Word: martha
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cealo Mohawk, not previously notable, last week made public a list of speed swims by animals. The New York World looked up the records of Johnny Weissmuller and Martha Norelius, fastest swimming humans, and noted comparisons...
...Martha Norelius swam a mile last week faster than any woman had ever done it before. Stop watches clicked as she kicked hither and thither over the 55-yard course of the Biltmore Shores Yacht Club at Massapequa, L. I. establishing five world's records...
Bachelors. A discussion of income taxes on unmarried persons led to the expression of various opinions concerning bachelors. Said Miss Martha L. Connole of St. Louis: "Bachelors are selfish or they wouldn't be bachelors. They're afraid of assuming the obligations, financial and spiritual, of marriage. Women have a deeper sense of moral responsibility than men." Said Miss Mary Zapp of Pocatello, Idaho: "The modern girl seldom finds a man who meets with her approval as a companion and who still earns as much as she does." Mrs. Elva Wilcox of New Jersey said: "All men and women would...
...Stevens, Miss Eleanor Frothingham; G. W. Estey, Miss Martha Baker; G. Wright, Miss Elizabeth Wright; R. D. McMullan, Miss Margaret Hastings; T. O. Kingsbury, Miss Elizabeth Kingsbury; R. M. Purinton, Miss Emily Stevens...
...Hitch, Jr., Chairman, Miss Katherine Dalton; Alexander Donald, Miss Martha Love; L. Y. Ward, Miss Elizabeth Robinson; J. F. W. Whitbeck, Miss Dorothy Blodgett; E. C. Gale, Miss Isabelle Shaw; J. N. Barbee, Miss Mabelle Rantoul...