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Edwin Sylvanus OSBORNE, Congress, PA (1839-1900)

OSBORNE Edwin Sylvanus , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bethany, Wayne County, Pa., August 7, 1839; attended the public schools and the University of Northern Pennsylvania at Bethany…

The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New…

Brewer's: Dives

(l syl.), Divs or Deevs. Demons of Persian mythology. According to the Koran, they are ferocious and gigantic spirits under the sovereignty of Eblis. “At Lahore, in the Mogul's palace, are…

Brewer's: Lazarone

(3 syl.); Italian Lazzaro, plu. Lazzaroni. The mob. Originally applied to all those people of Naples who lived in the streets, not having any habitation of their own. So called from the…

Brewer's: Lazy

Lazy as David Lawrence's dog. Here Lawrence is a corruption of Larrence, an imaginary being supposed by Scottish peasantry to preside over the lazy and indolent. Laziness is called “…

Chauncey Judd: Alarm in Judd's Meadow

Pursuit from Bethany David Wooster's Alarm in Judd's Meadow They were early risers at Mr. Judd's. The habits of industry in which the family were trained, from the oldest to the…

1995 NAIA D2 College Football Playoffs Results

First round(Nov. 18)Findlay (Ohio) 21Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 14Malone (Ohio) 24Geneva (Pa.) 23Sioux Falls (S.D.) 41Hastings (Neb.) 23Bethany (Kan.) 30Benedictine (Kan.) 29Lambuth (Tenn.)…

Mark: 11

Mark Chapter 11 1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your…

mask

(Encyclopedia) mask, cover or partial cover for the face or head used as a disguise or protection. Masks have been worn from time immemorial throughout the world. They are used by primitive peoples…