Word: martha
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George and Martha Derby Scholarships,--F. Mood of Oakland, Calif...
...widows of Presidents have been treated in many different fashions: Martha Washington, franking privilege; Dolly Madison, franking privilege and payment of $30,000 for husband's manuscript (the only complete and authoritative account of the U. S. Constitutional Convention) ; Louisa C. Adams, widow of John Quincy Adams, franking privilege and $25,000 cash; widows of John Tyler and James K. Polk, annual allowances of $5,000 each; widow of Zachary Taylor, franking privilege and $5,000; widow of James A. Garfield, franking privilege, single payment of $50,000 and annual payment of $5,000; Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Roosevelt...
...Miss Martha Bayard...
...Died. Martha Mansfield, cinema actress, 23, in San Antonio, Tex. The flimsy, hoopskirted Civil War costume which she wore as leading woman in The Warrens of Virginia took fire from a smoker's match. She appeared in other cinemas (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Perfect Lover, Potash and Perlmutter...
...Smithsonian Institution received a gown from Mrs. Harding to add to its collection of gowns worn by mistresses of the White House. The national collection of gowns is complete, beginning with one owned by Martha Washington...