Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...David Wallace Stewart, recently nominated by Republicans and appointed by Governor Hammill to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Cummins (TIME, Aug. 9, THE CONGRESS), made his first political blurb at an annual homecoming. He "deplored sectionalism and provincialism"; he said, "I shall fight with all the power that I have to advance, protect and maintain the best interests of the state of Iowa." (Cheers...
...little to know of the presumptive death by drowning of Lord Kitchener, the press has been flooded with recurrent rumors that: a) He was seen in an open boat and may have escaped. b) His corpse has been found (in various localities). For the past month one Frank O. Power, journalistic free lance, has been selling articles to London papers, also the New York World and many another news organ, describing how, after three years of patient search, he discovered and identified the corpse of Earl Kitchener in a Norwegian cemetery. Last week Mr. Power's despatches became...
...millionaire's spouse. Mitre. The bonnet is a curious piece of evolution, being variously altered from a Greek female headdress to a gold plate, to a plain linen cap, to the present splendid crown. It symbolizes in the Roman Church the retention of papal temporal power. As in all the Anglican (and U. S. Episcopal) devices, it has been appropriated from Rome...
Plutarco Elias Calles, president of Mexico, replied to President Leguia: "I must take the message from Your Excellency as a purely personal expression, which can in no way signify the interference of a foreign power in a matter of exclusively domestic nature...
...every day, but you should give him something at Christmas. If possible, find out his birthday and surprise him with a present. An expert haircutter is always worth a tip of 20c or 25c. This high ratio is accounted for by the fact that a barber exerts the power of life and death over his patients. Gratitude for present escape and trepidation for the future combine to stimulate the gift. Waiters must be content with less. Fifteen percent on checks under two dollars, ten percent over that. On all checks between seven and eleven dollars a dollar is the correct...