Pinter of Americas Past George Caleb Bingham’s Rise
Eloquent portrait of George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri artist, tracing his rise from Boonville apprentice to a nationally celebrated painter. The piece notes his unsigned works, late recognition, Civil War role as a Union captain, and his enduring legacy through famed canvases and Woven engravings.
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Pinter
Americas
George Caleb Bingham
Bingham
Mary Amend Bingham
Saline County
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Chester Harding
Bingham Iessons
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arta
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Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Yap Buren
Calhoun
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Jonn Howard Payne
Missouri
America
American Art Union
Europe
Utopia Author Sir Thomas More to Be Canonized by Vatican
Vatican reports canonization for Sir Thomas More, famed author of Utopia and former English chancellor who opposed Henry VIII on his divorce. The piece notes More’s scholarly ties with Erasmus, his Oxford years, and his execution in 1535, calling his death a grave crime against law. It remarks on his lasting influence and the hope that others of similar mind might advance humane government.
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Saint Thomas
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Utopia
Amsnrote
Angder
Hythioday
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England
Louvain
Hoagland
More
United States Supreme Court
Henry VIII
Catherine
Anne Boleyn
Cardinal Morton
Canterbury
Oxford
Erasmus
Flanders
Roze
Henry
Wolsey
Bia Coaltion
Anne
Tower
Lord Campbell
Addison
Iis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Grade school drummer gives mother final instruction
Slight Concession Mrs. R. was active in school affairs as her ten year old son prepared to shine as drummer in the orchestra program. He warned her not to kiss or pat him at assembly, and she replied she would speak to him after complying.
Old ideas reversed in local musings on workers
A Chanute Tribune note jokes that gendered phrases about clingy vines and sturdy oaks may apply in reverse, observing women arriving before eight while some men arrive late due to commuting issues on a cold Monday morning.
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Mercury
Chanute Tribune
The Santarem Expedition and Santa Barbara Colony
The Santarem expedition consisted of Southerners who emigrated during the Civil War and settled in Brazil. Some returned or married Brazilians and lost their identity. A lasting colony remains at Santa Barbara, Brazil, known as Villa Americanians, likely the most successful with many descendants.
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Santarem
Brazil
Santa Barbara
Villa Americanes
Earthlight Mystifys scientists across the night sky
Collier's Weekly notes earthlight or earthshine remains a puzzle to scientists. It shows varying intensity and sometimes lights the night sky without attribution to sunlight moonlight or starlight. Some call it a feeble auroral discharge, yet it lacks a defined aurora and appears across the sky.
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Collier's Weekly
Grand Canyon name limits to park area in Arizona
The Colorado River carves a canyon across most of its length in Arizona but the name Grand Canyon is restricted to the portion largely within Grand Canyon National Park. Beyond the park and above and below it, many miles of canyon lie in the Navajo and Hualapai Indian reservations.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Navajo and
Hualpat Indian Reservations
Sacred Cats In Egypt And Their Sacred Status
The article explains why cats were revered in ancient Egypt as protectors of grain stores from pests like rodents and snakes. It notes that this protection role made cats sacred, a superstition that persists into modern times.
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Egypt
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