Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...additional men arrived, some 20 rebels appeared on the sky line of the railroad fill and the patrol opened fire. The rebels were routed, but Private First Class (no buck private as you put it) John Phinnizee was shot through the chest...
Troop E, 10th Cavalry, under First Lieutenant Drury, coming to the rescue of the patrol, was fired on by cavalry of Yucopicio then going into position to attack Naco under Topete. When the error was discovered after a pack horse had been shot, the Mexican officers very kindly offered hot coffee. International relations...
...JORDAN THEIS 1st Lieut., 10th Cavalry Camp U. S. Troops, Naco, Arizona To Lieut. Theis all thanks for a TIME-worthy report. To First-Class Private Phinnizee apologies for misreporting his rank...
Sirs: I review 22 magazines at office, scan 18 at home. TIME is only one of 40 literally read from first to last page. Arriving on Friday it receives undivided attention until absorbed. Wife, brother and wife's parents also read it thoroughly. Then to office lobby table. Your style draws me through sections I am ordinarily uninterested in, generally scanned: sports, science, medicine. Have loaned and given many copies to friends boosting your circulation for their sake not yours. Only criticism - too few photographs. G. E. RUSSELL Advertising Manager Oilman Fanfold Corp., Ltd. Niagara Falls, N. Y. TIME...
...luncheon. They talked of Mr. Root's new formula for getting the U. S. into the Court over the Senate's reservation against advisory opinions. Secretary of State Stimson was present, a statesman with an ear quick and open to Elder Statesman Root, who gave him his first law job and later took him in as a junior partner...