Word: burials
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Linton, N. D., swellings and a bulge in the earth were identified by inhabitants as the first traces of Mound Builders to be discovered in their state. A tumulus seemed to be the temple mound, and two serpentine ridges- 400 and 600 feet long, containing human bones-the burial mounds, of a settlement beside Beaver Creek that had crossed that stream for its rites of lustration before human sacrifices and burials. The effigies were much like the largest serpent mounds yet discovered (in Ohio...
...Boylston Prize, the second prize of the evening consists of three awards, the first, of $50 being given to Herbert Lombard Ellison '28, of Brighton for his redition of Rudyard Kipling's "Gunga Din." The second Boylston' "Speech at the Burial of John Brown." The third prize, also of $35 was given to James Randall Creel '27 for his selection "The Valiant," by Holworthy Hall and Robert Mr. Middlemas...
...bracelets we found, which in some instances have become cemented on the arm bone, are of Pacific clam shell, and were evidently traded in to the interior by coast tribes. Almost all of the jewelry, including several turquoise necklaces was found as part of burial trappings...
...said to have ordered the burial to take place in May, when Lady Zaharoff's favorite flowers will be in bloom. He is understood to have declared that he will never visit Monte Carlo again, lest he be reminded unbearably of the days he spent there with...
...against Lincoln Sr. Rather the reverse: that the son of Lincoln was the rival Booth could least brook. Such a suggestion might not be far-fetched in view of Booth's capacity for insensate passion, but it would be cruel now, and futile, to dig sorrow afresh from its burial under the years...