Word: silver
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, had donned the uniform of a colonel-in-chief of the Royal Horse Guards. Her Majesty the Queen-Empress shimmered majestically, clad in a gown of silver tissue overlaid with tulle embroidered with pearls, wearing a tiara of diamonds, the blazing Order of the Garter, many another twinkly gem of price and a train of Irish point lace. As the supreme moments ticked on, many of the 300-odd female presentees glanced nervously at the back...
...second Court, held at 9:30 p.m. next day, nine additional U. S. citizenesses were presented. The guests again numbered roughly 1,000, but the circle of royalty surrounding the King and Queen was considerably reduced. Her Majesty appeared in a cream and silver gown, wore a diadem of pearls, a train of silver brocade and old point de Flandres lace...
...long ago, in a shanty on the Blue Bird range, Montana, there lived an ancient, Billy Martin, with a tobacco-stained beard, drawing out his days as caretaker of a disused copper mine. He was full of stories about the great days of the silver rush at Virginia City; of how he had drunk and gambled away his takings; about how his partner, Billy Clark, had been more sensible, saved his metal, gone into politics, retired as one of the country's wealthiest men with money to burn "down East" on rich living, art and suchlike...
...half truck loads of flowers. A wedding breakfast for 1,000 was served in the Executive Mansion, Sherry's doing the catering. The wedding gifts included a diamond and emerald bracelet (from the Downtown Tammany Club of New York City), two diamond bracelets, four oriental rugs, a dozen silver plates (from the State troopers), a Whistler etching, two carloads of early American furniture, a sapphire bow, a gold bag containing 50 $20 gold pieces, valuable tapestries, 20 clocks, 25 lamps, 25 chests of silver, 50 sets of dishes. The couple will live in a four-room house in Albany...
...Yeast, O'Sullivan's Heels, Ed. Pinaud, Royal Baking Powder, Sun-Maid Raisins, Swift & Co., Sloan's Liniment, Welch's Grape Juice) ; N. W. Ayer & Son (which handles such accounts as American Telephone and Telegraph, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Hire's Root Beer, International Silver Co., National Cash Register, Reynolds Tobacco, Squibb, Steinway Pianos, Victor Talking Machines) ; F. Wallis Armstrong Co. (which has Campbell's soup, Fels-Naphtha soap, Whitman's candies) ; George Batten Co. (which has Cliquot Club Ginger Ale, Colgate & Co., Hamilton Watch, Hammermill Paper, Iver Johnson, McCallum hosiery...