FYI May 25, 2020

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On This Day

1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
Cresap’s War (also known as the Conojocular War, from the Conejohela Valley where it was mainly located along the south (right) bank) was a border conflict between Pennsylvania and Maryland, fought in the 1730s. Hostilities erupted in 1730 with a series of violent incidents prompted by disputes over property rights and law enforcement, and escalated through the first half of the decade, culminating in the deployment of military forces by Maryland in 1736 and by Pennsylvania in 1737. The armed phase of the conflict ended in May 1738 with the intervention of King George II, who compelled the negotiation of a cease-fire. A final settlement was not achieved until 1767 when the Mason–Dixon line was recognized as the permanent boundary between the two colonies.[1]

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Born On This Day

1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (d. 1971)
Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American publisher and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What’s My Line?[1]

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FYI

By Ryan Reed & Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone: Jazz Drummer Jimmy Cobb, Who Played on Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dead at 91 Musician also worked with Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley
 
 
 
 
By Steven Rinella, Outside: The Joys of Cabin Living in Alaska Want to know what domestic bliss looks like? A rundown cabin with no electricity on the edge of rain-soaked Alaskan wilderness.
 
 
 
 
MessyNessy, 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDXCXIV): Meanwhile in Amsterdam, this restaurant set up greenhouses to keep diners apart; Just an excellent Neon Motel Sign; For Sale: pretty much your own private waterpark in Key Largo; America’s first Black owned airport; An Underwater Military Museum in Aqaba, Jordan; A highly amusing parody of the Masterclass trailers and more ->
 
 
 
 

Recipes

Chocolate Covered Katie: Protein Bars
 
 
By Kelli Foster, The Kitchn: Every Single Summer Salad Recipe You’ll Ever Need
 
 
By Candice Kumai, Well & Good: If chocolate chip cookies and banana bread had a baby, this recipe would be the ooey-gooey result