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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Franklin Buchanan, probably named after the late great Ben Franklin, was born in Baltimore in 1800. At 15 he entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman, at $19 a month, and, like other midshipmen, found it hard to buy all the proper uniforms on that pay. At 23 he served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sailor | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Engaged. William H. Vanderbilt of Newport, Rhode Island State Senator, nephew of Capitalist Cornelius Vanderbilt III; and Miss Anne Gordon Colby, Foxcroft graduate, daughter of Everett Colby, onetime New Jersey State Senator; at Llewellyn Park, N. J.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 23, 1929 | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

Engaged. Nancy Susan Reynolds, 18, daughter of late Tobaccoman R. J. Reynolds; and Henry Walker Bagley, 24, of Atlanta and Manhattan; at Winston Salem, N. C. Fortnight ago her brother Zachary Smith Reynolds, 17, married Miss Anne L. Cannon, 19, at York, S. C. at 2 a. m.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 2, 1929 | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news: "One can imagine our shaggy ancestors fighting fiercely with other wild savages or can picture them chasing through the dark underbrush after an animal that they hoped to broil over their fires that evening for dinner. Then, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 2, 1929 | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

One learns to talk by imitating the sound of speech. The deaf learn by imitating the sight of speech. Both deaf and blind, blue-eyed, brown-haired Helen Keller learned to talk by imitating what speech felt like, beneath her fingers. Aided by her devoted, lifelong teacher and guardian, Mrs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mencken's Huneker | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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