New Yorks Great Library Union Builds Historic Center
The consolidation of Lenox Astor and Tilden libraries advances with excavation on Fifth Avenue near Fortieth Street. Plans outline a grand two story building with a 490000 volume capacity, stone vaulted ceilings, and universal access to all readers regardless of means.
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Fifth Avenue design chosen for Lenox library project
The jury selected design number 11 by Menara Carrere and Hastings New York for the Fifth Avenue Lenox library, a $1.5 million project with space for 1.5 million volumes. The complex will feature open hours, central delivery, and diverse reading rooms on multiple floors, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and scholarly study.
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Wright's Labor Bureau Work Praised By Critics In Washington
The article lauds Colonel Carroll D. Wright national labor statistician for shaping the Bureau of Labor Statistics into a practical tool. It highlights his early life in New Hampshire and service in the Civil War, his rise in Boston, and his long tenure under multiple administrations. It notes the 1834 congressional push to create a department of labor statistics in the capital and Wright's role in consolidating data to support policy decisions.
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The Stingy Man's Bargain and Monkey Debate
A near-sighted, hard of hearing man visits a town meat shop and asks for a soup bowl price. The generous shopkeeper offers a price cut, saying he will sell for 10 cents, leaving the customer feeling victorious in a modest bargain. A second item notes a German professor arguing man preceded apes on earth, framing the man versus monkey question.
Abbot Bromley Horn Dance Among Old Briton Customs
The horn dance at Abbot Bromley in Staffordshire, a relic of medieval Morris rites, features men on horseback with bells and a bowman approaching a faux deer. Once on Wake Sunday, now moved to Monday, villagers collect for the poor. A woman carries the horned effigies, which naturalists identify as local deer horns.
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Where Turtles Are Venerated At Kotorn on the Ivory Coast
The Kotorn community on the Ivory Coast forbids eating turtles, believing harming them brings death to the sulky one. Fetid men declare Spree days after turtles arrive ashore that the animal must be released alive. Turtles washed ashore cause townwide commotion with dawn song, cloth offerings, and a feast of plantains and palm.
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Pigs Taming Feasts Among New Hebrides Natives
In the New Hebrides, inland safety for humans is touted as the pig population grows among native communities. Emagihais reportedly prefer roast pork to human flesh, and as the porcine tribe increases they may abandon feasts on human flesh, signaling a shift in ritual meals.
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