Word: medals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have the ash removed from his cigaret by a bullet. Annie Oakley obliged. Queen Victoria sent her a signed photograph. Prince Edward (VII) of Wales presented her on the grounds of the London Gun Club, where she was the first woman ever allowed to shoot, and gave her a medal inscribed: "You are the greatest shot I ever saw." His son, George V, himself a crack marksman, later tendered a similar medal...
...distinguished gentleman from New Orleans bearing upon his lip and chin the classic adornments of his profession was called before the Boston Surgical Society last week to receive one more high honor: the Bigelow Medal* for the advancement of surgical knowledge...
...Medal, was in the operative treatment of aneurysms. These are pulsating tumors which form on blood vessels. Often their throbbing effect is visible, as on the forehead of a patient. Or, they may be deepseated, even on the great vessels of the heart. Dr. Matas's technique, to be duplicated by only the most skilled of surgeons, re duces such tumors...
...founders" of Children's Book Week was Co-Editor Frederic Gershom Melcher of the Publisher's Weekly (trade organ), long high in bookmen's councils. In 1921 he supplied the American Library Association with a medal, named in honor of Publisher John Newbery of England, an early advocate of particular books for particular small people. This medal was to be awarded annually to that U. S. writer who should make the "most distinguished" contribution to U. S. literature for children. It was no secret that Mr. Melchei hoped by this ruse to induce able writers to turn...
...Newbery medal was awarded to Author Hendrik Willem Van Loon for his Story of Mankind. The next year Author Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle stories were honored. Then Author Charles Boardman Hawes produced The Dark Frigate. In 1924, much-traveled Author Charles Joseph Finger published Tales From Silver Lands and won the prize...