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...strange coincidence occurred here yesterday when this vicinity was the scone of an earthquake 36 hours after Dr. R. A. Daly of the Geology Department delivered a lecture at Lowell Institute on earthquakes and the effect a quake would have in Boston. Dr. Daly stated in his speech that owing to the solid formation of the earth here that a shock would cause little destruction...
House of Commons. "Dave" Kirkwood, Labor M. P. for the Clyde, introduced his bill for removing the Stone of Scone*, or Lia Fail, to Scotland from Westminster Abbey. The bill passed its first reading by 201 to 171 votes. "Dave" caused laughter by telling the House that "this was the stone that Jacob had for a pillow at Bethel when the angels went up and down the ladder...
...Stone of Scone, upon which the Scotch Kings were crowned for 500 years, was brought from Scone to England by Edward I in 1296, and placed under the throne in Westminster Abbey. Since that date all the Sovereigns have been crowned upon it. Edward III offered to return it some fifty years later under stated conditions, but the Scotch noblemen refused his offer...
...until the second half did either team have an opportunity to scone, and it was only in the final minutes of play than the informal's attack led by R. Hofman '19, was able to made consecutive gains. The advance ended with the failure of L. Crosscup '19, to score a field goal from the 37-yard line. The soldiers chance to score likewise ended in an ineffective drop kick, after a loss of 15 yards through a technicality stopped an attack that seemed destined to end in a touchdown...