Word: minting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. S. Parker Gilbert Jr., newly appointed Agent General of Reparations in Europe under the Experts' Plan, to Miss Louise Todd of Louisville; in Louisville. Raymond T. Baker, onetime Director of the U. S. Mint, was best man. Many dignitaries attended. The couple sailed for Europe...
...ballroom and the Statue of Liberty, the use of everything costs extra. The prices for drinks include: Scotch highball, $1 Dry gin rickey, $1.50 Silver fizz, $1.50 Holland gin drinks, $2 Sloe gin buck, $2 Champagne, $15 a qt. Sparkling Burgundy, $20 a qt. Rye highball, $2 Mint julep...
...widespread demand for silver coins. Over 3,000,000 ounces of silver has been sold by American companies to Poland, to be coined into Polish token money. The German Government has under consideration a 30,000,000-ounce order for silver. Austria has resumed silver coinage at her own mint, and Russia is considering the coinage of silver money. Ultimately, too, it is likely that the British will increase the proportion of silver in their subsidiary silver coins, which were "debased" during collapse of the pound sterling to keep them from being melted down and sold by speculators...
...always the largest. But the Republicans had no love to waste upon Mr. Coolidge. On the other hand?if he should happen to be tne Democratic nominee?it would probably also react on Mr. McAdoo, who has conducted an elaborate pre-conventlon campaign that must have cost a "mint" of money, not to mention promises of patronage. As for Senator La Follette, if he becomes a third party candidate, the investigation will work entirely to his advantage: he will not have the resources of the regular Republicans or even the Democrats and in addition his campaign will be comparatively inexpensive...
Gifford Pinchot. He said: "One more mint julep, please;" then laughed with glee...