Musical Glasses and the Irish Inventor Pockrich
Richard Peckrich, an Irish inventor of the 18th century, created musical glasses that captivated London audiences around 1750. The instrument inspired praise from Gluck, Beethoven, Mozart, and others, and fueled wider curiosity about glass harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Peckrich
Emerald Isle
Dublin
Teeis
Pockrich
England
Cognoscenti
London
Gluck
Horace Walpole
Peckrich
Beethoven
Mozart
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Benjamin Franklin
Ireland
Brockhill Newburgh
Aircle
Joseph Lewis French
New York Post
City in Brief Highlights From Downtown Visit and Local Notes
Manchester visitor Dwight L. Finch called in the city. Miss Hazel Fredin traveled to Oelwein to visit friends. Mr and Mrs B Miller returned from the south. Roger Hillsman resigned from Burroughs adding machine work and returned to Austin Texas. F M Devendorf went to Eldora where Mrs Davendorf and children stay. elder Mrs Davendorf is ill with spinal tuberculosis. Two African American residents arraigned for intoxication and disorderly conduct and agreed to city work. Frank Standish shows steady improvement and rests at length. Rev W T Dawson of Brentford S D visits old friend Rev R E Graves. Dawson has 25 years in the ministry and once served Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Fredin
Oelwein
B. Miller
South
W. T. Dawson
Congregational
Brentford
R. EB. Graves
Dawson
Iowa
Naval Deserters Face Fines Imprisonment and Loss of Citizenship
Deserters from naval ships face penalties including fines imprisonment and loss of citizenship. Ten day limbo marks deserters as stragglers or deserters with wages forfeited after six months if unaccounted. Recovery rewards up to $20 for deserters and $10 for stragglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Navigation
Congress
United States
Marine Journal
Camille
Hank Harkyns
Lil Jones
Chicago Tribune
Means Well and the Mortgage Trap in Depression Times
A man with a good job questions rent and considers buying a home with mortgage payments. When trade declines layoffs hit, the price of social standing rises, and foreclosures follow as sympathy fails to meet payments. The piece ends with the hollow asset of sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayan
Iolenesa
The Little Farm Dream of a Do Well Man
A city worker, shaped by economic swings, retires to a modest smallholding he can buy on easy terms. He builds a social life around the farm, then faces a layoff, shifts to farming full time, and rejects a return to the old job for the stability of the land. The piece endorses the little farm as a self reliant path.
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Geniua
Buchanan Optical Co
Synd
Hidg
Dwight L. Finch
Manchester
Roger Hillsman
Burroughs’ Adding Machine
Austin
Tex
F. M. Devendorf
Eldora
Frank Standish
Commercial Street
Jefferson
Win. Sacks
Carleton Bldg
St. Louis
Minnesota
RL RR
Goodrich Drug Co
Harney Street
Omaha
Neb
National Co- Operative Realty Co
Marden Building
Washington, D.C
Exygerien
Mesop
Tarerk
Meadowdale
Agricultural College
Ames
Galloway-Gibson Investment Co
Black Hawk Bank
Bborrower
Courier
Motor Barber College
Wellington Court
Pheine
Gairs Bryan Realty Co
Black Hawk Bank Hide
Goodrich Drug
Fhr
West
Acte Traits
Ard
Terlin
Gates-Bryant Realty | Co
Jardine and Sehent
West Fourth Street
M. B. Nett
Conger Park
Gates-Bryant Realty Co
Bor
Taght
Blatt Street
Dlogahin
Cobb
Jefferson Street
Siquire
Black Hawk
Alan
M. J. Pommer & Co
Cestm Wa
Bergehe
J. Pommaer & Co
Jethreem
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