Maryland University Improves Campuses In Baltimore And College Park
Maryland state funds guide large improvements at the University of Maryland campuses in College Park and Baltimore. New roads, sidewalks, and a park style campus plan develop under state roads and landscape experts. A modern Chemistry Building, labs, and a planned $200000 library are slated, with entrances redesigned for older buildings. In Baltimore a new dental and pharmacy classroom complex and hospital improvements are planned.
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University of Maryland
Baltimore
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Westminster
State Roads Commission
O. C. Simonds
Chicago
Morris Hall
Maryland
State University
Dental
History of Buttons Through the Ages
The button emerged in ancient times as ornament before fasteners. It spread from southern Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, with English manufacture beginning in Elizabethan times. The buttonhole is first noted in 1561. Today many garments, especially women’s, move away from button and buttonhole closures.
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Europe
England
Elizabeth
Swedish Wedding Custom From Husaby Church Altar
In Gothtani Sweden wedding rites once occurred at night under Husaby Church altar. Groomsmen received long torches in sockets for defense and illumination with volunteers chosen for skill. A Swedish superstition says the bride must step into the carriage with the right foot first both leaving and returning from the wedding trip.
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Sweden
Husaby
Gothtani
Butterfat and Health in Diets Across Nations
Food scientists show health correlates with butterfat intake, noting healthier populations in countries with higher butterfat consumption. Chinese butter use is limited to a small wealthy class, with annual butter intake around 2 million pounds for a 440 million population, while Americans average ten times China's yearly per capita butter consumption.
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China
Who Invented Ice Cream Article Overview
The article discusses the murky origins of ice cream, noting rumors that it arrived in France from Italy around 1550 and appeared in Germany and England about the same period. It cites a 1786 U.S. advertisement and mentions Mrs Alexander Hamilton as an early American hostess who served the dessert.
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Historiano
France
Italy
Germany
England
United States
Alexander Jamilton
Columbus Courage and Discovery on Columbus Day
The essay argues that Columbus, a skilled navigator with courage and imagination, proved round-world thinking by persuading Spain to fund his voyage. Despite ridicule, he endured loneliness and darkness, sustained by faith and perseverance, and his courage enabled the discovery of America.
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Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
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Spain
Indians Fashioned Stone Implements From Earth to Camp
Indians obtained material fresh from the earth and broke it into suitable fragments by edgewise percussion on a hard base. Fragments were trimmed with hammer tools and finished at camp by bone or buckhorn chisels. Finished arrowheads were sometimes folded in buckskin and cooled on a block. heat and fire were not used.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Jessure
Research Into the Past of the Future
A Vanity Fair essay notes that prophecy thrives on future visions while neglecting pasts. It suggests a probe into the Past of the Future, based on the Past's history and present, appealing to time enthusiasts and intellectuals alike. Aldous Inxley critiques the perpetual forecast obsession.
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Aldous
Inxley
Vanity Pair Magazine
Solving One Problem of the Crowded City
A suburban visitor complains the Saint Bernard Hector is too large for modern crowded life. A homeowner remodels to create top-floor apartments, renting space to a smaller dog and even a tenant, turning the dog house into a revenue source. The piece cites Ladies’ Home Journal as the source.
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Hector
Dog House
Ladies’ Home Journal
Polite English Lad Salutes Motorists for Trade
A bright-eyed English lad salutes passing motor cars and earns sixpence. When asked if he salutes all strangers, he explains he only salutes motorists because his father says motor cars bring him trade. The exchange ends with the revelation that the father is an undertaker.
Child punished for false tale about cake
Louis Parker cites a Delineator tale where a boy fabricates a story about a rhinoceros and cake. After a spanking and lecture on truthfulness, the father asks why he was punished and the boy replies rhinoceroses can't fly.
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Louis Parker Butler
Artale
Nicerness
Generous Maturity Stops a Fight in Frightened Boy
John fled to his father's study with a bleeding nose after being struck by another boy. He explains he did not hit back because the boy was smaller and poor. The father's reaction praises mercy and warns about what such boys can do.
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John
Father
The Past Is Present in a Moral Reflection
A reflective piece cites a harsh whisper from the past accusing success of injustice and falsehood. It laments how people avoid facing disloyalty and treachery and how bygone days dazzle yet restrict future horizons as time moves forward.
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Macterlinck
Singing Kettles From Japan Make Steam Sing Tones
The Japanese produce iron tea kettles in many forms that sing when water boils. The emitted notes come from steam bubbles escaping under thin iron sheets near the bottom. Achieving best effects needs skill in fire regulation. The kettle’s tone varies with its shape and these singing kettles have a long tradition.
Sharing Troubles Through Listening Brings Relief
A Toronto Star quotation notes that sharing troubles with a sympathetic listener can reduce worries rather than double them. The piece argues that expressing concerns helps lessen the burden as both sides listen and empathize, countering the adage that sharing worsens distress.
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Ling
Toronto Star
Read to See Beyond the Obvious Says Sir Henry Vladen
Sir Henry Vladen urges sincere reading with a critical eye to discover value beyond initial dullness. He argues every book holds something new and instructive and that reading for improvement yields natural appreciation and better work.
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Henry Vladen
Dustin Furuum Performs A Daring Stage Leap
Resourceful Qiarrison Gibbs narrates a night when the stage manager failed to place a run mattress outside the castle venue for Dustin Furuum in Some amelodruma. Parnin lands awkwardly as the crowd watches. Furuum shouts that the lake is frozen, displaying quick thinking to avert disaster.
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Qiarrison Gibbs
Dustin Furuum
Parnin
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