Word: montevideo
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...diplomats' heads shattered and the respective diplomats' houses blasted by bombs from incensed radicals and Communists. As a result of the conviction of two Italian gunmen (Sacco and Vanzetti) who are under death sentence for murder in Massachusetts, U. S. diplomatic missions in Paris, Sofia, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Montevideo have been bombed or threatened. In several instances buildings were damaged but no loss of life has been reported. Foreign sympathizers with the convicts declare the Italians are being punished for their radical beliefs...
...week drew to a close Miss Veronica Purviance of Montevideo, Uruguay, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., despatched to H. R. H. Edward of Wales an invitation to attend her impending wedding to one Leo Dewey Welch of Buenos Aires. Friends of Miss Purviance exulted: "The Prince of Wales gave Veronica a heavy rush last year in Montevideo, but she never forgot good old Leo Welch...
...issue of TIME, on p. 27, you tell about a sick child in Montevideo and say "It died." Now a child is either a "he" or a "she" and any parent will agree with me that nothing raises said parent's ire like having his child called an "it." If you do not know the sex of a child when relating an incident, it would be perfectly permissible to repeat the words "the child" or else say "he," for that pronoun is often used to cover both sexes. I am a constant reader of TIME and like it very...
...Montevideo, the child of a man named Ramon Perez fell ill of pneumonia. Señor Perez sought the aid of one Dr. Lois, who treated the baby for a month. It died. Ramon Perez sharpened his knife and went to the doctor's house. The medico was not there. He had gone to the drug store. Señor Perez strode into the crowded shop, walked up to the doctor, stabbed him to death...
Arrived in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, H. R. H. The Prince of Wales. Foreign Minister Blanco boarded the cruiser Curlew to extend the Prince a welcome in the name of the nation. On landing, he was received by President Jose Serrato, the Cabinet and many other dignitaries. At an Anglo-Uruguayan luncheon, the Prince responded to a toast in Spanish, saying: "Muchas gracias por esta linda fiesta. Vive el Uruguay (Thank you for this good feast. Long live Uruguay...