Word: 90th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must to all men, Death came to Thomas Moran, painter. It found him in his 90th year in Santa Barbara. He was the last of four senior Morans illustrious in U. S. art: Edward, Thomas, Peter, and Mary Nimmo Moran, the Scotch painter-etcher who married her teacher, Thomas. There survive Leon and Percy Moran, sons of Edward...
...Uncle Joe Cannon, by christening "Joseph Gurney", for many years Speaker of the House, last week made it plain to reporters that he had not even considered twice what to do on his 90th birthday (May 7). His one thought has been, "Supper for three, a black cigar, the Danville (Ill.) Commercial Times, and a poker game till...
...great outcry and no little bitterness, the House of Representatives chose* a President of the U. S. It passed over a western general by the name of Jackson and pointed its finger at a gentleman from Massachusetts. On March 4, 1825, there was an old man in his 90th year who had great joy in his heart. He had been retired for 24 years but in his time he had had a career?been Ambassador to Holland and England, been Vice President of the U. S., yes, and President. But March 4, 1825, was a greater day than March...
Last week the Times-Picayune (the Picayune absorbed the Times-Democrat a few years ago) joined with Tulane University for further regional cooperation. The newspaper, to celebrate its 90th anniversary next year, offered the University $6,000 annually for ten years to establish a Chair of Journalism. The journalistic instruction is to be correlated with that in economics, literature, history, languages and possibly commercial law, so that students will have a well-rounded social learning no matter into what profession they eventually go. President A. B. Dinwiddie of Tulane accepted in the name of the University Board of Administration...
...Baptist fane with that of others. The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, going up piecemeal since 1891 on 112th St. near Morningside Park, Manhattan, will cost about $25,000,000. But it is a cathedral. The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest at Fifth Avenue and 90th St. will cost about $3,000,000 and will rank next in expense to this new one of Dr. Fosdick...