Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Carrie Gloyd married the Rev. David Nation, veteran of the Civil War. In 1901 the Rev. Nation, divorced her on grounds of desertion, cruelty. It had been her custom to sit in the front pew while he was preaching, comment audibly upon his sermon. When she had listened as long as seemed to her sufficient, she would shout out: "That will be about all for today, David!" In 1900 Carrie Nation, began to see visions and to hear angel voices. In church she became ecstatic, ran up and down the aisles, clapped her hands, shouted "Hallelujah!" and "Praise the Lord...
...been retired, the CRIMSON baseball nine will tackle the Daily Princetonian diamond aggregation on Soldiers Field this morning. Either F.V. Field '27 or J.F. Barnes '27 will be on the mound for the home team, while the Jersey invaders will count on the strong left arm of H.C. Rose, veteran of a long string of finish fights again the Tiger...
...problem of figuring out the handicaps to allot this trio will devolve upon F. V. McGrath, veteran handicapper of the New England...
...Veteran John H. Mayes was taught photo-engraving at the Veterans' Bureau. Studious, quick-learning, he soon was able to start a photo-engraving business of his own, in Murphysboro, 111. On pieces of specially prepared paper, seven and one-eighth inches long, three and one-eighth inches wide, he made minutely detailed engravings, including the arresting words: "This certificate is a legal tender in the amount thereof in payment of all debts and dues public and private. Acts of March 14, 1900, as amended...
Clarence Darrow criminal lawyer and materialist thinker will treat "Capital Punishment" in his speech at Phillips Brooks House on Friday at 4.30 o'clock. The veteran of the Chicago criminal courts has long been known as the holder of radical theories on the subject, and the list of felons whom he has saved from the death penalty is a long...