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...beg you to transmit to senator Borah in behalf of the French ex-combatants this history of the War of Independence, together with this medal awarded to one of our comrades for saving the life of one of your officers at the front. He has no further use for it. He restores it to Senator Borah, to whom we owe so many dollars...
...Being now refugees from Russia and having as my only hope the undeniable proof of my close relationship to Casimir Pulaski, which I beg to enclose herewith, I take the liberty of applying to your Excellency with the most entreating prayer to consider whether I may not receive from your Government some material compensation for the services rendered to the American nation during its glorious struggle for independence by my ancestor, Casimir Pulaski...
...beg to offer your Majesty my sincere thanks for your hospitality and friendly sentiments shown my son, Prince Yasuhito [TIME, June 29] and avail myself of this occasion to renew to you the assurance of my invariable friendship for your royal house and your nation...
...Chicago, one John Donahue, broker, was playing bridge. He dealt himself a hand and was casually arranging the cards when suddenly the blood rushed to his face, then drained away; his wan lips twitched. "Beg pardon?" asked the opponent on his left, one Neutz, who had been waiting for Broker Donahue's bid. "One diamond," whispered Donahue. "Three spades," said Neutz. "Four diamonds," said Donahue, "five . . . six . . . seven." But Neutz, holding ace, king, queen, jack and four low spades, and supported by his partner, went up to seven spades, began to play them. On every trick Donahue discarded...
TIME Madison, Wis. New York, N. Y. July 14, 1925. Sirs: In your editing article on Sir William Osler (TIME, July 13, 1925), you say that at the Barrie Grammar School he "threw a cricket ball 115 yd. -a throw never beaten, at least by an amateur.' " I beg, modestly, to offer a correction. At the field day sports, University of Wisconsin, in 1884, I threw a baseball 384 ft. 1 in., or 39 ft. 1 in. farther than the Osler record. Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison papers of that day published the fact; and before me is a copy...