Semicentennial of Two BG Battles to Be Celebrated
The United Confederate Veterans will mark Chickamauga fifty years after the Civil War while Gettysburg reaches its fiftieth anniversary with both events drawing veterans from the Union and Confederate sides. Large tent cities, official commissions, and extensive preparations are under way in Chattanooga and Gettysburg with ceremonies led by state and national leaders and a grand national day on July 4.
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Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
America
Chattanooga
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Battle of Gettysburg
Gran Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania Commission
United States Army
Regular Army
United States
Wilson
Keystone
J. H. Schoonmaker
Pittsburgh
Battle of
Fram First Through Canal Reported Offer to Amundsen
United States government reportedly offered Captain Roald Amundsen the honor of allowing the Fram to pass through the Panama Canal before other ships except war vessels. The Fram, a veteran polar explorer, is bound for the north pole expedition starting in 1914 from the Pacific coast, expected to last two to three years.
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Amundsen
Norway
United States
Roald Amundsen
Panama Canal
Fram
Great Waterway
Arctic
No Temple in Sphinx Head Report Denied
A widespread claim that Professor George Reisner found a temple in the Sphinx head is refuted. Dr Reisner is cited as stating the Sphinx is solid and excavations focus on mortuary temples of the third pyramid, Mykerinos, with German digs near the back uncovering tunnels linking pyramids and sphinx.
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George Andrew Reisner
Harvard University
Egypt
Reisner
Cairo
London
Borehart
Berlin
Gibraltar
Mykerinos Pyramid
Astronomer Blames Geological Formation for Recent Floods
Eminent French astronomer M Flammarion and American geologist Dr Milton Noble link recent Midwest floods to earth crust evolution and violent volcanic activity. They argue subsidence, atmospheric perturbations, and storms caused by gulf stream dynamics contribute to floods.
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Amille Flammarion
Juvisy Observatory
Middle West
Milton A. Noble
Arizona
Gulf of Mexico
M. Flammarion
Noble
Ohio
Indiana
G. K. Gilbert
Lake Michigan
Mississippi
Des Plaines
Illinois
M. Montessus de Ballore
United States
Canada
Chicago
Denver
Atlantic
Portland
Atlantic City
Dr. Noble
Gulf Stream
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55Th Ohio Infantry
THE
Sphinx Head
Camille Flammarion
Portland Gates
VIA
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Colorado
Springs
Detroit
Duluth
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Okane
Seattle
Great Northern Northern Pacific
Burlington
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York
Omaha
Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Paul
Toronto
Washington
Winnipeg
Crozier
Ore
W. C. Wilkes
L. G. Hess
Kennewick
Wash
Commonwealth Shoe Company
Bostonian
Mass
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Florsheim
Gluck & Co
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