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...rebuilt corpse was subsequently identified as Lillian White, an inmate of Letchworth. The identification was upheld by Justice Arthur S. Tompkins of the New York Supreme Court; and her murderer, Joseph Blunt, was subsequently caught in Maine...
...imaginary conspiracies around him. He killed his wife, his mother-in-law, his three oldest sons, even shook his great prestige at Rome by the frenzy of his conspiracy-hunting. Growing more and more active as an administrator as he wiped out the members of his family, he rebuilt cities, established a navy, laid out roads, rebuilt the great temple at Jerusalem, in an effort to win the favor of his subjects. His failure to do so was so complete that according to legend, when he felt he was dying, he arranged that all scholars should be killed, so that...
...infallible. After satisfying A. S. T. M. specification for strength and flexibility, galvanized annealed steel wires were used for a suspension bridge over Mt. Hope Bay between Bristol and Ports mouth, R. I. Before the bridge was completed the cables inexplicably began to fray. The bridge was dismantled and rebuilt with galvanized cold-drawn steel wires. After yanking and bending in every which way the wires which failed, W.H. Swanger and G. F. Wohlgemuth of the U. S. Bureau of Standards learned that something had happened on the bridge which no tester had ever thought of reproducing in the laboratory...
...miles farther on, drops anchor to give its passengers a chance to swim in the warm water, pick flowers, stare at the flat-faced Lapps. The town is not much to see, standing in a few clumps of transplanted birches on a barren island. Largely of wood, it was rebuilt after a fire in 1890, has such modern facilities as electricity...
...Brooklynite named Ralph Jonas, who had already expressed his civic loyalty by founding his borough's Chamber of Commerce, put up $500,000 as the original endowment. With this, and a few minor contributions, the University bought an old six-story factory from Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co. (locks), rebuilt the interior into classrooms. This used up most of the endowment. L. I. U. now supports itself on tuition paid by 950 coeducational students, 75% male. Its faculty of 60 is remarkable for versatility. Professor Paul Kosok teaches history, conducts the Brooklyn Civic Orchestra which consists...