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...Flaubert prize of about $3,000, instituted by an unknown benefactor to literature, was awarded to François Robiscon de la Querinière for his novel, The Spanish Grandee...
...company of Colored Infantry to the Battle of Champagne. He returned with a croix de guerre; went into the insurance business; married Grace, daughter of Alfred Chapin, former Democratic mayor of Brooklyn; was elected to Congress. He it was who introduced the bill into Congress to honor " The Unknown Soldier...
...Carrie Chapman Catt: "Because at the International Suffrage Conference in Rome I succeeded in getting a resolution for an official visit to the grave of the Italian Unknown Soldier changed to a one- minute standing tribute to the dead of all nations, a Boston newspaper spoke of my ' perverse and mischief-making mind,' my 'busybody brain...
...grave of the patriarch Moses has never been discovered, and the scriptures declare that its whereabouts are totally unknown. But archaeologists insist on no less authority than this, and if there is any vestige of hope that the lost may be found, their policy is to persevere in their search. This attitude brought about the recent discoveries in Egypt. But, as the credulous will point out, this discovery was bought at the price of Lord Carnarvon's death, and the curse of ancient Egypt still exists to deter any future explorers...
...improvements", he stated, "have been introduced since the prised, "have been introduced since the prison was erected, the chief ones being better cell ventilation with a great deal more light, twice the space of the old dungeons, better hygienic and sanitary conditions and educational and religious opportunities that were unknown to prisoners of former days. At present there are 12,000 volumes in the prison library available to the prisoners, while religious services of all denominations are held each week...