Word: goodness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Congress on the State of the Union (see below), punctuating the hours with an 18-Ib. wild turkey, shot in the Blue Ridge Mountains near his summer camp and presented to him by Postmaster William M. Mooney of Washington. With the White House in mourning for Secretary of War Good, only three extra plates were set, for Allan Hoover, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Rickard. Other doings: one hour at church; two hours on a motor ride. ¶ Thirty-five public utility executives, led by Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric, filed into the Cabinet Room, pledged nearly two billion dollars...
Before he entered Walter Reed Hospital last month to die, Secretary of War James William Good had not quite finished his first, and last annual report for his department. To his bedside before lapsing into final unconsciousness, he summoned his wife, gave her detailed instructions to be carried to his secretary. Forward-looking, optimistic, the report outlined Army plans and policies which another will now execute. Some facts set forth...
...largest government-owned and operated commercial enterprises is Inland Waterways Corp., a barge service on the Mississippi and tributaries which last year netted the U. S. a profit of $441,651. Reported Secretary Good: "Before long the Government can pass over the corporation's facilities to private capital for operation...
Several of the most prominent swordsmen of the country were seen in is public fencing exhibition in Hemenway Gymnasium last night. This was the first such demonstration ever held at Harvard, and there was an unusually good turnout of approximately 500 spectators...
...various other colleges. He was enthusiastic in his praise of Peroy. "I am pleased to find Peroy so strong," he said. "I had underrated him, especially with the sabre. He is stronger in all three weapons than the men in New York who specialize in one. He is a good man, and should do much for the sport at Harvard...