Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Born. To King Alexander & Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, a son (third), provisionally named Paul by the Archbishop of Ljubljana; at Castle Bled, Slovenia...
...Scandinavia's kings sent greetings last week to Copenhagen. The third, tall King Christian of Denmark, was there in person. From such far countries as India, the U. S. and Japan came delegates. Archbishops were there and Presidents of Councils and many a layman, as the cause and future of Lutheranism were bared to solemn discourse at that great sect's second world conference...
...which menace the growth of the Church throughout the world are first, syncretism, or the attempt to reconcile Christianity to other religious bodies, as, for instance, Mohammedanism, with which it is irreconcilably at variance; second, secularism, or the onslaught of worldly philosophies upon the Church and its teachings; and third, the social gospel or social Christianity which attempts to enforce its teachings through coercion upon a State or Nation...
...third of the 19th century had slipped by when, one day in Italy, a daughter was born to a man who later became Governor of Rome. At 16 she was described as "a beautiful young girl, high spirited, with the daring recklessness of a lad." She was called the Countess Annette Bentivoglio. At 26 she put away the world, entered the Poor Clare Convent in San Lorenzo. Thereafter she was known as "Mother Mary Magdalene." In time she journeyed to the U. S., founded a convent in Omaha, and one in Evansville...
...into utility operating (as distinct from plant construction) indirectly through the panic of 1893. During this panic there was a general collapse in the stocks of public utility companies. Holders of utility stocks were approached by astute J. P. Morgan, who bought the apparently sinking ships for about one-third of their original values...