Word: counts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...salvo was aided by two opportune errors. Clark, the first man up, was walked and reached home on a hit by Gordon which was fumbled in right field. A left field fly by Jenkins resulted in an error and Gordon had time to cross the plate for the second count. The scoring was continued in the second inning when Larrabee was sent to second on another error in left field. A passed ball gave him plenty of time to get to third and a moment later he and Cordingley, who had walked, came home on a clean right field...
...interesting note in The Philadelphia Public Ledger says that Prince von Hatzfeld is half American by the " marriage of his mother, Helene Moulton, to Count Hatzfeld, later German Ambassador in London, in 1863." Prince Hatzfeld acquired his present title plus Serene Highness through the death of an uncle, " and his two sisters moved up a stage in the court hierarchy and enrolled themselves in the second section of the Gotha (German Who's Who) among members of the reigning families by espousing Princes Friedrich Karl and Max Hohenlohe, thereby obtaining the privilege of addressing royalty as 'lieber vetter...
...Fuad with a full complement of oriental pomp and ceremony, he said: "I wish your Majesty a long reign in which your Majesty will be known to all men as a just, beneficent and kingly ruler." The King replied: "It pleases me to assure you that you may always count upon my entire support and the amicable cooperation of my government in improving the good relationship existing between Egypt and the United States of America...
...nine the next morning balloting began. Excitement ran high. The 1.800 delegates in their eagerness to vote broke through the rope that held them back. Policemen and firemen were summoned to restore order. At eight in the evening the polls closed. At eleven the count was not completed and the convention adjourned till the following day at ten a.m. The tellers were closeted counting the ballots till the early hours of the morning. Gradually news leaked out that Mrs. Cook was ahead...
When the official count was announced it ran: Mrs. Cook, 940; Mrs. Hanger, 779. All on Mrs. Cook's ticket were elected except the nominee for Chaplain General. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison of New Jersey carried that office, 871-746, although she was not able to be present at the congress. Following the announcement of her election, Mrs. Cook made her first speech as President General. She came forward " in a becoming costume of blue moire silk and georgette crepe with an ankle length skirt. Her hat was of blue satin with a bandeau of white roses." Said...