Word: tenanted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Upon Calvin Coolidge called one William B. Smith, owner of White Court. According to pressmen, Mr. Smith said afterwards of his distinguished tenant: "I'd like to see him buy White Court for his summer home...
When Belle Shackford, the lovely, tawdry, easy daughter of a failing tenant farmer, became engaged to Daniel after Ernley had thrown her over, she was only following precedent. People who were not good enough for the Crown went to the George. But, one day, just as she was about to sit down to victuals in the George, she swooned; and when her swain brought her to with a nip of the house's brandy, she told him that she was going to bear Ernley's child...
Heretofore, Uncle Sam, as represented by his Ambassadors and Ministers in foreign countries, has as a rule been merely a tenant. The disadvantages of this have been double: 1) Rent has been almost always exorbitantly high; 2) quarters have been, as a rule, inadequate. A third disadvantage, in countries that set more store by outward show than simple-living Uncle Sam, has been the loss of prestige and dignity due to the poor housing of our emissaries, even as compared to that of such countries as Siam, Poland, Cuba, Persia...
Then came the final, fatal trip, the journey of President and Mrs. Harding westward across the Continent, leaving the White House in the process of renovation?not knowing that the mansion was being made ready for a new tenant. As Elbert H. Gary gave word that the steel mills were going to give up their 12-hour day, as Edward W. Bok offered a prize of $100,000 for a practical peace plan and announced a committee in charge of the award, including as a member one John W. Davis, quondam Ambassador to the Court of St. James?speeding west...
Either these two new servants expect Mr. Coolidge to renew his lease on the White House, or they are content to take temporary jobs for six months or so. If Mr. Coolidge should not be elected, the new tenant will engage other help...