Word: attendent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pardoned the possessive adjective) big drum would be invaluable for dotting the i's or as a focal point for intricate maneuvers. I am told that the reason that it is not used is because the boy who pulls it is too lazy to attend the formation drills during the week. I cannot believe that this is the true state of affairs. Permit me to hope that any small difficulty that stands in the way will be speedily overcome, and that the stands will soon be treated to the sight of that splendid instrument. I. M. Lauder...
...Cabot Barr summons his happy family to his mansion to attend a memorial service for another member of the family who is supposed to have died in China. The service is broken up by the unexpected striking of Cabot's hundred odd clocks, which were supposed to have been stopped for the ceremony. Investigation discloses the fact the Cabot's granddaughter (Charlotte Henry), who was so unfortunate as to be born a girl, had used this method of crossing the old Barr when an adopted son of the family (Frank Albertson) accuses her of making a play...
...mourners with 15,000 wreaths. Of these 100 were said to be from "the foreign rulers and States." Ruler Roosevelt, the better to honor King Alexander, not only sent a wreath but promoted U. S. Minister Charles S. Wilson to the rank of Ambassador for just long enough to attend the funeral...
...complexion is light brown. Mrs. Wright, a onetime school-teacher whose mother was German, has all the appearance of a white. With keen intellectual curiosity they awaited the births of their two children. Jane, 14, is distinctly brown. Barbara, 13, looks like a little white girl. The children attend the swank, progressive Ethical Culture School...
When Dr. Frank Baskerville Bull of Gardiner, Me. went to Boston last week to attend the convention of the American College of Surgeons, he prudently put a pocketbook containing $28 in one hip pocket, another pocketbook containing $8 in the other hip pocket. When in due course a Boston holdup man accosted Dr. Bull in a restaurant. Dr. Bull, flustered, handed over the $28 pocketbook...