Word: bathes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Captain Wright perused this letter from Viscount Gladstone, son of the great "Mr. Gladstone," another letter from Viscount Gladstone was delivered to the Secretary of the exclusive Bath Club, to which both Captain Wright and Lord Gladstone belonged. "Mr. Wright is a foul fellow!" ran this second letter; and as a result Captain Wright was dropped from the Bath Club...
Died. Edward Page Mitchell, 74, at New London, Conn., of cerebral hemorrhage. He was for 50 years associated with the New York Sun, on which he won his place at the age of 23 by writing letters to Editor Charles A. Dana from his home, Bath, Me. Editor Dana invited him to work at the then fabulous salary of $50 per week. This rose to $20,000 a year during the many years that Mr. Mitchell penned the Sun's leading editorials, famed for their tart penetration. When the late Publisher Munsey purchased the Sun (1916) he retained Mr. Mitchell...
...sighed. Decidedly, it was going to be another of those days; it had all the ear marks, for it was only 9 A. M. and the mercury had already passed the 84 degree mark, Centigrade, which translated into Fahrenheit means 125 degree, which, in turn; means a Turkish bath sort of existence. For, without undue effort, the temperature will rise to 130 degrees and 135 degrees around noon time, and that is registered in the shade. Those familiar with North Africa will doubtless have noticed how Tittle shade there is to be found per square mile...
...five cars duplicate exactly those on which the last of the Tsars crossed the Trans-Siberian railway. One car contains a chapel, the altar ablaze with a jeweled service. The salon car of the Tsar is complete with bath, lounge and dining-room. A locomotive propelled by clockwork draws the whole...
With a tooth in the air, and 110,000 (the biggest crowd that ever saw a U. S. football game) in the stands, the Navy met the Army in Chicago. The Navy goat had a room and bath at the Drake hotel- but where was the mule? Running, passing, kicking, Midshipmen Caldwell, Hamilton, Schuber scored twice before the second period was over. Out ran Lighthorse Harry Wilson, Army back, bored to a touchdown; the Navy dropped a punt, the Army scored again, and while guns went off, cornets brayed, airplanes skipped, tanks gamboled, men in blue and men in grey...