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...quote the following taken from "The Military Surgeon" of August 1927 under the title "Reminiscences of the American-Filipino War, 1899" by Surgeon Rear Admiral C. M. Beadnell, R. N., C. B., K. H. P., at that time a Junior Medical Officer in the British Navy, and courteously "lent" to the American Forces, who were short medical officers...
...Horta, island harbor of the Azores, pilots Elder & Haldeman were welcomed by the entire population (about 3,000). Mrs. George W. Mackey, wife of Western Union Traffic Manager Mackey, lent Miss Elder an evening gown for a reception in her honor. Said the guest: "I have nothing to wear but the clothes on my back but I hope some kind friend will rig me out." Later, she replied "indeed not" when asked if she were too tired to dance. She declined, however, to accompany Friederich Loose, Karl Loewe & Fraulein Dillenz (Viennese actress) on their flight by easy stages from...
...commanded respect and affection; in his patients the utmost confidence; and in students of medicine and young doctors, ardent devotion often close to hero-worship. He filled a high place in the medical world, not only because of his professional skill, but because of the unselfish spirit which lent the crowning light to a naturally charming personality. In the long illness which preceded his death the strength and beauty of his character was made even more clear to all who knew...
Scrimmages will hereafter be held every Friday, on the polo field of Robert Gould Shaw, 2nd, '93 at Newton, which has been lent to the malletmen for the fall season. Late this month two games will be played with a team from Danvers, coached by Samuel Hopkins, a former Yale captain...
...chatted in squeaky, steamy voices and pooh-poohed the advances of young, sleek, oily, lusty freight-pushers. The Exhibition began when some Indians, who were really porters and ticket takers on the Baltimore & Ohio, went whooping loudly past the grandstand. Then came stage coaches, one of which had been lent by Comedian Fred Stone. Then, on the loop of tracks, came a reproduction of Tom Thumb, the first of all steam engines, driven by an imitation of its inventor (Peter Cooper), dressed in breeches too bright for a hard-working engineer. After this a proud little ponyish Yorkshire engine that...