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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
7
Paris visitors pay a franc for entry and 50 centimes for a guided trip to crypts of forty First Empire statesmen. A guide, casual about the dead, shows Zola Jaures and Carnot bones. an English visitor asks to enter a tomb but is told they can all be seen at the Musee Grevin in life-size figures.
The Mandans, chasing a legendary white buffalo robe, sent two delegations over 200 miles with horses and trading goods to Blackfeet lands at the Yellowstone mouth. They returned afoot with the robe, which they consecrated to the Great Spirit and displayed as powerful medicine. White specimens were exceptionally rare, with true white robes scarce among buffalo skins.
The Basilica in ancient Rome was a long central hall with aisles, pillars, and a raised dais for judges. A semicircular apse added space, and after Christianity’s rise basilicas were commonly converted into churches, shaping the modern cathedral form. Kansas City Star notes this architectural lineage.
Boston publisher James P Upham proposed the pledge in 1883 and inspired the National Education Association to push for it. Congress urged President Harrison to proclaim Columbus Day in 1892, and he recommended pupils recite the pledge and raise the flag over every schoolhouse.
In Printers Ink a writer asks if readers prefer earning $200 monthly with self worth, or $300 with a sinking conviction of overpayment. The piece notes many are overpaid in business as underpaid, predicting a fall for the overpaid and continued gain for the underpaid.
By John 8B O'Brien, the article traces the telephone from a toy to a necessity, linking its growth to nationwide expansion. It notes how early long distance links began in 1884 and 1892 with Chicago-New York, then shows population versus telephone growth across states from 1892 to 1905 and beyond, highlighting dramatic increases in telephones per capita and faster growth than population.
The subject, baptized James Abbott, adopted his mother's surname McNeill after entering West Point. Soldiers could not access records, and he shortened his official Abbott to McNeill in daily life while retaining Abbott for legal deeds.
A humorous remark by four bachelors about bachelor life. They joke that they own little possessions including a hotel and a suitcase with a broken lock. The men contrast their lack of keys with married men who juggle many keys and holdings, noting their bachelor freedom.
The oak marks its group by acorn production and leaf shape. White oaks include white oak, live oak, post oak, chestnut oak, overcup oak, swamp white oak. these have rounded leaf lobes. The bur oak features corky branches and single-year acorn cycles, distinguishing it from its white-oak kin.
A short meditation on people who claim they know all and refuse further learning. They stand still while the world advances and blame others instead of recognizing their own limits. The piece critiques closed minds and overconfidence in knowledge.
The Kingston New York township trustees received notice from the state legislature on March 14 1798 authorizing the grant of funds to Congress to secure a suitable residence site for the seat of government. The proposal marks an early effort by Kingston to host the capital, highlighting a formal action by the legislature and a binding pledge to provide a residence suitable to the Congress.
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