Word: rhodes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Mrs. Edith Dresser Vanderbilt, 51, widow of George Washington Vanderbilt, to wealthy, aristocratic Peter Goelet Gerry, 46, senior U. S. Senator from Rhode Island. She was given in marriage in London by the Hon. John F. A. Cecil, husband of her daughter Cornelia...
Exercises dedicating the new stadium will be held directly before the start of the game many notables, including His Excellency the governor of Rhode Island, and the Mayor of Providence, will be present at the formal opening of the new gridiron...
...legislative functions. Considerable interest was displayed over the first filling of this new and important post. There were several candidates. Bishop Gailor was the most prominent. The others included Bishop Brent of Western New York, Bishop Mathews of New Jersey, Bishop Reese of Southern Ohio, Bishop Perry of Rhode Island and Bishop James E. Freeman of Washington, D. C. There was special interest in the possibility of Bishop Freeman being chosen, because there has been talk of transferring the headquarters of the Church from Manhattan to Washington, where the great new Cathedral is situated. Ill-advised newspaper scriveners went...
...coastwise steamer and she plies northward from Savannah to New York and Boston. On a fine clear night last week she steamed out of Long Island Sound into the ocean on the last leg of her northward voyage. Only a few miles beyond Block Island, off the Rhode Island coast she sighted a light off her starboard bow. The light was low on the water and for a time was taken as the light of a rum runner, then suddenly it became apparent that the boat carrying the light was about to cross the steamer's bow. The Captain...
...second game at the Andrews Field Stadium. Brown's speedy backs seemed little hampered by a muddy field and drenching downpour. The hardfighting Colby aggregation held the Bruins to one touchdown in the first half, but later the Rhode Island team's fliers ripped through the tired visitors. Keefer, last year's sensation, was at his best and scored two touchdowns, and another pair were made by Edes, 130-pound halfback. The Brown line, though weakened by the loss of an end and two regular guards through injuries, was strong enough to hold Colby to a single first down...