Oboe and Clarinet History and Construction
The article traces the oboe known as hautboy built in three sections with a double reed and notes major improvements from Barre and Grsebert. It compares the cor anglais and clarinet, detailing their build, tone, and roles in early orchestras and works by Gluck Mozart Haydn Beethoven Wagner and others. It notes denner as inventor of the clarinet and Klose’s 184% fingering reforms.
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Barre
Grsebert
Cambert
Paris
Chicago Daily News
Shep‘herd
Tristan
Dvorak
Gluck
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Wagner
Denner
Nuremberg
Sunken Treasures Along the Shores of Trinidad
The Gulf of Paria once saw sunken riches from battles in 1797 and Blackbeard era fires. Rumors say Admiral Apodaca buried gold and silver between Port of Spain and San Fernando to guard it from the British. Trinidadians fear restless spirits, believing digging invites misfortune, delaying treasure seekers.
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Gulf of Pearls
Gulf of Paria
Apocata
Spain
Blackbeard
Port of Spain
San Fernando
Boston
Apocada
Fort of Spain
Fragmentary dialogue from a reformer's speech term
A distorted OCR passage shows a sharp faced rel aman asking a woman to identify the political party someone belongs to. The garbled text hints at a political inquiry and demand for party affiliation without clear context or names.
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Smith
Relaman
Theo
Parowan Ends Season Near Fourth After Losses
Parowan finishes the season in fourth place with a .500 record after losses to Hurricane and Cedar City and a tight win against Kanab. The paper notes potential playoff implications, round-robin style, and Friday night results with Cedar City and Valley games influencing final standings.
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Parowan
Cesar Nisheohoot
Fritap
Hurricane
Kerish
Dixfeeth Ham
Kanab
Murrieanne
Enterprise
Filcricans
Valley Eh
Ordervite
Katia
Murrieane
Zome Fowler
Parawa
Colar
Patawan
Jocal
Oxgar
Socom
Vistors
Cedar
Adams
Jelief
Waren
Mitchell
Osborne
Garner
Boonie
Wapf
Santness
Pacowsn
Hurricanis
Cedler
Dixie
Disie Ze Kan
Cedar City
Woolsey
Smith
Cistensen
Benny
Pea. Lomac
Dow
Mitczell
Warren
Letan S. Diston
P. Dalton
Robinson
Ea Mosterman
Comans
Perfume Bases Cost Twice as Much as Gold
The Philadelphia Record notes perfume bases like ambergris and musk are very costly and scarce. Grasse France dominates production with vast rose cultivation, producing millions of pounds of roses annually. It takes thousands of pounds of roses to yield a small measure of essence, while a single drop flavors a gallon of perfume. The romance of perfume making spans ancient times.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia Record
Grasse
French Riviera
Penn Establishes Land Office for Cash Sales
The article recalls William Penn securing his land grant from Charles II and establishing a land office for cash sales. It notes deeds signed by Penn, later warrants and certificates to settle vacant ground, and the process to final patents. Conveyancing practice varies, with lawyers common in some states and specialist conveyancers in others.
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William Penn
Charles II
England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dove Orchid Used by Spanish Priests to Illustrate Holy Ghost
The Spanish friars in Mexico described a white orchid called the Dove of God or Espiritu Santa. They used its magnolietike blossom and heavy fragrance to teach the Holy Ghost. Indigenous people have since held unwavering devotion to the flower.
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Mexico
Atomizers at Elizabethan Court Sparked Perfume Fashion
Perfumers credit Queen Elizabeth I with inventing the sachet and introducing the first atomizers called casting bottles at her court. Sixteenth century fashion embraced scented vanity: ivory, gold, or silver caixas named castalettes or printaniera carried by both men and women. Perforated tops allowed sniffing, while perfume beads and finger rings formed additional wearables.
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Elizabeth
Roman spa sites in England and Buxton’s Roman waters
Spas enjoyed by Romans in England predated modern fashion with hot springs and healing waters. The Romans developed Bath into an impressive center with mosaics and bathing halls while other cities highlighted hot and healing springs. Buxton, touted as England’s highest town, was famed in Roman times for its bluish waters.
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England
Buxton
Thread Count in Percale Quality Textile Description
A description defines good percale as having combed yarns and a ui form weave. It specifies a thread count not less than 360 threads per linear inch or 200 per square inch, clarifying threads per inch and per square inch as yarns in one direction and both directions respectively.
Woodpecker Beaks Split Wood In Clever Ways
A London Tit-Bits note describes woodpeckers drilling holes through hard wood to form cavities, later scraping interior chambers. It contrasts this with New Zealand huia beaks of different shapes in males and females, aiding predator and food access, and mentions merganser teeth along bill edges for catching slippery fish as well as shoveler duck and flamingo beaks filtering minute organisms from water.
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Oliver G
Pike
London
New Zealand
Lobster Lifecycle: Early Growth and Shell Changes Described
A Boston Globe note explains that newborn lobsters are tiny, soft, and vulnerable as they surface and drift among fish. Females can release 5 000 to 100 000 young. within days they molt from tiny crawfish to full lobsters, shedding shells seven or eight times in the first month as they fight to survive.
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Boston Globe
Three Cigarettes on a Match Superstition Origins Explored
The article examines theories behind the common belief that lighting three cigarettes with one match brings bad luck. It cites military history from World War I and the Boer War, plus a Russian church practice of lighting three candles with one taper, as possible origins.
Congress Hall in Philadelphia Expanding Historic U S Seat
Congress Hall at Sixth and Chestnut Streets began in 1787 and finished in 1789. It housed the U S Congress from December 6, 1790, with the House on the first floor and the Senate in the south chamber. Washington was twice inaugurated there and Marshall coined a famous phrase. The building saw restoration in 1913.
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Congress Hall
Philadelphia
Phiadelphia
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
United States Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Washington
Adams
John Marshall
Virginia
Henry Lee
Sir Walter Raleigh A Life of English Writer
Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, born 1861 in London and educated at University College and King's College. He taught modern literature at University College Liverpool and English literature at Glasgow, then Oxford in 1504. Knighted 1911, Fellow at Merton College. Noted publications include The English Novel and Six Essays. He died.
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Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
London
University’ College
King's College
University College
Liverpool
Glasgow
Oxford
Merton College
Wordsworth
Local Legals and Personal News Roundup
Moagra district reports a week of farm activity with Bass residents and neighbors involved in sheep work and health updates. Alvin Benson rests at home with family as attorney Wm. B. Thornton assists. Dr. Orton’s family child treated for pneumonia at hospital. Principal L. C. Bennett in Salt Lake City for legislative duties. Mr. and Mrs. Mickelson welcome their first child at county hospital. Clayton and Mitchell attend funeral of Maude B. Datton. Wallace Hulet's granddaughter born. J Clayton and G A Mitchell travel from Salt Lake City for services. Rendall Wilescks’ six month old baby hospitalized with pneumonia after infected ears. Parowan Stake M L A visitors, with ward visits and social notes.
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Jees Amickelson
Dern
Wallace Hulet
Mewsra
J. Clayton
George AL Mitchell
Salt Lake Cty
Maude B. Datton
Types of ships and rigging styles explained
The article outlines rigging terms for historic ships. It defines full rigged ships with bowsprit and three square-masted sails, barkentines with mixed fore and aft rigging, schooner rigging on aft masts, and brig and brigantine configurations, noting four masted bark distinctions and two masted brig distinctions.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Capitol bill debate on prohibitions and payouts ends
Under the Capitol, measures limit toy pistols and ban certain payouts. A proposed system would tax salaries of $6 and adjust driver licenses upon penalties. Legislators consider about 500 bills with major committees shaping schedules on both houses.
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House
Senate
Snow at Cedar Breaks lighter than last year
Superintendent Paul R. Prong announced waning snow at Cedar Breaks and on Cedar Mountain as rangers reported near normal conditions on the second side path. Park Ranger Cope and others logged sub zero temps and deep snow along a mile long descent, shelter found at Harris Flat on February 25, then to Duck Creek the next day. Measurements recorded snow and water content at Harris Flat, Duck Creek, and nearby monuments, with final notes from Rangers on the last patrol of the winter season.
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Paul R. Prong
Cer Mountain
Aaurley Cope
Russall Mahan
Fred Bruck
Harris Flat
Duck Creek
Quy Breaks National Monument
Cecal
Uslow Weals Fam
Cedar City
Webriwiry
Uly Breaks
National Monument Sud
Park Rangers
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