Word: wakes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miscellaneous. Ocean-breaking rocks over which the national anthem is annually sung, include Wake Island (one square mile) directly en route from Hawaii to Hongkong, and the Midway Islands, many leagues north of Hawaii...
...what would happen now. So did I. Leaving my banana soda I went to look at the performance. It was always the same. One after another of the men quit his station by the steps to follow Cartrack. So a long file of solemn marchers were soon in her wake. Main Street in Charmington became for a few minutes a primrose path to an everlasting bonfire, and the bon fire was the rage of Cartrack, damned by religion, damned...
...funeral of the Queen Mother, Alexandra. There were King George and the Prince of Wales stalking with solemn strides; there were King Christian of Denmark in a plumed hat, the King of Norway and the King of Belgium, all marching with a sad air through the snow in the wake of the coffin...
...last few years there has been almost an epidemic of temperance-drink companies, following in the highly successful wake of Coco Cola of Atlanta. Once considered local and insignificant concerns, they have sought capital in the Wall Street financial markets. Speculators are now accustomed to buy White Rock on margin or-if they dare-sell Canada Dry Ginger Ale short. Some of those temperance-drink shares have done very well by their holders in this year's stock market. Recently the Welch Grape Juice Co. for the first time since February, 1921, resumed common stock dividends by a payment...
Said Mary Lewis: "I don't think I have ever seen a story about myself without 'Ex-Follies Girl' in the headline. . . . The real value of my churchly upbringing still endures. . . . It is wonderful to wake up in the morning and know that I'm not going to be spanked...