Quick Quiz Answers From a 19th Century Puzzle
A reader supplied answers to questions on history geography literature and science. Items include 1870 date Chambersburg Pa Jubal Early Lee De Forest the funny bone and General Wolfe with many others such as Michelangelo the Zugspitze John Adams and Woodrow Wilson.
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Lee de Forest
G. von Elm
Michelangelo
Colorado
California
Samoa
General Wolfe
Thomas DeQuincy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Gene Tunney
John Adams
New Orleans
Berlioz Aims For Novel Piano With Harp Strings
Berlioz ordered a specially built piano whose strings could be used as a harp. The master, famed in French music, longed for a grand piano and harps. A piano he designed is now loaned by a major collector for a Berlioz centenary exhibition.
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Berlioz
L'Ere Nouvelle
Paris
Kansas City Star
Voice Distinction Between Soprano and Mezzo Voices
The article explains voice type differences by range and timbre. It notes many mezzos can reach high notes beyond some sopranos and stresses tessitura as a guiding factor for repertoire and training. Grove’s dictionary is cited on these distinctions.
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Grove's Dictionary
Applicant seeks work with faulty English letter from Wing-I
A Chinese newspaper prints a job application from Wing-I who claims to drive a typewriter with good noise and decent English. He recounts leaving his last job after a large man died and offers to arrive on a date to be guessed. Squadron News of the Mar Hast Cavite Philippines.
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Mar Hast
Cavite
Phillippine Islands
Thanks for the buggy ride
An Indianapolis lad fell ill while his parents on the East Side tried to comfort him. His mother played several phonograph selections to cheer him and the boy thanked her with the remark Thanks for the buggy ride ma. Indianapolis News
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Indianapolis
Farmers Raise Grain Prices, Merchants Respond
Market talk centers on grain costs as farmers push higher prices while merchants weigh strategies. A terse motto hints at silence masking unknown actions amid rising supply dynamics.
Noiseless Screen Doors and Simple Ailments
Prevent door banging by gluing one-inch felt or cork pieces on the door frame at contact points. Place near the bottom. apply to cupboard and bookcase doors as well. Also mention Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a remedy for stomach, liver, and bowels. Ady.
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Wright
Ady
Falling Out Causes Laughs At School
A Los Angeles pupil Buddy Cohen jokes about a family rift at Lankershim school saying a falling out means his father and mother are not getting along but adds humor by noting his daddy is going bald.
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Lankershim
Buddy Cohen
Buddy
So Consoling Beatrice and Millicent Gossip
A brief New Bedford Standard exchange shows Millicent suggesting a suitor delays revealing feelings until he finds another girl. Beatrice consoles with a few words about his silence.
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Beatrice
Millicent
New Bedford Standard
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Chambersburg, Pa
Jubal A. Early
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Zugspitze
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