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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1938
Page
2
The piece notes Britain speeding up rearmament and discusses marriage rings as historic symbols of ownership. It cites pagan roots for ring symbolism and suggests the finger’s nerve belief as a modern notion linked to ancient practices.
The silk cotton tree in Jamaica is one of the world’s giants. Its branches extend horizontally and massive buttresses support their weight. The buttresses are so large a man can shelter between two of them.
The article notes that marjoram, an herb from the mint family, was imported mainly from France Germany and Hungary. It mentions that the so called good Queen Bess liked the herb for its fumes and uses.
Durazzo in Albania traces its founding as Epidam nus by Corcyreans and Corinthians in the seventh century BC. A quarrel between these Greek groups sparked their involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
A Washington Post writer credits Jonas Hanway with popularizing the umbrella in London. He faced ridicule and danger while promoting rain protection, but by his death in 1786 he helped make umbrellas common among men, soldiers soon adopting them as well.
In the 1870s a Cincinnati based textbook company expanded rapidly to become the world’s largest, establishing a dominant position in educational publishing and distribution.
The piece notes Hebrew faded as a spoken tongue after the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, with Aramaic becoming common in courts and daily life. It says Hebrew survived mainly as a literary language after the return to Judea, becoming the preserve of scholars and lacking a broader spoken world.
Walla Walla is described as the second oldest city in Washington with early fur traders at Vancouver before Lewis and Clark. Missionaries Marcus Whitman and wife settled nearby in 1836, their daughter Alice Clarissa Whitman the first American white child born west of the Rockies, and a local saying notes the name means many waters in the Indian language.
The article notes Sir Walter Raleigh facing execution by King James with cheer and resolve. On the way to the scaffold he asked to see the axe and touched its edge, saying it is surely for all diseases.
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