Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...respect for the Constitution of the United States. The contests of 1925, the first ones held on a national scale proved so successful that it was decided to continue the movement. The contests are financed and conducted by the Better America Federation of California as a contribution toward better citizenship...
...real family name was Davies. His father, who could neither read nor write, signed X (his mark) on his citizenship papers; the registration clerk entered Davis. Davis has stuck...
...becomes Governor of Texas next month, he will find the jail population waning. The sympathetic heart of Governess Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson has been beating fast as the day of her political demise approaches. On Thanksgiving Day she pardoned 40 convicts; gave six furloughs, three paroles, two restorations of citizenship. During the 21 months of her governorship, Mrs. Ferguson has issued 2,645 clemency proclamations-a record for Texas...
...State and Federal Citizenship", Professor Yeomans, Harvard 2, Government...
...have made my home in the U. S. since my marriage, in 1905, to the daughter of James B. Eustis, of New Orleans, Ambassador to France under Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Edward Bok, daughter of Publisher-Patron-Organist Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, and her son, Curtis, were my sponsors for citizenship papers. I am living at the Bok residence at Merion, Pa., while my wife and daughter Josefa are abroad. This is convenient for my directorial duties at Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Josefa is studying sculpture. 'She,' said I, 'believes in the silent arts...