Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago. He began preaching immediately after his conversion in 1876, although he could neither read nor write; and it was then that he began his practice, which he has followed to the present day, of singing hymns to his audience when his vocabulary failed. When the Great War broke out, he tried to enlist, but his age disqualified him. He served as a minister, however, with the British Y. M. C. A. in 1916, 1917, and 1918, and for his work on the battlefields, he received the decoration of the order of the British government and the personal thanks...
...Henry Knox Sherrill, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, was Bishop Garland's first choice. A graduate of Yale, aged only 38, Dr. Sherrill is popular, attractive. During the War he was an A. E. F. chaplain. Offered the Philadelphia position last May, Dr. Sherrill graciously explained that he preferred to stay in Boston...
Retired. Major Thomas F. Lynch, 77, of Manhattan, Spanish War veteran, oldest civilian employe of the U. S. Army, since 1889 custodian of the Army Building in Manhattan; after 47 years of service. Major Lynch outdid John L. Sullivan in feats of strength...
...Hadden was born in Brooklyn, the son of the late Crowell Hadden Jr. and the present Mrs. William P. Pool. Banker Crowell Hadden, 88, is his grandfather. He went to the Hotchkiss School and Yale University (class of 1920). He edited both the school and college newspapers. During the War he was a leader in the R. 0. T. C. movement. Intense in all things, he had his hair close-cropped as an example in military efficiency to the battery of which he was ist Sergeant. The moment the age-limit was lowered to permit it, he was commissioned...
...TRUBEE DAVISON, Assistant Secretary of War: "He was a grand person, and I know a very particular loss...