Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rupert Taylor, jailer of the town of Aiken, S. C., was testifying at a Coroner's inquest held upon the death of three Negro prisoners-Demon and Clarence Lowman and their sister, Bertha. The jailer's account was simple...
Marie's daughter-in-law, Princess Helene of Greece, wife of the abdicated Crown Prince Carol, resides quietly in Bucharest, ignoring her husband's philanderings, comforted by the companionship of Princess Irene of Greece, her sister...
...Coolidge, whose ancestors were New Englanders but were not closely related to the family now represented in the White House, is daughter of the late O. S. A. Sprague, wealthy Chicago wholesale grocer (Sprague. Warner & Co.), sister of Col. Albert A. Sprague, 1924 Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator from Illinois. Inhabitants of Pittsfield and environs tell anecdotes of her troublesome deafness and marvel that her interest in music is so intense, little knowing that an ear unsensitive to hurly-burly street sounds and flat conversational tones is the more sensitive to nuance in musical vibrations...
Throughout Nippon the tactful, fluttering geisha- and her lusty sister the joro have given rise at last to a political issue between the Kenseikai (Conservative Party) of Premier Wakatsuki and his erst- while† supporters, the Seiyuhonto (True Friends Party). The pub- licists of these embattled partisans, in their effort to cast blame for the Yoshiwara of Tokyo upon their opponents, have stirred the Japan- ese press to investigate the seat of responsibility for such resorts of incontinence throughout the Empire. Despatches reported last week that so many statesmen of both the Government Party and the opposition have been found...
...prescription has been-keep all railroads operating; the I. C.C. guarantees a "fair return" of 5 3/4% on income to all; the I. C. C. must "foster and preserve in full vigor" the steam roads; profiting lines must yield parts of their over-earnings to bolster up their weak sister lines (Transportation Act of 1920). The 300 astute gentlemen at Dallas awaited Mr. Loree's blast at this transportation doctrine. He told them bluntly what was what...