Word: creek
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Turkey, told an anecdote about the late President Roosevelt and me. According to him, I called at the White House one day in cutaway coat, high hat and lavender gloves. The President was about to go for a swim and I accompanied him. On the banks of Rock Creek we undressed, but I kept on the lavender gloves. 'Aren't you going to take them off ? ' asked Mr. Roosevelt. ' No, Monsieur le President,' I returned, 'I shall keep them on because we might meet some ladies...
...ring. He can scarce raise an eyebrow but the whole world notes the new slant, a dozen ladies are waiting for the word;--he smiles with appreciation and goes on with his game. He merely enters another Derby, carries a bobbing crown over hedges and dumps it in a creek...
...Detroit interests said to be allied with Mr. Ford are reported to be securing options for a new line between Gilbert and Huntington, which would link up with Ironton at one end and the Virginia Railroad on the other. This right-of-way is largely held by the Pond Creek Coal Company, which Mr. Ford acquired recently...
...laws, customs or regulations of which deny similar privileges to citizens or corporations of this country, shall not by stock control, own any interest in any lease acquired under the provisions of the act," debarred the Roxana Company, 65% of whose stock is foreign owned, from participating in the Creek land leases...
...company contended that the land involved in the leases was the property of individuals in the Creek tribe, and that, if the Indians decided that the Roxana Company was acceptable to them, the Secretary of the Interior had no authority to disapprove the deals. Secretary Fall replied that all Indian affairs are under the control of the Department of the Interior, and that therefore his disapproval was valid...