Word: mi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...corner of Pearl & Broad Streets, served as senior warden of Trinity Church, bought land in what is now Westchester County. When he had accumulated an estate of 83,000 acres extending ten miles along the Hudson River north from the Croton River and "a day's journey" [20 mi.] eastward to the Connecticut line, he built himself a fort-like house of red sandstone, with loopholes, cannon em-brasures, 3-ft. walls. King William III of England bestowed upon him in 1697 full manorial privileges.* When he died in 1700, his large estate had been divided in his will...
...case of Uncas was this: in 1635 Connecticut settlers first began to buy land from Uncas,* friendly Pequod who later organized the Mohegans (an offshoot of the Mohicans), became the No. i sachem of Connecticut. In 1659 he sold the English for ?70 nine sq. mi. for the settlement of Norwich. He fought with them against other Indian tribes, horrified pious colonists with ruthless decapitation of his enemies. In 1682 Norwich deeded back to Uncas and "his heirs forever" some 200 acres of land on the edge of town in lieu of ?3 still owing on the original purchase...
...varicolored uniforms (gold, scarlet, yellow, blue, green), in vari-shaped headgear (silvered helmets, bear-skins, overseas caps, berets, "ten-gallon" sombreros), 70,000 members of the American Legion last week went to Boston for their annual convention. There they paraded, many with their wives, over a 10-mi. course. From end to end the town blared with martial music, fluttered with flags. Down Tremont Street where in a reviewing stand stood the Secretaries of War and Navy, General John Joseph Pershing, General Henri Joseph Étienne Gouraud (governor of Paris), National Commander O. Lee Bodenhamer of the Legion...
Down the main street of Yerington, Nev. (90 mi. from Reno) moved a small circus parade. Swaying gracefully on the head of an elephant leading the procession sat Senator Tasker Lowndes Oddie. Perched upon a second elephant was Nevada's Governor, Frederick Bennett. Rocking on the hump of the show's lone camel came Lieut. Governor Morley Griswold. These three Republicans had come to town to campaign for reelection. Unable to compete with the circus, they had pocketed their speeches, joined the performance...
...become a conductor again. Koussevitzky concerts were soon famous in Moscow and Petrograd but that was not enough for its leader. He wanted to reach the great masses of Russians who had never heard a symphony concert. So for several summers he chartered a steamer, cruised the 2,300 mi. down the River Volga playing to the peasants who gathered on its banks. The Revolution made Russia impossible for most musicians. Koussevitzky left along with the rest, settled in Paris where in partnership with his wife he still conducts the profitable music-publishing house called Edition Russe...