Word: baker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...buildings across the Charles. Brevity, which is sometimes thought of as the soul of wit, has attached itself forever to big business. From chorines' skirts to names of buildings the world of affairs and butter and eggs does like brevity. So the halls of higher accounting which the Baker fund has erected in the shadow of the stadium have been succinctly named...
...about 10:30, something happened. For the next-to-last of her baker's dozen of songs, Meller chose "Flor del Mal" (Flower of Sin). It tells, with the utter simplicity of all Meller's repertoire, the hopeless, disdainful story of a street girl. Her clothes were shoddy, ill-fitting; her hair slovenly, black about her forehead. Midway in the singing Meller moved out on a little platform almost over the heads of the first row, and lighted a cigaret. She smoked it singing and walked over to lean, dejected, against the stage wall. The song ended and she disappeared...
...Baker 2G.B. W. H. Cary 1G., W. S. Clark 3G., W. H. Clark 1G., F. K. Endo 2T.S., M. A. Francon 2G., T. E. Frank 2G., J. M. Hernandez 3G., B. P. Hivale 4G., S. B. Jones, H. W. Kite 1G.Ed., Rev. F. C. Lawrence 1G., B. K. Little 1T.S., R. P. Miller 2G., A. N. Moore 2G., I. G. Sbu, gr.T.S., T. E. Terrill 1G. Respectfully submitted, R. L. Olson...
...born in Eureka, Nev., son of George Washington Baker, leading counsel of the Southern Pacific Railroad in days when emiment railroad lawyers were advised to carry guns. The baby University of Nevada and the slightly more sophisticated Leland Stanford University gave him his education. Then he went into the hills of his home to dig opulence. With flowing red tie and cartoon-hat, he was as good a miner as the rest-"the most fearless man who ever entered Funeral Range which guards Death Valley." is the title he acquired. He was one of the first into the Rawhide gold...
During the last week, Mr. Baker has been in the East. Soon he will head for Nevada, to open his campaign to wrest the Senate seat from Republican Senator Oddie, whose term is expiring...