Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alleging that white men had made new regulations for Indians in British Columbia, most westerly Canadian province, a powwow of 31 Chiefs at Shuswap sent Chief William Pierrish, Basil David and Johnnie Chillichitsa to lodge a protest with "the grand Chief whose wigwam is Buckingham Palace." Last week they arrived in London and set about securing an audience with "the biggest Chief of all." The Duke of York signified his "sincere pleasure and grateful thanks" by accepting invitations to become the Honorary President of the Yorktown World Forum,* Yorktown Country Club and the Yorktown Historical Society. The acceptance of these...
...Grand yarn-spinner though he is, Author Beach never on any account saves a tart twist...
...Embarking on the Mayflower on a stormy day, the President was whirred across Massachusetts Bay to Pemberton Point, where Louis K. Liggett,* contributor to many Coolidge campaign funds, was having a grand outing for his druggist employes from the entire country. The arrangements were badly bungled. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were not met at the pier, Mr. Liggett and his party having gone to the wrong pier by mistake. Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were so badly jostled by the crowds of eager druggists that naval and military aids had to use force to protect them...
...resigning his membership. He did this, he declared, because the Klan had attempted to dictate to him the removal of a Deputy Secretary of State, a son-in-law of the Internal Revenue Collector in Denver who recently investigated the income-tax returns of the Colorado Klan's "Grand Dragon...
August evenings may be well spent in expensive thoughtlessness at: RoseMarie: Lady, Be Good; Ziegfeld Follies, The Student Prince, Artists and Models, Engaged, George White's Scandals, Garrick Gaieties, Grand Street Follies...