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Oliver Hazard Perry BELMONT, Congress, NY (1858-1908)
BELMONT Oliver Hazard Perry , a Representative from New York; born in New York City November 12, 1858; attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., and was graduated from the United States Naval…Grace Hazard Conkling: Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge(Killed in action July 31, 1917)Grace Hazard ConklingNevermore singing Will you go now, Wearing wild moonlight On your brow. The moon's white mood In your silver mind Is all…Grace Hazard Conkling: After Sunset
After SunsetGrace Hazard ConklingI have an understanding with the hills At evening when the slanted radiance fills Their hollows, and the great winds let them be, And they are quiet and look…spontaneous combustion
(Encyclopedia) spontaneous combustion, phenomenon in which a substance unexpectedly bursts into flame without apparent cause. In ordinary combustion, a substance is deliberately heated to its…New York Fashion Week
Fashion designers display their latest collections to influential buyers and writers by Mark Hughes Project Runway Quizzes Project Runway Quiz Tim…Women's Suffrage: A New Impulse
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Special Handicaps and HazardsIllinois: A Turning PointA New ImpulseThere was light ahead. The influence of the Populist Party had…William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene IX
Scene IXBelmont. A room in Portia's houseEnter Nerissa with a ServitorNerissaQuick, quick, I pray thee; draw the curtain straight: The Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath, And comes to his…Grand Junction
(Encyclopedia) Grand Junction, city (2020 pop. 65,560), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The…Aesop's Fables: The Traveller and Fortune
by Aesop The Nightingale and the SwallowThe Traveller and Fortune A Traveller, exhausted with fatigue after a long journey, sank down at the very brink of a deep well and presently fell…Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and Fortune
by Aesop The Thieves and the CockJupiter and the MonkeyThe Farmer and Fortune A Farmer was ploughing one day on his farm when he turned up a pot of golden coins with his plough. He was…