Word: camp
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then Dr. Reed with money furnished by Governor-General Wood -now of the Philippines-set up an isolated experimental camp in an uncultivated field a mile from the city. Attracted by the offer of $250, several peons volunteered as well as a few American youths. Buck-private John R. Kissinger unflinchingly watched the mosquitoes' hypodermics charged with fever serum pierce his arm . . . waited ... no infection . . . relief The medicos tried him again . . . waited . . . heavy sickness . . . almost death. Another lad submitted, died a martyr . . . The doctors abandoned camp. They had the proof...
...Butte the singing teachers taught him all they knew. Therefore the local Chamber of Commerce is financing his Manhattan studies. Hope was expressed: "The largest mining camp in the world is not to be outdone by Kansas City [a large meat packing centre and railway terminal] and Marion Talley [Metropolitan débutante; TIME, March 1]. ... It plans sending a real delegation when Mr. McLain makes his début [next winter...
...remainder of this appeal to the faithful really smacks too much of the sawdust trail oratory of the camp meeting revivalist to merit much comment. But nevertheless I can not but wonder if the men I knew who died in France would have been so comforted by the assurance that a temple erected to their memory would lure "thousands of beauty lovers to come and jam its pews in search of the road to righteousness" that to find fault with the plans of suggest a different memorial would constitute a sacrilege. A Poll taken among men before going into battle...
...Conn., June 7--The coaching launches for the second successive year having narrowly escaped shots from the over-vigilant coast-guard, who insist on mistaking them for rum-runners joined the crews here late last night to complete the training camp. As usual the Freshmen are established in their quarters near the boat house, while the University. Junior and Combination eights are on the hill...
...Hannibal, Mo., a certain Mrs. Laura Fraser, 90, brown of face and wrinkled, rested her bones on a camp stool and listened to the talk of a college scholar.* He was talking about worthless Samuel Clemens, who raised hob in Hannibal 80 years ago, then took to the river...