Word: baker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Newton Diehl Baker, a different type of speaker, was the man upon whom the Democrats had originally counted to persuade Missouri. But Mr. Baker, on his way to St. Louis three weeks ago, was stricken with acute neuritis and nervous fatigue. He had to get off his train, at midnight, and return to Cleveland where, last week, he was still abed...
...Ruth Baker Pratt of New York, widow of a Republican financier, campaigned with the experience of a society clubwoman who had come through the rough-and-tumble of big-city politics. Even Manhattan's "silk stocking" district has its seamy side. Mrs. Pratt encountered Tammany methods within her own party before securing her nomination. A somewhat amateurish city alderman, she was opposed for nomination by a highly professional State Assemblyman, Phelps Phelps. Her primary victory seemed due to her astute counsellors more than to her social appeal. The seat in Congress which she sought was held by one Tammanyite...
...Windsor Castle past Slough, Wexham, Heath, Ruislip. Wembley, to a stadium 26 miles and 480 yards from the start. Marathon races were well-patronized then; the greatest of runners was Dorando, a confectioner from the island of Capri. Hayes was 22, the son of an East Side Manhattan Irish baker; he was 5 ft. 3 ¾ in. tall and his number was 26. One hot. windless day. late in July, a gun was fired, and the runners strung out along the road, jogging slowly in the haze of early afternoon...
...Entrance of Commercial Bankers into the Investment Banking Field" will be the subject of S. W. Denio, vice president of the Old Colony Trust Company, when he speak to Business School students in the Baker Library at 7.15 o'clock this evening...
...although the vote was the largest in the history of CRIMSON polls for the complete University, it is hoped this year that there will be a larger vote cast in the graduate schools with tables in Langdell and Austin Halls in the Law School, and a table in the Baker Library in the Business School. This year no ballots are being sent out by mail and everyone wanting to vote will have to cast his vote in person at one of the polling tables...