Nancy Visits Art Exhibition Sparks Dream of Painting
Nancy, new to exhibitions, views water colored night scenes, sunlit shores, snowy landscapes, and sea imagery. A guide explains works as Nancy envisions future art study while noting classroom and studio displays, pottery, tapestries, and global crafts.
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Mr. Sun
Mother Ocean
Notches and Tallies in Early Financial Record Keeping
A historical look at wooden tally sticks used as debt instruments in England into the 1700s. Notches indicated sums, the sticks were split to provide receipts and records, and the word notch evolved into nick and nick of time through linguistic shifts.
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Nick
Value of Use Rules Life and Wealth Across Time
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union essay argues that value comes from use not possession. It links reserves, speech, sight, and moral values to expression, claiming withheld potential fades while expression strengthens character and life.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Western Newspaper Union
England marks century since Bentley’s chimney sweep machine
The year 1027 is noted as the hundredth anniversary of John Bentley's invention aimed at replacing boys in chimney sweeping in England.
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John Bentley
England
Otis Harlan turns from stage to silent films in Hollywood
Otis Harlan, longtime stage actor of 33 years, has shifted seven years ago to silent cinema in Hollywood California. He debuted in Hoyt's A Hole In the Ground in 1887, starred in Hoyt comedies until 1898, later joined major productions. He acted in Abraham Lincoln, Lightnin, and Three Bad Men, finished In Old Heidelberg, and now stars in Eternal Silence.
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When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
McClure syndicated piece profiles Senator Hiram Johnson while recounting his move from Sacramento practice to public service. Johnson’s early fame arose from prosecuting graft in San Francisco, convicting city officials and utility executives before rising to national prominence.
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Hiram Johnson
Senator Johnson
United States
Johnson
San Francisco
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
A humorous verse about manners and social behavior. The writer warns against picking on weak people, dictating social calls to rich friends and not intruding on poor ones, and advises staying loyal once you choose a partner.
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Viola Brothers
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