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by Janet Spencer In honor of the PGA golf tournament coming up this month, Tidbits goes golfing!

GOLF THROUGH HISTORY • The game of golf may have originally started as a game played by the Romans called ‘paganica.’ It was played by hitting a feather-filled leather ball with a crooked stick.

• Modern golf was invented by the Scots, and by the mid-1400s had become so popular that King James II outlawed the game because he felt his subjects were wasting too much time playing it when they should be spending more time doing useful things.

Archers were losing their shooting ability because they were spending so much time hitting little balls around instead practicing their aim.

• Golf was once an Olympic sport. It was dropped in 1904.

• The first golf tee was patented on December 12, 1889 by a dentist named G. F. Grant of Boston.

• America’s first 18-hole golf course was constructed on a sheep farm in Downer’s Grove, Illinois in 1892.

When businessman Blair McDonald moved to this town, he began constructing the course with his colleagues because he loved golf. The Downer’s Grove Golf Course is still intact after all these years, although it has since been downsized to just 9 holes.

GREAT SHOTS • During the 1949 British Open, Harry Bradshaw accidentally drove a ball into a beer bottle which broke the bottle’s neck. The ball ended up inside the bottle. To avoid a penalty, Bradshaw played it where it lay. He smashed the bottle with his club. The bottle traveled about 30 feet (9 m). The ball didn’t move.

• In 1975 Perry Crowley of Connecticut was playing golf when he hit a ball into the water.

However, it skipped off the lake, ricocheted off a rake in the nearby sand trap, then landed on the green and skidded into the cup.

• During a 1938 PGA tournament, Jimmy Hine’s chip shot on the 13th hole hit opponent Sam Snead’s ball, and they both ended up in the cup. Both players, who were tied, were awarded a birdie two. Snead eventually beat Hines by one stroke.

• Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael was playing at Pebble Beach, California. He teed up on a par-three hole, chose a club, and smacked the ball. It bounced once on the green, rolled to the pin, and dropped in the hole for a hole-in-one. Hoagy didn’t react at all.

He just reached in his pocket, pulled out another ball, teed up again, and said, “I think I’ve got the idea now.”

• Henry “Dads” Miller of Anaheim, California, once shot a 99 on a 5,734-yard course. He was 100 years old at the time, and had not taken up golf until the age of 67.

• Fred Astaire was nearly as good at golfing as he was at dancing. In his 1938 film “Carefree,” he danced over tables, down the hallway, out to the terrace, and onto a golf course. There he was to dance over to a golf club and hit, in rhythm and on cue, a dozen golf balls that were lined up on the fairway.

When the crew went to retrieve the golf balls, they found all twelve balls within eight feet (2.4 m) of

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1. Is the book of Zechariah in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Numbers 21:6, what repulsive creatures bit the Israelites in the wilderness? Scorpions, Fiery serpents, Vipers, Ravens 3. Before the Tower of Babel, how many languages were in the world? 1, 2, 3, 4 4. From Matthew 7:7, Jesus said that we should seek, knock and ... ? Adorn, Ask, Try, Inspire 5. What book’s last verse is, “Remember me, O my God, for good”? Genesis, Matthew, Nehemiah, Hebrews 6. How old was Adam when he died? 930, 130, 430, 730

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Words from Deborah Baker (the Publisher’s Wife) Pickles. Sweet pickles, specifically 14-day sweet pickles. Evidently, my husband loved these pickles, which his mother made when he was growing up here in Mountain Home. Now, the pickles I had growing up were made by a pickle company and were found in jars in the grocery store, which made their way to our kitchen cabinet.

I never helped grow vegetables in a garden, much less make pickles or can tomatoes. Now, I do remember helping to shell purple hull peas at my grandmother’s house in Mississippi. So, there was some “country” to this city girl.

Florence, my mother in law, was so kind to share her recipe, which came out of the newspaper, I found out later. I still have the yellow legal paper I wrote this on in 1986, and still use it. The first time I met Florence, she and two daughters in law were cutting corn off the cob to put in the freezer. Little did I know then, that I would be doing similar things later.

In November, Jack and I will have our 29th wedding anniversary, and there have been many pints of pickles made. Right now, there are two large, Tupperware containers with cucumbers sitting in alum water on our kitchen cabinet. Tonight, they get drained and I’ll make the syrup, pour that over the cukes, and in six more days we’ll have pickles. You know what my very, absolute, favorite part of this process is? Hearing that “pop” of the lid when it seals. Talk about a good feeling!

To all of you who do this, putting your hard work into deliciousness that lasts through to next summer….enjoy those pickles or tomatoes or taking out vegetables you’ve put in the freezer. There’s nothing like home made goodness!

each other on the green.

• “Golf Digest” reports that there are an average of about 120 holes-in-ones reported every day.

FAST FACTS ABOUT GOLF • Stephen Horchler of Scotland invented a golf ball that has a built-in radio transmitter that beeps distress signals so golfers can find it.

• Astronaut Alan Shepard made golf history when he knocked a few golf balls around on the moon.

But he missed the first shot, taking a mulligan.

This earned him a lifetime membership in the U.S. Duffers Association of Newport, Kentucky. They also awarded him the presidency of their first moon chapter.

• Crows living near the golf course in Bombay, India, have developed a taste for golf balls, picking them up and carrying them back to their nests.

Caddies run after the balls and cover them with a red cloth before the crows can spot them.

• Sign posted on an African golf course: “If the ball comes to rest in dangerous proximity to a crocodile or a hippopotamus, another ball may be dropped.”

• On a golf course in Africa, golfers tee off from the flat top of a 15-foot (4.5 m) termite mound. A hundred other mounds on the course provide the hazards.

• You need to walk 35 miles (56 km) to reduce one pound (.45 kg) of fat. If you drink two average cocktails during an 18-hole round of golf, you will end up with a net caloric gain.

• In the movie “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond smuggled diamonds inside his Dunlop 65 golf balls.

• Golfer Gene Sarazen was playing in an early world championship match in 1922 against Walter Hagen. At the end of the first day, he was just 2 strokes behind, on account of having missed a couple easy putts due to nerves. That night he complained of stomach pains and was unable to sleep. The next day he went on to win the match. Four hours later he underwent an emergency appendectomy. He commented, “A sick appendix is not as difficult to deal with as a five-foot putt.”

FAMOUS PLAYERS • When Laura Baugh started tearing up the golf courses in the early 1970s, she was still too young to play on the women’s pro tour according to regulations. So her agent took her to Japan, which did not have a minimum age requirement. The golf-happy Japanese fixated on the curvaceous young blond American. Laura Baugh photos, calendars, photo albums, cosmetics, school supplies, English-language cassettes, sports clothing, and gold accessories became all the rage in Japan. She became the highest paid female golfer even though she had never played in an American tournament.

• Tiger Woods was only 8 when he got his first holein-one. Five-year-old Coby Orr was the youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one. He did it in Littleton, Colorado in 1975.

• Henrik Stenson made headlines by stripping down to his underwear when his ball went into a swampy area during the WGC Cadillac Championship in 2009. Wearing nothing but a glove and his jockey shorts, he hit his ball out of the muck and made bogey.

• Jack Nicklaus won the Masters tournament six times.

• Someone asked Muhammed Ali how he was at golf. “I am the greatest!” he replied. “I just haven’t played yet!”

GOLF FACTS • The word “caddy” comes from the French word for student, “cadet” which is pronounced cad-DAY. • The medieval Dutch word “kolf” or “kolve” meant “club” and is probably the origin of the word golf.

• Balls travel significantly further on hot days.

• A club remains in contact with the ball for half of a thousandth of a second and travels with the ball for three quarters of an inch.

• 400 million rounds of golf are played in America each year.

1. When was the last time before 2014 that the Baltimore Orioles won the A.L. East?

2. Who was the last Oakland A’s player to have 100-plus RBIs in a season?

3. In the 2014 Super Bowl, Seattle’s Malcolm Smith became the third linebacker to be named MVP of a Super Bowl. Who were the other two?

4. Who was the last No. 7 seed before UConn in 2014 to reach the Final Four in men’s basketball?

5. In the 2014-15 season, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin became the sixth player in NHL history to have six seasons of 50-plus goals.

Who are the others?

6. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Ted Ligety became the fifth American male with two or more Olympic Alpine skiing medals. Name three of the other four.

7. Who was the last repeat captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup squad before Tom Watson (1993, 2014)?

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* Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author of “Tarzan of the Apes” and its 25 sequels, never actually visited Africa. * If you’re of a certain age and facing up to wrinkles, you might be interested to learn that, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, one of the top causes of skin wrinkles is your habitual sleeping position.

Rounding out the top five contributing factors are sun exposure, gravity, smoking and facial expressions. * An anteater can grow to be 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only 1 inch wide. * Reportedly, anyone caught in the jaws of a crocodile can release him- or herself instantly by pressing on the animal’s eyeballs (though I cannot personally attest to the veracity of this claim). * In a recent survey of nearly 1,500 American adults, only 36 percent of respondents could correctly name all three branches of the United States government. Even more disturbing, a full 35 percent couldn’t name even one branch. *** Thought for the Day: “It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” -Oscar Wilde (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Happy Face Barn-Carol Von Canon This photo was taken in Washington County, Arkansas.

5. Red Barn – Carol Von Canon This photo of a rustic red barn was taken in Washington County.

2. Barn Art - Frank This creative work can be found in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

6. Old Chicken Barn – Carol Von Canon There are a variety of rustic barns across the Natural State.

3. Distant Red Barn – Doug Wertman This photo was taken near Memorial Park in Bentonville, Arkansas.

4. Modern Barn – The Blonde Mule This barn behind an Arkansas cabin was taken during the Christmas season.

7. Snowy Barn – AR Nature Gal Winter photo in Arkansas of barn with snow surrounding its landscape.

8. Big Barn - Carol Von Canon Photo taken on hillside in Washington county. The kind of barn your sure you’ve passed a hundred times on a country road.

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* On Aug. 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden, elderly residents of Fall River, Mass., are found bludgeoned to death in their home. Suspicion soon fell on daughter Lizzie and the axe she’d just bought. At her trial, the jury only took 90 minutes to decide that such a sweet-looking Christian woman could never commit such a heinous crime. * On Aug. 6, 1928, Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the latter part of the 20th century, is born Andrew Warhola in Pennsylvania.

After being incorrectly credited as ÒWarholÓ under an early published drawing, he decided to permanently remove the ÒaÓ from his last name. * On Aug. 9, 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in JapanÕs surrender.

The devastation wrought at Hiroshima had not been sufficient to persuade the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam ConferenceÕs demand for unconditional surrender. * On Aug. 3, 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The Nautilus dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world. * On Aug. 6, 1964, the United States Congress overwhelmingly approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose Òcommunist aggressionÓ in Southeast Asia. The resolution marked the beginning of an expanded military role for the United States in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. * On Aug. 8, 1988, the Chicago Cubs host the first night game in the history of Wrigley Field. The first-ever night game in professional baseball took place nearly 60 years earlier in Des Moines, Iowa. * On Aug. 5, 2002, the rusty iron gun turret of the ironclad warship U.S.S. Monitor was raised from the floor of the Atlantic, where it had rested since it went down in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during the Civil War. She sank in December 1862, while being towed from Cape Hatteras. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: How can I adopt a war dog like the dog in the movie “Max?” -- J.T. via email DEAR J.T.: While “Max” is a compelling movie, adopting a former military working dog takes a fair amount of research on your part, and the ability to care for dogs that have high energy and need plenty of attention and continuing training.

All military dog adoptions are handled through the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Adoption Program at Lackland AFB in Texas. Dogs eligible for adoption were retired due to age, injury or sickness. Not all dogs saw combat. Some worked in national security, while others were trained as working dogs but did not meet the standards for military service.

Be prepared for a long wait after submitting the application -- up to a year or more. First priority for adoption goes to law-enforcement agencies, if the dog is still fit for duty. If not, the dog’s handler can adopt it.

Only after that do dogs become available for adoption to civilians. Some dogs, sadly, are not adoptable due to temperament or severe injuries.

In addition to patience, be aware that you don’t have control over what type of dog is made available -- although you can state your preference on the application. Be prepared for some pre-adoption expenses as well: If selected to adopt a MWD, you’ll need to travel to where the dog is being kept (most likely, Lackland) at least twice, once to be interviewed and meet the dog, and again to pick it up if your application is approved.

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QUIZ: GARNET CARTER • John ‘Garnet’ Carter was born in 1883 in Sweetwater, Tennessee. Although he dropped out of school, he later completed a six-month business school which filled his head with ideas.

• In his early years, he bounced around between jobs, working at a grocery store, becoming a travelling candy salesman, and going into business with his brother selling aluminum ware.

• Next he went into business developing real estate on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee. There he constructed an inn with a ballroom.

• In 1927, Garnet Carter was looking for an added attraction to entertain his customers. He came up with a successful idea that immediately caught on with the public and became a national craze. His invention provided simple, fun outdoor recreation. It could be installed in a week and cost (at that time) as little as $2,000.

• The first example of Carter’s idea was built on Long Island and brought in $362 in its first day of business.

At first they were barred from within 50 feet of churches, schools, or hospitals. But one progressive church in New Jersey installed its own and urged everyone to come. The profits paid off the church’s debts.

• Three years later, there were 40,000 of these inventions across the country and Garnet Carter was a rich man. The industry took in $225 million in a single year, and employed 200,000 people. The Queen of Belgium got hooked on it, and Al Capone invested in it.

• The steel industry, the pipe industry, and the felt industry were very happy about the new product— and so was Garnet Carter. Can you guess what Garnet Carter’s big idea was?

(Answer below) IDA & WILLIAM ROSENTHAL • Ida and William Rosenthal were Russian immigrants who came to America penniless. Ida was a dressmaker so she and her husband set up a dress shop.

• Ida was constantly dissatisfied with the way dresses fit around natural female curves. The current fashion was for women to wrap themselves with a “bandeau,” a strip of cloth that circled the chest, flattening everything.

• In frustration – and also in rebellion against the popular flat-chested look of the flapper – Ida and William invented the first form-fitting bra which had two separate rounded pockets. Since all women are not built equally, Ida invented the cup size. She later designed different models for every stage of a woman’s life. This design enhanced rather than downplayed a woman’s natural shape. They called their company Maidenform.

• They were granted a patent for the ‘uplift brassiere.’

The dresses did indeed fit better.

• At first the brassieres were built into the dresses they made; then they gave away a free bra with every dress sold. The bras started to become very popular, so they gave up the dress shop and started a brassiere company with a capital investment of $4,500 in 1922.

• Four years later, they had 40 machines turning out mass-produced bras. Forty years later, they had 19 factories producing 25 million bras annually.

• During World War II when fabric was in short supply, Maidenform rounded out its line to include vests worn by carrier pigeons in order to help out with the war effort and prevent the company from going bust.

Paratroopers would “wear” a bird strapped to their chest when they jumped out of a plane. When they landed, they would attach a message to the bird and release it.

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Make Yummy Brownies in a Waffle Iron 1. Sad letters, a photograph and a rose are all mentioned in which Connie Francis song?

2. Which song do Bessie Banks and The Moody Blues have in common?

3. Name the Boston song that was used in the “October Road” television pilot.

4. Who wrote and recorded “Sundown” in 1974?

(Hint: He’s Canadian.)

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “The problem is all inside your head, she said to me, The answer is easy if you take it logically, I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free.”

Looking for an easy last-minute chocolate-y dessert idea that doesn’t require heating up the oven on a hot summer day? Here’s a clever idea you and your kids will enjoy -- make yummy homemade brownies in a waffle iron. Then top them with fresh seasonal fruit like raspberries, or scoop some vanilla ice cream on top. Yum! Here’s how to make the kid-pleasing all American chocolate treat in this off-kilter way:

Answers 1. “Among My Souvenirs,” 1959. The song originally had been released in 1928 by Paul Whiteman.

2. “Go Now!” in 1965. Banks’ husband had written the song for her to record, but The Moody Blues beat her to the charts.

3. “Don’t Look Back,” 1978. The song was used shortly after the death of band member Brad Delp in 2007.

4. Gordon Lightfoot.

5. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” by Paul Simon, 1975, on his “Still Crazy After All These Years” album. Simon wrote and recorded the song just after his divorce. The song went to No. 1 and stayed at the top for three weeks.

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3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Dash of salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1. In a mixing bowl, let your kids measure and combine the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine butter, eggs and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir with a big spoon until combined, being careful not to overmix. It will be a thick consistency.

2. Generously spray or brush a waffle iron with oil and set on medium heat. When ready, an adult may spoon some of the brownie mixture on the waffle iron. I use an ice-cream scoop. Vary the amount according to the size of your waffle iron so that it doesn’t spill over the sides when closed.

3. When the batter is baked (our family likes them crispy on the outside), carefully remove the “waffle brownie” out of the waffle iron with a spatula and cool slightly on a rack or plate.

4. To serve: Sprinkle serving portions of a warm waffle brownie with sifted confectioner’s sugar, raspberries, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or fudge sauce. Store leftover brownies in an airtight container or in your freezer. Makes four 7-inch round waffles Shortcut idea: Use your favorite commercial brownie mix. I used family-size Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge brownie mix for delicious results. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www. donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2015 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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• Abram Nathaniel Spanel was an inventor with over 2,000 patents. He became rich after he invented a garment bag designed so a vacuum cleaner could be hooked up to it in order to suck out any moths that might be inside the bag.

Spanel founded the International Latex Corporation in Rochester, New York in 1932 to make items out of latex such as bathing caps, aprons, hot pads, slippers, baby clothing, girdles, and bras. Later the name of the company was changed, taking “latex” and adding it to “play” in order to create Playtex.

• The Playtex Company was very forward with their advertising. In 1940- an era when underwear was sold primarily through discreet line drawings in print publications- Playtex placed a full page ad in “Life” magazine showing several photos of models wearing Playtex undies along with a mail-in coupon. Life claims that some 200,000 sales were made because of that ad. In 1954 Playtex became the first company ever to advertise bras and girdles on TV. In 1965 Playtex introduced the Cross Your Heart bra. Today it remains one of the best known brands in the U.S. and is the second best-selling brand of bra Playtex offers, with the 18-Hour Bra filling out the top spot. Today, new models are constantly being shaped up as the industry keeps abreast of the trends.

• Most Historical Bras: If you’re in Los Angeles, you can visit the Frederick’s of Hollywood “Bra Museum” where they have displayed such items as Madonna’s famous bustier; a girdle worn by Ethel Merman in “There’s No Business Like Show Business”; the bra Tony Curtis wore in “Some Like It Hot”; the bra Milton Berle wore on his TV show; and Phyllis Diller’s training bra, marked “This side up.”

• Howard Hughes also had his hand in the bra business.

In 1941 he and his engineering buddies invented a special bra to flaunt the bust of 19-year-old Jane Russell in the film “The Outlaw.” Censors had a fit. 20th Century-Fox cancelled the release due to the controversy. Millions stood to be lost.

• So, Hughes set all of his managers to work phoning ministers, women’s clubs, and housewives to tell them exactly how scandalous this film was. This prompted wild protests as crowds of people insisted the film be banned. The publicity machine launched into full gear and the film, when it was finally released, was a guaranteed hit. It was billed as “the bra that saved Hollywood.”

• On opening night, skywriters were hired to decorate the California skies with a pair of large circles with dots in their centers.

• Jane Russell, an unknown before this film, had her career boosted to incredible heights. She later became the spokesperson for Playtex, a job she held until 1986. Years later she revealed in her autobiography that she had found the bra so uncomfortable that she had only worn it once in the privacy of her dressing room. Thereafter, she shored up her own bra and wore it instead. No one knew.

• Biggest Bra: The Franksville Specialty Company in the town of Conover, Wisconsin manufactures bras for cows in order to prevent them from tripping over their udders, which can weigh up to 80 pounds (36 kg) when full. They come in four sizes and are available in only one color: barnyard brown. They are also designed to keep the udder warm.

• Imelda Marcos reputedly wore a bullet-proof bra when public opinion turned against her.

• The average American woman owns six bras. Out of those six, one of them is a strapless bra and one is a color other than white.

BIBLE TRIVIA ANSWERS:

1) Old; 2) Fiery Serpents; 3) 1; 4) Ask; 5) Nehemiah; 6) 930

1. It was 1997.

2. Frank Thomas had 114 RBIs in 2006.

3. Dallas’ Chuck Howley (1971) and Baltimore’s Ray Lewis (2001).

4. Virginia, in 1984.

5. Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Marcel Dionne and Guy Lafleur.

6. Bode Miller, Phil Mahre, Tommy Moe and Andrew Weibrecht.

7. Jack Nicklaus, 1983 and 1987.

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Bobble-Head Bozo ---

Q: I picked up a Bozo bobbing head figurine at a local flea market. It is marked “Capitol Records” on its base. I paid $10 for it but suspect it could be worth more. -- Jim, Weatherford, Texas A: Your instincts are good. According to “Today’s Hottest Collectibles” published by Krause Books, your Bozo is valued at about $300. If you grew up during the 1940 and ‘50s, you probably are familiar with the Bozo albums, which were issued

by Capitol Records. When Bozo honked his horn, you were instructed to turn the page in the picture book that accompanied the album. “Bozo at the Circus,” “Bozo Under the Sea” and “Bozo and His Rocket Ship” were among the most popular titles. *** Q: I have a piece of 96 percent silica glass. What exactly is it? My piece looks like it could have originally been some sort of lab equipment. -Eula, Stigler, Oklahoma A: I had to search for this answer, but finally found a reference in one of my favorite references, “Glass A-Z” by David Shotwell. According to Shotwell, 96 percent silica glass is made by removing all compounds except silica from borosilicate glass after being formed by conventional techniques. It has extraordinary thermal endurance and chemical resistance, and excellent electrical characteristics.

You are correct in assuming your piece could have been lab equipment, since that is one of the ways this special glass was used in addition to antenna shields for space vehicles and sight glasses. It is more a curiosity than collectible. *** Q: While vacationing in Wisconsin, I went to a farm sale and purchased a banded green glass bottle with galvanized feet. What do I have? -Betty, Flagstaff, Arizona A: I examined the pictures you sent and immediately identified your bottle as a minnow trap. It was placed in a creek, and when minnows swam through the opening they were captured to be used later as fishing bait. I have seen these sell in the $40-$60 range. Since the one you have is green glass, I think it would be valued on the upper end of that scale.

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