Old Tecumseh the God of 2.5 at Annapolis Navy Academy
The article recounts the Annapolis Naval Academy tradition around the bronze statue Tecumseh, once a wooden figurehead on the Delaware, renamed from Tamanend to Tecumseh, and credited with aiding midshipmen in exams and naval victories. It details the statue’s history from 1817 to its bronze replacement in 1900, honors at ceremonies, and other preserved ship figureheads at the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Academy
Navy
Delaware
Tamanend
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Naval Academy
Lyceum
Department of
Bancroft Hall
Wilson
George EB. Badger
Webster
Crittenden
Granger
Bell
Senator Preston
Badger
Jack
Washington
Liuutenants
Midshipmen
United States Navy
Stephen Decatur
Benjamin Franklin
Constitution
Song and Story
Boston
Hercules
Tripoli
Neptune
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
James Madison
Dewey
Obsidian Cliff Road Story in Yellowstone History
The article recalls Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone as a former glass barrier cleared to build a wagon road by heating the glass and quenching it with water. It notes Norris and Chittenden documenting the method, the road’s extent, and subsequent changes in the park landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bry
Yellowstone National Park
Obsidian Cliff
Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Philetus W. Norris
Norris
Hiram Martin Chittenden
Yellowstone
Western Newspaper Union
Two Actors Play Golf Like Novices in Comic Scene
In a lighthearted exchange two famous actors are spoofed as golf beginners. A big divot flies skyward and a cable quips that they should be scene shifters for overacting as they miss fairways.
Air Trips as Cure for Whooping Cough
A doctor in Germany claims airplane trips at 10 000 feet for about an hour each cure whooping cough in young patients. The report notes the treatment is presented as a discovery by the physician.
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Germany
Generalizations on India's diversity and unity across regions
The author argues against broad-brush thinking about India while offering cautious generalizations. India remains highly diverse including parsi Bombay merchants, Burman peasants, Brahmans, Kohor Bhil, Bengal towns, hill communities, United Provinces landowners, Rajput aristocracy, Afridi, and Baluchistan peoples. Yet certain patterns emerge: agriculture dominates with 72 percent of 219 million livelihoods. most live in villages. urban centers remain few. climate largely hot with regional extremes. cotton consumption signals deep textile activity. Mohammedan and Hindu architectural styles reflect differing ornamentation. transmigration remains widespread outside Mohammedan areas. these generalizations are presented as a protest against rigid conclusions, though the author accepts them overall.
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India
Bombay
Central
Bengal
Himalayas
United Provinces
Punjab
Rajputana
Baluchistan
Europe
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E. S. Watson
Rowan
Commodore Morris
Tecumseh
Ba Weaterm Newapaper Union
Scenic Playgrounds OF America
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Chandragupta
Alexander
Asoka
Kanishka
Samudragupta
Harsha
Mahmud of Gazni
Deccan
Orly
Bagge
St. Spain
Portugal
France
Holland
Great Britain
Capt
L. R. Claud Robinson
Sir Walter Raleigh
New York
WEAF
N.B.C
Saeed Raleigh
La's
3Rd Street
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Swish Clean Mfg. Co
Buchtel Ave
Akron
Ohio
Syrus
Rinso
Cincinnati
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