Word: placidness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Adirondack woods shone with, and the waters of Lake Placid reflected, many a solemn dark face last week on the 127th anniversary of the birth of John Brown whose soul goes marching...
John Brown (who was either a horse thief or a martyr according to one's views on slavery) was not born at Lake Placid and he lived there, or in nearby North Elba, only six years. The region is now better known for its skiing, skating, golf, tennis and dancing facilities, and as a stronghold of Simplified Spelling, than for John Brown's grave on ever-green Mount Elba...
...mature women employees had so much energy that she was a disturbing factor in the placid job of labeling and wrapping bottles. We removed the contention by placing her in charge of the stock and shipping where a new motor coordination is necessary nearly every minute. She uses her leisure in mothering the younger girls in general and in telling them in her way what we tried to tell her in our way about the subjects of the seminars...
...They would begin to notice the roads, the buildings, the fences, the farm animals. When once more they found themselves aware of the world, alert to their surroundings, Dr. Gehring sent them about their business, cured, happy. No stigma of nervous exhaustion remained.... Today Bethel is as calm and placid as Dr. Gehring found it 32 years ago when he went there to quiet his nerves. One of Dr. Gehring's neighbors at Bethel is rich William Bingham II, also of Cleveland. William Bingham II gave away $200,000 last week. Like the $200,000 donation...
...reached Bangkok, Siam, recently, on the world cruise of the S. S. Belgenland he was greeted with no lilting stanzas, but rather by an imperial "command" to appear at the Siamese Court and be received in audience by perky little King Pracha Tipok (TIME, March 8, 1926) and his placid, portly Queen...