancaster, Pa
S. Broad Street
Penna
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