Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge accepted the Presidency of the Sulgrave Institution, an office held by previous Presidents of the U. S. The Institution is an international fellowship for promoting friendship between the American and British peoples. In 1914 it bought Sulgrave Manor, the former home of the Washington family, for about $40,000. Sulgrave Manor is in Northamptonshire, close to the Oxfordshire border, about 70 miles northwest of London...
...Premier Lloyd George was entertained at the American Club in London by the American Society prior to his departure for Southampton en route for the U. S. Ambassador Harvey, in introducing him, said that he was a great democrat, a champion of Anglo-American friendship, " the most vivid personality of his own time and one of the most remarkable personalities of all time. . . . The last time he visited Canada he hadn't enough money to go on to the U. S., but this time he has no excuse. . . . He will have an equally gracious reception from President Coolidge...
...least among the benefits accruing from this Provincial Meet was the opportunity it offered for co-operation and friendship between provincial officials and teachers both in government and mission schools. It furnished practically the first opportunity for the students and schools to get the provincial consciousness. We must not forget that those who participated in the mass drills came from primary as well as middle schools and university, and that they included girls as well as boys...
Worn by the cares of office, Prohibition Commissioner Roy Asa Haynes returned to his home at Hillsboro, O., for rest. Washington, during his absence, buzzed with rumors that he would be a candidate for the next Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio. His qualifications: 1) a close friendship with the late President Harding; 2) dryness enough to make him acceptable to the Anti-Saloon League and the two Ohio Senators, Willis and Fess...
...settlement of the Boston police strike. These activities earned Stearns the titles from political opponents of "Lord Lingerie" and "Cal's Angel." As far as several able political correspondents can make out, however, the relation between Mr. Stearns and the new President is only about as "sinister" as friendship...