A time capsule sealed inside an Illinois Masonic temple more than a century ago was pried open Saturday in downtown Aurora, revealing blueprints, lodge documents, and artifacts that narrowly escaped a three-alarm fire and demolition. Nearly 100 residents packed the plaza outside the Grand Army of the Republic Military Museum before 5 p.m., watching as […] The post Aurora's mayor found a century-old Masonic time capsule in a closet — and what was inside survived fire, demolition, and a hundred years of silence appeared first on American Almanac .
A time capsule sealed inside an Illinois Masonic temple more than a century ago was pried open Saturday in downtown Aurora, revealing blueprints, lodge documents, and artifacts that narrowly escaped a three-alarm fire and demolition. Nearly 100 residents packed the plaza outside the Grand Army of the Republic Military Museum before 5 p.m., watching as three people took turns with a hammer and chisel. It took at least ten minutes to crack the lid. What came out was a collection that Aurora Historical Society Executive Director John Jaros, a man with more than 40 years working in the city, called "exceptionally rare." The capsule's journey to that moment was almost as unlikely as its contents. Aurora Mayor John Laesch discovered it tucked…Open
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As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article. The post A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article.Open
The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette. The newspaper was set to shut down next month.
The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.
AI:The Washington Post has reversed its previous decision and will now send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics, following an initial announcement that the newspaper would not be sending a dedicated group of sports journalists.Open