Community Notes and Local Happenings of the Week
Aunt Sally Hawkins hosts the preacher with apple butter and mush. Love Ann Long loses two upper teeth while singing in church. Arminta Jones pursues movie roles. Ed Bascomb reports cheese and crackers back to normal. The cider mill runs full, and the uplift league knits socks for the preacher. Deacon Ebbersole wins seven ringers in a horseshoe derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Hawkins
Love Ann Long
Love Ann Lone
Andy Gump
Becky Jones
Arminta Jones
Jim Slivers
Deacon Ebbersole
The Smithsonian: Nation’s Knowledge Engine and Its Founding
A historical overview of James Smithson and the Smithsonian Institution, detailing its founding abroad, the bequests, and the early U S congressional acceptance. It describes the building’s architecture, governing structure, and key figures like Henry, Baird, Phangley, and Walcott, plus the six branches and the diffusion of knowledge.
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America
James Smithson
Duke of Northumberland
Macie
Oxford
Smithson
United States
Washington
England
Northumberland
Institute
Phildelphia
Geneva
Joseph Henry
Morse
Spencer F. Baird
Bureau of Fisheries
Samuel Phangley
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian
National Museum
Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery
International Exchange Service
Visit to Washington Highlights World Class Museum Treasures
The article praises a world renowned museum in Washington showcasing vast collections from around the globe. It mentions 20 000 skulls the Tuxtla statuette dated 96 B C and the Mays calendar stone along with a feather war cloak from Hawaii. It notes leaders like Colonel Roosevelt and rapid specimen growth to 350 000 yearly while urging a museum tour for all visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
B.C
Hawaiian Islands
Roosevelt
Washington
New Ford Cars Arrive On Display At Burt Motor Sales
Ford introduces a new line featuring higher radiators streamlined bodies and improved interiors. The touring car runabout and coupe gain space comfort and updated styling with revolving window regulators and enhanced ventilation. Displayed at Burt Motor Sales for the next several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORD
Burt Motor Sales
Rew
Petition for highway improvement in Sullivan County Indiana
Notice in Sullivan County Indiana reports a petition to improve a public highway by paving and gravel surfacing from a point near Section 7 to the northwest corner of Section 38, Jefferson and Haddón townships. It states a 34 foot width, gravel pavement, with appearance date October 1, 1923, at the Board of County Commissioners in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Courty
Sullivan County
Indiana
Board of
Jefferson
Haddon
Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan
Saidi County
Frank M. Daniels
Sullivan Couny
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Billman
BE. A. Billman
E. A. Billman
Henry W. Gardes
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Smithsonian Institute
Tn Commission Court
Jabhies I. Apams ET
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