Trumpet Roles Through History From Jericho To Wagner
The trumpet appears in ancient rites and wars, from Jericho to Trojan conflicts, evolving into a royal martial instrument. It measures about four feet with three pistons and a mute, while the cornet, a B flat brass tube, offers rapid passages but a softer tone. Classical composers underuse it. Wagner uses muted trumpets to evoke toymealkers in The Mastersingers.
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Jericho
Washington Post
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Wagner
Toymealkers’ Guild
Mastersiggers
How Pearls Form From Mantle Irritation and Cultivation
A pearl forms when persistent irritation enters a pearl oyster causing a nacre coating to enclose it. The irritation may stem from sand shell fragments or parasite larvae, and layers build over years until a pearl grows large. Pearl cultivation, studied by the Japanese, uses artificial irritants to start the process with a mantle-seeded nucleus.
Changing Civilizations in Jerusalem and the Holy Land
The piece laments violence in Jerusalem from biblical eras to modern times yet emphasizes enduring reverence across sites such as Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mosque of Omar, the Wailing Wall, and Rachel’s tomb. It notes Napoleon’s siege of Jaffa, a Crusader tower, and memories tied to Christian, Jewish, and Muslim shrines shaping the region’s history.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Assaiah
Sennacherib
Richard
Jaffa
Bethlehem
Mount of Olives
Garden of
Bethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mosque of
Omar
Rachel's Tomb
Bethany
Sea of Galilee
Chloago Daily News
Cracking of Oil Process Described as Legend
A refinery worker caused a misstep that led to an oil cracking incident with a hot still and high pressure. The tale notes Doctor Barton of Standard Oil patented the early cracking method around 391 and explains cracking as heating heavier fractions under high pressure.
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Doctor Barton
Pine Most Useful For General Construction Purposes
Pine is highlighted as the most useful wood for general construction due to its strength stiffness shape-holding ability and ease of working. It seasons well and holds paint, making it well suited for structural use though hardwoods still have applications.
Early 18th Century England See Corruption in Open Sale
Treling Foster in Pollier's Weekly notes that political corruption ran openly in England with gentlemen buying government positions and office holders selling their posts. Prices were mentioned, some as high as 15000 dollars, reflecting the era's graft and market mentality.
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England
Treling Foster
Pollier
Mink Affinity for Water Dominates Habitat
A mink spends most of its time in water, feeling at home along wooded stream banks and swamps where it is most likely to be found.
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Mink
Farley predicts convention sites and renomination odds
OSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY chairs the Democratic committee and says Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Kansas City and San Francisco will host the convention. He rebuts reports of a preselected city and asserts Garner will be renominated for vice president while noting a possible change to the two thirds rule.
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Ostmaster
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Tthat Boty
Washington
Philadelpha
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
J.a.facley
Bonahey
Ohio
Garner
Parley
Midwest
Iowa
Vere
Gail Parley
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Hoover Iy
New Hampshire
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Sloan
Europe
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper
Univ
Lerd PL Sloan
Sloane
National Association of Manufacturers
C. L. Bardo
J. A. Emery
Robert L. Lund
A. P.stoan, Dr
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Marriner $. Eccles
Fedmal Yeretye
Sik Fa Clads
Commerce Department
Laval
France
Italy
Caval
Mussolini
Duce
Great Britain
Eric Drummond
Britain
Libya
Frortier
Paris
Cerruth
Tuly
Ethiopia
Rome
Samuel Hoare
Switzerland
Premier Laval
Admiralty
Royal Navy Reserve
Plymouth
Merchant Marine
HO Fing-Chin
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Autonomy Promo- Hon
Jim
Tan Takshashi
Ho Ying-Chin
Takeshashi
Basao Tada
China
Ching
Japan
Waleh Wanking
Hopei
Hull
London
Mr. Bull
Mr. and
Mrs
America
Schemmer
Reek Vailey
Sunkist
Santy
Kris Kingle
Lefer
Kay Gordax
Doro
Thompson
Esther Pressman
Bonita Barker
Santaland
Joe Penner
Paramount
Gues
van der Ploeg
Rock Valley
Sioux Center
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