Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early part of 1825, amid a great outcry and no little bitterness, the House of Representatives chose* a President of the U. S. It passed over a western general by the name of Jackson and pointed its finger at a gentleman from Massachusetts. On March 4, 1825, there was an old man in his 90th year who had great joy in his heart. He had been retired for 24 years but in his time he had had a career?been Ambassador to Holland and England, been Vice President of the U. S., yes, and President. But March...
...89th birthday of Grover Cleveland was celebrated in Manhattan last week. President Cleveland's widow, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, his son Richard Cleveland, a Baltimore lawyer, and his daughter Mrs. Marion Cleveland Dell, were present. The faded shingle bearing the name "G. Cleveland" which hung in front of a law office in Buffalo many years ago, was presented to Richard Cleveland. Mrs. Susie Cleveland Yeomans, 83 (sister), heard tributes to her brother by radio in her Brooklyn home...
...terribly out of my element, terribly at sea. I know what one woman?Mary?can do and I can imagine what 10,000 women can do. "I am married to an organization, you know, Mary Pickford, but when I married I insisted on retaining my maiden name...
...which they may achieve in the country at large in the immediate future. But their enthusiasm was undamped. "Down with Volstead!" was their cry. "Hurrah for Volstead!" answered the Drys enthusiastically if somewhat feebly. Each side with derision or with exultation waved in the face of the other that name, like a banner, like a symbol of its fierce spirit, like a strange mythological device...
...play itself was originally entitled "Make-Believe", but was changed when the author was reminded of A. A. Milne's play of the same name. Making believe was the sin of Adam Baxter. He had always longed for knowledge, had always hoped to learn to read: but he never had succeeded. His longing was so keen, however, and his innate love of books so great, that he brought quite a number of volumes, irrespective of their contents...