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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME deeply regrets its error, proffers herewith apology to famed original Gypsy Smith, whose real name is Rodney Smith and who said: "Jesus Christ was the greatest gentleman the world ever knew...
...course I may be wrong but I think it shows a lacking of respectfulness for one of the world's greatest women when you said the following: "Among singers who will appear is old Ernestine Schumann-Heink, in her 'positive farewell to the Pacific Coast...
Norway has lost her greatest citizen, the discoverer of the South Pole. Italy has got back a "hero" who became such when he, Nobile, was employed by an American financier to act, under the guidance of Amundsen, as captain of the Norge. [(TIME...
...Secretary of the Treasury, particularly, "the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton, cannot afford to indulge in wishful thinking. Financiers were inclined, last week, to be instructed, rather than startled by what financial writers called Secretary Mellon's "bold" plan for refinancing the Third Liberty Loan which matures in September. With the money market hitting its highest since 1920 Secretary Mellon offered to exchange 3⅛% bonds for the 4¼% Third Liberty Bonds, which mature in September. He gave the new bonds a life of 12 to 15 years. Like most Government securities, they were only...
...ragged afield, indifferent at bat; Chicago, lacking an infield of major league quality; Cincinnati, slipped from its lead because of injuries to valuable pitchers; Pittsburgh with no one in the box except "Spitballer" Grimes; Boston in seventh place, apparently hopeless, but having one great player, perhaps the greatest in the National League, famed in the field, sensational at bat; and Philadelphia in the "cellar." Keeping this player in mind, critics considered the American League clubs, lined up smoothly behind the Yankees: at Philadelphia a galaxy of famed veterans; a young St. Louis team, fighting, surprising; Washington with many stars that...