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The article Oak Island's Mysterious Money Pit appeared in the January 1965 Readers Digest pages 136 through 140 condensed from The Rotarian. This interesting article about the mysterious treasure hunt carried out in the island of Oak since 1795 was written by David MacDonald. Oak Island is a 57-hectare island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Oak Island is noted as the location of the so-called Money Pit and the site of over 200 years of treasure hunting.…

Secondly, in 1897 Kollwitz created the series A Weaver’s Revolt after being inspired by Gerhart Hauptmann’s play Die Weber (The Weavers, 1892) which demonstrated the failed revolt of Silesian weavers against mechanisation in 1844. This play also inspired the artist Anna Molska who created a short film titled The Weavers (2009), also being shown at the Ikon Gallery. Kollwitz’s cycle is by no means intended as an illustration of the play, instead, the print series focuses universal themes such as…

In 1897 Carnegie bought a castle in Scotland which he paid about $10,000,000 for renovations (Doc 1). Since he only had a daughter very late in his life. There would have been no reason to have gotten a castle for just him his wife and his daughter. "Why should…

A car’s name is supposed to evoke respect as well as engender consumer interest in a product, but sometimes manufacturers choose an identity that does just the opposite. In some instances the car’s name may simply be a cultural mistake, what sounds right in the native tongue, but translates badly elsewhere. We can’t always say for certain why a manufacturer would choose a particular (bad) name, but we can identify some of the worst car names of all times and the history behind those models. 1…

Johna Laubach Mrs. Campbell Speak and Research 15 February 2017 History of Football Evolution occurs in all aspects of life. Everything does not just stay the same; it is constantly evolving in many ways either to improve daily life or to make life easier. The history is important to learn how to evolve into what there is now. Such as sports, technology and even clothes, they cannot evolve without the history of them. The history of football is important to athletes, because the evolution of…

What is a Drug? This is a chemical substance or medicine that has a physiological effect when ingested or introduced into the body. Types of Drugs: Anti-depressants: Antidepressants are drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other conditions. Antidepressants work by increasing levels of a group of chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters. Certain neurotransmitters, can improve mood and emotion. Some anti-depressants drugs include Noradrenalin. Anti-Convulsants:…

Pinchot and the Forests From 1890-1920 the United States went through a period of reform known as the Progressive Era. The era’s reformers had a wide variety of social, political, and economic goals that they began pursuing at a grassroots level, such as temperance and women’s suffrage (“Progressive Era and World War I”). A significant facet of the era was the Conservation Movement, whose philosophy came from the writings of early naturalists such as John Muir (1838-1914) (“Conservative…

taught at the Convent of the Visitation in St. Paul, attended daily Mass, and had Scott baptized at the Cathedral one month after his birth. His father opened a wicker furniture business in St. Paul, however, as it failed closing in the Depression of 1897, he accepted a job as a salesman for Procter & Gamble which took his family back and forth between Buffalo and Syracuse (upstate New York) during the early years of Fitzgerald's life. In 1908, Edward Fitzgerald lost his job with Procter &…

American Railway Union, despite the dangers posed by the local police. It was a rallying cry for another strike that would also go on to fail later, this time for miners in Birmingham, Alabama. Despite the losses, there were victories. In the summer of 1897, nine thousand mine workers nationwide striked for better mine conditions. Even though some strikes resulted in a stalemate, Mother Jones oration helped sour public favor towards capitalists and mine…

1. Legitimate Trade was the replacement of the slave trade. It was established in the late 1800s and it incorporated products like ivory, coffee, and rubber. The significance of legitimate trade was it decreased the amount of violence occurring in-between states, spread wealth to people other than rulers, and it transformed the public opinion of African men to actual men and not just items. 2. Fante Confederation was a union formed in 1868 and proposed John Africanus Horton as its leader. It was…