Word: carmel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Poet Jeffers lives in a rocky tower on the edge of the continent at Carmel, Cal. He is one of the few living poets who write extended tragedies. Some consider him the most impressive poet the U. S. has ever produced. His verse is in long, unrhymed, irregular lines, usually powerful...
...Gilbert Parker, English novelist (The Right of Way, The Weavers, The World for Sale), broke his arm, suffered bruises when an automobile, driven by his wife, who was not injured, overturned near Carmel Highlands, Calif...
Cartoonist Bud Fisher (Mutt & Jeff) found many a stray dog last year on his newly-purchased Carmel, N. Y., estate. He ordered his Negro butler, James Bell, to get rid of them. This Butler Bell did, darkly, until only one dog was left. When, last week, he got around to this dog, Mr. Fisher's caretaker, Frank Candee, protested. Caretaker Candee had become attached to the dog. Butler Bell paid no heed, raised his rifle, killed the creature. Caretaker Candee, irate, got out a knife. Butler Bell, standing in the driveway, raised his gun again and fired five times more...
...annual banquet and election of officers last evening, when the following men were elected to office: President, Lawrence Eugene Watt 2L of Reidsville, North Carolina; Vice President, Robert Frederick Young 2L of Dayton, Ohio; Secretary, Daniel Burke Leonard 1L of Towson, Maryland; Treasurer, Benjamin George Habberton 1L of Mt. Carmel, Illinois...
...parish house of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Democratic Candidate for Governor of Illinois came to see him about farmers...