A Day Off at Mrs Berry’s Ends in Teetotal Prank
Four elderly residents of Mrs Berry’s boarding home plot a prank to expose a supposed ghost. They bury turkey bones, track noises to a west wing cellar, discover Ike the handyman and another man hiding gear, and summon police as a staged ending to their day.
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Mrs. Duncan
Mrs. Berry
Priscilla Dill
Grandma Clark
Bob Whitfield
Kate Stannard
Alethea Burgess
Mrs. Slayton
Kate
Priscilla
Priscille
Ila
Ike
Inventor Nicholas Appert Pioneered Canning Process
Inventor Nicholas Appert developed the canning method and applied it to milk. He received an award of 12,000 francs from Napoleon in recognition of his pioneering technique.
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Nicholas Appert
Napoleon
Rainmaking by Condensation Nuclei Explained
The article outlines condensation nuclei in the air as centers for raindrop formation. It cites G R Wait of the Carnegie Institution describing how humans add billions of nuclei daily through breathing and smoking. Indoor tobacco use markedly boosts ion production and nuclei counts, influencing rainfall mechanisms.
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Wait
Know-It-All sage faces crowd demanding proof
Hi Ho of Chinatown warns that a person who thinks he knows more than others may enjoy ease until many join in and expect him to demonstrate his knowledge. The quip reflects pride and social pressure in a bustling city setting.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Terrapin War nickname for War of 1812 explained
Opponents of the War of 1812 dubbed it the Terrapin War after the mollusk that withdraws into its shell when threatened. The label reflected a view of the government as retreating in the face of foreign trade disruptions.
Spinach Used Raw in Elizabethan Salads
Young spinach leaves were consumed raw in salads during Queen Elizabeth I era. The practice reflects historical habits of courtly dining and garden produce usage in 16th century England.
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Queen Elizabeth
West Chester School News Highlights Holiday Projects and Classes
The primary room features a hidden clown return and a busy toy shop for the first and second grades. Eskimo booklets, health plays, and geography projects fill the term as students share letters to Santa, celebrate birthdays, and prepare for semester tests across grades seven through twelve.
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West Chester
Thing
Janet
Patty Hotle
Priscilla Porter
Vernon Harras
Maryanne Bauer
Robert Pennington
Elda McDowell
Santa Claus
Corrine Nicola
Marilyn West
Pitth
Virginia Mothart
British Isles
Pauline McDowell
Helen Swanson
Anabelle Jackson
Marietta Greiner
Elizabeth Harras
Duncan Boys Play Croquet in Columbus Junction
In Columbus Junction on January 10 Robert and Billy Duncan sons of Mr and Mrs H M Duncan spend spare time on the croquet lawn. The community building art room stays open till nine tonight and Friday and Saturday evenings. Dr Emma J Neal and Verde Yearick of Cedar Rapids visited Mrs Mary Dill. Move to Omaha Mr and Mrs Ceen Band who visited the latter's parents have moved from Hammond Indiana to Omaha. Hilltop service station on highway No 2 raided liquor seized including fourteen bottles and two dozen whiskey glasses nine quarts of whiskey and a pint of gum state liquor confiscated. Sheriff George Oakes led the raid with warrants tested by Justice KB H Wiegner. The three men posted bonds for grand jury action.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Robert
Billy Duncan
H. M. Duncan
Emma J. Neal
Verde Yearick
Cedar Rapids
Mary Dill
Omaha
Ceen Band
Halle Hautt
Hammond
Ind
Baird
Karl Fry
Merle Hmlair
Merle Jones
George Oakes
Louisa County
KB. H. Wiegner
Innocuous Desuetude Phrase in Cleveland Address
In Grover Cleveland's March 1 1886 message to Congress the term innocuous desuetude appears. After nearly twenty years of quiet drift these laws are brought forward much like the phrase suggests.
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Grover Cleveland
Congress
Farm bill debate with Ellison Smith and Wallace
In a lively scene photographer ready, Senator Ellison Smith of South Carolina argues with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace over a domestic allotment farm bill. The plan would set fixed prices for crops grown for domestic consumption.
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Ellison D
Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Secret of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Smith
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G. R. Wait
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie Institution of Washington
West Chester School News
Merl Sherman
Mount Pleasant
Asylum
Weslyan
Duncan
Janutary ON
Chicago
Sted
Rock Island
Anderson
Agt
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island Station
Davenport, Iowa
Nxt
Wallace
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Samborn
New York
New High Court
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
U. S. Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Frankfurter
Cambridge
Mass
Marion Denman
Long Meadow
Don
Donald Budge
Ellsworth Vines
J. Donald Budge
Boston
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