Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...amity, Calvin Coolidge congratulated Neguest Tafari Makonnen on his coronation as King of Ethiopia, talked to King Alfonso of Spain over a new transatlantic wireless telephone, pressed a button opening the 11th Maui county fair in Hawaii, made a speech on "material and spiritual welfare" before the 49th General Triennial Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church,? in Washington...
...Alphonso Taft of Cincinnati married a Miss Fannie Phelps, who bore him Charles Phelps Taft and died. He then married Miss Louisa Maria Torrey, who bore him three sons, one every other year beginning in 1857-William Howard Taft, Henry Waters Taft (Manhattan lawyer) and Horace Button Taft (founder-headmaster of Taft School, Watertown, Conn.). Three of these Tafts had issue. Charles Phelps Taft's children were Jane, David, Anna, Charles. William Howard Taft's were Robert, Charles Phelps II, Helen. Henry Waters Taft's were Walbridge, William Howard II and Louise. These, in turn, have produced...
...most popular person at the picnic was Richard Evans, 91. A nimble fellow in button-shoes, he shook hands with everyone. It was found that he was the oldest foreign born inhabitant of Cook County; he had been brought there by his parents when he was ten months old. He had a trombone with him which he played at frequent intervals. He seemed eager to tell everyone about the old days when he was a young man and when Chicago was a young city. Said Richard Evans: "I knew Chicago before it had a railroad, a paved street, a trolley...
...Central Railroad Co. (20th Century Limited): $28,544,608 as against $30,959,292. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (Broadway Limited) : $51,277,232 as against $51,125,413. Delaware and Hudson Co. (Leonor Fresnel Loree): $2,628,071 as against $2,429,024. Postum Co. (The Edward F. Button's): $7,426,630 as against $6,750,384. Canada Dry ("Champagne of Ginger Ales"): $1,449,191 as against $1,273,528. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Charles M. Schwab, Eugene G. Grace): $7,914,046 as against $10,666,718. E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. (smokeless powder, explosives, rayon...
...pulled out a pistol and robbed him of cash, watch, chain, collar button. Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Skippers Harry Pigeon of Los Angeles and Alain Gerbault of France, though not present, were awarded Olympic diplomas for meritorious individual sporting conduct. At Sloten, on a canal built 20 feet above the land, the University of California eight-oared crew, Olympic favorite, practised before astonished milkmaids, proud tourists. Dr. L. Clarence ("Bud") Houser, discus thrower of Los Angeles, was selected to take the Olympic oath for the entire U. S. team. One day, in practice, he tossed the discus 155 feet through...