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Means, in his book, tells of close professional services for and with the Ohio Gang, the group of political campfollowers, not all from Ohio, who swarmed into Washington at Harding's heels. Its members were the President's friends and playmates. They used him to shield their deviltry. The Gang supposedly centred around Daugherty in the Department of Justice.? Its active manager was Jess Smith, Daugherty's friend and roommate, onetime Ohio dry-goods clerk, whose body was found in his hotel room after he had threatened to "quit the racket...
Choosing an astronomical symbol for the New Planet is also a problem. Signs of the anciently known planets are conventionalized pictures. Mercury's represents the Caduceus, or head with winged cap; Venus' a looking glass; the Earths its equator and a meridian; Mars', a shield and spear, or a warrior's head with helmet and plume; Jupiter's an eagle; Saturn's a scythe or sickle; Uranus' H for Herschel. with a planet suspended from the crossbar; Neptune's the trident. The first recommended sign for Neptune was a crossbarred L with a planet suspended for Leverrier. That sign might...
Anxious that the layout and typography of Vanity Fair should be as neoteric as the rest of the magazine, Editor Crownin-shield engaged the services of one Mehemed Fehmy Agha, Russo-Turkish designer (TIME, Sept...
...sees fit to reward an Englishman for his deeds or generosity he may knight him. The College of Arms (or Herald's College) looks through its worm-eaten records, trumps up a coat of arms for the new Lord. Its members* may even try to picture on his shield some connection with his name or works. If his name is Rokeby, his arms may bear the device of three rooks. If he has been an intrepid seafarer, his heraldry may suggest it with a ship...
...route across Central Canada, the party had opportunity to get a first hand impression of the topography and geology of the Canadian shield and the western plains. Arriving at Jasper during the forenoon of June 25 the members of the school had just time enough to make final arrangements concerning camp equipment before they departed for the first camp, which was established near Pocohantas, some twenty-five miles down the Athabaska Valley from Jasper...