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During the American Civil War, Breaux Bridge was the site of an engagement known as the "Battle of Breaux Bridge." According to Andrew B. Booth’s 1920 "Index to Battles, Campaigns, Engagements, Etc., Fought Within the Limits of the State of Louisiana, 1861–1865," military actions took place at Breaux Bridge on April 17 and April 21, 1863. [7]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Ryerson Index (1803– ) Free index only for death notices and obituaries; University of Sydney student newspaper, Honi Soit (1929–1990) Pay: The Age (1990–present) Sydney Morning Herald (1955–1995) Via the Google newspaper archives: The digital searchability is a major issue. Nevertheless, some issues of some papers may only be available ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
The Herald-Leader was created by a 1983 merger of the Lexington Herald and the Lexington Leader. The story of the Herald begins in 1870 with a paper known as the Lexington Daily Press. In 1895, a descendant of that paper was first published as the Morning Herald, later to be renamed the Lexington Herald in 1905.
Lexington's daily circulating newspaper is the Lexington Herald-Leader. College newspapers include The Kentucky Kernel at the University of Kentucky and The Rambler at Transylvania University. The local alt-weekly is ACE Weekly. Business Lexington is a monthly business newspaper. KyForward.com is an online news site.
The Yadkin Ripple is a weekly newspaper based in Yadkinville, North Carolina. It was first published in East Bend, North Carolina , on October 18, 1892. The Ripple , published on Thursdays, was purchased in June 2007 by Heartland Publications .
The bridge was completed in 1924 at a cost of $212,000, [4] is 20-foot-wide (6.1 m), [citation needed] and consists of seven open spandrel arch spans. The Wil-Cox Bridge, named for highway commissioners W.E. Wilkinson of Charlotte and Elwood Cox of High Point, [4] is one of only six of its type built in the state, and at 1,299 feet (396 m) the longest.