Word: bier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Ambrose Higgins, Jr., four, in Manhattan, knocked down by a truck. Representing the children of America, he laid a wreath on the bier of President Harding when the latter's body lay in state in the Capitol, Washington...
Thousands streamed by his bier covered with flowers; a distinguished minister conducted the funeral services, and a notable cortege followed his casket to the cemetery. One wreath, proclaimed as costing $250, bore a written tribute to the desperado's alleged bravery displayed while engaged in banditry, and railed at the betrayal of his friendship by his executioner...
...funeral of Augustine MacDonnell, a faithful servitor of the College who had been janitor of the buildings in the Yard for over thirty years. By common subscription among the occupants of Hollis, Holworthy, and Stoughton Hollis a fund was raised for a wreath which was laid upon the bier by a representative from each of the three buildings...