Word: pandemoniums
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...last week's pandemonium boomed a happy note from Fort Madison, Iowa, headquarters of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. Walter A. Sheaffer, now 61 years old, had been a prosperous jeweler there 15 years ago. In all merchants prosperity and alertness are not concomitants. In Mr. Sheaffer they were. He organized his fountain pen company; hired skilled salesmen, skilled advertisement writers. They wrought as he expected. Last spring the 9,734 shares in the company were each worth $100. Last week a buyer was obliged to pay $852 for a share, and Mr. Sheaffer sent word to stockholders that...
...President Doumergue arose and said: "I drink to a great citizen and a great statesman, President Coolidge." Following a speech, he turned abruptly to Commander Savage, dropped over his head a slender cord dangling bright insignia and said: "I create you, Commander Savage, Commander of the Legion of Honor." Pandemonium...
...baby parade. Small-appearing brats were wheeled along the boardwalk to the cheers of parents and the catcalls of a few. One baby became sick due to the swaying of the float upon which it was being wafted along. Several babies broke into tears as they heard the fearful pandemonium caused by 15 bands all playing at the same time. The dirigible Los Angeles flew over the babies, severely frightening several and terrifying two. After the event prizes were awarded to the babies who appeared most healthy...
Rapid City became, suddenly, a noisy pandemonium. Mill whistles screeched, fire alarms wailed loudly, people cheered and shouted; through all this racket was deeply audible the steady stentorian drumming of an airplane motor. President Coolidge, a curiously small and inconspicuous figure, stood with a group of Sunday-School children, waving a white handkerchief as he craned up at the aviator who was circling the town barely above the trees. Presently the plane dipped sharply over where the President was standing, then flew swiftly away over the distant hills. The roar of its motor, all whistles and alarms dwindled...
...contrary, is cold, a martinet; but all the same he was born at Naples in 1869. Therefore thousands of Neapolitans lined the quays last week in their finest frenzy as the royal yacht Savoia, paced by four destroyers, swung into the Bay of Naples. A "favorite son" was home, pandemonium held carnival...