Aluminum From Powder Like Cooking Soda Discovery
The article traces alumina as an eight percent earth crust oxide used to make alumina based compounds and stones. It notes early forms such as cartorundum and emery and explains how aluminum was first extracted commercially by Charles Martin Hall in 1866 using electricity, after work by Woehler and De Ville.
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Washington Star
Frederick Woehler
de Ville
Napoleon III
France
Europe
Charles Martin Hall
Oberlin College
Hall
William Sherman and Ellen Ewing a Lancaster Union pair
William T Sherman, future general, raised by neighbor Thomas Ewing in Lancaster Ohio after Charles Sherman died. William grew up with Ellen Ewing, Ewing's daughter, and the pair later married.
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General Sherman
Charles Sherman
William T
Lancaster
Ohio
Thomas Ewing
William
Sherman
Ewing
Ellen
Former Captains Join Caddie Team at Winthrop Club
The Winthrop Golf Club Caddie Team opens its season facing the Tedesco Caddie Team at Swampscott. Notable members include former captains James Smitherman 1934 Paul Brooks 1936 and John O Connor 1938, with O Connor’s squad posting seven wins two losses. Paul Doherty and Joe Quinn also feature on the star-studded roster.
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Winthrop Golf Club
Tedesco
Swampscott
Winthrop
James Smitherman
Paul Brooks
John O'Connor
O’connor
North Shore
Paul Doherty
Joe Quinn
Oakley
Bob Kirby and Cromby Enter 32nd Massachusetts Golf Championship
Cromby and Bob Kirby travel to Oyster Harbor for the 32nd annual Massachusetts golf championship. Bob seeks tips from past champions and aims for a big showing as he pursues a future as a top golfer.
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Bob
Kirby
Cromby
Winthrop
Oyster Harbor
Tobacco Road Steered Around Georgia Streams
Georgia's Tobacco Road, built to move tobacco from northern farms to Savannah shipping points, uniquely never crosses a stream. Stretching from northern Georgia to New Savannah, it follows high ground and fordable fords, avoiding water due to early bridge limits and risk to tobacco cargo.
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Tobacco
Georgia
Savannah
New York Times
New Savannah
Augusta
Richmond County
Tobacco Road
Hawking on Horseback a Hungarian Hunting Tradition
A New York Times writer notes falconry in Hungary remains popular where terrain and birds abound. Training hawks begins with a lure, then live prey. birds are hooded and leashed to wait for the hunt, then released to dive on game as the hunter closes in.
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Hungary
New York Times
Seminoles Least Europeanized Among American Indians
A historical note states the Seminoles are said to be the least Europeanized of any American Indian group, reflecting cultural differences observed by observers of the period.
Seventy fifth Gettysburg reunion marked in 1988
The July 1 1988 Star Shells notes Gettysburg's 75th anniversary reunion planned for June 29 to July 6. It recalls 1913 joint reunion of 50,000 Civil War veterans and describes government funded travel and expenses, the Eternal Peace memorial, and separate Blue and Gray camps. Also updates on local residents and hospital and illness notices.
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Gettysburg
John K. Toner
Pennsylvania
United States
Harry H. Woodring
Oak Ridge
Thomas Martinetti
Northampton
New York City
Brennan
Lpring Rd
Seventh Ave
49Th St
James Sheerin
Bob Winters
Walter Moylette
St. Elizabeth’s
Sister Fors
Mr. Plake
P. P. Helen Wyke
Margaret Brown
Perspiration Regulates the Body's Heat Production
Dr James Q O Nall writes in Hygeia that perspiration is essential for body heat regulation. Sweat cools as it evaporates, its surface temp lower than blood, and the body increases sweat with higher ambient temperatures to maintain a normal temperature. Excessive sweating relates to nerves, fear, or high salt intake.
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James QO. Nall
Hygeia
Ocarinas From Italy Unearth Curious Origins
Italian ocarinas trace their roots to Tyrol and Switzerland where street musicians first used them. The name means little goose in Italian, reflecting a goose egg shape once the instrument was playful in origin as musical toys.
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Italy
Tyrol
Switzerland
Winthrop Hadassah Installs Officers
The Winthrop Hadassah chapter held a June 22 installation for the coming season. Ada Gould presided. Bertha Barnett and Leah Zarsky served in officer roles as new plans and elections were discussed. The ceremony included musical selections and remarks from Mrs. Ralph Bass on Hadassah and Zionist cooperation.
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Winthrop Chapter
Hadassah
Ada Gould
Mary Pinksohn
Leah Zarsky
Bertha Barnett
Leon Masovetsky
Winthrop
Temple Israel
American Jewish Congress
Gould
Florence Goldschmidt
Goldie Caplan
Ann Franks Young
Vinetta Charm
Eve Lubin
Lyon Morency
Enterprise Club
Ralph Bass
The
Zionists
Paid-up Luncheon and Bridge Honor Members and Guests
After a Hatikvah sing along a pleasant season closed with refreshments by the Mmes Rowens Band and other hostesses. A Monday afternoon June 27 luncheon and bridge drew a large attendance with a delicious luncheon and a lively game of bridge. Hostesses included Ada Gould Leah Zarsky Celia Rubin Goldie Caplan Julia Levenson Sally Diamond Rose Belson Eve Lubin Vinetta Charm Betty Stone Bertha Barnett Esther Prager Ann Young Sadye Kravetz and Rose Rose.
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Mmes. Rowens
Dorothy Berger
Rose Sager
Esther Moses
Minnie Rubin
Ada Gould
Leah Zarsky
Celia Rubin
Goldie Caplan
Julia Levenson
Sally Diamond
Rose Belson
Eve Lubin
Vinetta Charm
Betty Stone
Bertha Barnett
Esther Prager
Ann Young
Sadye Kravetz
Rose Rose
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Brooks
Richard F. Metcalf
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