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John Harvey Kellogg Biography

John Harvey Kelloggsurgeon, advocate of dietary reformBorn: 2/26/1852Birthplace: Tyrone Township, Mich. After studying medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, he worked at a sanitarium…

Jim Turner 1998 Deaths

Jim TurnerAge: 95 longtime New York Yankees pitching coach who spent a record 51 consecutive years in professional baseball; played in or coached in 13 World Series; broke into the minor…

Aesop's Fables: The Sheep and the Dog

by Aesop The Goatherd and the GoatThe Shepherd and the WolfThe Sheep and the Dog Once upon a time the Sheep complained to the shepherd about the difference in his treatment of themselves…

The Devil's Dictionary: Fool

by Ambrose Bierce FOLLYFORCEFOOL -n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffuses himself through the channels of moral activity. He is omnific, omniform,…

Frank Thomas STARKEY, Congress, MN (1892-1968)

STARKEY Frank Thomas , a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., February 18, 1892; attended the public schools; business representative of the Milk Drivers Union…

Opera Review: Hansel and Gretel

Music:Engelbert HumperdinckLibretto:Adelheid WettePremiere:Weimar, December 23, 1893 The classic fairy tale tells of a poor broommaker who lives in a forest hut with his wife, Gertrude, and…

John Keller GRIFFITH, Congress, LA (1882-1942)

GRIFFITH John Keller , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., October 16, 1882; attended the public schools and Louisiana State University at Baton…

Huckleberries

HuckleberriesThere was a great clashing of tin pails, much running to and fro, and frequent demands for something to eat, one August afternoon, for the boys were going huckleberrying, and…