Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...live just south of the Eskimos, predicted that we would never be seen again. When we reached the long rapids of the Rat river, we were inclined to believe them. After losing guns and cameras in upsets in the freezing water and living on short rations, we finally reached Fort Yukon in Alaska. There was perpetual daylight during most of the trip and the mosquitoes were terrible, but the excitement and interest more than made up for our discomfort...
...President being busy, Mrs. Coolidge became the official White House football "fan," attended the game of the Quantico Marines v. the Fort Benning (Ga.) Infantry, presented the President's Cup to the Marines when they won the Service Championship for the second successive year. ¶ In a conference with the press, the White House Spokesman last week revealed that few people realize the magnitude of Government expenses. Take the humble lead pencil, said he, $125,000 per year is spent for that item alone...
...Myers Clark of Ohio State faltered once against Michigan; last week it ably functioned once against Illinois. Meanwhile, the toe of Frosty Peters of Illinois erred. Result: Ohio State, 7; Illinois, 6. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, well out of earshot, watched the Quantico Marines put some salt Willies from Fort Benning...
Prejudice! Graft! My tactics a bombshell! Prosecution frightened! My case is over! These were the jubilant cries last week of Rev. J. Frank ("Killer") Norris, 49, unofficial Baptist Fundamentalist, of Fort Worth, Tex., who on July 17 decreed death to Dexter E. Chipps, lumber dealer, and acted as agent himself (TIME, July 26 et seq.). The now deceased had ventured to expostulate with the parson for maligning D. E. Chipps' friend, the Mayor of Fort Worth. Pastor Norris, who has since been at liberty on bail, preaching weekly to vast throngs, has now secured a change of venue...
...aborigines. Founded 1884, it now gives academic courses and also business, domestic science, farming, dairying, gardening, masonry, carpentry, painting, blacksmithing, wagon-making, shoemaking, steam-fitting, printing, electricity and many more useful occupations. There are other Federal schools for Indians at Flandreau, S. Dak.; Pipestone, Minn.; Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Fort Mojave, Ariz.; Carson, Nev.; Tomah, Wis.; Pierre, S. Dak.; and 210 others, including 77 boarding-schools...