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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: . . . Although many citizens disagreed with the beliefs of Mr. Kvale,* all respected his sincerity and admired the man himself. He was more loved and better known by the people of the seventh Minnesota district than any previous representative. Benson, his home town, has a population of less than 2,500, yet more than 5,000 persons attended the funeral of Congressman Kvale. At dawn of the day of his funeral, members of the Benson volunteer fire department washed the newly paved streets of the city and in other ways helped to make the city look its best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...endowment of $150,000 has been given to the University to found a chair of German Art and Culture, to be known as the Kuno Francke Professorship. The chair is named in honor of Kuno Francke, the founder and honorary curator of the Germanic Museum, now emeritus professor of German Culture. No incumbent has been named for the current academic year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kuno Francke Chair of German Art and Culture is Established | 10/8/1929 | See Source »

...nature pure iron is scarce. In industry it is practically useless. But alloys of iron when they are hard, flexible, rust and corrosion-resisting are vastly important to modern civilization. To discover new and better alloys, to manufacture the known and useful ones is a paramount concern of such great companies as Central Alloy Steel Corp., Ludlum Steel Company, Krupp. But their research and manufacture are for their particular business. Man may enjoy the benefits thereof but the company of course profits by the company's knowledge. Last week, however, the Engineering Foundation initiated a fiveyear, non profit-making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Iron Alloys | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...Pawtucket, R. I., Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 7, 1929 | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...with foreign dishes. She objected to the tobacco trade-name "Bull Durham" because bulls were manifestly no tobacco users. When she was jailed, a follower wrote to the judge: "We now propose if Mrs. Nation is held longer, to raise the greatest army of women the world has ever known and wipe man out of existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Christ's Bulldog | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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