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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wingnut on December 01, 2019, 02:52:40 pm
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Renovations at Montclair State University in New Jersey uncovered a 112-year-old letter from the workers who built one of the original buildings on campus, the university said.
Robert Kanaby, a demolition worker, found the letter inside a beer bottle while taking down a wall in the College Hall building in February.
“It’s a very old brick wall, about 14 feet with three layers of brick,†Kanaby said. “So I was going brick by brick with a tool.â€
He heard glass break and knew something was wrong, he said. When he cleared the debris, he found the bottle with a letter inside.
“This is to certify that this wall was built by two bricklayers from Newark, N.J., by the names of William Hanly and James Lennon, members of No. 3 of the B.M.I.U. of America,†read the letter, which was dated July 3, 1907.
“These guys were working on this before, just working around July 4 and drinking beers, and they decided to write this note for us to find,†said Kanaby.
https://wtop.com/national/2019/11/a-112-year-old-letter-was-found-during-renovations-at-a-new-jersey-university/
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It’s great to see an example of the fine penmanship practiced by even blue-collar workers of the time.
I mourn the fate of cursive in the low standards of “modern†society.
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It’s great to see an example of the fine penmanship practiced by even blue-collar workers of the time.
I mourn the fate of cursive in the low standards of “modern†society.
I noticed that also.
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It’s great to see an example of the fine penmanship practiced by even blue-collar workers of the time.
I mourn the fate of cursive in the low standards of “modern†society.
Yep. I see where a lot of folks sign for stuff, and we're just about back to the era of "his mark"...
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What will future generations do when all of us who know cursive have passed on? Who will decipher such findings for them?
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What will future generations do when all of us who know cursive have passed on? Who will decipher such findings for them?
A documentary has already been made....
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4ybwKbmBtY/ToE-KImkWxI/AAAAAAAACeQ/NZAqvR938yY/s1600/Idiocracy.jpg)