Word: bearer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bearer, O. A. Skinner, Esq., is known to me. His parents, whom I have known in Hartford, Conn., for several years, are eminently respectable. Mr. Skinner has an ambition, a talent and a yearning for the stage. I have no doubt that he will prove an important acquisition to any theatrical corps which he may join...
...many years the Red and White members of the phosphorus family have been well known. A new member has now joined the group--Black, according to Professor P. W. Bridgman '04, Professor of Physics in the University. Phosphorus means "light- bearer" and most of us have seen the glow which the old-fashioned "all-day choker" matches gave out when scratched in the dark. This pale glow is due to white phosphorus used in making the head of the match so that it will strike easily and anywhere--from the thumb nail to the trouser...
...needed for the new building, but also collection of 65 modern British pictures to go in it. The founder on the inscription on the building, refers to its own gift as "a thank offering for a prosperous business career of 60 years." Sir Joseph Duveen, father of the present bearer of that title, a prominent art dealer, later donated the Turner collection and several extra rooms...
Johanniterorden. Prince K. Eitel Friedrich, second son of the Kaiser, Grand Master of the German section of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Deutsche Johanniterorden), officiated at a meeting of the Order in Potsdam. Der Feld-marshall von Hindenburg, as Sword Bearer, was in attendance. The Prince, clad in a black robe and " decorated with flashing crosses," raised six members, chosen Monarchists, to knighthood in the Order by tapping them on the shoulder with a sword passed to him by the Sphinxlike Hindenburg...
...order to secure one-half rate on the return tickets from Silver Bay to Boston, delegates will have to purchase tickets from Boston through to Silver Bay and will have to ask for a certificate for the Silver Bay Conference. This certificate entitles bearer to a half-fare if he returns to Boston...