Curious Mixed Bag of Facts and Feats in Brief
A 1622 first folio sold in London for 13250. The heart pumps about 750 cubic inches per minute, over 225000 cubic feet annually. France adopts a maternity endowment rewarding each third child with 400 francs and rising to 750 francs for the tenth child. A London society wedding features path of swords and a model battleship salute. Canada-US wire-desertion extradition bill eyed by parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Royal Navy
Good Medicine People In Town Urged To Garden
The piece urges residents to beat the heat and lethargy by gardening. It praises a garden, a hoe, and the willingness to use them as a simple remedy, with no doctors, drugs, or money required.
Weather Tales From History The Weather and Humans
The piece muses on whether July will be hot, cites long term temperature averages and notable extremes, and recounts Galileo and Torricelli's weather curiosity. It notes historical records show no permanent yearly climate shift, mentions extreme towns like Cherrapongee India and Verkhoyanski Siberia, and hints at weather's fickle yet varied nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Cherrapongee
India
Plymouth Rock Returns to Original Spot at Plymouth
The famous doorstep known as Plymouth Rock is restored to its 1620 position after relocation and repair. Readers are urged to visit Plymouth, celebrated as the home of America's beginnings, with the rock deemed the heart of the new world without rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
Jamestown Settlement
America
New World
Circular outlines school lunch program for Kentucky schools
A new circular No. 95 from the College of Agriculture explains hot lunch programs for rural Kentucky schools. It covers equipment, preparation, serving, keeping, accounts, planning, and offers recipes for one dish or multiple dishes. Free copies available from the Experiment Station in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
College of Agriculture
Lexington
Neighbor’s Bat Halts Cat Singers Enjoyed by Mary
A whimsical vignette recalls Mary and her Thomas Cat who sang like Caruso until a neighbor’s baseball bat silenced the feline. The piece reflects on weather, money, and weary world affairs as it goes to press.
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Mary
Thomas
Caruso
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MT. Sterling
Canada
United States
Dominion
Oes
P.o'lee
Uncle Pete
Poot SP
O'Lee
Wichelasville
West Main Street
New York
Palm Beach
Eiting
the Man
Galileo
Torricelli
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Italy
Verkhoyanski
Siberia
Laird-Schober
Oxford
Kid Pump
Grover and
Selby Brown
Oxfords
Grover
Selby Black
Weyenberg
Stacy-Adams
R. E. Punch CO. (Incorporated
The
Phoenix Hotel
Lexington, Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Fort
Charles H. Berryman
Pres
John G. Cramer
Mgr
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