Cats Loved as Pets By Many Great Men
George Tucker recounts famous cat lovers from Mohammed to Florence Nightingale and James Mason. He notes cats’ influence on art, literature, and daily life, praising their cleanliness, curiosity, and affection while arguing for a balanced view of pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mohammed
Muezza
Loti
Edgar Allan Poe
Lafcadio Hearn
Pope Leo XII
Henry James
Thomas Hardy
Samuel Butler
Pope Leo
Chateaubriand
Vatican
Micetto
Michael Joseph
Joseph
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
James Mason
Florence Nightingale
Estate Sale Listings Highlight Farm Goods and Livestock
December sales include J. H. Funkhouser estate at Hill and Dale Farm Double Toll Gate with livestock and farm machinery. December 7 at 10 a.m. estate of Daisy D. Cochran. George W. Slowser warehouse 21 Clark Street. December 11 at 10 a.m. R. A. Keesling one mile north of Hamilton Virginia with livestock farm machinery and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Funkhouser
Hill & Dale
Daisy D. Cochran
George W. Slowser
Clark St
R. A. Keesling
Hamilton
Joseph Funkhouser
Virginia College Teams Open 1948 49 Schedule
Virginia's 1948 1949 college basketball season starts this week with all clubs except VMI in action. Towson State Teachers visit Hampden Sydney, Union Theological Seminary plays Randolph Macon, and Virginia faces Richmond Royals. Tech and Richmond begin Southern Conference play with midweek games against George Washington and Maryland. Hampden Sydney tests themselves at Duke Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
VMI
Towson State Teachers of Maryland
Hampden-Sydney
Union Theological Seminary
Randolph-Macon
Cavaliers
Richmond Royals
Virginia Tech
University of Richmond
Tech
Answers to Daily Quiz Corrected for Page 4
The page lists ten quiz answers: 1 True with Benny born Feb 14 1894 and Allen born May 31 1894. 2 Georgia. 3 5 A. 4 Jake Powell. 5 Burma. 6 Beggar. 7 Steam engine. 8 Edgar Bergen. 9 False. 10 False noting a sharp decline in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True
Benny
Allen
Georgia
Jake Powell
Burma
Beggar
Steam Engine
Edgar Bergen
False
Valley Airways tops GAA in Evening Star Ladies league
Valley Airways beat GAA No 1 in a tight three games to claim first place as Mary Gail Cather led with 346 pins in the set and 139 in the game. Mabel Grim added 344 in the set and 138 in the game while Madeline Grove topped GAA with 328 in the set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Airways
Hhe
GAA No
Evening Star
Mary Gail Cather
Mabel Grim
Madeline Grove
Ruby Boyd
Ebner Summell
Frances Crisman
Martha Kiracore
Helen LaFollette
Star Office
Jennie Whitmore
Marguerite Curry
Pg Grim
Chapman
Valey Airways
Chapman Motor
Bill Baker Paces Brake Blok League With 386 Set
Bill Baker rolled 146 128 112 for a season high 386 in the Brake Blok League. His performance fueled the Office team to beat Maintenance Dept in all three games. Rolling Department defeated Inspection Dept, and Shipping Dept topped Finishing Dept twice in other matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Department
Maintenance Dept
Bill Baker
Ind
Rolling Department
Inspection Department
Rice paper origin misattributed to rice
The statement notes that rice paper is not made from rice but from the pith of aralia papyrifera, a small tree growing in swampy forests of For mosa.
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Formosa
Archie R. Smith of Cedar Grove Dies at 71
Archie R. Smith, 71, of Cedar Grove, died yesterday at his home. Born in Frederick county to the late James S. and Mary Evans Smith, he was an orchardist and belonged to Kerns town Methodist church and Friendship Fire Co. Survived by three children, a brother, five sisters, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at Jones funeral home, Rev. E S Ellmore officiating. Interment Mt. Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie R. Smith
Cedar Grove
Frederick County
James S
Mary Evans Smith
Smith
Kernstown Methodist Church
Friendship Fire Co
Russell Smith
Elsie Yeakle
Clearbrook
Katherine Hoover
Welltown Pike
Lewis Smith
National Ave
Ella Harper
Susan Edmondson
Winchester
Annie Shiley
Falls Church
Emily Shiley
Redbud Road
Carrie Lewis
McKeesport
Jones Funeral Home
Ellmore
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
J. W. Ebert
Eugene Campbell
John Chrisman
Taylor Rudolph
John Cammer
C. D. Dye
90 mph speeder turns out to be Senator Gurney
A man identified as U. S. Senator John C. Gurney was released on $75 bond after a deputy sheriff stopped him for reckless driving on a 90 mile per hour car chase near Taft in Muskogee county. The driver produced papers identifying him as the SD Republican senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Gurney
Muskogee
Okla
U. S
John C. Gurney
R-Sd
Vic Wilson
Wilson
Gurney
Taft
Yale Decorations Go Up Tomorrow on Business Streets
Cecil Grapes of the Northern Virginia Power Co says Christmas street decorations are being prepared and will be erected starting tomorrow. Garlands of colored lights will span Loudoun Street between Cork and Piccadilly with additional intersections decorated. A large cedar tree secured by Elmer Orndorff will be erected tomorrow and may take days to string all lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Grapes
Northern Virginia Power Co
Oudoun St
Cork
Piccadilly
Cameron
Boscawen
Braddock
Elmer Orndorff
Chicago grain prices open higher on light trading
Chicago grains moved up overall on December 6 with corn leading gains and wheat lagging. Opening quotes show December wheat at 2.42 1 8 1 4, corn at 1.44 1 4 1 2 for December and soybeans at 2.82, lard at 18.50 55. Trading volume was light as the market absorbed early price moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jly
Local Market Prices and Feed Details
Daily corrected market list shows prices for flour corn meal and feeds. Items include corn meal yellow and white bags, new wheat moisture content at $4,000 per bu, No 2 yellow corn at $1.75, new barley $1.30 per bu, various egg mash and mixed feed prices, butter and butterfat at wholesale 61, and turkey starter 440 for feed context.
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Lord Ome Wien
Yatsas Nie
Rovers
Aree
Aes Broiler Smasny
Market Quotation Reads Mixed Across Commodities
Baltimore reports steady fruit prices with Golden Delicious up to 3.25 and Yorks around 2.50. Poultry and eggs show weak wholesale prices and limited receipts. Cattle hogs and sheep traded unevenly with steers 21.50 to 26, calves 21 to 34, hogs mostly 19 to 23. Prices in Chicago and New York edge higher on steady to improved demand with notable gains in steel and chemical stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bubkts & Bit Boxes
Usis
Chicago
New York
Barnsdall Oil
Atlas Corp
U. S. Steel
Republic. Steel
Texas Co. Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Illinois Central
Firestone
International Telephone & Telegraph
Kennecott, DuPont
Owens Illinois
American Woolen
Wall Street
Berlin
Association of American Railroads
Early use of rhubarb in medicine dates to ancient China
The record notes rhubarb’s medicinal use since ancient times with Chinese prescriptions dating to about 2700 B C. This highlights the long history of rhubarb in traditional healing practices.
Egg and poultry price report for Winchester market
Agriculture Department markets division reports U S Grade A eggs by size with prices from Winchester including extra large 60 cents, large 58, medium 50. pullets and live poultry prices listed for No 1 quality from local farms. heavy breed hens 29, leghorn broilers 23 or 24, rock and cross broilers 30, red broilers 20 27, young turkeys hens 53, toms 53, old and young guineas priced at 40 and unspecified notes on quality and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U. S
Pice
Leghorn News Sh
Leghorn
Hioavy Cox Su Rcge Pears
Ales S
VA to Out Force Insurance Audit Nears Completion
The Veterans Administration announced a preliminary audit of about 1.5 million insurance accounts at the Richmond branch. Branch insurance director E Lee Trinkle Jr. said 119 temporary workers would be released December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Veterans Administration
E. Lee Trinkle Jr
Rites Held for Sgt Garvin Carper Killed in Action
Funeral services yesterday honored Sgt Garvin Carper who died December 9 1944 over the Atlantic. The Rev Edward F Plunkett and Rev Arthur Carper officiated at the Millwood Avenue residence with pallbearers who served overseas. Reinterment followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery with American Legion military rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Carper
Garvin Carper
Adriatic Sea
Millwood Ave
Edward F. Plunkett
Arthur Carper
Richard Kern
Boyd Fogle
Steve Rosenberger
Bill Carpenter
Burnwood
Grim
Jack Lake
Mt. Hebron
American Legion
Presbyterians Set Hour for Service This Winter
At a congregational meeting the Presbyterian church set Sunday night services at 6 o clock through the winter months starting December 12. A committee led by S. C. Brooks was appointed to study the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thesbyterian Church
S. C. Brooks
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George Tucker
Ponderosa
Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville
Yome Building
Bate Re
John W. Rosenberger & CO
S. Braddock St
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Jewel Box
Va. Fruit Co
Bell Clothes
Caduceus
Jr. Women of
Smalts
Seiberling Battery
Fate
Sacks
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Yale
The
Star
de Laval
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
New York Stock
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Ull
Hotpoint Gifts
Ironers
Molden
S. Loudoun St
County Court House
City of
Harris East Orchard Tract
Orchard Avenue
Clarence Haymaker
Seisen
Coleman Dunn
P. J. Marshall
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Toyland
B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun St
Php
Haldeman’s Creamery
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Chapman Ee
W. Boscawen
Ford Tudor
DeSoto
the Food ‘Center
Hill’s Toy Store
N. Loudoun St.aai
Order of the Golden Rule
Rileys Real Estate Agency
Rouss Ave
Henry T. Goode
Rey Ny
C. C. Funkhouser
Kathryn Husted
Byron Brumback
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