Veneering Ancient Art Traced From Earliest Times
An ancient craft dating back to before Christ is described as used by Egyptian rulers and Ethiopian princes. Veneering furniture involves layering thin woods with strong glues and heat, producing durable plywood and richly figured surfaces. The article notes exotic veneers from mahogany and patterns like flaming bush, crotch, and mottle as expressions of grain irregularities and pressure effects.
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Christ
Ramases II
Egypt
Washington Star
Americas
Africa
Walking fish roam land in search of water
The Washington Post notes several fish types that walk on land. Chinese walking fish travel between puddles on stout fins. Lung fish shift from gills to lungs when water dries. Mud hopper skims mud out of water and breathes via its tail in brief breaths.
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Washington Post
Cast of Statue of Liberty and its guard history
The Statue of Liberty cost 1,000,000 francs excluding the pedestal funded in the United States. The $1,000,000 total included a $300,000 pedestal and foundation paid by Americans. Youthful use included lighthouse duties. Guard duty shifted from War Department in 1902 to Fort Wood, with police still stationed until 1933 when National Park Service took over maintenance and guardianship.
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Bartholdi
United States
France
War Department
Fort Wood
Bedloe’s Island
National Park Service
Chacalacca Named A Poultry Family Member In Mexico
A writer in the Los Angeles Times states the Chacalacca is a member of the Gallinae or poultry family, related to grouse, quail, turkey and pheasant. It is common in Mexico and Central America, with an eye and fiery temperament like the game cock and a Mexico claim of fighting style. called Texas Guan in some places, the name Chacalacea comes from its cry.
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Los Angeles Times
Mexico
Central America
Agar Agar Source and Uses in Food and Culture Media
Agar agar is a translucent gelatinous substance derived mainly from seaweeds such as gelidium species also called Chinese isinglass or Japanese agar. It is a carbohydrate rich gel forming agent used to solidify culture media for bacteria and fungi, and serves as a laxative and thickener in soups and jellies.
French Flag Once Waved Over the State of Texas
Detroit News writer notes that France briefly held Texas in 1685 with La Salle at Matagorda Bay and Fort Saint Louis on Lavaca. Spaniards later established missions, yet settled little before 1821 when Stephen Austin began American colonization. Napoleon’s 1802 plans to extend holdings west of the Rio Grande are also discussed.
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France
Texas
Detroit News
la Salle
Matagorda Bay
Lavaca River
Mexico
Stephen Austin
Fort Saint Louis
Napoleon
United States
Louisiana Purchase
Rio Grande
Flags Flown Over Virgin Islands Through History
The Washington Post writer notes Virgin Islands history with Britain France Denmark and the United States flags, piracy and slave trade on the Spanish Main, St Thomas as slave trade center, a port for ships, bay rum and St Croix rum export, and the 1917 US acquisition turning the islands into an effective poorhouse.
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Uncle Sam
Caribbean
Washington Post
Virgin Islands
Britain
France
Denmark
United Sates
St Thomas
St. Thomas
Bay
St. Croix
United States
Islands
Charter Oak of Hartford A Landmark That Guided Planting
The Charter Oak in Hartford Connecticut was revered by Native Americans who asked colonists to spare it as their ancestors marked planting time by leaf size. The tree sheltered the colonial charter from British seizure and later fell in a windstorm in 1356, with bells tolled and funeral dirges played over its ruins.
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Hartford Conn
Connecticut
Cay
Army chooses Annapolis for Naval Academy’s founding
The Army decided the Naval Academy would be located at Annapolis Maryland and the academy opened there in 1845 amid congressional opposition. Secretary George Bancroft asserted midshipmen should remain in Annapolis awaiting sea orders and training, launching the academy as the only coastal post the Army would cede for quarters.
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Army
Naval Academy
Annapoli
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
George Bancroft
Annapolis
Dust Provides Hidden Service To Weather
Atmospheric dust, though a nuisance to farmers, helps rain formation and cloud development. Without it, the atmosphere would saturate, producing an abrupt rainfall and a sky lacking haze, twilight, or sun glow, leaving a perpetual blackness and no twilight.
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Washington Post
Leichner, Father of Grease Paint in Acting History
The Philadelphia Inquirer credits Johann Ludwig Leichner as the father of grease paint, praising a scientific formula that keeps faces cool and tearproof, contrasting it with dry powder. The piece traces makeup through eras from Cleopatra to Tudor actresses, noting Puritan repression of cosmetic arts.
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Johann Ludwig Leichner
Philadelphia Inquirer
Leichner
Cleopatra’s Court
Origins of football traced to Sparta and England
A Washington Post writer notes football began in Sparta as an organized game around 500 B C. Roman legions spread it across Europe and to Britain where towns and villages played for hours battling over distances to kick the ball to the opposing church. American football is a variation of English rugby.
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Sparta
B. C
Washington Post
Greece
Europe
British Isles
England
Black Forest Fires Mark Early European Forest History
A historical note traces major European forest fires around 1800 in western Germany’s Black Forest and 1826 across Sweden and Denmark. It recalls “Dark Days” and related events caused by fires or eruptions, with similar recollections of red rains and black snows across Europe since 1803.
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Europe
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Pacific
Meadow Lawn Supper Guests At Francis Rose Home
Mrs Shirley Mayer lists Meadow Lawn residents and families at Thursday supper hosted by Francis Rose. Guests included Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rose Mr and Mrs Maynard Mayer their son and Hilda Shubarth and Mr and Mrs Ed McGowan with others.
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Kenneth Rose
Maynard Mayer and Son
Hilda Shubarth
Francis Rose
O P S Stores Cut Guesswork From Family Food Buying
Patrons value quality and thrift, avoiding guessing in meal planning. O P S Stores promise precise selection and economical foods to help families feed well without uncertainty.
Community Notices of Visits and Gatherings in Ansley Area
A sequence of brief social notes records calls and visits among Ansley area residents. Families return from Ansley after a death in the McGowan family. Many locals, including the Shafferts, Mayers, Walkers, Roses, Shoemakers, Horners, and Farrs, visit or host at various homes and towns such as Dalton, Sidney, Kimball, and Northport, with multiple Sunday and weekday calls noted.
Pleasant View Social Round From Mrs J E Morrow
The Luther annual conference met at Rev G H Boehnke’s home on Tuesday. Ben Hilpert family and others were guests at Henry Lueders Sunday. J E Morrow visited Ed Fisher in Potter and traveled to Bayard with H Smith ill. The Warren Pontions sale drew a good crowd last Monday.
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Luther Annual Conference
G. H Boehnke
Ben Hilpert
Henry Lueders
J E. Morrow
Ed Fisher
Potter
Warren Pontions
Art Brandenburg
Dan Heimer
Wm Morrow
Dave Hibert
Michigan
Ben Hibpert
Joe Gerler
J E Morrow
Bayard
H Smith
Pete Nelson
Billy Smith
W D. Mathewson
Morrow
Elmer Bordoif
Neighborhood Socials Highlight Dix Dinner Guests
Frank Mueller stuccoed the Win Sheele house in Dix last week. Mr and Mrs Henry Luecers and daughter Fréda and Art Mueller were supper guests at the Ben Hilpert home on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J E Morrow were dinner guests at the Peter Nelson home Sunday. Miss Hilda Shubarth and Miss Marie Lueders visited Sunday and Saturday night guests stayed with L Seemann.
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Art Shuessler
Frank Mueller
Sheele
Dix
Henry Luecers
Fréda
Art Mueller
Ben Hilpert
J. E. Morrow
Peter Nelson
Maynard Mayer
Hilda Shubarth
Art Shubbarth
Marie Lueders
L. Seemann
Pretty wedding tied Mildred Rapp to Paul E. Wilson at Kearney
Miss Mildred Rapp daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Rapp of Sidney became the bride of Paul E Wilson son of Mr and Mrs H B Wilson of Kearney on Tuesday afternoon September 21 at two oclock at the groom family home. The ceremony was performed before close family with double ring service. Mrs Sandahl played the wedding march and Miss Mildred Brunner sang I Love You Truly. The bride wore a white chiffon taffeta gown with three quarter length veil and a pink and white bouquet. Irene Wilson was maid of honor, Mildred Brunner a bridesmaid, Adeline Fern Rapp ring bearer, and Hugh Wilson best man. A reception followed and the couple plan a honeymoon in Potter and Sidney vicinities and Colorado before settling in Kearney.
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Kearney
Mildred Rapp
A. B. Rapp
Sidney
Paul E. Wilson
Overton
H. B. Wilson
Irene Wilson
Mildred Brunner
Adeline Fern Rapp
Hugh Wilson
Potter and
Colorado
Discovery of Jenny Lind at Nine by Actress
A Swedish actress discovered nine year old Jenny Lind and secured her admission to the Stockholm Conservatory of Music, launching the future soprano’s early training and career path.
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Jenny Lind
Stockholm Conservatory of Music
Titanium metal limits and properties in early study
Metallic titanium is lighter than iron but heavier than aluminum. It melts near 3,250 degrees Fahrenheit, too high for practical casting and too low for lamp filaments. It is hard brittle crystalline and cannot be drawn into wires or rolled into sheets and shows limited chemical resistance.
Where Pearls Come From inedible Pearl Oysters claim
Collier's Weekly Pearls of value come from the inedible pearl oysters not sold for food. Salable pearls are never found in edible oysters and those found at rare intervals are said to be planted for publicity.
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Collier's Weekly
Wren Designed Fifty Five London Churches
A historical note asserts that Sir Christopher Wren, famed architect, designed fifty five churches in London. The claim catalogues his architectural impact across the city’s ecclesiastical landscape.
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London
Christopher Wren
Cankerworms Feed on Wide Range of Trees
The Caterpillar Caterpillars known as cankerworms inchworms or measuring worms move in looping lines and drop by a silk thread when disturbed. They feed on many broad leaf shade and forest trees with ash elm hickory birch maple and oak among favorites and canzer leaves by eating small holes.
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American Poultry Jou
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