Excerpt from The Oakland Tribune on June 30, 1912 Lion Holds Proper Respect Among the larger of the fashionable pets, the lion takes precedence. This trend was introduced to the Parisians by of New York not long ago. The princess introduced the clumsy little beast, which she described as being…
The Meat Beyond The Meme
The Eclipse Crossroads of America
The Meme The two major solar eclipses visible in the United States during the 21st century—the 2017 Great American Eclipse (August 21, 2017) and the upcoming 2024 Eclipse (April 8, 2024)—cross paths at a specific region in southern Illinois, near the town of Carbondale. This area has gained the nickname…
Mme Parlaghy’s Art: She has Painted Portraits of Many European Royalties
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO In today’s article, we learn that Vilma Parlaghy’s teachers were Franz Lenbach, Makart and Hans Canon. Her first publicly exhibited canvas was a portrait of her mother, Baroness Zollendorf, at a Paris Salon in 1892 (Gold Medal). — (From the New York Herald)…
The Concept of Peace in Deeply Human Terms
Pope John XXIII addressed the concept of peace in deeply human terms in his 1963 encyclical, Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). Written during the Cold War, amid intense global tension, this encyclical marked the first time a papal document was directed not only to Catholics but to “all men…
