http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/ Corpus Obscurum en Copyright 2008 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:55:19 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I'll be leaving City Pages next Tuesday. I'd like to thank everyone who dropped by the site and those who were moved to add comments. Special thanks to Rex Sorgatz and Yahoo for acknowledging Corpus Obscurum. Maybe this is... http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/08/corpus_obscurum.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/08/corpus_obscurum.php Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:55:19 -0600 In a 1957 trial in 29 villages near Bethel, Alaska, Dr. George Wills Comstock discovered the drug isoniazid (INH) was effective in preventing TB. Five years later, he founded the Johns Hopkins Training Center for Public Health Research and Prevention in Hagerstown.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/epidemiologist.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/epidemiologist.php Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:47:31 -0600 Henry Charles "Shag" Crawford became a National League umpire in 1956, officiating in 3,082 baseball games, including three World Series, three All-Star Games, and two NL Championships. http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/umpire_who_call.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/umpire_who_call.php Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:34:19 -0600 Jack Odell was inspired to create a tiny toy car when, in 1952, his daughter stated her school allowed only personal items that would fit into a matchbox.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/cofounder_of_ma.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/cofounder_of_ma.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:41:20 -0600 During his prolific career, Will H. Schaefer composed and recorded music for over 700 commercials, earning three Clio Awards for his work. Schaefer also created background music for TV shows, including Super Friends, Hogan's Heroes, The Jetsons, The Tonight Show, The Flintstones, Scooby Doo, and The Flying Nun.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/background_musi.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/background_musi.php Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:20:33 -0600 Unchained, and the song earned Zaret and composer Alex North Academy Award nominations for best song.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/unchained_melody_lyricist_dead.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/unchained_melody_lyricist_dead.php Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:47:00 -0600 Alida Margaretha Boddhardt joined the Salvation Army in 1934 and established a "goodwill" center in Amsterdam's Red Light District following World War II. The shelter assisted prostitutes and their children, the homeless, and drug addicts.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/founder_of_amsterdam_red_light.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/founder_of_amsterdam_red_light.php Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:03:29 -0600 At the courthouse, Roy R. Torcaso refused to take the state oath given to notaries, part of which including professing the existence of God. He was disqualified and the state barred his commission. http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/defender_of_religious_freedom.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/defender_of_religious_freedom.php Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:03:46 -0600 Ralph Stayer bought a butcher shop in 1945 and drew upon the Austrian and Slovenian heritage of he and his wife, Alice, to create a better-tasting bratwurst. Stayer built his butcher shop into the Johnsonville Sausage Co. http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/man_who_popularized_bratwurst.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/07/man_who_popularized_bratwurst.php Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:03:24 -0600 Richard Bell joined Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band in 1970 and appeared on her posthumously-released album Pearl which featured "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Mercendes Benz." Later he joined The Band and performed on three of their albums.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/janis_joplins_keyboardist_dead.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/janis_joplins_keyboardist_dead.php Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:08:35 -0600 With legendary Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Ernest Hofstetter and friends made their way 23,620 feet up the mountain. Tenzing and another climber, Raymond Lambert, continued to climb with Hofstetter and others remaining at camp, ready to attempt the rest of the journey if the pair failed. Tenzing and Lambert camped at 27,560 feet without sleeping bags, and reached 28,380 feet until fatigue and bad weather forced them back down the mountain. http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/swiss_expedition_member_who_fo.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/swiss_expedition_member_who_fo.php Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:58:41 -0600 Night's Lover in 1947.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/first_poet_to_write_arabic_poe.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/first_poet_to_write_arabic_poe.php Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:14:36 -0600 Thommie Walsh made his Broadway debut in 1973 dancing in the chorus of the musical "Seesaw." The show also featured Tommy Tune, with whom he'd collaborate on numerous occasions. Walsh created the role of Bobby in hit musical "A Chorus Line" in 1975.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/choreographer_of_the_best_litt.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/choreographer_of_the_best_litt.php Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:45:57 -0600 Over 16 months during 1968-69, Sir Wally Herbert traveled on foot from Alaska to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, covering 3,720 miles, reaching the North Pole on April 6, 1969.]]> http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/first_man_to_cross_the_frozen.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/first_man_to_cross_the_frozen.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:13:42 -0600 Wallace McIntosh flew 55 sorties as a rear gunner and is believed to hold the record for most enemy kills. http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/british_air_forces_most_decora.php http://blogs.citypages.com/corpus/2007/06/british_air_forces_most_decora.php Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:04:02 -0600