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Allow me to call your attention to a similar political coincidence in which General Harris M. Plaisted was inaugurated as Governor of Maine in 1881 at Augusta, Me., and that in 1911, also 30 years later, as in Phil's case, Frederick W. Plaisted, the son of General Harris M. Plaisted, was sworn in as governor of the same State of Maine...
...fashion, concluded that the vault-batterers had intended to hold a Vanderbilt body for ransom. Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence (alias Aircraftsman Shaw), soldier of fortune and author (The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Revolt in the Desert), was dis covered to be translating Homer's Odyssey into English verse. Augusta, Ga. is booming its winter-resort possibilities. A committee was formed to co-ordinate all sports (golf, polo, tennis, horse shows, race meets, baseball). The chairman: Tyrus Raymond ("Ty") Cobb, oldtime American League baseballer (Detroit...
Cities considering chests include: Augusta, Me.; New Kensington, Pa.; Mankato, Minn.; Edmonds, Wash.; St. George, Staten Island; Modesto, Calif.; Litchfield, 111.; Springfield...
...Federal Trade Commission inquiry and widespread criticism for its financial interest in 13 newspapers. Straightway I. P. & P. took steps to dispose of those holdings. Last week, through a series of misadventures, I. P. & P. found itself again temporarily in the newspaper business-sole owner of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Columbia (S. C.) Record, Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald and Spartanburg Journal. In a Federal court sale the paper company was awarded the properties...
...Major Butt, loyal to each, never saw the end of the Taft-Roosevelt feud. In March 1912, he sailed for a European holiday. In April he returned on the Titanic, was lost with the ship. President Taft ordered all flags half-staffed for him throughout the land. Augusta built a $40,000 Butt memorial bridge across its yellow canal...