Word: potter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time to turn the whole county into a mollycoddle community, the Civil War gave the men of Phinizy County a real outlet. Those who did not fight with Forrest fought with Morgan. Even after the War petered out, some of them had not had their bellyful. When Lafe Potter ran off with Mersery Pillow, five of the Pillow clan went to get her back. When the shooting was over Lafe turned to his bride and said casually: "I got four of the bastards." Said Mersery: "I'm glad...
Jostling in Cherry Blossom Festival crowds in Washington. Huberts Potter Earle, wife of Pennsylvania's Governor, lost a $250 diamond brooch bearing the Pennsylvania coat of arms...
...wedding of James Potter Polk, son of onetime (1918-19) Acting Secretary of State Frank Lyon Polk, and Margaret Smith Salvage in swank Lattingtown, L. I. went J. Pierpont Morgan. When he went into the church, he clapped his topper over his face to foil a battery of nine cameramen. When he left the church he threatened the cameramen with his umbrella. On each occasion he was thoroughly photographed. Muttered the 69-year-old financier, getting into his Rolls-Royce: "They won't leave me alone. And those flashlights scare me to death...
...incidents on which Beloved Enemy are based are so exciting that it would be hard for them to inspire a really dull picture. Lacking the succinct power of The Informer, this first Hollywood effort of 31-year-old Director Henry C. Potter, who got his start in the young New York theatrical firm of Potter & Haight, will probably reach and please an even larger audience. Strenuously romantic, magnificently acted and produced, it contains numerous moments of honest cinematic intensity: Riordan and his best friend (Jerome Cowan) escaping from English soldiers across the Dublin roofs; the wife (Karen Morley...
After Francis O. Mathiessen, associate professor of history and former Head Tutor of the House, had given a brief talk on the significance of the gift, John M. Potter '26, instructor and tutor in history and literature, spoke of the personality of the House Master. Potter, who is the present Head Tutor of the House, commented particularly on the distinction of Professor Merriman's record as Master and the hospitality he has demonstrated in filling...