Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...require comment, perhaps it would be charitable to inform him that "those funny pictures" of gentlemen of "similar appearance" to a "hound," on the covers of recent issues of TIME, have included, among other men of esteem, prestige and accomplishment, portraits of President Coolidge, General Pershing, Ambassador Herrick and Colonel Lindbergh...
...Maiden into a Maharani (courtesy title). The first ceremonies admitted her to Sir Tukoji's caste, and made her the adopted daughter of his potent kinswoman, the Princess Tara-bai. With her social status thus assured, she became by a second adoption the daughter of a Court functionary, Colonel Lam Bhate, whose duty it became to give her in marriage...
...wedding rites now rapidly ensued, and Colonel Lam Bhate explicitly declared: "For the God of Love, for Wealth, and for the Blessing of Procreation, to you I offer Devi Sharmista." When news of these words reached the bride's grandfather, Mr. Louis Schaefer, in Seattle, he exclaimed: "I'm sorry I wasn't there to give Nancy away. . . . That is a gentleman...
...Colonel W. K. Naylor will discuss the battle of the Marne in a lecture to be delivered in Room 110, Pierce Hall, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Colonel Naylor is among the foremost of the army historians and lecturers, having devoted much of his time to this sort of activity. "The Marne Miracle" is illustrated by lantern slides that show the successive situations leading up to the frustration of the German effort in 1914 almost at the gates of Paris...
...piece of history, "Kit Carson" is also important. The author shows clearly the part played by Carson in opening up the West, his invaluable aid to Colonel Freemont, his part in the Civil War. The economic changes which affected our hero are also dealt with briefly, and the author permits himself some very pungent comments on the U. S. Army and the general misconduct of Western affairs on the part of the Eastern authorities...