Highland Literary Society opens Chautauqua season at Scotland High
Scotland High School hosted the first Highland Literary Society program featuring a four day Chautauqua. Dixie Girls performed on day one with solos by Jo Marchant Gladys Colwell Erma Stevens and others. A junior Chautauqua and a humorous drama followed with a closing Scotland Band concert led by Raymond Cach.
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Highland Literary Society
Scotland High School
Howard Deming
Dixie Girls
Jo Marchant
Gladys Colwell
Erma Stevens
Lucile
Frances Cisar
Cecelia Wanek
Howard Bainbridge
Miss Berry
Scotland Band
Raymond Cach
What Size Do You Take
London Answers explains how clothing sizes are determined. Hat size equals half the sum of head diameters, so a 13 3/8 inch head yields a 6 11/16 hat size. Glove size equals the knuckle circumference when the hand is closed. Sock length is the foot length, and women’s hose length is about three times the foot length.
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London
Plumber Buys Corot Painting Enriching Family Estate
A plumber in New York bought Corot's Lake Nemi for 14000 during a 25 year old gallery sale. After his death the painting sold for 85000, yielding a huge estate profit. The tale contrasts his trade with a rare investment success and notes a family dispute over the purchase.
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William B. McCormick
Arts and Decoration
Corot
New York
Lake Nemi
Tsao Ah Sum Executed For Ox Theft In Chinese Village
A correspondent reports in Ha Tong near Canton that Tsao Ah Sum stole fifteen oxen, a capital offense in village law. He was tried by elders from three villages, found guilty, and buried alive after a feast andized by watchmen and villagers.
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China
Ha Tong
Canton Elly
Tsao Ah Sum
Sigere
Fossil Coral Reefs Found Near Bainbridge Georgia
Geologists report Tertiary age coral reefs along the Flint River near Bainbridge Georgia. Fossil reefs reveal coral heads over a foot in diameter and 25 to 30 species identified, with similarities to today’s corals despite ancient origins.
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Tinian
Urals
New Siberian Islands
Bainbridge
Flint River
Georgia
Origins of fritters fricassees and tarts in old cuisine
An overview tracing how fritter fricassee and tart names derive from Latin and French roots. It notes Latin frigere frictus, French fracasser and fricare, and explains historical shifts from plate substitutions to baked treats shaped like small pastries.
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