First Diamond Cutting Story From Bruges in 15th Century
A ragged history of diamonds traces the earliest cutting attempts in Bruges and Antwerp. A Flemish clerk named Berquerd is said to have sought the secret after a master challenged him to forge a tool to cut stones. Suggested angel guidance and a powder-wheel method built the first workable facet, transforming rough stones into coveted gems and launching a modern cutting craft.
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Antwerp
Austerdam
Kansas City
Henaclonts
Senved
Portugal
Normandy
Truges
Flandere
Lous de Berquerd
Terguum
Ilittle
Horguem
Grant Music Averse Leader Draws Mock Opera Scene
Kansas City Star recalls General Groot as a president who could not tell tunes from one another beyond Yankee Doodle Almerten and The Star Spangled Banner. He attended Grant opera in Philadelphia and mimicked violinists with a carving knife and fork, claiming the music was deafening.
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Grant
Jay
General Groot
Almerten
United States
Grant Opera
Philidelphia
White House
Ltw
Kansas City
Jonathan Brace
Mississippi
Alo
Mie Gulf
Tennessee
Louisiana
de Soto
la Salle
Louis XIV
Mississippe
West Florida
Jeffers Davis
Une Jon
Meture Newcraper Syndicate
Pet Dogs at Berlin Theaters Prompt Room Provisions
The New York Evening Post reports that Berlin theaters cater to women patrons by providing rooms for dogs with food during intermissions. Critics say the dog rooms amount to discrimination, while managers justify the policy as catering to popular demand.
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Ber- Mi
New York Evening Post
Easter dates through history and latest possible day
The article lists Easter dates across years from 1880 to 1919 with specific Aprils and corresponding years. It notes the latest possible Easter date in this century is March 22, and that Easter will occur on this latest date only once more, mentioning years such as 1043 in passing.
Modern-Day Amice Seen in Religious Garb History
The arlee a long cloak worn by pelentsned pilgrims in olden daye remains shown in embroidery strips over priests shoulders and in white bands of Protestant clergy.
Bull pout tale from Elizabethtown shocks hardware head
A New York Sun story recounts a remarkable bull pout yarn from Elizabethtown in the Adirondacks. Carl E. Daniel and cousin Arthur Norton haul a bull pout catch, dump it in a dishpan, flood the kitchen when the water drains, and wake to a floor swamped with bull pouts at Colonial Cottage. Carl, now head of Elizabethtown Hardware Co. Inc., can verify the tale.
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Jonah
George L. Brown
New York Sun
Elizabethtown
Adirondacks
Califmata
Lincoln Pond
Carl E. Daniel
Arthur Hf. Norton
Carl
Lincolnon
Elizabethtown Hardware Company, Inc
Alma residents share weekend visits and local events
Alma and nearby towns see a flurry of social calls. Doris Slingluff Aletha Fisher Dorothy Murphy and Vera Currence visit family in Alma and Grand Rapids. Riverdale dances and theater trips draw residents. Visitors include Bert Wibber Lorena, Jason Church and others. health updates note Cleo Downs recovering from pneumonia.
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Doris Slingluff
Alma High School
M. Slingluff
Aletha Fisher
Alma
Chas, Fisher
Vera Currence
Grand Rapids
Owen Courter
Howard Fisher
Riverdale
Grant
Mildred Courter
Margaret Tofft
Dorothy Murphy
Mra
A. d. Murphy
Rob't Havens
Bert Wibber
Lorena
Breckenridge
Jason Church
John McDonald
Forteat Bissell
Fred Rice
John Miller
Sumner Hoxie
Garrison
Hickock
Fairchild
Lois
Ralph Fairlchild
Len Gee
Severnl
No Courtship at All from The Atlantic Monthly
Excerpt notes a hidden truth many avoid about marriage and independence. It frames women’s loneliness as a quiet initiation into a secret society of those who profess loneliness, while public belief upholds economic independence and the dream of traditional families.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Atlantic Monthly
Clever Smuggler Caught Seattles Notorious Boat Seized
Federal officers captured a fast power boat at Seattle believed to smuggle contraband from Canada. The vessel reportedly housed a rare dumping device once thought unbuilt and a haul valued at $2900 led to seizure and confiscation.
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Puget
Canada
United States
Seattle
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Maj Orde Lees Reaches Fuji Summit In Winter Feats
Major Orde Lees, British balloonist and Arctic explorer, becomes the first European said to scale Fuji yama in winter. He climbs 12,895 feet in 48 hours with T. Irish of London. The ascent, aided by a slippery final 4,000 feet, follows his Shackleton Antarctic voyage and ties to the British air mission to Japan.
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Fujiyama
Maj
Orde Lees
Japan
Mountaiy
Major Lees
T. ©. Irish
London
Mr. Irth
Electric Sealing Machine Appears in Popular Mechanics
A sealing machine that melts wax electrically aims at bankers brokers towelers and large institutions for sealing valuables. It can plug into any light socket and runs at about half a cent per hour.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Spanish Shawls Curtain Debuts as Silk Lace Backdrop
A New York theater features a dew drop curtain described as a gigantic silk and lace Spanish shawl measuring 35 by 40 feet. Embroidering the vast fabric required TS of the most skilled Spanish needlewomen over 54 days.
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New York
Ancient Pompeii Letters Reveal Glowing Roman Romance
Epistulas found in Pompeii address a gladiator with praise and longing. A fragment reads Are you Apollo in the body of Hercules I dont know but to me you are a god. The discovery shows lovers preserved their affection 2400 years ago.
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Pompeii
Apollo
Hercules
Sumner Social Roundup Includes Visits and Calls
Residents and visitors gather for Sunday calls across Sumner and nearby towns. Notables include Wm Phillips returning home, the Avers family visiting Gee in Portinton, the Woodwards at Miller’s Riverdale, and Amos Button with daughter Mary from Lansing. Numerous residents travel to Alma, St Johns, New Haven, Crystal, and Mt. Pleasant for business, errands, or exams.
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Dell Evans
Harrison
Wm. Schiff
Marie
Floyd Nelson
Harry Tofft
Saginaw
Wm. Hutchinson
Long Lake
C. E. Fairchild
Archie Fairchild
Alma
Alexander
St. Louis
Chas
Slingluff
Ernest Madden
Haven
Lips
Ome
Elise Avers
William
Jack
M Hets
Gee
Porrinton
Vance Woodward
Miller
Riverdale
Kiday
Amos Button
Mary
Lansing
M. Duvall
Roy Will
Wm. DuVall
St. Johns
George Clow
H. A. Clow
Fred Cornell
Vestaburg
Sumner
Dave Mulford
Crystal
John Phillips
Buseat
Th. Ayers
Ferris
Frances Fowler
Royal Circle Club
Ja. I. O. Hunt
D. J. Ayers
Standish
New Haven
RB. A. Potter
Elwell
Vance Woodard
EB. H. Wolfe
R. M. Forquer
Mt. Pleasant
Samuel Cleverdon
Pomony Grange Hosts Day With Town Representations
North Star Newark Ithaca Ar cada Riverdale Crystal and Butter nut attended Pomony Grange day on Wednesday May 10. Afternoon program praised by all. Dinner for about 70 served by the Sunday School. Local activity includes visits by T McGurn to Bay City and Clifford Gee to a Carson City Perrinton game. Revival meetings continue at the Free Methodist Church.
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North Star
Newark
Ithaca
Arcada
Riverdale
Crystal
Butternut
Pomony Grange
T. McGurn
Bay City
Burdette Forquer
Alma
Clifford Gee
Carson City
Perrinton
I. F. Tucker
Leonard
Sumner
Plorvy
Wesley Pease
Clyde Smead
Melvin McClenathan
F. M. Church
E In
Ithaca Notes from the Ithaca Herald Local Movements and Events
Ithaca residents reveal relocations and visits including Mr and Mrs L C Hull moving near Saginaw and renting their home to Mr and Mrs W Veeder. Mrs I H Harr returns to Ithaca after months away. Red Cross convention held in Flint attended by local women. Ithaca High plans a May carnival on vacant Jute acres. Clair Smith and Elsie McKenzie wed at Baptist parsonage. Neighbors celebrate marriage and social evening with pot luck. Obituary for Mrs Nelson Bailey age 71 with funeral at Bailey schoolhouse. Cast list for It haca players play And Home Came Ted. Minor accident injures Mrs Hile. Roland Hoffman visits. Normbengs return from Florida. A Wrist moves to Philip Price home.
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L. C. Hull
Ithaca
Saginaw
W. Veeder
I. H. Harr
Monty
Carl Ranger
Detroit
Edith Hawley
Harriet Colwell
Hanna Ackerman
Red Cross
Flint
Ithaca High School
Gratist County Herald
Clair Smith
Elsie McKenzie Beth
Emereon Township
Baptist Parsonage
F.C. Fistler
Martin
Breckenridge
Ted
Ithaca Rentors
Rip van Winkle
Catskill Mountains
Skeet Kelley
Aaron Tabor
Diana Garwood
Lara Kinsel
Miss Loganberry
Helma Cornwell
Ira Stone
Karl Dodge
Mr. Mon
Haroldl Goodwin
Jubilee
Martha Hale
Jim Ryker
R. C Lake
Mollie Markman
Pearl Walter
Herietia Darby
Vada Nicolen
Tei
Harold McCormack
Elise
Inda Rodman
Senator McCorkle
Harry Woolf
Hile
Roland Hoffman
Alma
Titaca
E. J. Warren
Pearl Warren
Max and
Melvin
St. Jaime
Alex MrArthur
Town Line Social Notes From Summerton Area
Local social items list visits and gatherings. Miss Eliza Hoyt stayed with Miss Vera Veeder near Summerton. Neighbors entertained relatives Sunday and over the weekend, with several families named. Esther Chatman remains ill while others traveled, fished, or hosted guests in area towns.
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Eliza Hoyt
Vera Veeder
Summerton
Homer Leonard
Rex Johnson
Josephine Johnson
Hugh
Elwell
Claude Church
Frank Church
Charles Smith
Habbatt
Alma
John Barry
Paul Henry
Matt Johnson
Clyde Johnson
Frank Whitcraft
Ford
Esther Chatman
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CG. A. Wrist
Ghietiot County
Tives
Philip Price
South St Johns St
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Leland
Diles Motor Sales Co
Ford and Fordson Sales and Service
Michigan
Crandell & Scott
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