Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Helena, Mont., there died from an attack of bronchial pneumonia a distinguished soldier, General Samuel B. M. Young, in the 85th year of his age. His career could hardly be called spectacular, but it was one of those lengthy records of achievement which occur every now and then in the Army...
...hall, waited for her to descend, it was for Richard Bale that she wore a yellow rose in her bodice-for him that she sang, as she came, the dying fall of a sweet air. He, a Bale of Balisand, had been, like other Virginia gentlemen, a soldier. Fire and ice had altered the temper of his youth. Back again where riddles were playing, an elegant and austere figure, somewhat of a stranger to gaiety, he had fallen in love with Lavinia and she with him. The night before, he had challenged Gawin Todd to a duel for her hand...
...Bernhard Jantos, ex-German soldier believed dead, startled his relatives by knocking at the door. He had just arrived from Siberia, having spent nearly ten years there in prison. He said that there was still a large number of German prisoners of war in Siberia. The German Government took immediate steps to repatriate...
...Field Marshal Lord Allenby stands out as one of the most successful British Commanders of the War. He is 63 years of age a man of large proportions, "every inch a soldier...
Stars and Stripes, telephoned the Embassy that he had done so, said: "She was a good soldier and entitled to this." Britishers paid similar hon ors with the Union Jack - Mrs. Evans was an American citizen by birth and a British subject by marriage. The Murderers. The Mexican Government ordered General Roberto Cruz to make every effort to apprehend the murderers. He gave the matter his personal attention. President Obregon sent his private secretary to Puebla to investigate the circumstances of the crime. Within 24 hours of receipt of instructions by General Cruz a number of arrests were made. Within...