Word: 99th
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Died. Brigadier General Aaron Simon Daggett, 100, oldest U. S. Army officer; of heart disease; in West Roxbury, Mass. He fought in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Uprising; on his 99th birthday was decorated by the War Department...
Birthday. Brigadier General Aaron Simon Daggett, U. S. A. retired, 100, oldest man in the Army roll, veteran of the Civil War, Indian wars, Spanish American War, Boxer Rebellion; in West Roxbury, Mass. On his 98th birthday the House of Representatives congratulated him. On his 99th birthday he received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. On his 100th birthday President Roosevelt wrote to congratulate him "personally as well as officially...
Actually, events were shaping themselves like the opening moves of a new chess game. This must shortly be played when a new Chamber of Deputies is elected. To sad-eyed President Albert Lebrun last week Premier Laval handed the 99th Cabinet resignation under the Third Republic, the eleventh since the present Chamber was elected in 1932. He refused M. le President's urgent request that he attempt to form a new Cabinet. Obviously his best opening gambit was to facilitate the immediate formation of a Radical Socialist Cabinet and hope that it would, as in 1924 and 1925, make...
...Orthodox and Protestant Churches and, unofficially, the Roman Catholic Church favor a reformed twelve-month calendar like the one for which Chile plumped. In this, Christmas would always fall on Monday, New Year's on Sunday preceded by Year-End Day. Easter would always be April 8?the 99th day of the year, on which, according to tradition, Christ arose from the dead. Last week the Federal Council also...