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Muscle Shoals (as explained in TIME, Dec. 29, SCIENCE) was so named because at that point is found the greatest collection of fresh water mussels or Naiades (80 species and 29 genera) anywhere in the world. In regard to the spelling, Gerard H. Matthes of Manhattan, in a recent letter to Science, weekly organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Science, pointed out that in writings of half a century ago and earlier, it was stated that the name was given because of the "muscle shells" (sic) found there. "Muscle" seems to have been the original form...
...necessarily served by a winning football team nor the best spirit exhibited by support of one Harvard's claim to greatness does not rest upon the same grounds for fame which can be possessed by almost every academy or suburban high school throughout the country. Yours very truly. Gerard D Reilly...
Democratic Testimony. The week previous, the Committee had taken Republican and Third Party testimony. To round out its survey, the Committee, last week, heard the testimony of Clem L. Shaver, Chairman, and James W. Gerard, Treasurer, of the Democratic National Committee. These gentlemen averred that their total budget added into the neighborhood of $750,000 of which $549,000 had been contributed by some 4,000 persons...
Replied Mr. Gerard: "I suppose if they gave us $1,500,000, we would accept...
...neighboring tables. Here he speaks with a gentleman and his wife. They are perhaps Mr. and Mrs. James M. Thomson, son-in-law and daughter of the late Champ Clark. At another table, he pauses to chat with a handsome man in his fifties; certainly it is James W. Gerard. He returns to his table and sips his coffee...