A new Stonehenge study seemingly confirms the longstanding theory that the famed megalithic site once served as a solar calendar for its ancient creators.
John Wanamaker makes a sale
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John Wanamaker. Credit: SnappyGoat.
John Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the US, on 11 July 1838. At the age of 22 he was already well established as a retailer and store owner, and in 1876 he opened the Grand Depot, in an abandoned railway station in his home town. It was the “first-ever department store”, says Philadelphia magazine, with an estimated 71,000 customers visiting on its first day.
A PBS article on Wanamaker for the series “They Made America” says much of his initial retail success came from his reputation for fair dealing.
John Wanamaker, 1890. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
GIBRALTAR: Gibraltarians reacted with relief and caution on Friday after Madrid and London reached a deal allowing the territory to become part of Europe’s passport-free zone to keep movement fluid on its border with Spain.
Some 15,000 people, mainly Spanish, pour into Gibraltar, a tiny British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, from Spain every day to work, accounting for half of its workforce.
Thousands more tourists go through the single checkpoint on the frontier every day, mostly day-trippers from Spain drawn in part by Gibraltar’s duty-free shopping.
With a land area of just 6.8 square kilometres, Gibraltar must import all of its food. Some 50,000 trucks cross the border every year on the only road linking the territory to Spain.
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