First Magyar printing codex sold to Hungarian museum
A playfully tossed book struck Dr Adolf Ehren on the head in 1851. The Codex Ehrenfeld, the first printed Magyar language book from 1430, was privately bought by the Hungarian National Museum for a sum far exceeding its £1000 Sotheby’s reserve. Ehrenfelt, a Viennese lawyer, owned it after discovering its value much later.
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Adolf Ehren
Hungarian National Museum
Sotheby
Ehrenfelt
Doctor Ehrenfelt
Nyitra
Hungary
London
Mayfly Life Defies Hunger in Brief Existence
A Nature Magazine piece notes the Mayfly lives without mouth or hunger, entering the world with vitality and dancing its short life away. Observers by lakesides may glimpse tiny larvae rising from mud as winged adults emerge, a rare birth to witness.
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W. A. DePey
Nature Magazine
Tragedy of Razor Blades on the Thames Bridge
A London Mail tale describes a young woman on Battersea bridge who flings a small glass vial into the river. A curious man sees the falling object and the woman reveals the box once containing twelve razor blades used by her husband.
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Saya
London Mail
Battersea Bridge
Definition of a motor coach as used in motordom
The Society of Automotive Engineers defines a motor coach as an open single compartment body resembling a sedan with two close-coupled front seats for four, a luggage space at the rear, no glass in the rear quarter, two doors normally with a forward facing rear seat that tilts for rear access, and some models with two doors on the right side.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Razors and Hot Water Debate Cites Standards Authority
The Bureau of Standards finds no solid basis for claims that pouring hot water on razor blades damages steel. Razors are very hard and boiling water may slightly temper some blades, but generally it would merely soften hardened steel. The effect of hot water on different steels and the blade edge remains unclear and questionable.
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Bureau of Standards
Cat Returns Home After Four Day Journey
In Tyldesley England a man reports his cat followed him as he left. days later Colne police notify that the cat has returned to its former home. The animal reportedly spent four days on the journey before being brought back by its owner.
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Tyldesley
England
London
Colne
Cordova Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Ed Kennedy cenved hogs in Cordova on Wednesday. Lam OConnell spent Sunday at Will Sullivan s. Mrs Ellen Anglese is spending this week with her daughter Mrs Clyde Rennecker. Jim Andrews of Erie was a caller at Will Sullivan s Monday. Miss Rosella Kennedy of Clinton spent the weekend at home. Mrs Richard Burden entertained her brother Roland from Sterling Sunday. Mr and Mrs Don Mack and children and Miss Ellen Sullivan spent Sunday at Ed Malloy s near Lyons. S J Archer entertained his sister and family of Rock Island Friday. Vernie Dillon was a Clinton caller Sunday. Little Madonna Sullivan spends this week at her uncle s E C Sullivan. Mr and Mrs Francis Smith and daughter of near Erie spent Monday evening at John Anglese s. Mr and Mrs E C Sullivan and sons spent Sunday at her brother s Roy Jamison Clyde Reinecker was a business caller in Clinton Monday. Misses Margaret Marie and Kathryn Kennedy spent Sunday afternoon at Herman Blanchard s in Albany.
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Rosella Kennedy
Clinton
Richard Burden
Roland
Sterling
Don Mack
Ellen Sullivan
Ed Malloy
Lyons
Madonna Sullivan
E. C. Sullivan
Francis Smith
Near Erie
John Anglese
Margaret, Marie
Kathryn Kennedy
Herman Blanchard
Albany
Garden Plain News Highlights Doings and Travel
Miss Nettie Knapp returned from Chicago after visiting relatives. Miss Julieta Snyder and Miss Sarah Briggs visited in Fulton. Mr and Mrs W V Parker and Mr and Mrs I G Miller drove to St Paul. Funeral services for Mrs J E Stroud of Clinton were held in Garden Plain Cemetery. Rev Monroe Seals preached at the local church. Ringling Bros Show to perform in Davenport on Monday August 2, advertised as the world’s largest circus visiting towns like Davenport about every five years.
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Juiieta Snyder
Sarah Briggs
Fulton
Elmer Clark
Chicago
J. E. Stroud
Clinton
Town
Garden Plain
Monroe Seals
Sparta
Tenn
Davenport
Bad Wash-out Hits Garden Plain Road Culvert
A culvert on the Garden Plain-Morrison highway just west of the railroad track was washed out but the dirt held firm preventing vehicle and pedestrian drownings. Temporary repairs were made the next morning.
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Garden Plain
Garden Plain-Morrison
Platinum Discovery Notes Across Placer Deposits and Nevada
A geological survey reports most platinum occurs native in placer deposits and Indian sand with some ore sources in the Yellow Pine district of Nevada and Rambler mines in Wyoming. It notes a significant portion of platinum content is recovered from ore rather than other sources.
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The
Geological Survey
Yellow Pine
Nevada
Wyoming
Interest Paid on Time Deposits at Combined Resources
Public notice states Combined Resources reports timely payment of time deposits totaling $2,000,000 on Sixth Avenue and Second Street. The notice confirms principal and interest accuracy and references standard banking disclosure practices.
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Sixth Avenue
Second St
Pencil stone: hydrous aluminum silicate used ornamentally
Valaabie Stone Pencil stove describes a hydrous aluminum silicate resembling talc in color and texture. It is used as an ornamental stone, a gem, for state pencils, and as talcum powder in commerce. The Chinese carve pencil stone, and in the United States it occurs mainly in California and North Carolina.
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United States
California
North Carolina
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Brumer’ Bros
Brumer Jewelers
Fifth Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Inte
S. Ades Zur
N. Water. Com
Site
A. Leath & Company
Smaltz Bros
Fulton, Ill
Fulton, Illinois
Cat
Newton
Ed Kennedy
Cordova
Lam O'Connell
Will Sullivan’s
Mrs
Ellen Anglese
Clyde Rennecker
Jim Andrews
Erie
Will Sullivan
S. J. Archer
Rock Island
Vernie Dillon
W. V. Parker
I. G. Miller
St. Paul
Victor Records
Victor
J. M. Fay & Son
Fay's
Fifth Avenue
C. J. Neumann
Kinney
Dentists
Towle & Hypes
Kaye-Smith
First National Bank
Clinton - Iowa
Clinton County
Lyons Savings Bank
Iowa
Clinton Nat'l. Bank
E. A. Young
C. H. Young
Albert B. Rathbun
A. F. Johnson
Clinton Savings Bank
Valaabie Stone
M. C. Rogers
Bst
Snyder
Abrams
Robins
Vincent Bell
McMahon & Bell Attorneys
Allison Block
A. M. Blodgett
Fulton - Dinois
Savings Bank of Kewanee
G. P. Hendricks
Allison
Clinton - Lowa
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