Night Before Christmas Ties Seminary to Poetry Legacy
Students at General Theological Seminary New York honor Clement Clarke Moore born in New York as founder of Chelsea square. A portrait of Moore hangs as the seminary remembers his Hebrew lexicon and role as professor. The memorial marks the centennial of the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas published 1823.
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John Dickinson
Newark City
Majomas Clark
Rerenjamin Moore
Lumbia University
New York
Veral
New Chapel of Intercession
New York City
Ld Trinity
Clark Moore
Santanus
Troy
N. Y
St. Nicholas
Essor Moore
David Tier
St. Paul’s Church
Troy Sentinel
Clement Moore
Holland
St. Nick
Moores
Hudson
General Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
A Visit From St Nicholas
Clement C. Moore describes a Christmas Eve scene as St Nicholas arrives by sleigh with eight reindeer. The visitor fills stockings, departs from the chimney, and wishes "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night" in a cozy, nostalgic verse.
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Clement C. Moore
St. Nicholas
Mama
St. Nick
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vizen
Comet
Cupid
Blitzen
Modern Kriss Kringle preps new flight sleigh
Kriss Kringle jokes he will fool children again by arriving with deer and bells. He smiles, then reveals a hangar where a gleaming new airplane sits as if waiting to depart, the finest craft built for Old St Nick.
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Kriss Kringle
Spi
St. Nick
Mary Lisle Elopes With Henry Wardman In Surprise Country Wedding
Mary Lisle and Henry Wardman plot a dramatic elopement driven by Marys romance obsession. Henry orchestrates a mock escape to Melchester with a touring car and country inn wedding, leading to an arranged ceremony with Marys widowed parents and friends awaiting them.
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Mary Lisle
Henry Wardman
Euclid
Henry
Mary
Willie Cameron
Cameron
Bill
Scott
Melchester
Seana
Lisle
Wardman
William Cameron
Florence Boyd
Mr. Lisle
Bill Cameron
Florence
Shift to Right-Hand Work Emerges in Bronze Age Tools
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports scientist Sarafin’s study showing Stone Age scrapers reveal mixed use of both hands, while Bronze Age tools show a distinct shift to right-handed wear. The change may reflect religious or superstitious beliefs privileging the right hand.
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Sarafin
Moustier
France
Sarefim
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Greenwood Cemetery’s Silent City in Brooklyn
Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn spans 475 acres, opened in 1840, with over 300000 burials to date. Notable monuments honor Horace Greeley James Gordon Bennett John Matthews the Brown brothers S F R Morse Mary M Danser Charlotte Canda Captain Carapa and A S Scribner plus the soldiers firemen theater pilot and De Witt Clinton statues per Capper's Weekly.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Horace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
John Matthews
Brown Brothers
S. F. R. Morse
Mary M. Danser
Charlotte Canda
Captain Carapa
A.S. Scribner
Brooklyn Theater
de Witt Clinton
Capper
Miles of Ice Mount Rainier Glaciers Measure Vast Scope
The American Forestry Magazine notes Mount Rainier towers 14 408 feet high with its peak and rises about 10 000 feet above the base. It states a glacier area totaling 48 square miles.
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Mount Rainier National Park
American Forestry Magazine
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Harold Barnes
McClure News
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