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Socialist activist Joseph Sharts

front page of sharts s 1919 open letter you, president wilson, 4-page leaflet of workers defense union. during 1920s sharts publisher , editor of miami valley socialist, weekly newspaper covered contemporary political news , promulgated ideas of socialist party of america (spa). in role instrumental in rebuilding socialist party of ohio, had been shattered , obliterated in 1919 split of left wing form new communist political organizations. sharts member of governing national executive committee of national socialist party 1925 1932, having held similar post on short-lived conference progressive political action (cppa), exploratory group potential labor party existed 1922 1925. sharts candidate ohio attorney general in 1920. later run governor of ohio 3 times, heading spa s ticket in state in 1926, 1928, , again in 1932. sharts s best showing in final gubernatorial race, when recipient of more 1.25% of total votes cast. in 1924 sharts played leading role in trial of defrocked episcopa...

Languages Apache

the 5 apache languages apachean languages, in turn belong athabaskan branch of eyak-athabaskan language family. apache languages endangered. lipan reported extinct. the southern athabascan branch defined harry hoijer according merger of stem-initial consonants of proto-athabascan series *k̯ , *c *c (in addition widespread merger of *č , *čʷ *č found in many northern athabascan languages). hoijer (1938) divided apache sub-family eastern branch consisting of jicarilla, lipan, , plains apache , western branch consisting of navajo, western apache (san carlos), chiricahua, , mescalero based on merger of proto-apachean *t , *k k in eastern branch. thus, can seen in example below, when western languages have noun or verb stems start t, related forms in eastern languages start k: he later revised proposal in 1971 when found plains apache did not participate in *k̯/*c merger consider plains apache language equidistant other languages, called southwestern apachean. thus, stems started *k̯ in pro...

Chiricahua 2 Apache

hide painting depicting apache girl s puberty ceremony, naiche (chiricahua apache), ca. 1900, oklahoma history center the chiricahua language has 4 different words grandparent: -chú maternal grandmother , -tsúyé maternal grandfather , -chʼiné paternal grandmother , -nálé paternal grandfather . additionally, grandparent s siblings identified same word; thus, 1 s maternal grandmother, 1 s maternal grandmother s sisters, , 1 s maternal grandmother s brothers called -chú. furthermore, grandparent terms reciprocal, is, grandparent use same term refer grandchild in relationship. example, person s maternal grandmother called -chú , maternal grandmother call person -chú (i.e. -chú can mean child of either own daughter or sibling s daughter.) chiricahua cousins not distinguished siblings through kinship terms. thus, same word refer either sibling or cousin (there not separate terms parallel-cousin , cross-cousin). additionally, terms used according sex of speaker (unlike english terms broth...

History Sheep Wars

1 history 1.1 texas 1.2 arizona 1.3 wyoming , colorado history texas cattle ranching established trade in texas 1870, when shepherding starting become popular in other parts of old west. because of this, whether in texas or elsewhere, many cattlemen had close relationships local government figures , able use influence advantage. according 1 texas historian, in court action, cowboy [cattleman] won. sheepherders considered weaker, or lesser, of antagonists. advocates of free grazing on public land, while cattlemen typically fenced off territory whether public or private land. there many reasons why cattle rancher build fences, mark boundaries, prevent rustling, , keep other people grazing animals there. furthermore, there threat of sheep scab. building fences across range infuriated sheep herders, open range cattlemen, conflicts fence cutting war became inevitable. racism factor, being many of shepherds either hispanic or native american. 1 of earliest sheep wars fought in 1875, in cha...

Camp Half-Blood Chronicles List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

1 camp half-blood chronicles 1.1 percy jackson , olympians main characters 1.1.1 percy jackson 1.1.2 annabeth chase 1.1.3 grover underwood 1.1.4 luke castellan 1.1.5 thalia grace 1.1.6 tyson 1.1.7 nico di angelo 1.1.8 rachel elizabeth dare 1.1.9 clarisse la rue 1.2 heroes of olympus main characters 1.2.1 leo valdez 1.2.2 piper mclean 1.2.3 jason grace 1.2.4 hazel levesque 1.2.5 frank zhang 1.2.6 reyna avila ramírez-arellano 1.2.7 coach gleeson hedge 1.3 trials of apollo main characters 1.3.1 lester papadopoulos 1.3.2 meg mccaffrey 1.3.3 calypso 1.3.4 triumvirate holdings 1.4 greco-roman deities 1.4.1 twelve olympians 1.4.2 minor greco-roman gods 1.4.3 primordial deities 1.4.4 titans 1.4.5 gigantes 1.5 demigods 1.5.1 historic demigods 1.5.2 legacies 1.6 mythological figures 1.7 other greco-roman beings 1.7.1 greco-roman humanoids 1.7.2 greco-roman creatures camp half-blood chronicles percy jackson , olympians main characters percy jackson perseus percy jackson demigod son of mortal sal...