Word: givers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...want to take this opportunity to thank an anonymous donor for a hand some bottle of what is labeled Halg and Halg. The mere mention of my having a cold elicited this offer of what the giver assures me is an effective remedy. My cold has long since gone but nevertheless I am very grateful for the antidote. As a matter of fact the bottle is here on the table as I write and occasionally I take a sip, in order that I may establish a sort of personal relation with my generous unknown friend. Whoever you are and wherever...
...Giver. In 1899, a potent young Harvard tennis player named Dwight Filley Davis donated a cup to be played for by tennis teams from all nations. Last week, at a dinner on the S. S. France, moored in the Hudson River, Mr. Davis, now U. S. Secretary of War, bade "a sad and long farewell" to his tennis cup, congratulated three Frenchmen on winning it from U. S. players who had kept it the past seven years...
Last week J. P. Morgan became a personal giver. He gave $200,000 for the study and treatment of encephalitis letharaica, the sleeping sickness of which Mrs. Morgan died. The money will equip and support an entire floor of the $1,400,000, 12-story hospital building which the Neurological Institute will build in Manhattan in conjunction with Manhattan's growing Medical Centre at 165th Street and Broadway...
Great Britain welcomed the proposal of separating land and naval armaments. It must be remembered, however, that the Washington conference attained partial success chiefly because the U. S. was the biggest "giver" in capital ships. At the proposed Geneva conference Great Britain will have to be the biggest "giver" in cruisers. Her future attitude, particularly concerning submarines, will depend on France and Italy...
...Deneen faction supporting Senator McKinley against Col. Smith. Finally, archangel, Mr. Insull, had helped even the Democrats by slipping $15,000 to his old friend George E. "Boss" Brennan of Chicago, who as Democratic nominee opposed both Col. Smith and Senator McKinley. Said Senator Reed: "This utility giver is apparently out to land on both feet." During the week corroborating evidence was forthcoming from many a bigwig who came beneath Senator Reed's sharp eye, sharper tongue-among them: James Simpson, President of Marshall Field & Co.; Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa Republican Senatorial candidate; Chester Willoughby, secretary to Senator McKinley...