Supreme Court Protects Arlington Home Rights In Tax Case
The article recalls the Arlington tax dispute involving Mrs. Robert E. Lee and the U S government. The Supreme Court upheld the lower ruling that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation and affirmed the Lee estate title. It notes Arlington’s conversion to a cemetery and military post after compensation.
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Arlington
Robert Merrill
Supreme Court
Robert E. Lee
National Cemetery
Potomac
Washington
Union
Congress
United States
Lee
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the ‘United States
Lee Sells
U. S
Western Newspaper Union
Ammunition Ship Explosion Tears Halifax Home Life
Mrs Henneberry at 1406 Barrington Street Halifax survived a devastating World War I blast when an ammunition ship exploded in the harbor. Her husband and five children perished, and she endured weeks in hospital using crutches. Massachusetts nurses aided her care as relatives in Massachusetts mourned.
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Ben Henneberry
Mrs. Henneberry
Henneberry
Women’s College
Massachusetts
Nature Converts Volcano Heat to Power and Ice
The article notes towns near active volcanoes in Italy and iron mountains in Austria and Sweden harness heat, ore, and gas from natural features. It cites Larderello in Pisa exploiting volcanic energy, Erzberg and Kiruna mine iron, and Medicine Hat and Welland using subterranean gas for light and warmth.
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Larderello
Pisa
Italy
London Answers Magazine
Styria
Austria
der Erzberg
Sweden
Kiirunavaara
Nature
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Welland
Ontario
United States
Ice prod from Colima volcano fuels distant Mexican cafes
An account describes Colima in Mexico where a volcano erupts and produces ice. Huge hailstones fall around the crater and are collected in bins, transported to far towns, and sold to cafes and hotels via a pipeline from Texas to the region.
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Texas
Mexico
Colima
Mudskipper Surprises as Tree-Walking Mangrove Fish
In Northern Queensland rivers a mudskipper, about ten inches long, moves on land and even climbs mangrove roots. It has lungs and gills and thick front fins like frog legs. Pursued by crabs, its mortal enemy, the fish climbs to escape.
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Australia
Queensland
Isaac Watts Hymn Writer Born Southampton 1674
Isaac Watts, born in Southampton in 1674, served as a tutor for Sir John Hartopp from 1696 to 1701, then led the independent church at Mark Lane, London, from 1702 to 1712 before retiring due to ill health. He wrote many theological works, notably a Logic treatise, but is best remembered for his hymns. He died in 1748.
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Isaac Watts
Southampton
John Hartopp
Independent
Mark Lane
London
Watts
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