Word: nolan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rosie's," in New Haven, swiftly became as famous as those other academic stepladders? the late "Widow" Nolan's (into Harvard) and witty John Hun's (into Princeton). Its doors widened to receive, as well as shaky seniors, floundering sub-freshmen anxious for summer work or seeking to continue their studies after expulsion from boarding schools...
...program for Monday's concert includes several pieces of Sousa's own composition, among which are the famous "Liberty Bell," March and a new work, "Jazz America." In addition Miss Marjorie Moody, soprano, Mr. John Nolan, cornet, and Mr. George Cary, xylophone, will render solos. There will also be a jazz piece and selections from opera and light opera...
Thus New England sends a woman to Congress for the first time. She is the seventh woman to sit in the House of Representatives. Others: Miss Jeannette Rankin (Montana) ; Miss Alice Robertson (Oklahoma) ; Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck (Illinois) ; Mrs. Mae E. Nolan (California) ; Mrs. Julius Kahn-(California) ; Mrs. Mary T. Norton* (New Jersey). She follows the new "widow" precedent in politics (Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Kahn and Governess Ross of Wyoming succeeded their husbands-Mrs. Huck, her father...
...Nolan (Representative from California in the 67th and 63th Congresses), she says: "I heard some well-meaning and kind-hearted friends in California say they voted for her because they wanted to 'see her get the money' that her husband would have received had he lived to fill his term in Congress. It was our good fortune that Mrs. Nolan did no violence to any of our cherished principles and we liked...
...Edith, widow of the late John Jacob Rogers, U. S. Congressman from the Massachusetts district, announced her candidacy to succeed her husband. She emulates two San Francisco women-Mrs. Mae Nolan, Mrs. Florence Kahn-who took their husbands' seats in Congress. Humphrey O'Sullivan (rubber heels) will run against her on the Democratic ticket. All Republican aspirants retired in her favor. Both Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Rogers are widely known and well-liked at the Capital...