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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Half a mile from the First Church of Charlestown (parent of the Old South), where John Harvard was sixth pastor, there stands the twenty foot obelisk intended by the class of 1828 to mark his resting place. It is the most imposing memorial the "Phipps St. Burying Ground" possesses, crowning the knoll and attracting visitors up the single path, Harvard Ave., to investigate the name of the claimant to such relative magnificence. Every Memorial Day witnesses the press of scores of people to the central eminence, whence they may enter into a spirit of the services held at the base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Rose for John Harvard | 5/2/1930 | See Source »

Burrowing Fleas, which dig into man's flesh, become distended with a huge number of eggs. The sufferer works about the prospective flea family with a thorn, carefully removes the parent flea. Unless great care is taken the body will be broken, the operation rendered useless. Often a salve made from crushed ants is applied to such open wounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Jungle Surgery | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...faith in the judgment that successfully brought them from automobile sun-visors to radio horns, from radio horns to battery eliminators, from battery eliminators to complete receiving sets. On April 4 Majestic Household Utilities was incorporated to manufacture the Grigsby-Grunow refrigerators and, later, vacuum cleaners, washing machines. The parent company received 125,000 shares; 374,950 will be sold by subscription at $25 a share. Last week Majestic Household opened on the Chicago Exchange at $44, began jumping in the same way that made Grigsby-Grunow famed. By the end of the week it had touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Grigsby-Grunow | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...statistician of the Long Island Railroad, Penn-owned commuters' road into New York City, revealed a curious statistic: the Long Island, 404 miles long, last year actually carried more passengers than did its 10,511-mile parent. The score was 118,888,128 for the Long Island to 113,713.797 for the Pennsylvania. The average revenue per passenger on the Long Island, however, was only $.23 as against $1.18 on the Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Railroad Week | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

Education is the prime purpose of zoological gardens, and no zoo is complete without monkeys. Children like to watch monkeys better than anything except elephants. But at sight of how the monkeys play, both alone and with other monkeys, many a parent has wondered about the educational value of monkeys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Naughty Monkeys | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

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