Funeral Insurance Offer From American Benefit Company
Advertisement for funeral insurance plans offering individual or family group policies with ages basic rate of 1.00 per month no medical examination required. Requests for particulars directed to The American Benefit Company P. O. Box 1980 Orlando Fla.
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American Benefit Company
P. O. Box
Orlando
Fila
Venice Vows and the Salute Church Remembrance of Plague
A Los Angeles Times writer notes Venice’s response to plagues from 1575 to 1630. Citizens vowed churches as divine mercy, leading to the Palladian Church of the Salute designed by Longhena. The building overflows with art referencing pestilence and protection of the city.
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Venice
Levant
Adriatic
Los Angeles Times
Sultana Disaster Recall Details of 1865 Steamboat Explosion
The Sultana carried 1965 Union soldiers and 35 officers from Andersonville prisons when a boiler burst near Paddy's Hen and Chickens islands on April 27 1865. Overcrowded decks forced passengers to swim or cling to wreckage as the steamer sank. Most aboard were Tennessee and Kentucky men with soldiers from Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin Illinois Nebraska Kansas and West Virginia.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Andersonville
Macon
Cahaba
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
West Virginia
Memphis
Sled dogs of northern China show calm instinct on crowded trails
Natives born in northern China rear sled dogs trained to pull over icy wastes. The dogs display steady eyes and a focused mind on the destination, able to navigate new terrain. If separated in a crowd, they avoid panic and calmly locate their master.
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China
Yorzen
Insects with cunning senses and weapons
Seven thousand insect types creep and fly across the country. The text highlights the praying mantis with long range hearing and a beetle with a piercing pincer mouth capable of crushing foes. Each species shows remarkable adaptations for slaying enemies.
The Forsyte Saga Trilogy by John Galsworthy
The Forsyte Saga is a trilogy by John Galsworthy tracing a middle class Victorian family’s possessive instinct. It includes Man of Property 1906 In Chancery 1920 and To Let 1922.
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Forsyte
John Galsworthy
Breck
Irene
Art
Sulphur Creek
Arthur
Gordon
Tillson
How Birds Coast in Air Currents Solved
The mystery of how vultures and other strong flyers sail for hours without wing motion was solved in recent years after gliders demonstrated the use of rising air currents.
Arctic and Antarctic Name Origins
The terms Arctic and Antarctic derive from Greek arktikos related to the Great Bear and the opposite meaning of Antarctic. The Arctic references the northern sky region while Antarctic denotes the southern lands and seas.
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Arctic
Arctos
Antarctic
Mountain Man and Irene Stir Troubled Trails
Breck disapproves of Irene’s courtship with Art Tillson while watching the trio near the Kern River country. Irene flirts, Tillson presses, and Breck plans a trail sign mission as tension rises over loyalty to the forest service and a potential romance.
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Arthur
Breck
Irene
Gordon
Kern River
Sutherland
Senator
Camper's Paradise
Tillson
Mary
Sierra Slim
Art
Kit
Custer
Gray
Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book Promotes Home Sewing
The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept invites readers to order the Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book for 15 cents and to sew flattering dresses at home. No. 1672 and No. 1505 patterns describe sizes 14 42 and ages 4 12 with yardage requirements and braid trims. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Quietest Lab Room Weighs 30 Tons In New Soundproofing
A Schenectady correspondent describes a 30 ton steel and concrete soundproof lab room hung by four rods and lined with heavy carpet and felt. The space dampens almost all noises from rotating machinery and even muffles stomach rumbles and creaking sleeves.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Boston Globe
Meaning of Absolute Music Defined
The term absolute music describes music of a purely abstract type without any non musical or extra musical significance, in contrast to program music which aims to depict pictorial or descriptive ideas.
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