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LISTING AS FOLLOWS: Circa 1830 tiger maple 2 over 4 Federal chest w/backsplash & walnut trim; ca 1850 Sheraton 2 drwr banded work table; acanthus carved ca 1860 mahog game table w/lift top; Sheraton turned leg 2 drwr pine kitchen work table 40"x46"; black finish ca 1820 boot jack end; 6 board blanket chest has snipe hinges & rose bud nails; antique painted finish bird cage; Windsor side chair; pr of Empire slip seat flame mahog side chairs; Vict Eastlake white MT lamp table w/fancy base (believed Parker); pr of hairpin loop needlepoint seat Vict side chairs; 30"h BW insert MT Vict fern stand; Vict oak stick & ball easel; small Vict oak shield style mirror hall tree; 22" oval white MT Vict BW lamp table; mahog 3 section Halis stack bookcase; turn-of-the-century custom mahog pedestal base serpentine top lamp table w/claw feet; BW Vict oval wood top lamp table w/carved base; custom 36" round crotch mahog top center table; full size Simmons brass bed dated 1902; 3 prong bell shade Vict hanging lamp fixture; pr of 14"h Vict lamps w/metal bases & vaseline centers; pr of 10" pink Depression glass Daisy & Button boudoir lamps w/matching shades; two antique kerosene lamp founts w/HP bases; acroagate 20"h table lamp; grain finish Waterbury mantel clock; gilt framed oil painting of boats w/sails on 20"x14"h canvas (unsigned;) framed artist signed hand colored French print; oak framed hand color portrait of Vict woman signed JW Gies date 1899; other Vict prints and engravings; two Vict wall mirrors; three bound volumes of newspapers from Hartford Daily Courant 1902, Hartford Times 1918, and The Hartford Courant 1946; 1920s Holmes & Edwards silver plate set in orig box; lg set of Noritake china Brian pattern; 7" openwork Meissen handled basket w/flower trim; 5"h Oriental carved jade animal figure; 7"h Satsuma covered biscuit jar; pr of 9" hand chased sterling silver candlesticks; Staffordshire cheese dish w/cover; 6" blown cranberry vase w/ground pontel; 6"h cranberry Nailsea End-of-the-Day swirl vase; small pr of wooden duck decoys; pattern pressed items including 2 part punch bowl; and numerous other items!
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NEXT AUCTION: April 28, 7:30 pm – Details in “Antiques & The Arts Weekly." Home Baked Pies * Refreshments * Parking Front & Rear.
Wary of Blago's tax plan
Local business leaders are calling on state lawmakers to stop Gov. Rod Blagojevich from passing his proposed tax on businesses, predicting consumers are the ones who ultimately would have to foot the bill. Unveiled last month, Blagojevich's gross receipts tax would require the state's service industries to pay 1.95 percent in tax for every transaction made and manufacturers, construction, retailers and wholesalers to pay .85 percent. Opposition has come from state Republicans, Democrats and civil rights activists such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who says the tax would be detrimental to Illinois entrepreneurs. .
Replace conventional light switches with dimmers
Replacing conventional light switches with dimmers can help you set a nice mood lighting. However, dimmer switches won't work with all light bulbs. Dimmer switches are available in several styles. The least expensive ones are dial-shaped knobs. They cost around $1.75. With knobs, "you have to adjust the light (level) every time you turn it on," said Doug Beach, the store manager at Lamps Plus in Fresno, Calif. "You also have to click it off to be sure the lights are off." There also are dimmers that look like standard light switches. Some allow you to gradually toggle up and down for different degrees of light. If your other switches are the standard-toggle ones, these dimmers will blend right in, he says. However, you still have to adjust the light level when you turn them on and make sure they're clicked off.
EPA to Present Special Award to City of Springfield and City ...
Springfield, Mo., residents will be able to breathe easier thanks to two projects undertaken by the City Utilities of Springfield and the city. These entities will receive a special award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, for their efforts to protect the air quality of the Springfield region as part of the Blue Skyways Collaborative. EPA representative Amy Bhesania will present the Blue Skyways Collaborative partnership award to Springfield Mayor Thomas J. Carlson during the seventh Annual Springfield/Greene County Choose Environmental Excellence luncheon at noon Friday, April 21, 2007, at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce as a part of Springfields Earth Day festivities. The city has partnered with the City Utilities to completely replace all incandescent traffic signal lights with LED lamps.
The Kitty Carlisle Hart I knew
We met by accident at a newspaper editor's convention in St. Paul, Minn., in 1989. She was to be one side in a debate over federal funding for the arts. She was for it. Her opponent was against it. Except, her debating partner's plane was delayed, and so the host editor called me.
"You've got to help me by stepping in," said Ronald Clark, who, at the time, was the editorial page editor for the St. Paul newspaper. "Are you nuts?" I said. "I'm not prepared and I certainly am not going to debate an old lady, especially one with her standing." He persevered and I relented.
I was somewhere else in town and had to come back to the convention site. By the time I arrived, she had begun her presentation. It was worse than I had anticipated -- not her presentation, but the obstacles I faced.
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