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MEDICAL MUSEUMS • In Minneapolis visit the Museum of Questionable Devices where you can be cured of what ails you. Grow back your amputated body parts using radio waves. Cure skin ailments with electricity. Revitalize your blood using magnetic adhesive bandages. There’s a wealth of baldness cures right next to items designed to increase your height. Read about a man named Eben MacBurney Byers who, in the 1920s, believed the claims made by the Radnithor Corporation which said their product would increase virility. He consumed 1,400 half-ounce bottles of Radnithor, which consisted of distilled water laced with radioactive isotopes. He died of radium poisoning. • In Columbus, OH, visit the Optometry Museum. A local professor of optometry wrote letters to celebrities asking for the donation of their used glasses. On display here are John Denver’s granny glasses, engraved with the words “Rocky Mountain High;” race car driver Bobby Rahal’s spectacles, broken from a crash into a wall; Elvis’s sunglasses, worth an estimated $7,000; Mary Kay’s glasses which are, of course, pink; Joan Collin’s glasses with matching earrings; and former President Bush’s glasses which became warped while he was reading in the sauna.
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Should In-Laws Pets Get Holiday Gifts? By Sam Mazzotta DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m going to be a guest at my in-laws’ house for Christmas. They have two small dogs. Is it appropriate for me to buy gifts for the dogs as well as for them? -- Suzanne C., Sarasota, Fla. DEAR SUZANNE: Most owners these days see their pets as a part of the family, so it’s not unusual to see a gift or three for their dog, cat, bird and so on. However, trying to decide whether to purchase a gift for someone else’s pet, and what kind of gift to get, can be tricky. It helps if you know your in-laws well and are familiar with their pets. Start by asking your husband if it’s appropriate to give a gift to the dogs, and if he knows of anything they can’t have. He may have some idea, but don’t be disappointed if he really doesn’t know. If you’re on good terms with other members of his family, ask them.
December 23 - December 29, 2013 And it’s probably all right to ask his parents if it’s OK to get something for the dogs. You’ll have to do some feeling out in any case. You may get a firm “no” from your in-laws, but don’t be hurt; they usually have their reasons. But if the answer is noncommittal, or hopefully, gracious, be sure to ask if there is any toy or other item that the in-laws would prefer for the dogs. If and when you purchase gifts for the dogs, avoid big-ticket items. A chew toy (appropriately sized for the dogs) or a helpful accessory, like a clip-on doggie bag dispenser for the leash, is a thoughtful gesture. Send your questions or comments to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Tidbits of Rogue Valley NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS • In the town of Angier, North Carolina, visit the Gourd Museum. Here you will find gourds that have been made into dolls, lamps, musical instruments, toys, and more. There are antique gourds, gourds shaped like animals, gourds that are works of art, and gourds of religious significance. There’s a “gourdian” knot, a gold-embossed gourd dating to 1804, a gourd Ferris wheel, gourd puzzles, and a depiction of the Last Supper made out of gourd seeds. • In Statesboro, GA visit the U.S. National Tick Collection. Around a million ticks float inside 120,000 vials of alcohol on campus at Georgia Southern University, which is one of four different tick museums around the world. This collection proudly exhibits 760 of the 850 known species of tick. The biggest is about the size of a quarter and the smallest would fit on the head of a pin. • In Dallas visit the Cockroach Hall of Fame, operated by a local exterminator. Each year the Hall of Fame sponsors a roach contest with two categories: the Largest Roach contest, and the Roach Art contest. Winners are added to the Hall of Fame. To qualify for the largest roach contest, entries must be at least 2.09 inches (5 cm) in length. The winner receives $1,000 and a year’s worth of pest control. To enter the Roach Art contest, dead roaches are costumed and posed in various scenes and settings. Past entrants included such things as Marilyn MonRoach complete with blond hair, white dress, and high heels. There’s also a Liberace look-alike named Liberoache, as well as Roach Perot. About 2,000 entries are received each year.
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by Samantha Weaver It was beloved American pianist and comedian Jimmy Durante who made the following sage observation: “Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.” Famed markswoman and exhibition shooter Annie Oakley was born the daughter of Quakers, who gave her the name Phoebe Ann Moses. It was in July 1911 when daredevil Bobby Leach became the second person (and the first man) to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. His daring came at a cost, though; he spent six months in a hospital, recovering from injuries due to his feat. He later went on publicity tours, recounting his experience and posing with the barrel that took him over the falls. He was on one such tour in New Zealand in 1926 when he slipped on an orange peel, injuring his leg slightly. The leg became infected, necessitating an amputation -- which still didn’t save him. He died two months later, the daredevil felled by a citrus rind. Those who study such things say that fully 10 percent of the country’s total income is due to organized crime. You might be surprised to learn that only two out of every 10 ears of corn grown in the United States actually ends up being eaten by people. The other eight are destined to feed animals and to be made into ethanol gasoline. If you’re like more than half of all Americans, you’d be willing to live in a haunted house -- provided you didn’t have to pay rent. There are those who say that actor Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns. Thought for the Day: “This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.” -- Will Rogers (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A temperamental flare-up creates negative feelings that need to be dealt with immediately. But things once again go well after the apologies are made and hurt feelings are soothed. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An early impulsive act causes confusion. But all is smoothed over once explanations are made. Expect a friend or family member to ask for your kind and always wise advice. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You might have to do some juggling of your priorities, as a personal matter appears to require more time and attention. Put your pride aside and accept help from those who offer it. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your creative aspect is strong. Not only does it help you accomplish your goals, but it also inspires others. This could lead to a potentially rewarding collaboration opportunity. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Be careful about making major decisions when you’re not really committed to them. And resist any pressure to do otherwise. Better to delay action until all doubts are resolved. BORN THIS WEEK: You set goals and are rarely distracted by any attempt to move you off the path you’ve chosen to reach them. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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On Jan. 2, 1811, Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, becomes the first U.S. senator to be censured when the Senate approves a motion against him. Pickering was accused of violating congressional law by publicly revealing secret documents. On Dec. 30, 1862, the U.S.S. Monitor sinks in a storm off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Just nine months earlier, the ship had been part of a revolution in naval warfare when the ironclad dueled to a standstill with the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) -- the first time two ironclads faced each other in a naval engagement. On Jan. 5, 1920, the New York Yankees major-league baseball club announces its purchase of the heavy-hitting outfielder George Herman “Babe” Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for the sum of $125,000. The deal paid off as Ruth went on to smash his own home run record in 1920, hitting 54 homers. On Jan. 1, 1946, on the island of Corregidor, in Manila Bay, 20 Japanese soldiers approach a lone soldier -- literally waving a white flag. The soldiers had been living in an underground tunnel and only discovered that the war was over by reading it in the newspaper. On Jan. 3, 1967, Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who killed the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, dies of cancer in a Dallas hospital. The Texas Court of Appeals recently had overturned his death sentence for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald and was scheduled to grant him a new trial. On Jan. 4, 1974, President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tape recordings and documents that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. Nixon would resign from office in disgrace eight months later.
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lunch boxes were replaced with softer plastic models, reFOOD & DRINK MUSUEMS portedly after irate parents lobbied the Florida state leg• In Goodlettsville, TN, visit the Museum of Beverage islature to ban metal boxes due to injuries sustained in Containers which displays 8,500 different beer cans and cafeteria disputes when children used them as weapons. 18,000 soda pop cans. There’s the 1935 Krueger’s Cream Ale can which was the first beer can ever made, and the • In Mount Horeb, WI, visit the Mustard Museum. Here they display over 3,800 different kinds of mustard, makCliquot Club soda can which was the first pop can and ing it the world’s largest collection. Samples of 150 varicame out in 1938. There’s Pussy Pop for cats and K-9 eties are available for taste tests. Beware of the habañecola for dogs, and camouflage beer cans made by the U.S. ro mustard, described frankly by its manufacturer as the military. There’s even political pop: during the 1964 presmustard from hell. Watch the “Mustard-piece Theater” idential campaign, candidate Barry Goldwater produced video and read the newsletter The Proper Mustard which Goldwater Soda and billed it as “the right drink for the is billed as ‘yellow journalism at its best.’ There’s also conservative taste” while Lyndon B. Johnson countered a recipe book which includes the recipe called ‘Crude with Johnson Juice and hawked it as “a drink for health Person’s Mustard Delight’ which consists of alternatcare.” ing swigs of cheap beer with spoonfuls of mustard. No • In Columbus, GA, the Lunch Box Museum is now ruketchup is allowed and in fact visitors must pass through mored to be closed. When it was open, visitors could a ketchup detector before entering. No mayo, either. The view 3,000 boxes and 2,000 thermoses. Regular tin lunch museum sponsors National Mustard Day every August 5. boxes pails used to be the norm until Walt Disney came You can even see a modified Oscar Mayer Wienermobile out with a Mickey Mouse lunch box in the 1930s. In the now called the Lamborg Wienie. 1950s lunch box mania swept the nation when Hopalong Cassidy was pictured on the front of a metal box with • The Donner Party Museum in Truckee, California, memorializes the doomed pioneers who resorted to cannibalizmatching thermos. Over 600,000 sold in the first year and ing their dead while stranded in the mountains over the over 120 million lunch boxes of all sorts were purchased across the U.S. over the next two decades. In 1987 steel winter.
Operation Gratitude Reaches Milestone On Dec. 7, Operation Gratitude reached a significant milestone: It sent the one-millionth care package to service members around the globe. That meant sending more than 100,000 individually addressed care packages each year, accomplished with the aid of hundreds of volunteers in Van Nuys, Calif. The lucky recipient of the one-millionth package didn’t just get a box full of high-value gifts, entertainment items and hand-written letters of appreciation -- the service member will come home to a new Ford F-150 pickup truck. During the past 10 years, OpGrat has grown as more and more volunteers have stepped forward to help, and the reach of the packages has expanded. It now includes veterans, first responders and Wounded Warriors, as well as active-duty personnel in hostile areas. How can you help? It costs $15 to mail each package. Consider making a $15 tax-deductible donation four
times a year to OpGrat, to coincide with their quarterly mailings. You can donate online at its website -- www. OperationGratitude.com -- or you can send a check to: Operation Gratitude 16444 Refugio Road Encino, CA 91436 You also can keep an eye on its activities www.twitter. com/OpGratitude; and www.facebook.com/OperationGratitude. If you’re crafty, check the website for instructions on how to make handmade scarves, paracord bracelets (sent to first responders) and bandana cool-ties for the packages. If you’re part of a group, look for fundraising ideas or assemble Care Kits to go in the individual packages. Write letters of appreciation to go in each package. Check the website for the list of most-needed items, as these change from time to time. Contact OpGrat at 262-674-7281 for shipping instructions, as the address above isn’t for shipments. It took from 2003 until now to ship 1 million packages. Let’s help OpGrat cut that time in half for the next million.
On Dec. 31, 1984, Bernhard Goetz, the white man dubbed the “subway vigilante” after he shot four young black men on a New York City subway train, turns himself in at a police station in Concord, N.H. Goetz claimed that the men, all of whom had criminal records, were trying to rob him and that he had acted in self-defense. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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EMILY MURPHY & THE FAMOUS FIVE • It all started back in 1916, when several women in Alberta, Canada, were arrested for prostitution under the flimsiest of pretenses. Several of their friends wanted to attend the trial, including Emily Murphy. However, they were turned away at the door to the courtroom because the judge said the testimony “was not fit for mixed company.” Emily went to the Attorney General of Alberta, arguing that the government needed to set up a court presided over by women in order to try other women. He agreed with her, and to her surprise, appointed her as the magistrate. • Unfortunately, when she showed up to her first day on the job, a lawyer for her first client dismissed her ruling because, under the law as defined by the British North America Act, only “qualified persons” were allowed to rule in court, and the lawyer said that “qualified persons” referred to men only, and not women, since “persons” elsewhere in the document were referred to as “he” and never “she.” Another portion of the law noted that, “Women are persons in matters of pains and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges.” • Emily took exception to this, and carried her case to court. In 1917, the Supreme Court of Alberta ruled that women were indeed “persons.” However, this ruling applied only to Alberta and not to the rest of Canada. Emily Murphy
decided to press the issue by applying as a candidate for Senator. The Prime Minister of Canada rejected her application, stating that Emily was not recognized as a “person” and only “qualified persons” were allowed to be appointed to political office. • Half a million Canadians signed a petition asking for Emily to be appointed Senator, but the Prime Minister rejected the request. • In 1927, Emily teamed up with four women’s rights activists, now known as the Famous Five, in order to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. They asked, “Does the word ‘persons’ in Section 24, of The British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?” In 1928, the Supreme Court answered, “No.” The decision said that in 1867 when the law was written, women did not vote, run for office, or serve as elected officials, and because the British House of Lords did not have a woman member, Canada should not have women members in their Senate, either. • Unwilling to accept that decision, the Famous Five appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, which was the highest court of appeal for Canada, in what became known as “The Persons Case.” • In 1929, the Council announced their decision that, “Yes, women are persons… and may become Members of the Senate of Canada.” The decision also said that “the exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And
to those who would ask why the word ‘persons’ should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not?” • A few months later, the Prime Minister appointed Cairine Wilson to the Canadian Senate. Many expected Emily Murphy to be appointed, but the Prime Minister was a Liberal and so was Cairine Wilson. • Nearly 80 years later, the Senate voted to posthumously name the Famous Five Canada’s first “honorary senators” for their work on women’s rights. • Today, 38 out of 105 Senate seats are held by women.
TOOTHPASTE • No bathroom is complete without a tube of toothpaste. Did you ever notice that there’s no ingredients label on toothpaste? Here’s why! • Toothpaste is about 30% water. Mixed with water is chalk, the crushed remains of ancient ocean creatures. Their exoskeletons retain their sharpness, and they are one of the few things tough enough to clean tooth enamel. • Titanium dioxide is added to the chalk/water mix. That’s the stuff that goes into white wall paint to make it bright. On your teeth, it paints over the yellow for at least a few hours till it dissolves and is swallowed. • To keep this chalk/water/paint mixture from drying out, glycerine glycol is whipped in. You know glycerine glycol as an ingredient in anti-freeze. (continued on Page 8)
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