12/01/2008
Early 20th-century gangster's haunts highlighted in brochure (The Pantagraph)
The year was 1912, and the screaming headline in the Rock Island News, a so-called newspaper published by gangster John Looney, severely slandered the mayor.
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12/01/2008
The Local: Tin Pan Alley Sounds Cautious Tune (The New York Observer)
“Tin Pan Alley is gone,” Bob Dylan wrote in the jacket of his 1997 album Biograph . “I put an end to it.” The neighborhood that was once the hub of the American music-publishing industry in the early 20th century has undergone many transformations since it became known as Tin Pan Alley. Between 1893 and 1910, nearly 20 music-publishing companies moved to West 28th Street, according to the ...
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11/30/2008
Village frocks up for first fair (The Border Mail)
THERE were cross-dressers and ladies running in their finery at Bethanga yesterday. But it was all in good fun as residents and visitors re-enacted an early 20th century ladies’ foot race at Be...
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11/30/2008
New Montessori director envisions expansion (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Mark Berger has long been dedicated to the principals of the Montessori method, developed in the early 20th century by Italian educator Maria Montessori. Now he’s the new director of Corvallis Montessori School.
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11/29/2008
Architect's retreat causes rift (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Designing exotic homes for Milwaukee aristocrats in the early 20th century brought Alexander Eschweiler enough fame and fortune that he was able to buy his family a special summer hideaway. That lakeside property, valued at more than $3 million, has become the center of a bitter family dispute.
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11/27/2008
Hitch up the skirts and run (The Border Mail)
APART from the running shoes, this photograph of Bethanga resident Kellie Jackson may well have been taken a century ago. In a bonnet and long skirt, Ms Jackson re-enacted an early 20th century ladi...
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12/01/2008
Obama's change: minor or major? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama has sheathed himself in a single word: change. And yet uncertainty lingers as to its genuine meaning, both for him and for America.
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12/01/2008
Florence, then and now (International Herald Tribune)
Perhaps the best way to enjoy the capital of Tuscany is to swap your guidebook for a copy of "A Room With a View" — and see this city as E. M. Forster captured it 100 years ago.
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12/01/2008
"A Story Book Christmas" at Swarthout Museum (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
La Crosse, WI (WXOW)- The La Crosse Swarthout Museum is showing off some vintage toys again this year, but with a twist.
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12/01/2008
Feature: The Last Express - Revisiting An Unsung Classic (Gamasutra)
Jordan Mechner's evocative 1997 adventure game The Last Express is a cult classic flop, but time-reversing Prince Of Persia inspiration - and over the holidays, Gamasutra had an in-depth feature documenting its fascinating genesis. The article caught up with two original leads on the project, producer Mark Netter and technical designer and lead programmer Mark Moran, to discuss the game's long ...
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