Word: southwesters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dream, what Stilwell described as "brownies" urged him to build the Kansas City Southern, the shortest line from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico. No sooner was this task completed than the same "brownies" became insistent that he run another line from Kansas, southwest, into Mexico. Stilwell even consulted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who declared that "spirits" were directing his work...
...team will begin its preparation for the outdoor season with a trip to Pinehurst, N. C., during the Easter recess. Games will be played there with the University of Arizona, champions of the southwest. While a definite date has not been made, the Dedham Country and Polo Club will probably be the scene of practice three afternoons a week, with frequent clashes with the team at Dedham. At a dinner next Wednesday at the Club, plans regarding the use of the Club by the University poloists will to announced...
...member of the class of 1925 barely escaped death yesterday afternoon when a large piece of the capital of the pillar on the southwest corner of the Widener Library fell with a crash on the board walk below. The falling piece was approximately a foot and a half square at the start, but was broken by a projecting ledge on its descent and turned outward from its course...
Came the news that War Lord Trotzky, who is convalescing at Tiflis in Georgia (extreme southwest Russia), only recently received the news of Nikolai Lenin's death (TiME, Jan. 28). Said...
...Ambassador to Mexico by President Coolidge, as had also been done by President Harding. Mr. Creager, since the death of President Harding, has been chosen National Committeeman and has become the head of the Republican Party organization in his State and a very influential party leader in the Southwest. He is unwilling to give up this work that his fellow citizens have entrusted to him, and has therefore declined for the present the opportunity to be Ambassador to Mexico...