Word: porter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Miss Elizabeth Gordon Hanna, granddaughter of the late Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna of Ohio, to Richard Porter Davidson of Georgetown, Del.; at Washington...
Harvard Bowdoin Rogers, A. G., r.f. 2b., Porter Norris, 1b. c., Blake Gordon, c.f. 1b., Hill Todd, l.f. s.s., Johnson Jenkins, s.s. c.f., Daggett Hammond, 2b. r.f., Fish Hill, 3b. l.f., Williams Samborski, c. 3b., Nichols Brown, p. p., Robinson...
Aside from the sentimental objection to calling Messieurs Washington, Clemenceau, Cohan, and the pullman porter by a common Christian name there seems to be no valid basis for the Society's efforts. No other appellation but "George" will do for the porter. He can not be expected to reply to "Pat" or "Mike", nor even "Hans" or "Fritz". He is usually too old to be called "boy" and too young to be hailed as "old man". And furthermore, he is too important a personage to be addressed by any title but one which traditionally connotes dignity and respect...
Under the auspices of the Christian Science Society William W. Porter, C. S. B., of New York City will lecture at 8 o'clock tonight in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House...
...Porter, who for many years has been a practitioner and a teacher of Christian Science, will discuss briefly the principles of Christian Science and the practical application of the teachings of Jesus to all human problems, including healing the sick. The speaker is also a member of the Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. The lecture is open to all members of the University...