Capitol Bakers Worked Beneath The War Dome
During the Civil War bakers operated in the Capitol basement as a military bakery while Lincoln refused to halt construction. District volunteers moved flour by horse and wagon along Pennsylvania Avenue to supply bread, with loaves baked beneath the dome as hammers rang above.
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Weington
Untion
Gilbert Grosvenor
National Geographic Society
Capitol
Lincoln
Georgetown
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
United States
Italian Worker Escapes Rattlesnake Strike
A backwoods Italian laborer warned that rattlesnakes only strike after their sound. While eating lunch on a log a coiled snake struck before its warning, biting the wood near his trousers as he fled, shouting in his native slang about the missing bell.
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America
White
Thornton Beats Waukegan 14-0 In Wet Saturday Showdown
Thornton shut out Waukegan 14-0 as Anderson carried the attack for two TDs after subbing in late in the 3rd. Hodge added both extra points while rain slowed plays and attendance. The win sets up a showdown with Morton as Alumni Day festivities and a Bloom game loom on November 24.
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Thornton
Waukegan
Iddings
Hodge
Plummer
Rubendienst
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Weitz
Detloff
Beagle
Carney
Geo. Cairns
Cairns
Edgar
Needles
Morton
Oak Park
Evanston
Bloom
Chicago Heights
Ohio
Dayton
Japan's Five-Finned Handed Orange Tree
A peculiar small tree from Japan bears fruit shaped like a human hand with fingers and a thumb. The dwarf tree usually stays under five feet tall and is notable for its unusual orange fruits.
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Japan
Ypres Tower in Rye England Highlights Twelfth Century Defense
The ancient Ypres tower stands in Rye within the Cinque Port, built in the twelfth century by William of Ypres, Earl of Kent, to guard against French invasion. The name appears ironical in light of a recent war with that nation as an ally.
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Ypres
England
Cinque Port
Rye
William of
Earl of
Kent
Alcohol Lamps Illuminate Buenos Aires Streets
Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, still uses grain alcohol lamps to light streets while kerosene and alcohol lamps are being replaced by electricity. In 1922 more than 7,000 lamps were installed that year, and there are 3,278 alcohol street lamps currently in use in the city.
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Buenos Aires
Republic
Argentina
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