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• Mary Anning's name eventually became well known in geological circles, but still, as a woman she was not eligible to join the Geological Society of London. She was not even allowed to attend meetings as a guest, much less as a presenter. The only mention of her ever published was a letter she had written to the “Magazine of Natural History” in 1839, in which she corrected an error they had made in one of their articles.

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• She was 23 and had been collecting fossils for years when the word “paleontology” was first coined in 1822. She was 28 when she discovered the first Pterosaur (pterodactyl-type flying reptile) ever found in England. Breaking apart a strange fossil, she found it was full of full of fish scales and fish bones, correctly guessing that it was fossilized excrement, now called coprolites. She found fossilized ink sacs from ancient squids. She nearly died in a large landslide that killed her dog.

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a written declaration stating that they were now a sovereign, independent nation and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. • Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the five-member committee included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. Thomas Jefferson presented the first draft of the Declaration to Congress on June 28, 1776. The first official signature on the final draft was that of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, followed by the five committee members.

was adopted. Some accounts claim that it was the Liberty Bell sounding from the tower of Independence Hall on that day that summoned citizens to gather for the first public reading of the Declaration, which was given by Colonel John Nixon.

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newspapers, local officials and the commanders of the Continental troops. These rare documents, known as “Dunlap broadsides,” predate the engrossed version signed on parchment by the delegates. Of the hundreds thought to have been printed on the night of July 4, only 26 copies survive. Most are held in museum and library collections, but three are privately owned.

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* It was American pastor, politician and activist Andrew Young who made the following sage observation: “Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it.” * Tony Curtis, who co-starred with Marilyn Monroe in the famous film “Some Like It Hot,” once said that kissing Ms. Monroe was “like kissing Hitler.” Makes you wonder how he knew what kissing Hitler was like. * If you’re like the average bearded man, your facial hair grows at a rate of about 6 inches every year. * In a recent survey of people who admitted to drinking beer, wine and spirits, more than 40 percent of respondents said that drinking spirits made them feel sexy, and more than half said that it made them feel confident and energetic. About onethird, though, said that spirits increased their aggression. * The first telephone book ever issued was published by the New Haven District Telephone Company and was distributed in New Haven, Connecticut, in February 1878. It contained a grand total of 50 names. * You may know that on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union earned the distinction of putting the first human-made object into space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1. You may not know, though, that in Russian, the word “sputnik” means “fellow traveler.” * The outermost layer of the skin on your face is made up almost entirely of dead skin cells. Thought for the Day: “Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” -- Doug Larson (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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agents, fill that little reservoir in your dishwasher with white vinegar. Your dishes will sparkle. Refill often. If your dishwasher does not have this feature, simply add 1/2 to 1 cup (depending on the hardness of your water) to the last rinse. WINDSHIELD Wash your car's windshield with fullstrength vinegar -- avoiding painted areas -- to help keep ice and frost at bay. WALLPAPER Vinegar makes a great wallpaper remover. First, remove all the wallpaper you can by simply pulling it off. You’ll probably get only the top layer, but that’s OK. Spray full-strength vinegar on what remains. This will begin to dissolve the glue. Once softened you’ll be able to remove the rest without harsh chemicals. WINDOW BLINDS Remove the torture of cleaning mini blinds with this white-glove treatment: Just put on a white cotton glove and moisten the fingers in a solution made of equal parts white vinegar and hot tap water. Then slide your fingers across both sides of each slat, and prepare to be amazed. If the blinds are extra grimy use a soft sponge instead. Use a container of clean water to periodically wash the glove/sponge clean, and just keep going. TENDERIZE Use the acidity of vinegar to tenderize meat. I add several tablespoons to pot roast, soups and stews. Balsamic vinegar will add a wonderful flavor, but white vinegar tenderizes just as well. Your guests will think you are serving them filet mignon. REMOVE WAXY BUILDUP To get built-up polish off a piece of wood furniture, dip a cloth in equal parts vinegar and water, and squeeze it out well. Carefully clean away the polish, moving with the grain. Wipe dry with a soft towel or cloth. Most leather tabletops will come clean simply by wiping them down with a soft cloth dipped in 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup water. Use a clean towel to dry off any remaining liquid. HIDE SCRATCHES To make scratches on wood furniture less noticeable, mix some distilled or cider vinegar and iodine in a small jar, and paint over the scratch with a small artist’s brush. Use more iodine for darker woods and more vinegar for lighter shades. CANDLE WAX Did a candle go nuts and drip wax on your fine wood furniture? Do this: First, soften the wax using a hair dryer on its hottest setting. Blot as much of that softened wax as you can with paper towels. Then remove what’s left by rubbing with a cloth soaked in a solution of equal parts white vinegar and water. Wipe clean with a soft absorbent cloth. Voila! * * * Mary invites questions, comments and tips at EverydayCheapskate.com, “Ask Mary a Question.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

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German Pensioner Thinks She’s Being Cheated By US Social Security Q:

I am 66 years old. Even though I am now a U.S. citizen, I spent the first 30 years of my adult life living and working in Germany. But I have lived and worked in the U.S. for the past 15 years. I get a generous retirement pension from the German Social Security system. And I was shocked to learn that my U.S. Social Security benefit will be reduced by an unfair law called the “windfall elimination provision.” I have paid taxes in this countr y for 15 years. So I earned ever y penny of my already small Social Security retirement pension. How dare they reduce it even further! Where is the windfall I am supposedly getting? I see that there is a bill in Congress that has bipartisan support to repeal this unjust law. If that doesn’t work, I plan to file a class action lawsuit to get what is rightfully mine. In the meantime, at least I should be able to get some of my husband’s Social Security.

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fairly. And I hope that after I explain the windfall elimination provision law, you will agree. Also, I will comment on your class action lawsuit plans and on the possibility of you collecting spousal benefits on your husband’s record. To understand WEP, I’ll first familiarize you with one of the tenets of our Social Security system. One key goal of that program is to give a financial boost to low-income retirees. How that is accomplished is with a retirement benefit formula that is skewed to give poor people a higher rate of return when comparing their income and the taxes they pay with the Social Security check they receive. The retirement formula is too complicated to explain in a short newspaper column. Here is a simplified version. The average middle-class worker in this country will get a Social Security benefit that represents about 40% of his or her average preretirement earnings. A very poor person could get up to a 90% return rate. That doesn’t mean that a poor person gets a higher Social Security benefit. But it does mean he or she will get a better rate of return comparing the taxes they paid with the benefit they will receive. And here’s the deal. To the Social Security Administration computers, you look like one of these poor people Why? Because you have only 15 years of earnings on your Social Security record. As far as the system knows, you spent the rest of your life unemployed or not working. So when your Social Security retirement benefit is initially calculated, you get that 90% return rate intended for a the very lowest income workers in this country. That’s the “windfall.” But the fact is, you’re not poor. You’ve worked all your life and you get a nice pension from the German Social Security system. I bet you could be considered a comfortably middle-class person in this country. So you should get the same U.S. Social Security return rate that all other middle-class people get. And that’s what the WEP formula does. In

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a nutshell, it takes you from that 90% poor person’s makes sense. Spousal benefits are classified as “derate to the 40% middle-class rate. I hope you can pendent’s” benefits. In other words, you normally see that your benefit is not being unjustly cut. The need to be financially dependent on your husband WEP formula merely gives you the same benefit or wife to get spousal benefits from him or her. If you’ve worked and earned your own Social Security rate as all other middle-class people. You mentioned that there is a bill in Con- retirement pension, you generally won’t get spou gress to eliminate the WEP. Actually, bills to elimi- sal benefits. In the past, people who have worked and nate the WEP have been introduced in every Con- paid into a non-Social Security retirement system 1980s. mid the in passed gress since the law was And every single time, the bill is defeated. Why? (for example, old federal employees like me and Because when the law is analyzed and explained public employees and teachers in some states), (as I just did in this column), lawmakers recognize were able to collect our own public retirement benefit and get a “dependent” spousal benefit from our the WEP is fair and decide not to repeal it. You may wonder why new bills are intro- husband’s or wife’s Social Security account. But duced every year to eliminate WEP. Well, I don’t a law called the “government pension offset” prewant to get too cynical, but let’s just say there are vents that from happening -- and rightfully so. But for some reason I can’t explain, Conmore than a few lawmakers who are looking to gain votes from those affected by the WEP law. gress did not include foreign pensioners in the GPO That includes some foreign pensioners like you, law. So I can’t get a husband’s benefit on my wife’s but primarily involves about 10% of all retired pub- Social Security record because of my civil service lic employees in this country. Like me. As a retired retirement benefit offsets it. And a retired teacher federal employee who gets a nice civil service pen- in Texas can’t get a wife’s benefit on her husband’s sion, I also get a small Social Security benefit that Social Security record because her Texas teacher’s has been reduced by the windfall elimination provi- retirement pension offsets it. But you will be able to get what you yourself called a “generous” retiresion. So, good luck with the civil lawsuit. Because ment benefit from Germany, AND you will be able in the extremely remote chance that you win your to get a “dependent” spousal benefit from your husreviewfrom carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling band’s Social Security. Frankly, I just don’t think Pri extra bucks case, not only will you get a few Please that is representative fair! generous Social Security, but guys like me, with Contact your Tidbits immediately with changes or corre * * * increased public retirement pensions, will get an Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com If you have a Social Security question,Fax: Tom 760-3 intended rate return a Social Security check with Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.marfor the poorest people in this country. genau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom MarFinally, let me bring up the point you made genau and to read past columns and see features from Shade Builders about possibly being able to collect spousal benefits other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit 1/8th pg. • 4c • 13x discount rate on your husband’s Social Security record. There is the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. Oct.20192 CREATORS.COM - Dec. 25, 2016 • Vol. 12: #41 - #53 a chance that might happen. And if it does, you can COPYRIGHT count yourself lucky. You will be getting benefits almost no one else in this country can get. So let me explain that. If you have worked and get your own Social Security retirement check, that monthly benefit offsets (dollar for dollar) any spousal benefits you , might be due on a husband s or wife’s Social SecuWe’ll Beat rity account. And if you think about it, that offset

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son it should be consumed. Alcohol should not be taken for health reasons. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I think I may have herpes, but I’m not sure. What are the symptoms of the virus? When I go to the doctor, what do I say? When I was there last time, I was given a urine test for STDs, which was negative, but now I urinate a lot and have a bump on my penis. -- M.G.

ANSWER: When we are discussing herpes as a sexually transmitted disease, we usually refer to herpes simplex virus type 2. Even though DEAR DR. ROACH: As a winemaker, other herpes viruses can be transmitted sexually, I get my daily (small) dose of resveratrol HSV-2 is the most prevalent, with approximately through red wine. I drink about a half bottle 50 million people in the U.S. infected. daily. But I also take resveratrol supplements. HSV-2 usually is asymptomatic, but in What is the latest evidence as to the both men and women it can be associated with health benefits of this natural polyphenol? periodic outbreaks of blisters, classically filled Am I ingesting too much? -- G.G. with clear fluid and painful. During this time, the virus can be accurately identified by a laboratory. ANSWER: Resveratrol is a substance However, it is often not a classic appearance, found in red wine, coming from grape skins. One and it’s wise to consider the diagnosis of HSV for study in rats showed that it improved lifespan, any genital lesion. and many people were interested in it. However, The quality of the herpes blood test has the dose of red wine needed to duplicate the improved in recent years, and it is a good way study would be about 1,000 liters daily for a huto make the diagnosis in someone who doesn’t man. Worse, a trial of resveratrol (in people with have a lesion at the time they see the doctor. multiple myeloma) showed no benefit, and five of Two other STDs -- gonorrhea and chlathe 24 subjects developed kidney failure (it was mydia -- can be diagnosed using a urine test, but not clear whether the myeloma or the resveratrol not HSV. When you go to the doctor, ask for a was responsible for the kidney damage. Also, the blood test to rule out herpes definitively. dose used was 5 grams, which is 10 to 20 times Urinating a lot is not a usual symptom for the size of the usual supplement). STDs, but painful or uncomfortable urination is. A trial in Alzheimer’s disease patients * * * was too short to prove benefit but did seem to Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer indishow increased brain volume. A 2016 review vidual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenshows that at high doses, it lowers blood presever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodsure (which often is raised by alcohol) and choHealth@med.cornell.edu. lesterol. For that reason, resveratrol still holds (c) 2019 North America Synd., Inc. promise, but it’s too early to recommend as a All Rights Reserved supplement. It’s not the resveratrol I’m worried about your getting too much of; it’s alcohol. A half a bottle of wine (assuming average alcohol content, which varies a little) for an average-size man is two and a half glasses, which contains alcohol that is over the level of most recommendations (one glass for women, two for men, with food). For some people, wine enhances pleasure in life when taken moderately, and that’s the only1/12 reaLifeStream Tidbits 1/12 Ad 7530.qxp_LifeStream Tidbits Ad 8/4/17 12:01 PM Page 1

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ner plates I have. Each dish is 10 inches in diameter and decorated with pink roses in the center and gold filigree on the borders. They are in mint condition. What can you tell me about the histor y of my plates and their value?

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Enclosed is a picture of my large collection of kitchenware. The pattern is “Autumn Wheat,” and the maker is Hall’s China Co. I have enjoyed the set for many years now but am ready to sell it. Antique dealers have told me it is too large of a collection for them to purchase it. If you have any suggestions on how to start this process, it will be greatly appreciated.

Hall’s China Co. introduced the “Autumn Leaf” pattern in 1933

Hall’s China Co. was founded in East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1903. They introduced the “Autumn Leaf” pattern in 1933. The pattern was not hand-painted. It is a decal design. The company produced a complete line of kitchenware and dinnerware for Jewel Tea Co., a food and coffee firm that sold door to door and was located in Barrington, Illinois. “Autumn Leaf” wares were often given as premiums for items purchased by homemakers. The pattern was discontinued in 1971. A large collection can be difficult to sell. Begin by researching the value of your dishes. If an antiques dealer is interested in your set, she/he will probably only pay 25% to 50% of the value. Also check the internet for replacement or matching services that buy vintage or current porcelain, semiporcelain dinnerware, flatware and glassware. These services appeal to those who are trying to fill in missing or broken pieces. Don’t forget to consider auction houses or even having a garage sale. It may take time, research and luck to be successful. *** This mark is on a set of four din-

American Limoges China Co. was located in Sebring, Ohio.

F. A. Sebring founded the Limoges China Co. in 1902 in Sebring, Ohio. It sought to compete with European porcelain. By 1940, Haviland China Co., located in Limoges, France, took issue with the American company using the name “Limoges.” Haviland China brought suit, and Sebring changed the name to “American Limoges.” It was the first china factory to create a ceramic lab and employ ceramic engineers. It also initiated the use of tunnel kilns and replaced the beehive kilns that had been used for hundreds of years. “Triumph” is the name for the shape of the dishes. In 1955, American Limoges China Co. was forced into bankruptcy and closed. Your dishes were made around 1950, and the set would probably be worth in the neighborhood of $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 Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

* On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, die. Both men had been central in the drafting of the historic document. * On July 2, 1900, in the sky over Germany’s Lake Constance, Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin successfully demonstrates the world’s first rigid airship. The 420-foot, cigar-shaped craft was lifted by hydrogen gas and powered by a 16-horsepower engine. * On July 7, 1912, Jim Thorpe wins the pentathlon at the fifth modern Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. He would later medal in the decathlon. In 1913, though, he was stripped of his Olympic medals because he had played minor league baseball. The medals were restored posthumously in 1982, 30 years after his death. * On July 1, 1951, Cleveland Indians ace Bob Feller pitches the third no-hit game of his career to lead the Indians over the Detroit Tigers 2-1, making him the first modern pitcher ever to throw three nohitters. * On July 6, 1976, in Annapolis, Maryland, the United States Naval Academy admits women for the first time with the induction of 81 female midshipmen. In May 1980, Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman member of the class to graduate. * On July 3, 1985, the blockbuster action-comedy “Back to the Future” -- in which John DeLorean’s iconic concept car is transformed into a time-travel device -- is released in theaters. The DeLorean featured gull-wing doors and a brushed stainless-steel body. * On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep -- the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell -- is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Over the course of her short six-year life, Dolly gave birth to four lambs.

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