Word: northerners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...further incomplete list of those who will attend the ceremonies includes: Howard Elliott, President of the Harvard Board of Overseers and President of the Board of the Northern Pacific Railroad; T. W. Lamont '92 of J. P. Morgan and Company; J. P. Morgan '89 of J. P. Morgan and Company; James Simpson, President of Marshall Field and Company; H. N. Straus '03 of the firm of R. H. Macy and Company; and Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Company...
Sirs: An interesting tale came to me the other day and, though it came from a credible source, I am passing it on to you for verification - with the thought in mind that, if true, it might be equally interesting to you. The story goes around through our northern Scandinavian country that the real name of our great bandmaster, John Philip Sousa, is Swen Olsen. It was his custom, in traveling about the world, to mark his luggage with his initials, S. O. followed on the same line with U. S. A., for United States of America. From this evolved...
...Turin, capitalists cut prices generally by 10% to 50%. Restaurant prices dropped 10% in Milan, and other prices in varying proportions. In these cities and in the rest of Northern Italy, where Fascismo is strongest, Capital and Labor dared not resist...
...Avoyelles flood came from the inland sea formed by last fortnight's levee-breaks in Northern Louisiana. Through this inland sea was moving the main flood crest of the Mississippi itself, headed southeast through the Old River to the main channel of the Mississippi itself. Thus the Avoyelles flood was a sort of gigantic overflow, distinct from the central stream that raced toward Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Sweeping last week through Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri...
...Tanganyika, held as a Mandate from the League of Nations; Uganda, a protectorate ; and the Crown Colonies, Kenya and Northern Rhodesia...