Grant of Patents Began With Greeks Years Ago
Historical note traces early patent concepts to ancient Sybaris where cooks earned one year monopolies for new dishes. Mentions Phylarchus and the 23 centuries-ago law, then British 1623 Statute of Monopolies as a practical ancestor, with the U S system forming in 1790 after the Constitution. Patents quickly spread across colonies and nations.
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Frank E. Barrows
New York
American Chemical Society
Sybaris
B. C
Phylarchus
Great Britain
Strange Tropical Plant May Grow 60 Feet High
A strange tropical plant, the screw pine, can reach tree size in Florida and up to 60 feet in Madagascar. It has stilt-like aerial roots, three-foot leaves in a spiral, and fruits six inches or more in diameter. It is grown as a decorative pot plant and conservatory specimen, with striped or variegated varieties. In native regions, fruits, fibers, and paper are produced from the plant components.
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Florida
Madagascar
Hugo H. Schroeder
Nature Magazine
India
The Jefferson Bible a Composed Life and Morals of Jesus
Thomas Jefferson began the work about 1804 during his presidency creating a 46 page book by selecting Jesus words from two English Bibles. By about 1819 he completed a similar Greek Latin and French edition titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. The volume includes two maps and sits in the National Museum in Washington.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth
Palestine
National Museum At
Washington
Nassau Boys Ride Tortoises In Bahamian Water Sports
Native Nassau youths dive for a large sea turtle on the Nassau coast and mount the shell behind the neck. They ride as the turtle surfaces but have no steering control, making the stunt risky if the turtle dives again.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Dickens Chosen Home God s Hill Place England
The article notes God s Hill Place in England as Charles Dickens last home and the house he planned to buy as a boy would say to his father that if he ever had a dwelling of his own he would buy God s Hill Place.
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Dickens
God’s Hill
England
Charles Dickens
God's Hill
Meaning and roots of the name Grazia and Saint Gratia
The name Grazia derives from Latin Gratiana meaning of exceeding grace and may signify grace divine favor kindness or thankfulness. Italian forms Graziosa and Graziella come from the same root with meanings gracious and thanks. Saint Gratia was an early virgin martyr.
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St.ratia
Time for an Expert
Time for an Expert depicts Joe entering a room and changing the mood as Fanny senses tension in the air. The scene centers on an implied confrontation and the quiet tension that follows his arrival.
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Joe
Fanny
Hanny
Joe and Fanny Consider Adopting Troubled Boy Ted
In a private conversation Joe and Fanny weigh taking in Ted an orphaned, wayward office boy from a tough neighborhood. They discuss potential impact on Doris Joey and Ted’s alignment with their family plus consulting Jim Fulton the state child welfare psychologist. John Howard Payne wrote Home Sweet Home in Paris in 1822.
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Fanny
Joe
Ted
Jim Fulton
John Howard Payne
Paris
Streams Flow Inland in One Part of Australia
The Goulburn River in Victoria flows away from the coast toward the Murray River, enabling vast irrigation and multiple dams waterworks. The system created thousands of acres of fertile land with extensive channels and the Bildon weir and Waranga basin store nearly 1,000,000 acre feet. Early explorers deemed the southern lands waterless, but a governor's expedition unlocked hopeful prospects and prosperity.
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Australia
Quentin Pope
Chicago Tribune
Goulburn
Victoria
Bass Strait
Murray
New South Wales
Goulburn Valley
Bildon
Waranga
Cape Otway
Spencer’s Gulf
Society of Cincinnati Named for Roman Farmer
Early in 1783 General Henry Knox presented Washington at Newburgh with a plan for a society of officers from the Colonial army. The Society of the Cincinnati aimed to preserve memory of American independence and the mutual friendships formed in peril. Members were officers of Washington's army and those of France.
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Henry Knox
General Washington
Newburgh
Hudson
New York City
Alice R. Rollins
Los Angeles Times
Washington
France
Express Bird Coloring Contest Now Open for Rural Schools
The Express invites rural schools to compete in a coloring contest. Create a booklet of bird pictures and submit to The Express office by June 1 for a chance to win a bird book for the winning school. The Chipping Sparrow is described with nest, eggs, diet, and coloring details prepared by Ellis A. Hicks of Iowa State College.
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Express
Iowa
Ellis A. Hicks
Iowa State College
Hornbills and Jeweler's Rouge and Leather Tanning Facts
A compilation of notes on hornbills detailing their sizes heavy beaks and mythic roots, Africa hornbills cry and predator avoidance, plus definitions of jeweler's rouge from copperas and its uses. Also covers ancient tanning of leather, methods, uses, and long preservation in Egyptian tombs.
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Africa
Equestrian statue feet myth debunked by art academy
Officials from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts dispute the belief that horse foot positions in equestrian statues signal a rider’s fate. They say sculptors favor artistic reasons over military history, refuting the common right foot raised or two feet raised meanings. A Rent ad promises to find a good tenant.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Iowa Named Nation's Black Spot for Undulant Fever
Dr Walter L Bierring state health commissioner says Iowa is among the nation's black spots for undulant fever with about 250 cases yearly. Since 1926 the state logged 1437 reports and 2900 positive lab tests through 1938. He links the disease to Bangs disease in cattle and hogs and urges eradication for health and economic reasons.
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Walter L. Bierring
Towa
Bierring
State Health Department
Bang
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Ozro French Toiled Hard At Bentonsport
In 1852 sober New England preacher Ozro French was assigned to Bentonsport by the American Home Missionary Society after ten years in India and a 1851 Iowa posting. He bought a home for $800 and gave thanks to God as his Bentonsport career began, a story recounted in The Palimpsest.
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New England
Bentons Port
American Home Missionary Society
Andover Theological Seminary
Otro French
India
United States
French
Iowa
Cedar
Bentonsport
Philip D. Jordan
I. H. Pierce
the Palimpsest
Bentonsport Pioneer Preacher Builds Chapel in 1856
Reverend French describes a modest ministerial routine in Bentonsport with monthly missions and concerts. He notes raising funds to build a chapel, laboring himself to cut timber and haul logs from the woods, and the dedication of the structure in 1856 amid local joy. Express Wants Acts bring quick results. Have you tried them?
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French
Bentonsport
Express
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Avant
Stuhler
Monticello Own
Little Cedar
Wallhide
Charlotte
Larson
McNeill Hardware
Monticello, Iowa
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