Word: carat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interests of the saloon, the gambling den, the bawdy house. Nominee Smith quickly recognized Editor White's source of information to be one Rev. O. R. Miller, a pamphleteer whom the Nominee denounced as "a parasite living on the people of the State of New York ... an 18-carat professional faker...
Your "figures, figures" anent the worth of John D. Rockefeller's weight in gold fall flat before one who knows gold. Perhaps you retain some of the old prejudice against Standard Oil, and so rate him down to 16¼ carats or $14.00 per oz., which would bring his pounds to just about your figure of $204.09 each, but one is inclined to consider his vast benefactions and his late judgment of Col. Stewart, and give him the full 24 carat rating of 1000 fine...
...receive a local goldsmith. The smith appeared, bearing with him a paten and chalice whose magnificence made the clergy cry out with surprise. The paten (saucer), shown to the public for the first time last week, was of silver and gilt, charmingly wrought; the chalice (goblet) bore a 32 carat diamond, gift, stated the smith, of a Mrs. Howe, lately deceased. Years ago she had ridden horses bareback in a U. S. circus. And, like many another circus performer, she possessed a piety which the manner of her life gave her little opportunity to practice. After her death she wished...
...John J. Dunn, of the Catholic diocese of New York, journeyed to Staten Island to attend special services, returned to his Manhattan home, discovered that from his automobile had been lost a black valise containing cassock, robes, crucifix. The Archbishop was distraught, for the crucifix (inlaid with four two-carat diamonds and many a sapphire) bore the instriptions: "Worn by Cardinal Farley as auxiliary Bishop of New York;" "Presented by His Eminence Patrick Cardinal Hayes to the Right Rev. John J. Dunn...
Other imperial gems went for as little as $290, paid for a garnet necklace with bracelets to match, on which bidding started at $25. Total sales reached $402,800. A single 48-carat oval diamond brought $57,000. The major "Crown Jewels" of the Tsars (TIME, Dec. 27) still remain, of course, in Russia, guarded day and night by soldiers in tight uniforms buttoning up the back and without cuffs or pockets...