Word: mis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although, in Ohio, hospitals, being incorporated as charitable in- stitutions, are not liable for damages on account of errors or mis- takes of their employes, the Sam Smith lawyer raised newspaper thunder last week. A county judge, Carl Weygandt, refused the hospital's request to hush up the affair, himself visited the hospital (and Mrs. Sam Smith). He found a nurse, Gretchen Meyer, who had bathed the baby three times during each of the obfuscated days. She "regretted her lack of observation" and said she did not learn the Sam Smith's baby's sex until...
...their farewells. The Democratic Gate City Guide, under the heading, "A Heart-Warm Fond Adieu," said: "In your own quiet way you have shown us still another winning of the West." Said Mr. Patrick Sullivan, Wyoming Republican National Committeeman: ". . . The Republican Party on this side of the Mis- sissippi has been stimulated by the visit...
...gentlemen of Detroit, in Manhattan last week, were the victims of a Philadelphia mis- understanding. They, C. R. Bitting and R. F. Shields, had gone to Phil- adelphia early in the week expecting to be made directors of Baldwin Locomotive Works. They conferred with Chairman Thomas S. Gates and President Samuel M. Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive and presented their credentials, voting stock proxies of the six Fisher Body brothers of Detroit.* They were told that not enough Baldwin Directors were in Philadelphia to make up a quorum. Mr. Bitting and Mr. Shields went to Manhattan to "enjoy the sights." Next...
...investigating charges of corrupt politics in Indiana. Taken from Michigan City to Indianapolis under prison guard escort, Mr. Stephenson spent more than five hours before the Grand Jury, smoked cigars with gusto, was then motored back to jail where no cigars are permitted. The jury also heard testimony from Mis? Meade and had previously been given the evidence found in the black boxes. After hearing the Stephenson story the jury refused to adjourn, although the term of criminal court for which they were sitting ended last week, but voted to continue their investigation through August and were expected to return...
Then Admiral Dewey began to make what the public called "mis-takes." When questioned about the home which popular subscription was building for him in Washington, he said that he wanted only a modest house with a small dining-room seating 18 persons. . . . At 62, he married and deeded the house to his wife. The public became as spiteful as a cast-off mistress. . . . The public was ready to jeer in 1900 when Admiral Dewey responded to pressure and naively announced that he was willing to run for President. Said he: "Since studying this subject, I am convinced that...