Word: swear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week in San Francisco, Calif, died Col. Charles E. Stanton, U. S. A. retired, the soldier who really said, "Lafayette, we are here" and of whom General Dawes says, "He taught me how to swear...
...remarry in New York State. At his death appeared a buxom ex-chorus girl named Charlotte Pixel who. as "Mrs. Erlanger," contested the will. The trial lasted for twelve weeks before Surrogate John Patrick O'Brien, now Mayor of New York. Charlotte Pixel called 125 witnesses to swear that she had been publicly recognized and accepted as Erlanger's wife. One witness described an Atlantic City boardwalk scene in which Erlanger declared he was "doubly married" to Charlotte Fixel. About 75 other witnesses appeared to tell how Erlanger considered himself single, how he expressed a desire...
Someone struck him in the mouth, jeered: "Will you swear now?" The jurist toppled to his knees. His teeth felt loose but he managed to reply: "No, I won't swear...
...will you swear to sign no more foreclosure orders?" asked a voice...
...Presbyterian Church Home at Towson outside Baltimore. She was "aggressively determined not to lose an opportunity to inculcate good old-fashioned morality, embodying principles of decency and respect for individual personality and clean-mindedness." Testified one of her former pupils: "Miss Hannah always told me never to swear or drink or let a boy touch me, and I never...