Word: moons
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Neither the number nor the length of our months is governed by the moon or any natural law which means that the months may be changed as the country sees fit. In this new form the months would be named as followed: January, February, Liberty, March...
...occultation by the moon of the star Beta Capricorn will occur on Thanksgiving evening, November 27, at a little after 6 o'clock, according to information given out by the Astronomical laboratory...
...naked eye throughout the eastern part of the United States if the evening is clear, and it will be possible to watch it closely with opera glasses. The Star Beta Capricorn, which is of the third magitude, will be found close to the dark side of the moon shortly after sunset. At the appointed time it will then disappear as it goes behind the moon. Some time later it will reappear on the illuminated side of the moon...
...said at the Astronomical laboratory that the suddenness with which stars disappear when the light is thus cut off by the disk of the moon bears witness to the lack of atmosphere on the earth's satellites. If there were any atmosphere they would be considerably dimmed just before their disappearance...
...smoker committee has obtained two excellent films for the entertainment. First, a comedy will be given, entitled "Kitchen Lady." This will be followed later by Douglas Fairbanks in "Reaching for the Moon...