Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trial of Colonel William Mitchell about to begin. There was much in what they said. The court martial of Benedict Arnold in 1779-80, which resulted in a mild reprimand from General Washington, was not so sensational as the treason which followed it. The trial of Aaron Burr for treason was perhaps of equal national interest, but it was not a military trial but a trial before the U. S. Circuit Court at Richmond. The nearest parallel to the Mitchell trial is probably the Court of Inquiry in 1901 into the conduct of Commodore Winfield Scott Schley in the Spanish...
...patient so strongly with her curative power that his watch stopped as though electrically shocked. Some one else told of having summoned Edward VII of England, who exclaimed upon arrival: "There are no kings here. Call me Teddy!" A Scotch doctor had spoken from "beyond" with a rich burr. A baritone spirit had sung Love's Old Sweet Song quite loudly...
...England Professional. At a quiet little affair on the Sandy Burr course (Wayland, Mass.), Herbert Lagerblade (Bristol, Conn.) became champion of the New England professionals with the modest score of 302 (72 holes). Tied for second: Jose Stein (Nashua, N. H.) and Jack Stait (Hartford, Conn.), 304 each...
...Informal Biography. In it the story of the wife of Andrew Jackson was told in a chatty manner, a manner similar to that in which Mr. Minnigerode had previously retailed in the Post the faults and foibles and personal characteristics of other characters in U. S. history? Aaron Burr and others...
...taken serious offense at Mr. Minnigerode's chats about Burr and his friends, but when he came to delineating Rachel Jackson, the wife of a President of the U. S. and an idol of the state of Tennessee, he was guilty of lèse-majest?...