Word: journeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...funds also has a pistol. The Colonel found the system ideal, again doffed his helmet, proceeded on his way to Mindoro,* to Sulu, where a sultan reigns, finally past Corregidor† and back into Manila, where he told the press that the only unpleasant part of his sentimental journey had been the parades of febrile natives carrying such signs as "No Bacon sandwich for us"** and many another similar legend. Enterprising Manila politicians had prepared and shipped these placards out to the islands which lay in Col. Thompson's path...
...Adam Marty. This year 34 places were set as usual, shining with bright silver and glassware. In the center of the table, amid the decorations, rested the consecrated bottle. Thirty chairs were draped with black, among them Adam Marty's. One survivor was too decrepit to make the journey from his Florida home. But three men dined where once 34 had supped. Too soon will the bottle's cork be pulled...
...suffering, fears for his tremendous venture. The popularity of his opera and concerts, personally conducted, was the record-breaking sensation of musical London. At last he was free to return to Dresden, to his "Lina." He spent all day receiving friends in farewell visits, and talked only of his journey, his homecoming. On the morning of his departure he did not wake...
...Mecca. Because of friction between Sultan Ibn Soud and King Fuad of Egypt, the Holy Carpet had not gone to Cairo for two years, but this year things looked better; the King of Egypt had a chance of being made Calif of Islam; the rug started on its journey, accompanied by the soldiers and followed by a brass band which blared out, with wandering horns and cymbals, an Egyptian marching song. Now to the Wahhabis of Mecca music is an offense to Allah, strictly forbidden in holy places. A little crowd of "fanatics" charged the cortege; the soldiers fired...
...Arthur has announced that he will leave Montreal on Monday for Middlebury College, where he will deliver the Commencement address. Following a trip to New York, there to address the New York Bankers' Association on June 22, Sir Arthur will journey to Cambridge, where after the degree has been conferred, he will address the Harvard alumni...