Word: silver
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Dion O'Bannion, 32, hierarch of crooks, gangsters, gunmen, shot by three unidentified young men in his flower store, Chicago. At his interment were 26 truckloads of flowers, 1,000 automobiles, 10,000 people. His body reposed in a $10,000 coffin overlaid with gold and silver filigree, heaped with flowers said to have cost over $25,000. Largest offering of all was a seven-foot wall of carnations labeled, "To our pal-from the gang." Because the doors of the Holy Name Cathedral (where he once served as an altar boy) were closed against the funeral, "services...
...winners in both of the two classes will be awarded silver cups by the Union, and the runner up will receive a silver medal. Cups and medals will be placed on exhibition in the Union as soon as the tournament starts. Play will begin next Monday and will probably continue for two weeks or more, depending on the number of men who enter...
...paraded, left foot, right foot; point after point, up went steels, up went rails, up went sterling. On Saturday, a record was reached. The trading done on that day was only once exceeded in the history of the Exchange -on a Saturday, and that once in panic-time-the silver panic of 1906. It was not until 20 minutes after twelve noon, normal closing time, that the demented ticker, chattering, jabbering, scribbled the word "Close," marking the end of the day's operations, of a week of nationwide buying...
Died. Reginald Ronalds, onetime Rooseveltian Rough Rider; in Mexico, when he was climbing a mountain to inspect gold and silver mines of which he was part owner. His daughter by his first marriage was known as 'the frappeed baby" from cold storage methods used to cure a childish illness. His mother, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Ronalds, was a favorite of Queen Victoria...
After that, it becomes an error. With gold factories springing up all about, gold will become as valuable for monetary use as tin. This will give William Jennings Bryan an opportunity to run for President again on a "Free Silver" platform. And for these catastrophes the nation will have science to thank...