Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bulgarians, however, were not so pleased about Karagach passing into Turkish hands; nor do they relish the growing power of Turkey (their age-old enemy) in Europe...
...what a Conservative party will do in an emergency. Curzon was in the offing, but did not get the job. The world breathes again and Mr. Baldwin becomes a popular choice. His appointment, however, is convenient rather than fortunate. Baldwin. Stanley Baldwin is a man of 55 years of age. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained honors in mathematics. He then became immersed in business and succeeded his father, Alfred Baldwin, as chief partner of Baldwins Ltd., an iron foundry. His political career commenced in 1908 when he was elected to Parliament...
...present age, however, is not apt to recognize the validity of curses. Mr. Edward P. Gaston of Chicago, at any rate, doesn't care what the religious have to say. He intends to dig up the skeleton of Pocahontas, the tender-hearted Indian girl, of whom he claims to be a direct descendant. He has already gone so far as to disinter more than a hundred skeletons, and to measure their skulls in the hope of being able to recognize his Indian ancestress. Of these skulls he has selected three or four for future reference, while Canon E. Lionel Gedge...
...this country of Dr. Julie La Salle Stevens, of Paris, former dietitian of Sarah Bernhardt. She proposes to impart to the American populace some of the dietetic principles which made the divine actress one of the seven wonders of the modern world for her vitality at an advanced age. Bernhardt's diet was simple and salutary - orange juice, stewed fruit, eggs, whole wheat bread, baked potatoes, salads, etc. Many Americans are undeniably foolish eaters, but Dr. Stevens will find that American dietitians have been proclaiming such principles with good effect these many years...
Next in the air but on a bed of sickness Major Thomas Scott Baldwin died in Buffalo at the age of 69. Long associated with aeronautics, " Cap " Baldwin was the originator of the parachute and was the first man to dare descend in one-in San Francisco in 1885. For many years he flew and manufactured balloons, dirigibles and planes. In 1893 he operated at the World's Fair in Chicago the first balloons owned by the United States Army. During the war he was Chief of the Army Balloon Inspection Service...