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Arthur Jordan, onetime (1898-1916) owner of Meridian Life Insurance Co. of Indiana, was elected president of Postal Life Insurance Co., succeeding William R. M alone who originated the idea of selling life insurance by mail, founded Postal...
...April 1929 Mr. Meyer resigned from Government service, loitered expectantly about Washington where he had a large house on Meridian Heights, just off 16th Street. He and his wife, who was the classically beautiful Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, had become an integral part of the capital's society. Their entertainments were lavish compared to the stylelessness of other Washington parties. Just before her husband's retirement Mrs. Meyer had unsuccessfully attempted to restore social peace between Mrs. Dolly Gann and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth at an elaborate garden fête (TIME...
Choosing an astronomical symbol for the New Planet is also a problem. Signs of the anciently known planets are conventionalized pictures. Mercury's represents the Caduceus, or head with winged cap; Venus' a looking glass; the Earths its equator and a meridian; Mars', a shield and spear, or a warrior's head with helmet and plume; Jupiter's an eagle; Saturn's a scythe or sickle; Uranus' H for Herschel. with a planet suspended from the crossbar; Neptune's the trident. The first recommended sign for Neptune was a crossbarred L with a planet suspended for Leverrier. That sign might...
...Perhaps the finest, largest gingko in the U. S. is on the grounds of Henry Douglas Pierce, No. 1415 North Meridian St., Indianapolis. The Pierce gingko is more than 8 ft. around. Planted when no larger than a walking stick, it grew amazingly, its roots bathed in soapy drainage from the Pierce laundry. The gingko, bright yellow in autumn, has a curious habit of shed-cling each and every one of its leaves in a single night...
...known until the results of the present investigation were found. From the results of other investigations in progress at the Astronomical Laboratory last year, Professor Stetson is led to believe that the moon might cause a deviation in the direction of gravity as it passed over the meridian of the observer. The most delicate test for a change in the direction of the vertical is to be found in the precise observations of stars for latitude. A photographic zenith telescope locates the position of the zenith with respect to the stars with the order of accuracy of about a hundredth...