Word: john
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week John Richard Voorhis, president of the New York City Board of Elections, Grand Sachem of the Society of St. Tammany, celebrated his 100th birthday. It was a three-day festival, including a boat trip around Manhattan, dinners, speeches galore. A Democrat since he voted for Franklin Pierce in 1852, Mr. Voorhis fought William Marcy Tweed and the "Old Tammany," received his first office, Commissioner of Excise, in 1873 under the reform administration of Mayor Havemeyer. He was long the city's Police Commissioner. Continuously in public service since, his jobs have always been appointive...
...birthday party was held in his office in the Municipal Building. He arrived wearing a sky-blue necktie. Seven hundred people called to wish him well. Alfred Emanuel Smith dropped in. Commissioner Voorhis gave him a cigar marked "John R. Voorhis." To other guests went other presents: To the men, pencils, to the women, fans, all marked in gilt: "1829? JOHN R. VOORHIS?1929." There was a birthday cake, two poems, 100 roses from Pompton Plains. Commissioner Voorhis was elected a member of the young Democrats club. For the first time in his life he cried in public. Police Commissioner...
...Governor John H. Trumbull, on his way to Canada, hastened back to Hartford by airplane to "straighten out this mess." As he stepped out of the plane, he asked: "What's the matter? As soon as I get out of the state, you boys start raising hell." Promptly he summoned a special session of the legislature to repass en masse all the legislation voided by the court...
...Burton-on-Trent when Edward of Wales flew down from London, visited the brewhouse, mixed for himself a special vat of extra strong mash to be known as ''Prince's Brew." Waiting at the flying field to greet him was the Chairman of the Company, Colonel the Right Honorable John Gret-ton. Conservative M. P. for the Burton Division of Staffordshire. Waving proudly over the old brewery was a great banner lettered GOOD HEALTH TO OUR PRINCE. Edward of Wales attended a special luncheon after which he sampled with relish five separate and distinct brews, including a famed ale made...
...turn on the water, sir," said Chairman Colonel the Right Honorable John Gretton...