Word: landing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second act shows the Vikings as they land on the coast of North America. The crew of the ship mutinies at the instigation of the villian and the vessel sails away, leaving Leif and his confidant, Turka, drugged and asleep. The two Norsemen do not awaken until the spring of 1901, when the third act is supposed to occur. The scene for this act is laid on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, near the Leif Ericcson statue...
...Angelina and, as preparations for his brother's marriage make it impossible for Charles to study, he determines to compare the modern woman with the great heroines of history. He interrupts the marriage ceremony and seeing Angelina he falls in love with her. He refuses to deed away his land and asserts his rights as the elder brother. Angelina returns love and after a stormy scene they escape together. Eustace and his friends pursue and come upon Charles and Angelina in the house of Miramont, the uncle of the brothers. Charles, though unarmed, snatches his brother's sword and puts...
...great maritime empire in the Mycenaean Age were due entirely to the advantageous position of Crete. Thus when commerce and enterprise were fairly under way, Crete found itself nearer to Cyprus and Troy and also nearer to the Delta of the Nile than any other Greek or Aegean land. Crete, then, could be taken as a middle point between Europe, Africa and Asia, and it was made possible for the diffusion of Egyptian germs to be transmitted through Crete into Northern Europe. Hence we need feel no surprise when we note that the first historical datum in the history...
General Oliver O. Howard, director of the Lincoln Memorial University in Kentucky, will speak at the Old Cambridge Baptist church tomorrow evening at 7.45 o'clock on "The Education of White Boys and Girls in the Cumber land Mountains." Abraham Lincoln was born in these mountains and it was in his honor that the university was named A cordial invitation to be present is extended...
...special subject to be treated the first morning of the meeting will be "The Crusades and the East." Professor A. C. Coolidge will open the discussion and four papers will be read relating to the subject. President James B. Angell, University of Michigan, will land a paper on "The Capitulations in Turkey." On Thursday morning there will be a public session of the "Church History, Section" and in the evening a joint meeting will be held with the American Economic Association at hich the presidents of both associations will give addresses. The session on "Western History" will be held...