Dressing for Dinner Elevates Family Manners and Digestion
An Exchange comment urges dress-up at every meal beyond wives and mothers, starting with children in high-chair days. It argues neat attire removes the shiftless image, improves appetite, and honors cooks who labor over meals, noting tired hosts should still dress to fulfill the purpose.
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No Thoroughfare Sign Guards Paris Shop Window
Le Figaro notes a busy Paris intersection near a china shop where motor trucks and taxis frequently pass. Two watchmen stand before the door with a plate glass window to protect the premises from rush traffic and reckless drivers.
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Paris
Nery
le Figaro
Kansas City Star
Varnish Variations in Bergonzi Violins
Hart notes Bergonzi varnish often rivals Stradivari in richness and depth. He observes variable thickness from thick to sparing, with a range of red hues from pale to amber, suggesting wide color variation in Bergonzi violins.
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Bergonzi
Giuseppe Guarmeri
Stradivari
Beronzi
Extent of Our Country Land and water areas of United States
The land area of the United States is 2,970,000 square miles. Remaining waters total blank square miles and the area of ska is about 570,000 square miles. Insular possessions cover about 125,000 square miles with 115,000 in the Philippines, 6,000 in Hawaii and 3,000 in Puerto Rico. The total approximate area of the United States is 3,700,000,000 square miles.
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United States
Proscribed Adamite Sect Suppressed in Second Century
The piece notes the Adamites as a religious sect declared proscribed in antiquity for claiming primitive purity, allowing communal marriage and nude meetings called paradises. It mentions repeated suppressions with a noted revival attempt in 1848 to 1849.
Dipnot Lung-Breathing Fishes Of The Wet and Dry
The Dipnot or double breathers are lunged fish once numerous now nearly extinct. Three species inhabit Queensland Africa and South America. They breathe air during drought by a swim bladder acting as lung and show amphibian like skull heart and blood vessel features though not confirmed as a missing link between fish and amphibians.
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Queensland
Africa
South America
Grave Purpose Behind Writing of Fiction
Emerson argues that fiction mirrors deeper truths beyond caprice, noting poets channel unknown knowledge. He cites Plato on poets uttering wise things they do not understand and claims medieval fables conceal earnest quests of the mind. Magic is the mind’s approach to science and mastery over nature.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Arkansas Diamonds In Pike County Mine Yield Rich Gem Potential
The Arkansas diamond mine in Pike County has produced several thousand diamonds matching the best in color and harder than the world’s hardest stones. Gems found in place, a rarity on this hemisphere. Mine operations run only to cover overhead as per-hond recovery lacks justification.
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Arkansas
Pike County
Early Christian Missionaries to China
The article notes uncertain origins of Christian missions in China with Nestorian traces as early as 505 AD and highlights Friar Joan of Monte Corvino as the 41st definite record. He traveled to China in 1294 and served for years, later becoming archbishop of Cambalin near Peking after reinforcement by the pope.
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China
Joan of Monte Corvino
Polo
Europe
Rome
Cambalin
Peking
Lighting for Pictures brighten rooms with proper light
The article discusses how each picture needs suitable lighting and how wall spaces suit different colors or details. It notes white vivid flowers and garden scenes, sunlit landscapes, and bright interiors enliven corners, and that any picture can be seen to its best when well lit.
Amber in United States Found in Colorado Boulder County
Amber is a fossil resin of vegetable origin found in Colorado, Boulder County and adjoining areas. It ranges in color from pale yellow to reddish brown, sometimes transparent, with a conchoidal fracture and a resinous odor when rubbed. It melts at 430 Fahrenheit and burns with a pale flame and pleasant smell.
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Colorado
Boulder County
Boulder Cowl Fields
Underworld Sampler Dialogue In Old Convent Slang
In Durance Vile this conversation is said to take place in an exclusive underworld circle. Here's one peer, says Lancnid Lewis, about a horse run away with a woman who was hard up for six years. Bonsifi Benjanie retorts a friend ran away with a horse and he was jailed for six years.
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Lancnid Lewis
Bonsifi Benjanie
Chicago Roundup and Rodeo Opens in August
Thousands of Americans plan to attend the Chicago Roundup and World Championship Rodeo in Grant Park Stadium starting August 15. Cowboys from the West will compete for $30,000 in prize money under the Chicago Association of Commerce. Tex Austin directs the western spectacle, tying it to famed Wembley contests.
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Chicago
West
Chicago Association of Commerce
Grant Park
Tex Austin
Wembley
England
Ropers Gather for Chicago Roundup World Championship Rodeo
Famous ropers will contest at the Chicago Roundup and Worlds Championship Rodeo nine days starting August 15. Prizes are provided by the Chicago Association of Commerce, with Tex Austin promising to attend. Austin will direct the event as roping ponies are trained for timed lariat shots and tying.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Tex Austin
Austin
Secretary Jardine to Attend Chicago Roundup Championship
Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine, a Coolidge cabinet member, is invited to the Chicago Roundup to compete in the nine day event opening August 15. Witnesses recall his rodeo past as he plans to enter cowboy contests directed by Tex Aust for the world title with prizes up to $30,000.
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Washington
William Marcon Jardine
Coolidge
Jardine
Chicago
Cereulire
Tex
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