High Sign of Art and Odd Bits of Knowledge
A collage of short notes and anecdotes from varied sources including observations on art students, a leaping insect with a head projection explained after London study, a four year old's Sunday lesson comment, and a Terrestrial Fire signaling system in Tierra del Fuego. The piece also recalls a comic exchange about babies, a paint origin list, a dream meaning, and a rustic joke about opinions and railroads.
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Gertrude
Rosa Bontiegr
Knock
Wiennes
Malay Peninsula
Rem
London
Parachute origins traced to Leonardo da Vinci and earlier legends
The fragment notes Leonardo da Vinci as the designer of the parachute around 1500, mentions an earlier coronation event with Em F o Kien, and claims Chi é sese acrobats leaping from Pier scaffolding using large umbrella parachutes, inviting doubt about historical accuracy.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Fo. Kien
Quebec area cut would leave Hungary twice its size
An area equal to three times the area of France could be cut from Quebec and what remains would be twice the area of Hungary. France’s area is 215 895 square miles. The statement compares land areas to illustrate relative sizes.
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France
Quebec
Hungary
Parachute opening myth debunked by wartime data
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that among 600 parachute descents during the war observation balloons showed only three failures. The clipped text also includes poetry lines by Stevenson and brief curiosities about longevity and crafts with toys and cleaning methods for glasses.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Quote on flattery and women from the Boston Transcript
A reflective line notes that most women hate flattery when aimed at other women, attributed to the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
State Senator Wiu nUse Promises Business Platform
The candidate emphasizes a record and four business minded planks. He claims votes for measures adding over 1.5 million dollars for rural graded and one two room schools. He says he supported increased state aid to county roads and favors reducing capital manufacturers taxes.
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Sen- Lppoint
Senatowiuniuse
West ‘Suffolk
Nahs@mond Co
Notice of Democratic Primary Election in Winchester 1921
Official notice declares a Democratic primary to nominate candidates in Winchester on August 2 1921. Elections will be held at the Friendship Engine House First Ward and City Hall Second Ward from sunrise to sunset. Adam Forney, City Sergeant, signs the notice in Richmond July 2 1921.
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Commonwealth
Richmond
Winch
Winchester
Ata
Auugust
Adam Forney
City of
Public Sale of Desirable Country Place in Frederick County Va
Special commissioners announce a public auction on July 23 1921 at 11 a m in Winchester Virginia for a 2 acre Frederick County parcel on the Middle Road adjoining Ginn with a two story dwelling and apple and peach trees. The sale follows a December 20 1920 decree in R A Rogers vs Graves et al with full terms cash on day, balance by two bonds due in two years, 6 percent interest, secured by deed and fire insurance.
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R. A. Rogers
George W. Graves
Frederick County
County Court House
Winchester
George Whapa
Fannie Marie Chapman
Als
Pearing
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Virginia
J. E. West
West
Harrisonburg
Good Roads Association
Geo. B. Keezel
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Gilpin
General Assembly
House Journal
Clarke
Clarke County
Oe Ee
New
Good Roads Assaiaation
Welite
George P. Coleman
Good Roadsoclation
Commonwealth of Virginia
Gunn
Bullitt Fitzhugh
Fitshugh
Weietsange
Dunsmore Business College
Dunsmore
United States
Morris M. Edgar and
John R. Eye
Associate
Myers
Staunton Va
N. Main St
Sport Oxfords
Oxfords
Reign Skin Opera
the League Shoe Store
Next Seal’s
Henry W. Anderson
John H. Hassinger
Washington, Co
Harry K. Wolcott
Norfolk
Sup’t Public Instruction
Elizabeth Lewis Otey
Lynchburg
Sec’y
T. X. Parsons
Grayson Co
J. W. Flannagan
Radford
Gilbank Twigg
Fauquier Co
Jacob §. Haldeman
Frederick Co
House of Delegates
Wilbur E. Cather
Democratic Party
Republican
CLEB
Bessie
Lena
Chicago
Terre del Fuego
Jack
Hindustan
Turkey
Siam
Sienna
Umbria
Italy
Uncle Eben
Stevenson
London Day Review
Anes
James
SK Eo
Winchester, and Vicinity
Dillas & Pappas
New White Palace Res
Way
Richard F. Fiataat
N. G
Atlantic City
Wildwood
Ocean City
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Angelesea
Avalon
Stone Harbor
Tic Agtsketer
Ocean Grove
Penhsy
Herbert S. K. R. Gray Williams
C. Brannon
Goutts Fred
Sale
Herbert S. Larrick
R. Gray Williams
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines, Sp
Ite
Carpers Valley
Sunrise Lawn
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