THIS MONTH'S OLD NEWS: December, 2023 & January, 2024
Vol. 35, No. 3
He
felt that van Rensselaer was wrongly
treating the colony's settlers like
serfs in a medieval fiefdom.
- Youth Seeks Glory
In War-torn Japan
Reaching
the castle's ramparts just before
dawn, they slipped inside undetected.
- Escaped Slave Hopes
To Free His Wife
Bibb made his way back
to Ohio but found it difficult to settle
into a new life there.
- Themistocles Urges
Athenians To Fight
One
of history's first known democracies
faced destruction by a foreign
despot.
- Luther Burbank Breeds
New Kinds Of Plants
A Burbank potato
called the Russet Burbank still
dominates potato-growing industry: It
is used primarily for French fries.
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