Word: rhein
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that War was declared, the German light cruiser Emden lay in the Yellow Sea, off Tsingtao, China. Capt. Karl von Muller delivered to his crew an oration, elegant yet fiery. The band played "Die Wacht am Rhein" and the Emden cleared decks to commence her single-handed war on enemy shipping...
...beer and a dollar bill for every man. The butler grumbled because he knew the tricks of these foxes of bandsmen. "The Blue Danube" at nine o'clock. A glass of beer and a dollar bill. Then around the block. At half past nine, "Die Wacht am Rhein." Another bill, another glass. Upstairs, with his feet on a rocking chair, Herr Ehret paid no heed to his butler's complaints. Sometimes, if no band came, he played to himself on the flageolet, a sad and wandering air. Then to bed. He had bought real estate with his money...