Word: signed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...newspaperman went up the hill to Mr. Birger's roadhouse, a stark oblong building on the edge of some woods. A sign, needing paint, swung over the porch. It said "Shady Rest." The interviewer found Mr. Birger in the cellar, playing with a white dog. He had on a bullet-proof jacket. Six men sat around, spitting and smoking and laughing at the puppy. They all had rifles. Outside in the shed was an armored touring car that Charles Birger used when he drove abroad on his affairs. The roadhouse .was barricaded. Machine guns looked out between the shutters...
...Central Experimental Farms, just outside Ottawa, Queen Marie paused to read with attention a sign proclaiming that within a nearby enclosure an egg-laying contest was in progress...
...will pass over the Civil War, though I ought to explain what a big help my grandfather, Corp. Ephraim Forecast, was to General Grant. After the war, Ephraim, always quick to see an industrial opportunity, realized there was a fine opening for a man who could sign checks in a bold, clear hand. He learned to sign a great many different names--the Forecasts have always been of money at it. He alternated this work with several ventures in the stone-breaking business, in which he handled some big government contracts. He died in Ossining...
Students wishing to form a club table may do so by signing a form provided either at the Union or at the Bursar's Office. Members of club tables must be members of the Union, and they will be expected to sign for the club table privileges for at least a month, and to give a reasonable notice if they wish to resign. Requests for club tables will be granted to groups of 12 men. As the capacity of the rooms is at present limited to 200, the assignment will be made in the order in which the applications...
...great moment in the United States, and the slowness and inefficacy with which it has been treated has long been a topic of discussion and a cause for shame. Therefore the news that the South is aiding the negro to educate himself is most welcome, as a sign both of negro educational advancement and of the enlightenment of the people as a whole. It is also most encouraging to learn that this progress is taking place in the South wherein lay most obstacles to the solution of this problem...