Word: ghosts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mellon's Ghost...
...Lord & Thomas sent me to Washington to ghost a thin book for Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. I never got to meet Mr. Mellon but the book, How to Save Your Savings: by Andrew W. Mellon must have pleased...
Following closely upon the heels of the news of the closing of the Hemenway Gymnasium comes the news of the abolition of all Junior Varsity sports except football and crew. Although this radical move is laid at the door of schedule difficulties, there is little doubt that the ghost of financial trouble stalks ponderously through the background. The schedule difficulties do not seem insurmountable, for the Jayvee teams, being' generally inferior to the Freshmen, play the majority of their games with the larger academies and high schools, and could hence have interesting and extensive schedules arranged with little difficulty...
Cardinal Mundelein placed the Book of the Gospels on the nape of the neck of the prostrate prelate. Bidding him rise to his knees, the Prince of the Church imposed his hands and said: "Receive the Holy Ghost." He twice prayed: "Whatsoever thou shalt bless, may it be blessed. . . ." Then & there Rt. Rev. William David ("Willie"') O'Brien became a bishop, auxiliary of Chicago and titular of Calinda. Later, taking crozier (crook), Episcopal ring, Book of Gospels, mitre and gloves he walked with his consecrators through the Cathedral, blessing his flock, returning to the altar to utter thrice...
DEATH OF A GHOST-Margery Ailingham-Crime Club ($2). Albert Campion, in serious mood, defends the memory of a great painter, incidentally solves two murders...