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Word: 49th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Confederate veterans for a reunion. They had no club, no ritual, but mint juleps in frosted silver mugs were served them generously. The password: "Where's Brandy Station?" Alexander Fontaine Rose, 84, of Mosby's Brigade, did some spirited dancing. Oldest veteran: John L. Poe, 92, 49th Virginia Cavalry. Honor guest: Mrs. Eliza ("Mother") Crim, famed Confederate nurse at the Battle of Newmarket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Last Men | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

...west, representing the distance between West Quoddy Head, near Eastport, Maine, to a point due west on the Pacific Ocean. The longest north-south dimension of the model would be 1,598 feet, representing the distance from the southernmost point in Texas to a point due north to the 49th parallel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Model of United States To be Shown at Chicago | 1/7/1930 | See Source »

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