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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the Department of State was moved to issue a public warning against a new international racket. By smooth-tongued "agents," many U. S. citizens have been convinced that they are heirs to large British estates ?the buccaneering gold of Sir Francis Drake, the "Blake millions," the "Townley estate" et al. To get these fortunes out of "Chancery," the "heirs" were duped into paying the racketeers thousands of dollars in "legal fees." Letters from some 300 would-be inheritors have swamped the U. S. Consulate in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: International Racket | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Harvard singers will give "Drake's Drum" by Coleridge-Taylor, "Marching", by Brahms, and choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore". The Harvard Mandolin Club will play selections from "Pinafore", another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and the Brahms Waltz in A Major. The Banjo Club will offer two Russian folk songs, "Fireflies", and "At Father's Door", and Harvard football songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB IN CONCERT WITH YALE VOCALISTS | 11/22/1929 | See Source »

...first songs of the Harvard Glee Club will be "Drake's Drum", by Coleridge-Taylor, "Marching", by Brahms, and choruses from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "Ruddigore". After the intermission the Yale Glee Club will be heard again, in three negro spirituals, "Place My Feet on Higher Ground", "Keep In The Middle Of The Road", and "The Battle Of Jericho...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARIED PROGRAM READY FOR ELI GAME CONCERT | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

Midwest: Chicago v. Wisconsin at Chicago; Illinois v. Army at Urbana; Iowa v. Minnesota at Iowa City; Notre Dame v. Drake at Chicago; Ohio State v. Northwestern at Columbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

...announced Saturday, the Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs will appear in joint concert on Friday, November 22, in Sanders Theatre at 8.30 o'clock. On that occasion the Harvard singers will offer "Drake's Drum" by S. Coleridge-Taylor, choruses from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "Ruddigore", Brahms' "Marching", two Russian folk songs, and Harvard football songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB WILL GIVE BUT ONE CONCERT THIS YEAR | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

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