Word: p
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...soft, wet soil of Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, where Scout tents had been bogged for a fortnight, Baron† Baden-Powell buried what he soon described as a golden hatchet. Next he handed round golden arrows, one to each national Scout leader. Finally beloved "B. P." cried in his rich, booming bass voice...
Though the arrow is exclusively a weapon, whereas the hatchet is primarily a tool, loyal Scouts raised a hearty cheer for "B. P.", saw him off in his new "Penny Rolls-Royce" (purchased from international Scout contributions of one penny each...
Near Royal, Ill., a turtle climbed upon the west rail of a Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. track, sat down. Along putputted a "trouble car" carrying one H. Duncan, telephone workman, at 20 m. p. h. Workman Duncan was derailed...
Members-Henry Walters, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Richard Teller Crane Jr., Arthur Curtiss James, Junius S. Morgan Jr., Gerard B. Lambert (owner of Vanitie), George T. Bowdoin Jr. Designer-Clinton Hoadley Crane...
...touch of Midas turned things to gold. In the legends of finance the name of J. P. Morgan is supposed to have the same effect. All sorts of stocks are sometimes labelled Morgan stocks, yet no one save the uncommunicative partners at 23 Wall St. really knows exactly what companies have Morgan connections, or how much stock interest, if any, J. P. Morgan Co. holds in them. Speculators eager to know how much the name of Morgan is like the touch of Midas, have spent much time calculating what profit Morgan stocks have shown...