Mystery of a Stone Road on a Davidson County Hill
Latimer J. Wilson describes an ancient limestone road high on a Davidson County hill. A circular stone circle marks alignments to summer and winter solstice sunsets, suggesting prehistoric use as a calendar or ceremonial site. An apparent cave entrance on the northern hilltop hints at a possible temple, tomb, or observatory.
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Home Journal
Davidson County
Tennessee
Latimer J. Wilson
Science Expert Praises Lizard as Good Mother
A curator from the American Museum of Natural History reports that the blue tailed skink broods its eggs with maternal care comparable to or greater than a barnyard hen. The study notes the skink defends its eggs and recognizes its own by taste, unlike hens that sit on other eggs.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York Herald Tribune
Local visitors stop by families in Bedford Anderson and Milroy
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Luttrell and son visited his parents in Bedford last week. Mrs. Grace Phelps visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jones of Anderson, Friday and Saturday. Miss Ruth Ann Harlow has returned home after a visit with relatives and friends in Madison. Mrs. Nora Brown and Mrs. M. J. Mohr of Rushville and Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Sampson and daughter Norma near Milroy called on Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Geise and family Sunday afternoon.
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Homer Luttrell
Bedford
Grace Phelps
A. C. Jones
Anderson
Ruth Ann Harlow
Madison
Nora Brown
M. J. Mohr
Rushville
Merrill Sampson
Norma
Near Milroy
Cleve Geise
Susie Bentley
Richmond
Mrs
Charles Winslow
Newfoundland Marks Cabot Discovery With 1897 Stamps
A Chicago Tribune writer notes Newfoundland issued a long series of postage stamps in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery. Giovanni Caboto, born in Genoa and long a Venice resident, sailed from Bristol on May 2 1497 and reached Cape Breton Island on June 24, naming capes and St Pierre and Miquelon along the voyage.
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Newfoundland
John Cabot
Henry VII
England
Chicago Tribune
Giovanni Caboto
Genoa
Venice
London
Brazil
Erin
Columbus
Europe
Bristol
Cape Breton Island
St. Pierre and Miquelon
France
Egyptian Cat Sacred in Ancient Times and Modern Cairo Beliefs
A traveler notes the Egyptian cat as a domesticated African wildcat variant once sacred in antiquity. Today Egyptians avoid harming cats and provide pet care in Cairo and other cities, attributing the practice to both practical pest control and surviving old beliefs.
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Cairo
Mutiny on the Bounty and the Pitcairn settlement
In 1787 William Bligh commanded the Bounty. A mutiny in 1789 left Bligh and 18 loyal sailors adrift. after a 4000 mile voyage they reached Batavia. Mutineers settled Tahiti, some to Pitcairn Island. by 1808 only John Adams remained, living until 1829.
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William Bligh
Pacific
H. M. S. Bounty
Bligh
Batavia
Tahiti
Pitcairn Island
John Adams
Sea Level and Coastal Height Variations Report
A United States Coast and Geodetic Survey report determines mean sea level across U S coasts. It notes the Pacific is about two feet higher than the Atlantic, but for practical purposes the ocean level is treated as uniform for measuring land height and sea depth.
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Ocean
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Grass of Many Names in Blue Grass Across Lands
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes Kentucky blue grass is native outside the tropics and found in Europe, northern Africa, Siberia, North America, Australia, and southern South America. It bears many names in various languages and in English is called blue grass, june grass, spear grass, English grass, green grass, bird grass, and common meadow grass.
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Kentucky
Tropics
Europe
Africa
Siberia
North America
Australia
South America
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Montreal Herald
Great Engineering Feat Reclaiming the Zuider Zee
The Zuider Zee reclamation stands as one of history’s grand engineering feats. Spanning about forty by fifty miles, it marks the recovery of land lost to the sea over seven centuries as medieval Frisian dunes shielded inland waters from the North Sea.
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Zuider Zee
Frisian
North Sea
Bible Reach Seventy Languages Cited By Bible Societies
A statement from the American Bible Society notes the Bible or parts have appeared in 936 languages and dialects worldwide. The tally covers the American, British and Foreign, and National Bible Societies plus missionary groups. The Gospel of St. Mark in Mundang and Sea Dyak translations mark recent completions. The New Testament is now in 190 languages, and the full Bible in 174 languages. The latest American publication is Matthew in Keres, first complete Gospel in that tongue. Translations are revised periodically to better reflect Hebrew and Greek originals.
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American Bible Society
He American Bible Sociey
British and Foreign Bible Society
National Bible Society of Scoland
Mundang
Africa
Borneo
Sea Dyak
Keres
New Mexico
Bible Societies
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Carthage
Rush County
Bruce H. Stephens
Mgr
Schrichte
S. Mair
Rushville, Indiana
Howard E. Henley
Indiana
P. J. Sattler
Carthage, Indiana
Attorneys-At-Law
Henley & Ingle
W. J. Henley, Sr
O. F. Ingle
Atlantic Monthly
Alantic
America
the Alantic Monthly
Arlington St
Boston
Cabot
Cram
NEW Geographical Globe
South Polar
Asia
United States Geographic Board
Dublin
Ireland
Baile Atha Cliath
Moscow
Russia
Moskva
U.S.S.R
Vienna
Austria
Wien
Warsaw
Poland
Warszawa
Constantinople
Turkey
Istanbul
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Beograd
Rome
Italy
Roma Angora
Ankara
Carrie Ellen’ Runion of
Dunkirk
Mildred Runion
Rosalie Humes
Mrs. Marbel Edwards
Harry Pitts
Otto Wyant
Lake Freeman
Monticello
Glen Magee
Redkey
Ind
The
Container Corporation
Horace Newsom
Cleveland, O
Clyde Henley Jr
Tunington
State Department of Conservation
Hunington
Bobby Allen
Jesse Stone
Holwager
Phillp
Ather Jessup
Ray Gartin Place
R. R
Hannegan
Big Flat Rock
Louis Humes
Robert Humes
Muncie
Luther Renegar
Henry Allender
Helen Gahimer
Shelbyville
Henry Gahimer
North Main
Henley
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