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To repeat the facts: They were rity Administration had to come up with a formula getting slightly lower benefits than people born for calculating increases to people’s Social Security 1916 and earlier, but they were getting higher benchecks -- which they did. But after COLAs were efits than everyone born from 1922 on. paid for a couple of years, someone noticed the for- Then lobbying groups got into the mix mula was wrong. Social Security beneficiaries were and really muddied things. They sent letters to getting increases that were slightly higher than in- folks born in the so-called “notch years” telling I recently got an email from a reader that tended. them they were being cheated out of Social Semade me think about my mom. She died about 15 Once the mistake was discovered and SSA curity benefits and asking for donations to “fight years ago. 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He signed and patented much of his own work. Your Eastlake period, Hunzinger-style carpet rockers were made around 1880 and would probably each be worth $150 to $250.

I have sent you a mark that is on the bottom of a porcelain pedestal cake plate I bought at a tag sale. I don’t collect antiques, but I thought it would make a perfect ser ving dish for birthday and holiday desserts. It is decorated with pastel flowers and trimmed in gold, and the background is white. It is 6 inches tall, and in mint condition. No one at the tag sale knew anything about its histor y. I paid $20 for it. What can you tell me?

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I would like to know the value and vintage of these rocking chairs. They have been in my family for almost 100 years. They are made of walnut and were originally covered with a rug-like material. I had them restored. There is a marking on the bottom of each rocker with the words “Nat’l Mfg. Co., Elbridge, NY.” Do you have any information on them?

You have a nice pair of Victorian Eastlake carpet rockers made by National Chair Manufacturing Co. The company was founded in 1859 and located in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York. An image of carpet rockers like yours was used on the company’s billhead in 1882. Charles Eastlake was the father of 19th century household design and architecture. He promoted integrity of design and pride in workmanship. In reaction to the ornate and scrolled Victorian furniture, he believed that furniture lines should be geometric, have incised carving and be affordable.

Zeh, Scherzer & Co. was founded in 1880.

Zeh, Scherzer & Co. made your pedestal cake plate. The factory was founded in 1880 in Rehau, Bavaria, Germany. In the beginning, it made porcelain tea and coffee sets. Then it branched out to tableware and decorative objects. In the 1980s, the company experienced several financial setbacks and poor sales, and was bought out by an investment company. Operations ceased in 1992. Your pedestal cake plate was made around 1880 and would probably be worth $50 to $75. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P.O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Snydicate website at www. creators.com.

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Now, before you say it’s not nice to name call, let me also call out Usain Bolt. He is great. Also let me state that Michael Phelps is a freak of nature and broke records that had stood since ancient Greece. Carmelo Anthony has won three gold medals, and Coach K has lost only one game ever in Olympic play. That’s incredible. You want name calling? Just how many kids are going to be named Simone after these Olympics? Yep, America won the eagle’s share of the gold, and pretty much lapped the competition. For Russia, this was a particularly humiliating Olympics. It’s one thing to implement statesponsored cheating, it’s an entire other thing to get completely nailed for it, too. The Olympics are actually great places to call names. Everyone knows that there is a tradition at the end of the games to proclaim them as “the best ever,” even if it didn’t happen in Atlanta or Rio, I think. In Atlanta, we received an “attaboy” sentiment, and I believe Rio was simply told they were “magnificent.” Whether or not that was a good thing is for Rio to figure out. One thing we have figured out is the art of storytelling. Every Olympics, the pre-match bios get more and more “Million Dollar Baby.” Just once I would like the story of an Olympian to be boring and with no compelling backstory at all. It would really be something to see a b-roll of some kid who simply grew up in Middletown, Wherever, and carried a C or B average through high school, but one day found out he was really fast ... or a really good shot ... and by accident, he tried out for the games and came in seventh. We never hear those stories.

Your rockers’ designs are similar to the furniture created by George Hunzinger, who was born in 1835 and died in 1898. He was originally from Germany and came from a family of cabinetmakers. His furniture was inspired by the rapidly developing technology and machines of the 1900s.

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Of course, it also wouldn’t hurt if the press would stop with all the “displaced resident” stories. Look, we get it ... the powers that be aren’t going to bulldoze the mansions owned by the richest people in the ritziest part of the city to build a stadium that will be useless in two weeks’ time. Is anyone shocked to learn of this? Every year, the reporters write about government spending on infrastructure, how pollution is atrocious, how everyone that dips a toe in the water will contract syphilis, and come dusk, will be eaten alive by head-shrinking mosquitos. Sometimes you just have to let the simple ideas win out. We were watching people, athletes, run and jump and play games for their country, and that simple thrill should be enough for us all. *** Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey.

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in Philadelphia with a focus on education for public service and commerce. Providence, Rhode Island’s Brown University was founded in 1746. • The smallest of the Ivy League group is Dartmouth, established in 1769 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Located in New York City, Columbia University was founded in 1754 by a royal charter of King George II of England. • The final Ivy League college is Cornell, founded in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. During the 1800s, “planting the ivy” was a traditional ceremony at many colleges, and the ivy-covered walls reflect the efforts of students each Spring. It wasn’t until the early 1930s that this group of universities were described as “Ivy colleges.” The term “Ivy League” was first used in 1954, when the NCAA athletic conference was formed and the eight schools became part of the Division. 

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